\nIn your view, is it essential for the government to regulate the fee structure in education and health care institutions? Give reasons in support of your answer (minimum of four reasons). (March 2009)<\/span>
\nAnswer:
\nYes\/No (own observation)
\nHigh fees are to be reduced or regulated due to the following reasons.<\/p>\n
- \n
- High fees create inequalities<\/li>\n
- Poor cannot afford high fees<\/li>\n
- It is curtailing human rights<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Question 2.
\nPick the odd one out and justify your answer. (Say 2009)<\/span>
\nNCERT, AICTE, ICMR, UGC
\nAnswer:
\nICMR. Others are related to educational organisations.<\/p>\nQuestion 3.
\n\u201cInvestment in human capital accelerates the development process\u201d. Discuss. (March 2010)<\/span>
\nAnswer:
\nInvestment in education converts human beings into human capital. Human capital represents enhanced labour productivity.
\nInvestment in health, on-the-job training migration, information etc. increases an individual’s income-generating capacity.
\nHuman resources development has necessarily played important role in any development strategy.<\/p>\nQuestion 4.
\nFind the odd one out and justify your answer. (March 2011)<\/span>
\nNSSO, RGI, CSO, NCERT
\nAnswer:
\nNCERT<\/p>\nQuestion 5.
\nExpenditure on education has been increasing dur\u00acing 1952-2010. It has not been uniform on all levels of education, is it true? Discuss. (March 2011)<\/span>
\nAnswer:
\nYes, it is true.
\nThe education expenditure is going on increasing in India: The expenditure on education was 0;64% of GDP in 1952. This was increased to 4.02% in 2002. Throughout this period, the increase in education expenditure has not been uniform and there has been an irregular rise and fall. Elementary education took a major share of total education expenditure and the share of higher education is the least. The per capita expenditure on education also differs in different states.<\/p>\nQuestion 6.
\nSuggest a few measures to convert the vast human resource of our country into human capital. (March 2012)<\/span>
\nAnswer:<\/p>\n- \n
- Provision of education<\/li>\n
- Better health facilities<\/li>\n
- Development of information facilities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Question 7.
\nCategorize the following antipoverty programmes under suitable headings. (March 2012)<\/span>
\n[National Food For Work Programme, Prime Minister\u2019s Rojgar Yojana, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, Rural Employment Generation Programme.]
\nAnswer:
\nRural employment program for all<\/p>\n- \n
- National food for work programme<\/li>\n
- National Rural Employment Guarantee act<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Employment programme for educated unemployed<\/p>\n
- \n
- Prime Ministers Rojgar Yojana<\/li>\n
- Rural employment Guarantee programme<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Question 8.
\nJinu and Binu are good friends. They are very poor also. What is meant by the term poor? What are the features of poor people? (March 2012)<\/span>
\nAnswer:
\nFeatures of poor in India are<\/p>\n- \n
- Poor health<\/li>\n
- Lack of education<\/li>\n
- Debt trap<\/li>\n
- Unemployment<\/li>\n
- Unorganized sections of people<\/li>\n
- Absence of housing facilities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Question 9.
\nYou have been included in a committee of experts to suggest measures to transform the vast human resources of a country into human capital. What may be your suggestions? (March 2013)<\/span>
\nAnswer:<\/p>\n- \n
- Increase the facilities of education.<\/li>\n
- Improve the health infrastructure in the country.<\/li>\n
- Provide proper job training to people.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Question 10.
\nMention any two government organisations that regulate the education sector in India. (Say 2013)<\/span>
\nAnswer:<\/p>\n- \n
- NCERT<\/li>\n
- UGC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Question 11.
\nWhile explaining the importance of education, your teacher says, \u201cschool dropouts are giving way to child labour.\u201d Discuss how this is a loss to human capital. (March 2014)<\/span>
\nAnswer:
\nHuman capital is the stock of competencies, knowledge, habits, social and personality attributes, including creativity, cognitive abilities, embodied in the ability to perform labor so as to produce economic value. It is an aggregate economic view of the human being acting within economies, which is an attempt to capture the social, biological, cultural, and psychological complexity as they interact in explicit and\/or economic transactions.<\/p>\nWhen there is drop out from schools leading to child labour, the education possibilities of a child is lost forever. Acquisition of knowledge becomes difficult under conditions of drop out. This ultimately creates people with lower capacity. Thus it is a heavy loss for human capital.<\/p>\n
Question 12.
\nA friend of yours made the following post on a social network site with the comment, \u2018adequate job training to farmers can raise productivity\u2019. (Say 2014)<\/span>
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\nCan you write any two relevant comments which help the other farmer to raise productivity?
\nAnswer:<\/p>\n- \n
- Use better seeds to raise productivity<\/li>\n
- Go for proper irrigation to raise productivity<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Question 13.
\nComplete the following chart: (March 2015)<\/span>
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\nAnswer:<\/p>\n- \n
- Expenditure on education<\/li>\n
- Health<\/li>\n
- On the job training<\/li>\n
- Migration<\/li>\n
- Information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Question 14.
\nExplain the relationship between human capital and economic growth. (Say 2015)<\/span>
\nAnswer:
\nEconomic growth means the increase in real national income of a country. The contribution of the educated person to economic growth is more than that of an illiterate person. Education and health are important factors in economic growth.
\nHuman capital contributes not only towards increasing labour productivity but also stimulates innovations and creates the ability to absorb new technologies. Education provides knowledge to understand changes in society and scientific advancements. Higher-income causes the building of a high level of human capital and also the high level of human capital causes growth of income.<\/p>\nQuestion 15.
\nName two major sources of human capital in a country. (March 2016)<\/span>
\nAnswer:<\/p>\n- \n
- Investment in education<\/li>\n
- Investment in health<\/li>\n
- On the job training<\/li>\n
- Information<\/li>\n
- Migration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Question 16.
\nDescribe any three sources of human capital. (Say 2016)<\/span>
\nAnswer:
\nThere are five sources of human capital such as education, health, on job training, migration, and information which are given below.<\/p>\nEducation: Expenditure on selling up of educational institutions, ensuring the availability of teachers, ensuring infrastructure facilities, etc. are examples of investment in the education sector. Education increases the productivity and efficiency of persons.<\/p>\n
Health: It is also considered an important input for the development of the nation. A sick labourer does not have enough productivity. So expenditure on health is an important source of human capital formation.<\/p>\n
On the job training: It can be done in two forms:<\/p>\n