Question:
In India agriculture is a primary activity.
Answer:
India is a developing nation with a large population where agriculture is mainly a primary activity and intensive agriculture is practised where crops are grown on small holdings mostly for subsistence. Two-thirds of India s population is still dependent on agriculture.
Resources
Q 1.
What are the four Characteristics of resources?
Q 2.
What are population pyramids? How do they help in understanding about the population of a country?
Q 3.
Give a brief note on mining.
Q 4.
Mention some methods that are used to conserve soil
Q 5.
Write a brief note on terrace farming and intercropping.
Q 6.
Name the fibre crops and name the climatic conditions required for their growth.
Q 7.
Name any two steps that government has taken to conserve plants and animals.
Q 8.
Which sources of energy would you suggest for (a) rural areas (b) coastal areas (c) Arid Regions?
Q 9.
What are the different characteristics of population composition?
Q 10.
What is Nomadic herding?
Q 11.
Different crops are grown in different regions.
Q 12.
Discuss the role of any two factors influencing population change.
Q 13.
Write any two reasons for land degradation today?
Q 14.
Distinguish between Metallic and non metallic minerals
Q 15.
What are the different kinds of cultivation?
Q 16.
Write a note on Munna Lai and his farm land.
Q 17.
What are natural resources?
Q 18.
Why people are considered a resource?
Q 19.
Name any three common minerals used by you every day.
Q 20.
When can people make the best use of nature?
Q 21.
Differentiate between Ubiquitous and localised resources?
Q 22.
What is shifting cultivation? What are its disadvantages?
Q 23.
What is plantation agriculture?
Q 24.
The world population has grown very rapidly. Why?
Q 25.
Complete the sentences below using some of the following words, sparsely, favourable, fallow, artificial, fertile, natural, extreme, densely
Q 26.
What is meant by the term industry?
Q 27.
What is an ore? Where are the ores of metallic minerals generally located?
Q 28.
Resources have value- discuss ?
Q 29.
What is the difference between Subsistence farming and Commercial farming?
Q 30.
What are the advantages in mixed cropping?
Q 31.
How can one increase agricultural production?
Q 33.
How does land fulfil our needs?
Q 34.
Name a few landforms.
Q 35.
What are the factors that determine the pattern in which a particular region is used?
Q 36.
Give a brief description of soil composition or the layers of soil ?
Q 37.
What are bio reserves?
Q 38.
Write a brief note on the Ministry of Human Resource Development in India.
Q 39.
Distinguish between the followings.
Primary activities and tertiary activities.
Q 40.
Name the different rocks that minerals occur in?
Q 41.
What is wind power?
Q 43.
What are the methods that can be adapted to contain landslides?
Q 44.
What is a water-cycle?
Q 45.
Why are resources distributed unequally over the earth?
Q 46.
Why are human resources important?
Q 47.
What is sustainable development?
Q 48.
What is meant by population composition?
Q 49.
Which are the two main climatic factors responsible for soil formation?
Q 50.
Suggest three ways to conserve water.
