Question:
Write a note on Munna Lai and his farm land.
Answer:
Munna Lai s farmland is fertile and he grows two crops in a year wheat or rice and pulses. He purchases high yielding varieties of seeds from the market every alternate year. He rents a tractor for ploughing his field and irrigates it from a tube-well near his farm for which he pays a rent. Munna Lai also has two buffaloes and a few hens and he sells the milk in
the cooperative store located in the nearby town. All the members of the family help him in various farm activities.
Munna Lai takes the advice of government agricultural officers and officers in the co-operative society regarding farming methods and on the type of fodder for his animals, safety measures to protect the health of the livestock.
Sometimes, he takes credit from a bank or the agricultural co-operative society to buy seeds and farm implements.
As Munna Lai does not have the facilities to store his crop he sells it in the local mandi at a nominal rate.
Resources
Q 1.
What are population pyramids? How do they help in understanding about the population of a country?
Q 2.
Give a brief note on mining.
Q 3.
What are the four Characteristics of resources?
Q 4.
Name the fibre crops and name the climatic conditions required for their growth.
Q 5.
Write a brief note on terrace farming and intercropping.
Q 6.
Mention some methods that are used to conserve soil
Q 7.
What is plantation agriculture?
Q 8.
Differentiate between Ubiquitous and localised resources?
Q 9.
Discuss the role of any two factors influencing population change.
Q 10.
Rows of trees planted in the coastal areas to check the wind movement is called intercropping ?
Q 11.
Mention the different types of resources.
Q 12.
The world population has grown very rapidly. Why?
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.
Name any two steps that government has taken to conserve plants and animals.
Q 16.
What is meant by the term industry?
Q 17.
What is shifting cultivation? What are its disadvantages?
Q 18.
Distinguish between Metallic and non metallic minerals
Q 19.
What is mixed cropping or mixed farming?
Q 20.
How can one increase agricultural production?
Q 21.
What is a water-cycle?
Q 22.
What are the causes for the destruction of natural vegetation and wildlife?
Q 23.
What is sustainable development?
Q 24.
Why are human resources important?
Q 25.
Name the factors influencing agriculture?
Q 26.
Different crops are grown in different regions.
Q 27.
Write any two reasons for land degradation today?
Q 28.
What are the similarities between information technology industries in Bangalore and California?
Q 29.
Name any three common minerals used by you every day.
Q 30.
Which are the main factors which influence the location of an industry?
Q 31.
Distinguish between Conventional and non conventional sources of energy
Q 32.
Resources have value- discuss ?
Q 33.
What are abiotic resources?
Q 34.
What are the activities under the secondary sector?
Q 35.
How was the word agriculture, coined?
Q 36.
What is the difference between Subsistence farming and Commercial farming?
Q 37.
What are the classifications of minerals?
Q 38.
What do the 3Rs stand for in context with conservation of natural resources?
Q 39.
Sixty per cent of the world's people stay in just 10 countries. Name the countries with the percentage of world population.
Q 40.
What is the average density of population in India?
Q 41.
Suggest three ways to conserve water.
Q 42.
Distinguish between the followings
(i) Agro-based and mineral based industry.
Q 43.
Quarrying can become a major environmental concern.
Q 44.
What is a resource?
Q 45.
What can we do to conserve resources?
Q 46.
What are the different kinds of cultivation?
Q 47.
Write a brief note on Intensive subsistence farming.
Q 48.
What is Nomadic herding?
Q 49.
What are the advantages in mixed cropping?
Q 50.
What is wind power?
