TS 6th Class Social Study Material 4th Lesson Dokur – A Village on the Plateau

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TS 6th Class Social 4th Lesson Questions and Answers -Dokur – A Village on the Plateau

Question 1.
Compare water availability in the borewells of the Krishna Delta and the plateaus. (Conceptual understanding)
Answer:

Bore wells of the Krishna delta	Bore wells of the Plateaus
1. Bore wells are dug at shallow depths	Bore wells are dug to lift water from great depths.
2. They can supply water for large areas.	They irrigate small areas.
3. Less expensive	More expensive

Question 2.
Compare the changes in cropping pattern of Dokur and Penamakuru. (Conceptual understanding)
Answer:
Similarities:

• In olden days both gave priority to food crops.
• Nowadays both of them have drastically reduced the use of traditional manure.
• Due to the water problem, some farmers are planting orchards of sapota, guava, sweet lime, papaya, mango, and orange.

Differences:

• The farmers of Dokur grow cotton, groundnut, castor, paddy, bara, and pigeon pea. But in Penamakuru, paddy monsoon crop called salwa is sown and transplanted in the months of June, July.
• In Dokur, groundnut farming has decreased recently due to the threat of wild pigs and in its place farmers now grow castor. In Penamakuru, during last few years they have been cultivating sugarcane than paddy.

Question 3.
Do you think agriculture can be a profitable profession in places like Dokur? (Conceptual understanding)
Answer:
I think agriculture cannot be a profitable profession in places like Dokur because soils have little human or nutrients and water resources are less.

Question 4.
What difference would It make to the village if the rainfall in the region increased? (Reflection on contemporary issues and questioning)
Answer:
If the rainfall increases in Dokur, it is possible to provide better and extensive irrigation facilities for the increase of agricultural production and improve soil quality by contour bonding and by use of organic manures.

Question 5.
What non-agricultural occupations are there in your village? Get details about one such occupation. (Information skills)
Answer:
1 Sweet shop ………………… sweets.
2. Cloth showroom ……………….. cloths and readymade garments.
3. Auto repair shop ……………………… repairs the scooters, bikes, mopeds.
4. Grocery shop …………………….. foodstuffs and other articles.
5. Cobbler ………………… shoes making and repairing.
6. Footwear shop ……………… shoes and chappals.
7. Medical shop …………………. medicines.
S. STD/ lSD booths …………………… telephone calls, E.mail, fax etc.

Question 6.
Write a one-line description for the words given below: (Conceptual understanding)
Answer:

Item	In Dokur
1. Soil	Red Soils -Lick of many nutrients, highland content.
	Black soils- More fertile, very hard when dry, and sticky when wet.
2. Water	Tanks, ponds, wells, and bore wells.
3. Crops	Cotton, groundnut, castor, paddy, bajra, pigeon pea, and millets.
4. Markets	i) Paddy sold in agriculture market of Deverakadra
	ii) The cotton LS marketed in Judcherla and Madanapuram.
5. Occupations	Carpentry, metal works, rice milling, and cattle rearing.

Question 7.
Read the paragraph “Environmentalists ……. recognised” and write your opinion.
Answer:

1. Due to the over greediness of human beings, lands are losing fertility.
2. Due to overusing of chemical fertilizers, over extracting 01 groundwater, indiscriminate use of pesticides, and deforestation, soils are losing fertility.
3. When soils lose fertility, crops do not grow well. This finally leads to a scarcity of toed grains.
4. When ground water is extracted too much, water scarcity takes place. People lace problems even to get drinking water.
5. To overcome the problems of losing soil fertility and cater scarcity. forests, pastures, and agricultural lands are to be grown and developed well. Overdigging of borewells and over-extracting of underground water be controlled.
6. The governments have to take severe steps for sustainable development.

(Project Work)

There are two types of land called Metta and Tari Traditionally, pulses are grown on Metta land without irrigation and paddy is grown on Tari land with irrigation. li you live in a village, find out about the type of soil in your area, What words are used to describe the land in our village? How is the soil? Describe it in your language.

Make a table showing the following feature of soil – water absorption (high/low), water retention (quick/slow), sand content (high/low), colour of the soil from the above village. Can you distinguish between the various types of soil described in Dokur and compare them with the type of soil in your village.
Answer:
Student’s Activity

(In-text Questions)

Text Book Pape No. 28

Question 1.
look at the sketch map Dokur village. Describe the forms of transport and houses from this sketch?

Answer:

• The forms of transport in Dokur ………. Roadways, Railways.
• The forms of houses in Dokur ………………… Katcha house, Pacca house.

Question 2.
In what ways can you compare this with your own or familiar village?
Answer:
Student’s Activity

Question 3.
The tank is shown in blue even though at the time of our visit it was dry. Think of any reasons why this is so?
Answer:
In earlier times the village people together took care h repair the tanks, keep the area clean from where the water carne to the tank properly and regulate the use of the tank water But this has declined rapidly due to the low rainfall in the last twenty years. As a result the tank has become dry.

Text Book Page No. 29

Question 4.
What are the differences between the rainfall in Dokur region and that in the Krishna delta?
Answer:

• The distribution of rain is not answer the world. It depends upon relict features. seasons and distribution of land and water. Rainfall is heavy in the coastal regions like Krishna Delta.
• In the interior plateau villages like Dokur, the rainy season is From June to october. However, it rainy very little in these parts. This rainfall is also very unreliable as it may or may not rain properly in a particular year.

Question 5.
Find out from your elders if the rainfall in your region, over the past ten years, has
been Irregular and unreliable.
Answer:
Yes, rainfall in our area also unreliable and erratic. The monsoons are characterized with uncertainty, irregularity, high variability, and unevenness ïn the distribution.

Question 6.
This system of ‘a chain of tanks’ is seen across Telangana. How is the plateau region suitable for building these structures? Discuss in the class.
Answer:
The plateau region is suitable for building action of tanks in the following reasons.

• A plateau is elevated flat lands. It is often called table land because of that surface.
• It is less higher than the mountains with one or more sides having steep slopes. lb height varies from a few hundred meters to several thousand meters.
• it may consist of some series.

Text Book Page No. 30

Question 7.
How did chain of tanks work earlier? How did it help in storing water, irrigation and recharge of groundwater?
Answer:

• The system of chain of tanks ire useful for low rainfall areas to store rainwater in a systematic manner.
• The water in these tanks also recharged the surrounding wells,
• This water could be used during the months after the mission is over

Question 8.
Why do you think that the Chain of tanks system is now in a disused condition?
Answer:

• During the last twenty or thirty years the tanks have been neglected and have been allowed to breakdown,
• Repairs to the tanks, desilting, etc have not been done regularly.
• People also have gradually taken over the tank land for building houses or for agriculture.

Text Book Page No. 31

Question 9.
Discuss the changes in irrigation facilities In Dokur village?
Answer:

• In Dokur region of low rainfall and no percolation from the tanks in disuse, the wells also have to the water, People have stopped digging wells.
• At that time due to stiff competition of water, the farmers are forced to dig bore welk, even though it is expensive and risky.

Question 10.
Compare the Irrigation facilities in a plain village with that of a plateau village?
Answer:

• Villages situated in the plains have many water resources like tanks and ponds. So. they can irrigate large tracts of land.
• Villages situated in the plateaus have only groundwater resources due Lo that only a small part of the lands can be irrigated.

Question 11.
Compare the irrigation facilities of Dokur village with your village?
Answer:
Students Activity.

Question 12.
Can you identify the Khanf or monsoon crops and the Rahi crops in this village?
Answer:

• Kharif nr monsoon crops:- paddy, cotton, castor, tiara, pigeon pea, and red gram.
• Rahi Crops paddy and groundnut.

Question 13.
What are the risks associated with growing groundnut as a crop? Discuss in the class.
Answer:
The area under groundnut farming has decreased recently in Dokur due to the threat of wild pigs.

Text Book Page No. 32

Question 14.
How could soil fertility be increased?
Answer:

• A balanced crop rotation or mixed cropping.
• Balanced feeding and protection of soil organisms.
• A good nutrient management.
• Apply organic matter as manure, compost, etc.

Question 15.
Is it possible for farmers to collectively decide the cropping pattern for their village?
Answer:
Yes, It is possible for farmers to collectively decide the cropping pattern for their village.

Question 16.
How would you share the produce from pasture land and forests?
Answer:
Share the product’ from pasture land and forests among all usually.

Text Book Page No. 33

Question 17.
Why are farmers dependent on traders? What kind of marketing system would be fairer for farmers? Discuss.
Answer:

• Many farmers are dependent on loans from traders for purchasing seeds, pesticides, and fertilizers, hence have to accept the price offered by them.
• The marketing system which organised by Government would be fairer for farmers.

Question 18.
In what ways could non-farm activities be increased in the village?
Answer:
The expansion of non-Farm activities in the village ¡s to have markets where the goods and services produced can be sold.

Question 19.
Is there an employment scheme run by the government operating in your village?
Which families benefit from this?
Answer:
An employment scheme run by government operating in my village is MGNRGA. It means Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. It has provided some support to the incomes of rural workers.

(MAPPING SKILLS)

Question 1.
Write the following in given Telangana District map.
1. Ntahahuhnagar district.
2. Dokur village
3. Hyderabad.
4. Siddipet.
5. Adilabad.
Answer:

(One mark Questions)

Question 1.
Where is Dokur village?
Answer:
Dokur is located 25 km away from Mahabubnagar town in Devarakadra Mandal.

Question 2.
Which type of soils are present in Dokur?
Answer:
Red soils (Erra Nelalu) and Black soils (Nalia NeLalu).

Question 3.
What k the main water source in Dokur village?
Answer:
Pedda cheruvu.

Question 4.
Where is the agriculture market in Dokur village?
Answer:
Devarakadra agriculture market.

Question 5.
What is the temperature of Dokur in Summer?
Answer:
In summer, the temperature of Dokur goes up to 4 Celsius.

Question 6.
What are the crops cultivated in Dokur?
Answer:
Cotton, groundnut, castor, paddy, bajra, alasandalu, red gram etc.

Question 7.
What are the fruit orchards in Dokur?
Answer:
Mango and orange orchards.

Question 8.
What are the rabi crops in Dokur?
Answer:
Paddy and Groundnut.

Question 9.
What is the period of rabi season in Dokur?
Answer:
October to January

(Objective Type Questions)

Question 1.
Dokur village is in …………. district. ( )
A) Khammam
B) Mahabubnagar
C) Karimnagar
D) Nalgonda
Answer:
B) Mahabubnagar

Question 2.
The temperature of Dokur region goes up to …………. celsius during the summer. ( )
A) 30°
B) 40°
C) 30°
D) 25°
Answer:
B) 40°

Question 3.
Half of the agricultural land in Dokur village has ………………… soils. ( )
A) Alluvial
B) Black
C) Regadi
D) Red
Answer:
D) Red

Question 4.
Rabi period in Dokur village ( )
A) January to March
B) April to may
C) October to January
D) September to December.
Answer:
C) October to January

Question 5.
“The farmers and agricultural labourers in this village migrating to this places ( )
A) Maharastra
B) Pune
C) Goa
D) all of the above
Answer:
D) all of the above

Question 6.
As per 2011 census, the total families In Dokur village ………. . ( )
A) 560
B) 570
C) 580
D) 610
Answer:
none of the above

Question 7.
Telangana state is largely a ………… region. ( )
A) Plain
B) Plateau
C) Mountain
D) None of these
Answer:
B) Plateau

Question 8.
In this village shallow black soils with about ….. cm depth. ( )
A) 30cm
B) 40cm
C) 50cm
D) 60cm
Answer:
A) 30cm

Question 9.
……………….. is grown with the water of Pedda cheruvu and Sampenga vagu In Dokur.( )
A) Paddy
B) Wheat
C) Bajra
D) Pigeon pea
Answer:
A) Paddy

Question 10.
A few buses ply from Deverakadra to Wanaparthi via Dokur which Is linked to ……………. . ( )
A) NH -4
B) NH -14
C) NH – 24
D) NH-44
Answer:
D) NH-44