Question:
Write a brief note on Intensive subsistence farming.
Answer:
Subsistence farming is practised to meet the needs of the farmers family Low levels of technology and household labour are used to produce a small output.
In Intensive subsistence the farmer cultivates a small plot of land using simple tools and more labour. More than one crop is grown annually, on the same plot, as the climate is favourable and the soil is fertile. Rice is the main crop; other crops include wheat, maize, pulses and oilseeds.
Intensive subsistence agriculture is prevalent in the thickly populated areas of the monsoon regions of south, southeast and east Asia.
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.
What is meant by population composition?
Q 40.
Complete the sentences below using some of the following words, sparsely, favourable, fallow, artificial, fertile, natural, extreme, densely
Q 41.
What is an ore? Where are the ores of metallic minerals generally located?
Q 42.
What are the activities under the secondary sector?
Q 43.
What are the different kinds of cultivation?
Q 44.
How is farming classified?
Q 45.
What are the advantages in mixed cropping?
Q 46.
Write a brief note on salt.
Q 47.
Name a few landforms.
Q 48.
What are the factors that determine the pattern in which a particular region is used?
Q 49.
What is population density?
Q 50.
Why are resources distributed unequally over the earth?
