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Factors of Production

ICSE · Class 10 · Economics

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1. Meaning of Production and Factors of Production

  • Production is a process in which materials are transformed from one form to another.
  • Whatever is used in the production process is called an input or factor of production.
  • Whatever is obtained from the production process is called an output.
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2. Land

  • Land includes the surface of the soil and all free gifts of nature useful to man.
  • Land is a stock of free gifts of nature.
  • According to Prof. Alfred Marshall, land includes the materials and forces which nature gives freely for man's aid in land and water, in air and light and heat.
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3. Labour

  • Labour means all human work, physical or mental, undertaken to earn income.
  • Labour is effort used to produce goods and services in exchange for wages or salary.
  • Work done out of love or affection is not treated as labour.
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4. Division of Labour

  • Division of labour means specialisation in work.
  • Under division of labour, a worker specialises either in a single commodity or in a single sub-process.
  • Prof. Adam Smith defined division of labour as a system where operations necessary to make a finished product are divided so minutely that each worker performs one or a few operations.

Key Concepts

Central concept: Production and the factors that make it possible

ProductionFactors of ProductionLandLabourCapitalEnterprise or Entrepreneur

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