Question:
What is agriculture?
Answer:
Agriculture is a primary activity. It includes growing crops, fruits, vegetables,flowers and rearing of livestock
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 sources of energy would you suggest for (a) rural areas (b) coastal areas (c) Arid Regions?
Q 4.
Write a brief note on Intensive subsistence farming.
Q 5.
Different crops are grown in different regions.
Q 6.
What is Nomadic herding?
Q 7.
In India agriculture is a primary activity.
Q 8.
Write a brief note on wind power ?
Q 9.
What are the two main classifications of power resources?
Q 10.
Which industry is often referred to as the backbone of modem industry and why?
Q 12.
Distinguish between Ferrous and nonferrous minerals
Q 13.
Name a few landforms.
Q 14.
What is meant by the term industry?
Q 15.
Write a brief note on the Ministry of Human Resource Development in India.
Q 16.
Distinguish between Biogas and natural gas
Q 17.
What are the factors that determine the pattern in which a particular region is used?
Q 18.
How can one increase agricultural production?
Q 19.
Mention a few minerals and their uses.
Q 20.
What is wind power?
Q 21.
What is the average density of population in India?
Q 22.
Differentiate between emigrants and immigrants.
Q 23.
What is a resource?
Q 24.
Name the 3 sectors of activities done by people.
Q 25.
What are the 3 categories of Commercial farming?
Q 26.
What are the advantages in mixed cropping?
Q 27.
Name the different rocks that minerals occur in?
Q 28.
What are natural resources?
Q 29.
Give a brief description of soil composition or the layers of soil ?
Q 30.
What is a water-cycle?
Q 31.
Why is population study essential?
Q 32.
Why is population growth slowing in united Kingdoms?
Q 33.
Why people are considered a resource?
Q 34.
What are the similarities between information technology industries in Bangalore and California?
Q 35.
Distinguish between the followings
(i) Agro-based and mineral based industry.
Q 36.
Give Reason for Environmental aspects must be carefully looked into before building huge dams.
Q 37.
Give reason for Most industries are concentrated around coal mines.
Q 38.
Give reason for Petroleum is referred to as black gold.
Q 39.
Mention the different types of resources.
Q 40.
What are the four Characteristics of resources?
Q 41.
Write a brief note on Renewable resources ?
Q 42.
What is meant by arable land?
Q 43.
How are mineral extracted from earth?
Q 44.
Give a brief note on mining.
Q 45.
Mention some methods that are used to conserve soil
Q 46.
What are bio reserves?
Q 47.
Differentiate between Ubiquitous and localised resources?
Q 48.
What is agriculture?
Q 49.
Discuss the role of any two factors influencing population change.
Q 50.
Why is land considered an important resource?
