Chapter 2

The people's landscape of Assam 

Exercise:

1. According to the 2011 census, the population of Assam is—

(a) 3.21 crore

(b) 2.13 crore

(c) 3.12 crore

(d) 3.39 crore

Answer: (c) 3.12 crore.

2. What is the population growth rate in Assam during the decade 2001-2011?

(a) 19.6%

(b) 17.7 %

(c) 17.1%

(d) 16.9%

Answer: (d) 16.9

3. What percentage of people are employed in primary occupations in Assam? 
(a) 68.2%

(b) 60.4%

(c) 65.0%

(d) 52.4%

Answer: (d) 52.4%

4. The What is the literacy rate in Assam according to the 2011 census?

(a) 74.2%

(b) 70.4%

(c) 73.3%

(d) 72.2%

Answer: (d) 72.2

5. What is the number of people involved in quinary activity in Assam?

(a) 6.0%

(b) 3.0%

(c) 7.2%

(d) 12.4%

Answer: (b) 3.0

6. What is the population density of Assam according to the 2011 census?

(a) 390 persons per sq. km. 

(b) 397 people per sq. km.

(c) 379 persons per sq. km.

(d) 297 persons per sq. km.

Answer: (b) 397 people per sq. km

7. What is the literacy rate of women in Assam according to the 2011 census?

(a) 36.6%

(b) 66.3%

(c) 71.6%

(d) 63.6%

Answer: (b) 66.3

8. In which year was the first census conducted in Assam?

(a) 1901

(b) 1872

(c)1951

(d) 1951

Answer: ( a ) 1901

Showing the population employed in various occupations in Assam as a percentage.

Answer: There is also a difference in the number of people employed in different finances due to the lack of progress in the field of industry and commerce. (a) Primary occupation: 52.4 (agriculturalists: 40 per cent, agricultural labourers: 12.4 per cent. (b) Second occupation: 14.0 per cent, (c) Tertiary occupation: 24.3 per cent, (d) Fourth occupation: 6.0 per cent, (e) Fifth occupation: 3.0 per cent.

10. 10. What is the pillar of human resource development? What are these signs?

Answer: Resource Development (HRD). is the framework for supporting employees in developing their personal and organizational skills, knowledge and capabilities. Human resource development includes opportunities such as employee training, employee career development, performance management and development, coaching, mentoring, succession planning, key employee identification, tutoring assistance and organization development.
        The emphasis of all aspects of human resource development is to develop the best employees so that organizations and individual employees can fulfill their work objectives in the service of customers.
        Human resource development can be formal such as, classroom training, college courses, or an organizational planned change effort, or human resource development can be informal like employee training by a manager. Healthy organizations believe in human resource development and cover all these bases.
      There are four     pillars of human resource development . These are:
(a) equality, (b) production, (c) subsidiarity and (d) rights.

11. What is strategy development? How to develop strategy in Assam.

Answer: Strategy development is the process of researching and identifying strategic options, selecting the most promising determining how resources will be allocated throughout the organization to achieve objectives. 
    Ways to develop strategy in Assam:
(a) By educating the unemployed in Assam through vocational education.
(b) Generally educated people who are strong resources through skill development.
(c) By providing industrial employment loans to the unemployed in Assam. 

12. Name the hill districts in Assam. Write down 4 reasons for the sparse population of the hilly districts.

The hill districts of Assam are (a) Karbi Anglong, (b) West Karbi Anglong and (c) Dima Hasao .

    There are 4 reasons for the sparse population in the hilly districts:

(a) Good road transportation.

(b) Very little in factories, industries, hospitals and educational institutions.

(c) The hilly districts are uneven and not suitable for all cultivation.

(d) Lack of minimum facilities in the hilly districts.