Question:
Distinguish between the followings.
Primary activities and tertiary activities.
Answer:
Primary activities are connected with extraction and production of natural resources, while tertiary activities are activities that provide support to primary activities.
Agriculture, fishing, poultry farming and mining are examples of primary activities and
Transport, trade, banking, insurance and advertising are examples of tertiary activities.
Resources
Q 1.
What are population pyramids? How do they help in understanding about the population of a country?
Q 2.
Which are the two main climatic factors responsible for soil formation?
Q 3.
Write a brief note on Intensive subsistence farming.
Q 4.
Mention a few minerals and their uses.
Q 5.
Which sources of energy would you suggest for (a) rural areas (b) coastal areas (c) Arid Regions?
Q 6.
Write a brief note on wind power ?
Q 7.
Which industry is often referred to as the backbone of modem industry and why?
Q 8.
Distinguish between Ferrous and nonferrous minerals
Q 10.
What are the two main classifications of power resources?
Q 11.
Name a few landforms.
Q 12.
In India agriculture is a primary activity.
Q 13.
Different crops are grown in different regions.
Q 14.
Why people are considered a resource?
Q 15.
Discuss the role of any two factors influencing population change.
Q 16.
What is Nomadic herding?
Q 17.
Give a brief description of soil composition or the layers of soil ?
Q 18.
Distinguish between the followings.
Primary activities and tertiary activities.
Q 19.
What is meant by the term industry?
Q 20.
What is a resource?
Q 21.
Differentiate between emigrants and immigrants.
Q 22.
What is resource conservation?
Q 23.
Give Reason for Environmental aspects must be carefully looked into before building huge dams.
Q 25.
What are natural resources?
Q 26.
What are the factors that determine the pattern in which a particular region is used?
Q 27.
Mention some methods that are used to conserve soil
Q 28.
Write a brief note on the Ministry of Human Resource Development in India.
Q 29.
Why are resources distributed unequally over the earth?
Q 30.
Why are human resources important?
Q 31.
What are the four Characteristics of resources?
Q 32.
How was the word agriculture, coined?
Q 33.
How can one increase agricultural production?
Q 34.
What are bio reserves?
Q 35.
What are the different characteristics of population composition?
Q 36.
The world population has grown very rapidly. Why?
Q 37.
Write any two reasons for land degradation today?
Q 38.
Which are the main factors which influence the location of an industry?
Q 39.
Give reason for Petroleum is referred to as black gold.
Q 40.
What are the advantages in mixed cropping?
Q 41.
How are mineral extracted from earth?
Q 42.
What do the 3Rs stand for in context with conservation of natural resources?
Q 43.
What is wind power?
Q 44.
What is agriculture?
Q 45.
What is plantation agriculture?
Q 46.
Rows of trees planted in the coastal areas to check the wind movement is called intercropping ?
Q 47.
Distinguish between the followings
(i) Agro-based and mineral based industry.
Q 48.
Distinguish between Conventional and non conventional sources of energy
Q 49.
Distinguish between Biogas and natural gas
Q 50.
Resources have value- discuss ?
