Question:
Write a note on Munna Lai and his farm land.
Answer:
Munna Lai s farmland is fertile and he grows two crops in a year wheat or rice and pulses. He purchases high yielding varieties of seeds from the market every alternate year. He rents a tractor for ploughing his field and irrigates it from a tube-well near his farm for which he pays a rent. Munna Lai also has two buffaloes and a few hens and he sells the milk in
the cooperative store located in the nearby town. All the members of the family help him in various farm activities.
Munna Lai takes the advice of government agricultural officers and officers in the co-operative society regarding farming methods and on the type of fodder for his animals, safety measures to protect the health of the livestock.
Sometimes, he takes credit from a bank or the agricultural co-operative society to buy seeds and farm implements.
As Munna Lai does not have the facilities to store his crop he sells it in the local mandi at a nominal rate.
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.
Which industry is often referred to as the backbone of modem industry and why?
Q 4.
What is mixed cropping or mixed farming?
Q 5.
What is meant by the term industry?
Q 6.
Write a brief note on Intensive subsistence farming.
Q 7.
Name any three common minerals used by you every day.
Q 8.
Which sources of energy would you suggest for (a) rural areas (b) coastal areas (c) Arid Regions?
Q 9.
Distinguish between Biogas and natural gas
Q 10.
What is Nomadic herding?
Q 12.
Name any two steps that government has taken to conserve plants and animals.
Q 13.
What are the two main classifications of power resources?
Q 14.
Distinguish between Ferrous and nonferrous minerals
Q 15.
Name the 3 sectors of activities done by people.
Q 16.
How can one increase agricultural production?
Q 17.
Give a brief description of soil composition or the layers of soil ?
Q 18.
Name the fibre crops and name the climatic conditions required for their growth.
Q 19.
Different crops are grown in different regions.
Q 20.
Why people are considered a resource?
Q 21.
The world population has grown very rapidly. Why?
Q 22.
Mention the different types of resources.
Q 23.
Resources have value- discuss ?
Q 24.
Write a brief note on wind power ?
Q 25.
What are the activities under the secondary sector?
Q 26.
What is plantation agriculture?
Q 27.
In India agriculture is a primary activity.
Q 28.
Write any two reasons for land degradation today?
Q 29.
Quarrying can become a major environmental concern.
Q 30.
Distinguish between Conventional and non conventional sources of energy
Q 31.
What are abiotic resources?
Q 32.
What can we do to conserve resources?
Q 33.
What is the difference between Subsistence farming and Commercial farming?
Q 34.
How are mineral extracted from earth?
Q 35.
Give a brief note on mining.
Q 37.
How does land fulfil our needs?
Q 38.
Write a brief note on terrace farming and intercropping.
Q 39.
Write a brief note on the Ministry of Human Resource Development in India.
Q 40.
Distinguish between the followings.
Primary activities and tertiary activities.
Q 41.
Discuss the role of any two factors influencing population change.
Q 42.
Rows of trees planted in the coastal areas to check the wind movement is called intercropping ?
Q 43.
Distinguish between the followings
(i) Agro-based and mineral based industry.
Q 44.
Give five ways in which you can save energy at home.
Q 45.
Distinguish between Metallic and non metallic minerals
Q 46.
What is a resource?
Q 47.
How was the word agriculture, coined?
Q 48.
Name the different rocks that minerals occur in?
Q 49.
What do the 3Rs stand for in context with conservation of natural resources?
Q 50.
Name a few landforms.
