EXTRA QUESTIONS
Question 3
(a) For many of the
important things in life; the best way, also the
cheapest way, is to
provide these goods and services collectively.
Justify this statement.
Ans: I can justify this by stating that it will it be cheaper to
have
collective security for the whole locality rather than for each
house
to have its own security
man. What if no one, other than me, in
my village or locality is interested in studying? Would I be able
to study? Not unless my parents
could afford to send me to some
private school elsewhere. So
I am actually able to study because
many other children also
want to study and because many people
believe that the government
should open schools and provide other
facilities so that all
children have a chance to study. That is why for
many of the important things
in life the best way, also the cheapest way,
is to provide goods and services collectively.
(b) Explain with an
example from India that why the present level
of development is not sustainable.
Ans: Recent evidence in India suggests that the groundwater is
under serious threat of overuse in many parts of the country.
About 300 districts have
reported a water level decline of over
4 metres during the past 20
years. Nearly one-third of the country
is overusing their ground water
reserves. In another 25 years,
60 per cent of the country would be doing the same if the present
way of using this resource continues. Groundwater overuse is
particularly
found in the agriculturally prosperous regions of Punjab and
Western
U.P., hard rock plateau areas of central and south India, some
coastal
areas and the rapidly growing urban settlements. This is not a
sustainable development practise.
