Question:
Differentiate between emigrants and immigrants.
Answer:
Emigrants are people who leave a country; Immigrants are those who arrive in a country.
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.
Distinguish between the followings.
Primary activities and tertiary activities.
Q 15.
Why people are considered a resource?
Q 16.
Discuss the role of any two factors influencing population change.
Q 17.
What is Nomadic herding?
Q 18.
Give a brief description of soil composition or the layers of soil ?
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.
Name the different rocks that minerals occur in?
Q 43.
What do the 3Rs stand for in context with conservation of natural resources?
Q 44.
What is wind power?
Q 45.
What is agriculture?
Q 46.
What is plantation agriculture?
Q 47.
Rows of trees planted in the coastal areas to check the wind movement is called intercropping ?
Q 48.
Distinguish between the followings
(i) Agro-based and mineral based industry.
Q 49.
Distinguish between Conventional and non conventional sources of energy
Q 50.
Distinguish between Biogas and natural gas
