In this chapter, changes in technology in three sectors are discussed. In the following table identify a different example for each of these sectors that is not discussed here:

Mallaiah is a farmer in Sripuram village. There are about 100 houses in the village.

Today all the work like planting, weeding, harvesting, spraying pesticides and fertilisersis done by machines. In olden days it was all done manually. There are more than 33 tractors and about 15 harvesters available in his village. A few of them are given on hire. The owners of the tractors charge Rs 300 per hour for tilling the fields. More and more farmers are now using these machines in their fields. Based on this information create a wall paper with illustrations and possible discussions between different groups of people in the village.

Prabavathi feels it is true that telephone technology has changed. She feels that new jobs are available to only educated persons. She also says that many people in India are not literate and hence modern technology is always biased to the educated.

Do you agree with her? Give your reasons.

Read the paragraph under the heading ‘New Skills and New Jobs’ and answer the following: What are the newly created jobs for young people in your area?

Locate the following in the world map:

A) England B) USA C) India