Question:
What is meant by population composition?
Answer:
Population composition refers to the structure of the population. Population composition helps to know the number of males or female, their age-groups, literacy, their occupation, their income level and health conditions etc.
Resources
Q 1.
Name the fibre crops and name the climatic conditions required for their growth.
Q 2.
What are the four Characteristics of resources?
Q 3.
Write a brief note on terrace farming and intercropping.
Q 4.
Give a brief note on mining.
Q 5.
What are population pyramids? How do they help in understanding about the population of a country?
Q 6.
Mention some methods that are used to conserve soil
Q 7.
Name any two steps that government has taken to conserve plants and animals.
Q 8.
Differentiate between Ubiquitous and localised resources?
Q 9.
What is plantation agriculture?
Q 10.
The world population has grown very rapidly. Why?
Q 11.
Rows of trees planted in the coastal areas to check the wind movement is called intercropping ?
Q 12.
Name any three common minerals used by you every day.
Q 13.
Which sources of energy would you suggest for (a) rural areas (b) coastal areas (c) Arid Regions?
Q 14.
What are the different characteristics of population composition?
Q 15.
What is meant by the term industry?
Q 16.
Mention the different types of resources.
Q 17.
What is mixed cropping or mixed farming?
Q 18.
What is sustainable development?
Q 19.
Write any two reasons for land degradation today?
Q 20.
Write a note on Munna Lai and his farm land.
Q 21.
Different crops are grown in different regions.
Q 22.
How was the word agriculture, coined?
Q 23.
What are natural resources?
Q 24.
What is a water-cycle?
Q 25.
What is the average density of population in India?
Q 26.
Discuss the role of any two factors influencing population change.
Q 27.
Suggest three ways to conserve water.
Q 28.
Distinguish between Metallic and non metallic minerals
Q 29.
Write a brief note on wind power ?
Q 30.
What can we do to conserve resources?
Q 31.
Write a brief note on Intensive subsistence farming.
Q 32.
What is Nomadic herding?
Q 33.
How can one increase agricultural production?
Q 34.
What are the causes for the destruction of natural vegetation and wildlife?
Q 35.
Write a brief note on the Ministry of Human Resource Development in India.
Q 36.
Name the factors influencing agriculture?
Q 37.
What is shifting cultivation? What are its disadvantages?
Q 38.
Why people are considered a resource?
Q 39.
Complete the sentences below using some of the following words, sparsely, favourable, fallow, artificial, fertile, natural, extreme, densely
Q 40.
What is an ore? Where are the ores of metallic minerals generally located?
Q 41.
What are the activities under the secondary sector?
Q 42.
What are the different kinds of cultivation?
Q 43.
How is farming classified?
Q 44.
What are the advantages in mixed cropping?
Q 45.
Write a brief note on salt.
Q 46.
Name a few landforms.
Q 47.
What are the factors that determine the pattern in which a particular region is used?
Q 48.
What is population density?
Q 49.
Why are resources distributed unequally over the earth?
Q 50.
Why are human resources important?
