Question:
What is meant by the term industry?
Answer:
Industry refers to an economic activity that is concerned with production of goods, extraction of minerals or the provision of services.
Resources
Q 1.
Which are the two main climatic factors responsible for soil formation?
Q 2.
What are population pyramids? How do they help in understanding about the population of a country?
Q 3.
What is Nomadic herding?
Q 4.
Which industry is often referred to as the backbone of modem industry and why?
Q 5.
What is meant by the term industry?
Q 6.
Which sources of energy would you suggest for (a) rural areas (b) coastal areas (c) Arid Regions?
Q 7.
Distinguish between Biogas and natural gas
Q 8.
Write a brief note on Intensive subsistence farming.
Q 9.
What is mixed cropping or mixed farming?
Q 10.
What are the two main classifications of power resources?
Q 13.
What is plantation agriculture?
Q 14.
Name the 3 sectors of activities done by people.
Q 15.
Give a brief note on mining.
Q 16.
Name the different rocks that minerals occur in?
Q 17.
Why are human resources important?
Q 18.
Different crops are grown in different regions.
Q 19.
What is meant by population composition?
Q 20.
Name any three common minerals used by you every day.
Q 21.
What are the methods that can be adapted to contain landslides?
Q 22.
Give a brief description of soil composition or the layers of soil ?
Q 23.
Why are resources distributed unequally over the earth?
Q 24.
What is shifting cultivation? What are its disadvantages?
Q 25.
Name the fibre crops and name the climatic conditions required for their growth.
Q 26.
Name any two steps that government has taken to conserve plants and animals.
Q 27.
Give Reason for Environmental aspects must be carefully looked into before building huge dams.
Q 28.
Mention the different types of resources.
Q 29.
Write a brief note on wind power ?
Q 30.
What are abiotic resources?
Q 31.
What are the different kinds of cultivation?
Q 32.
How can one increase agricultural production?
Q 33.
How are mineral extracted from earth?
Q 34.
What is population study known as?
Q 35.
In India agriculture is a primary activity.
Q 36.
The world population has grown very rapidly. Why?
Q 37.
Write any two reasons for land degradation today?
Q 38.
Suggest three ways to conserve water.
Q 39.
Ganga-Brahmaputra plain of India is an overpopulated region.
Q 40.
Human interference and changes of climate can maintain the ecosystem ?
Q 41.
Distinguish between the followings
(i) Agro-based and mineral based industry.
Q 42.
What can we do to conserve resources?
Q 43.
What do the 3Rs stand for in context with conservation of natural resources?
Q 44.
Write a brief note on terrace farming and intercropping.
Q 45.
What are the causes for the destruction of natural vegetation and wildlife?
Q 46.
Write a brief note on the Ministry of Human Resource Development in India.
Q 47.
Differentiate between emigrants and immigrants.
Q 48.
Why is population growth slowing in united Kingdoms?
Q 49.
What is sustainable development?
Q 50.
Differentiate between Ubiquitous and localised resources?
