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Q.1: Looking at the photograph can you explain how a doctor, teacher, engineer and a tailor are an asset to the economy?

Ans : (i) A population becomes human capital when there is investment made in the form of education training and medical care. 
(ii) Human capital is the stack of skills and productive knowledge embodied in them. 
(iii) Investment made in the form of education and training in making a doctor, a teacher an engineer and a tailor, has increased their capabilities of providing different services to the people of the country and therefore they are an asset to the economy of a nation 

Q.2: Do you notice any difference between the two friends? What are those?

Ans : The differences between the two friends Sakal and Vilas were 
(i) Vilas father died when Vilas was two years old whereas Sakal was living with his parents. 
(ii) Sakal went to school but Vilas did not go to school. 
(iii) Sakal was interested in studies whereas Vilas was not interested in studies. 
(iv) Sakal did a course in computers and became employed whereas Vilas remained illiterate and was not employed 
(v) The condition of Sakal and his family became better whereas Vilas and his family lived in poverty 

Q.3: Has the literacy rates of the population increased since 1951?

Ans : Yes the literacy rates of the population have increased since 1951 as shown below.


 

Q.4: In which year India has the highest literacy rates?

Ans : India has the highest literacy rates in 2001. 

Q.5: Why literacy rate is high among the males of India?

Ans : India traditionally has a patriarchal male dominated society where more importance is given to males. Culturally due to division of labour the males go out of their homes and get better access to education. Poor families due to monetary constraints prefer to send only their sons to school and not their daughters. 

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