Answer the following questions in about 30 words.
(i) Explain how water becomes a renewable resource.
(ii) What is water scarcity and what are its main causes?
(iii) Compare the advantages and disadvantages of multi-purpose river projects.
i) Water cycle process that includes three steps i.e. evaporation, condensation and precipitation. All water that is used primarily ends up in the sea entering the hydrological cycle the water that disappears from the surface of the earth due to evaporation comes back in the form of rain. This is the never ending process which makes it a renewable resource.
(ii) Water scarcity occurs where there is not enough water availability to match the demand due to lack of fresh water demand.
It is caused by a growing population, unequal distribution of water, growing demand for water, over exploitation etc.
(iii) Advantages of multi-purpose river projects:
Multipurpose river projects help in electricity generation, irrigation, inland navigation, water supply for industrial flood control, fish breeding tourist attraction and domestic purposes.
Disadvantages of multi-purpose river projects:
Many native villages are submerged and people lose their livelihoods with little or no hope of rehabilitation. The local flora and fauna get destroyed.
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Answer the following questions in about 30 words.
(i) What is biodiversity? Why is biodiversity important for human lives?
(ii) How have human activities affected the depletion of flora and fauna? Explain. - Q:-
(i) Natural endowments in the form of land, water, vegetation and minerals.
(ii) A type of non-renewable resource.
(iii) Soil with high water retaining capacity.
(iv) Intensively leached soils of the monsoon climate.
(v) Plantation of trees on a large scale to check soil erosion.
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Multiple choice questions.
(i) Which one of the following types of resource is iron ore?
a) Renewable
b) Biotic
c) Flow
d) Non-renewable(ii) Under which of the following type of resource tidal energy cannot be put?
a) Replenishable
b) Human-made
c) Abiotic
d) Non recyclableiii) Which one of the following is the main cause of land degradation in Punjab?
a) Intensive cultivation
b) Deforestation
c) Over irrigation
d) Overgrazing(iv) In which one of the following states is terrace cultivation practised?
a) Punjab
b) Plains of Uttar Pradesh
c) Haryana
d) Uttarakhand(v) In which of the following states black soil is predominantly found?
a) Jammu and Kashmir
b) Maharashtra
c) Rajasthan
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Answer the following questions in about 120 words.
(i) Suggest the initiative taken by the government to ensure the increase in agricultural production.
(ii) Describe the impact of globalisation on Indian agriculture.
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Answer the following questions in about 30 words.
i) Name three states having black soil and the crop which is mainly grown in it.
ii) What type of soil is found in the river deltas of the eastern coast? Give three main features of this type of soil.
iii) What steps can be taken to control soil erosion in the hilly areas?
iv) What are the biotic and abiotic resources? Give some examples. - Q:-
Answer the following questions in about 120 words.
i) Explain land use pattern in India and why has the land under forest not increased much since 1960-619?
ii) How have technical and economic development led to more consumption of resources? - Q:-
Write the answers of the following questions in 120 words.
(i) How are integrated steel plants different from mini steel plants? What problems does the industry face? What recent developments have led to a rise in the production capacity?
(ii) How do industries pollute the environment?
(iii) Discuss the steps to be taken to minimise environmental degradation by industry? - Q:-
Multiple choice questions.
(i) Which one of the following describes a system of agriculture where a single crop is grown on a large area?
a) Shifting Agriculture
b) Plantation Agriculture
c) Horticulture
d) Intensive Agriculture(ii) Which one of the following is a rabi crop?
a) Rice
b) Gram
c) Millets
d) Cotton(iii) Which one of the following is a leguminous crop?
a) Pulses
b) Jawar
c) Millets
d) Sesamum(iv) Which one of the following is announced by the government in support of a crop?
a) Maximum support price
b) Minimum support price
c) Moderate support price
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Multiple choice questions.
(i) Which one of the following minerals is formed by decomposition of rocks, leaving a residual mass of weathered material?
(a) coal (b) bauxite (c) gold (d) zinc
(ii) Koderma, in Jharkhand is the leading producer of which one of the following minerals?
(a) bauxite (b) mica (c) iron ore (d) copper(iii) Minerals are deposited and accumulated in the stratas of which of the following rocks?
(a) sedimentary rocks (c) igneous rocks (b) metamorphic rocks (d) none of the above
(iv) Which one of the following minerals is contained in the Monazite sand?
(a) oil (b) uranium (c) thorium (d) coal - Q:-
Answer the following questions in about 120 words.
(i) Describe how communities have conserved and protected forests and wildlife in India.
(ii) Write a note on good practices towards conserving forest and wildlife.
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i) Name three states having black soil and the crop which is mainly grown in it.
ii) What type of soil is found in the river deltas of the eastern coast? Give three main features of this type of soil.
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Multiple choice questions.
(i) Which one of the following industries uses limestone as a raw material.
(a) Aluminium (b) Cement (c) Plastic (d) Automobile
(ii) Which one of the following agencies markets steel for the public sector plants?
(a) HAIL (b) SAIL (c) TATA Steel (d) MNCC
(iii) Which one of the following industries uses bauxite as a raw material?
(a) Aluminium Smelting (b) Cement (c) Paper (d) Steel
(iv) Which one of the following industries manufactures telephones, computer, etc.
(a) Steel (c) Aluminium Smelting (b) Electronic (d) Information Technology - Q:-
Multiple choice questions.
(i) Which one of the following minerals is formed by decomposition of rocks, leaving a residual mass of weathered material?
(a) coal (b) bauxite (c) gold (d) zinc
(ii) Koderma, in Jharkhand is the leading producer of which one of the following minerals?
(a) bauxite (b) mica (c) iron ore (d) copper(iii) Minerals are deposited and accumulated in the stratas of which of the following rocks?
(a) sedimentary rocks (c) igneous rocks (b) metamorphic rocks (d) none of the above
(iv) Which one of the following minerals is contained in the Monazite sand?
(a) oil (b) uranium (c) thorium (d) coal - Q:-
(i) Natural endowments in the form of land, water, vegetation and minerals.
(ii) A type of non-renewable resource.
(iii) Soil with high water retaining capacity.
(iv) Intensively leached soils of the monsoon climate.
(v) Plantation of trees on a large scale to check soil erosion.
(vi) The Great Plains of India are made up of these soils. - Q:-
Which one of the following minerals is contained in the Monazite sand?
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Answer the following questions in about 30 words.
(i) What is biodiversity? Why is biodiversity important for human lives?
(ii) How have human activities affected the depletion of flora and fauna? Explain. - Q:-
Answer the following questions in 30 words.
(i) Name one important beverage crop and specify the geographical conditions required for its growth.
(ii) Name one staple crop of India and the regions where it is produced.
(iii) Enlist the various institutional reform programmes introduced by the government in the interest of farmers.
(iv) The land under cultivation has got reduced day by day. Can you imagine its consequences? - Q:-
Answer the following briefly in not more than 30 words.
(i) What is manufacturing?
(ii) Name any three physical factors for the location of the industry.
(iii) Name any three human factors for the location of an industry.
(iv) What are basic industries? Give an example.
(v) Name the important raw materials used in the manufacturing of cement? - Q:-
Answer the following questions in about 120 words.
(i) Why are the means of transportation and communication called the lifelines of a nation and its economy?
(ii) Write a note on the changing nature of the international trade in the last fifteen years. - Q:-
Answer the following questions in about 30 words.
(i) State any three merits of roadways.
(ii) Where and why is rail transport the most convenient means of transportation?
(iii) What is the significance of the border roads?
(iv) What is meant by trade? What is the difference between international and local trade?
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