Question:
What are the different kinds of cultivation?
Answer:
Agriculture, Sericulture, Pisciculture, Viticulture and Horticulture are the different kinds of cultivation.
1. Agriculture is cultivation on the soil - growing crops and rearing livestock.
2. Sericulture is rearing of silk worms to extract silk.
3. Pisciculture is breeding offish in specially constructed tanks and ponds.
4. Viticulture is cultivation of grapes.
5. Horticulture is growing vegetables, flowers and fruits for commercial use.
Resources
Q 1.
What are population pyramids? How do they help in understanding about the population of a country?
Q 2.
What are the four Characteristics of resources?
Q 3.
Give a brief note on mining.
Q 4.
Write a brief note on terrace farming and intercropping.
Q 5.
Name the fibre crops and name the climatic conditions required for their growth.
Q 6.
Rows of trees planted in the coastal areas to check the wind movement is called intercropping ?
Q 7.
Mention the different types of resources.
Q 8.
Mention some methods that are used to conserve soil
Q 9.
The world population has grown very rapidly. Why?
Q 10.
Why are human resources important?
Q 11.
Differentiate between Ubiquitous and localised resources?
Q 12.
What is plantation agriculture?
Q 13.
Write any two reasons for land degradation today?
Q 14.
Name any two steps that government has taken to conserve plants and animals.
Q 15.
Write a brief note on wind power ?
Q 16.
What are abiotic resources?
Q 17.
What are the different kinds of cultivation?
Q 18.
What is wind power?
Q 19.
Write a brief note on the Ministry of Human Resource Development in India.
Q 20.
What is sustainable development?
Q 21.
Different crops are grown in different regions.
Q 22.
What are the similarities between information technology industries in Bangalore and California?
Q 23.
Which sources of energy would you suggest for (a) rural areas (b) coastal areas (c) Arid Regions?
Q 24.
Distinguish between Metallic and non metallic minerals
Q 25.
What are the activities under the secondary sector?
Q 27.
What are the classifications of minerals?
Q 28.
How are mineral extracted from earth?
Q 29.
Name the different rocks that minerals occur in?
Q 30.
What are the causes for the destruction of natural vegetation and wildlife?
Q 31.
Sixty per cent of the world's people stay in just 10 countries. Name the countries with the percentage of world population.
Q 32.
What is the average density of population in India?
Q 33.
What is resource conservation?
Q 34.
Discuss the role of any two factors influencing population change.
Q 35.
Ganga-Brahmaputra plain of India is an overpopulated region.
Q 36.
Why cotton textile industry rapidly expanded in Mumbai?
Q 37.
Name any three common minerals used by you every day.
Q 38.
When can people make the best use of nature?
Q 39.
Name the 3 sectors of activities done by people.
Q 40.
How was the word agriculture, coined?
Q 41.
What is meant by arable land?
Q 42.
What is mixed cropping or mixed farming?
Q 43.
How can one increase agricultural production?
Q 45.
Give a brief description of soil composition or the layers of soil ?
Q 46.
What is a water-cycle?
Q 47.
What are the different characteristics of population composition?
Q 48.
What is shifting cultivation? What are its disadvantages?
Q 49.
What is meant by the term industry?
Q 50.
Which are the main factors which influence the location of an industry?
