Geography- Manufacturing Industries Very Short Answers Type Questions Q.1) What is manufacturing? Ans) Production of goods in large quantities after processing from raw materials to more valuable products is called manufacturing, for example paper is manufactured from wood, sugar from sugarcane, iron and steel from iron ore and aluminium from bauxite. Q.2) What are basic […]
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Geography- Mineral and Energy Resources Long Answers Type Questions Q.1) Classify minerals. Ans) Q.2) In which types of rock group are mineral found? Ans) Refer to the answer in Short Ans Type Q. 20. Q.3) Throw light on the importance of coal and describe the distribution of coal producing areas in India. Ans) Coal- The
Geography- Mineral and Energy Resources Short Answers Type Questions Q.1) How are minerals formed in igneous and metamorphic rocks? Ans) Q.2) Why do we need to conserve mineral resources? Ans) Minerals are the unique gifts of nature. They, take million years to form. They are finite. Human is exploiting the nature seamlessly for the sake
Geography- Mineral and Energy Resources Very Short Answers Type Questions Q.1) What is a mineral? Ans) According to Geologists, “Mineral is a homogenous, naturally occuring substance with a definable internal structure.” Minerals are found in varied forms in nature, ranging from the hardest diamond to the softest talc. Q.2) What is the earth’s crust? Ans)
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Geography- Agriculture Long Answers Type Questions Q.1) Compare the “Commercial Farming” with “Intensive Subsistence Farming” prevalent in India. Ans) Difference between “Intensive Subsistence Farming” and “Commercial Farming”: – Q.2) Suggest the initiative taken by the government to ensure the increase in agricultural production. Ans) The initiative taken by the government to ensure the increase in
Geography- Agriculture Short Answers Type Questions Q.1) What is primitive subsistence farming? Ans) Primitive subsistence farming is still practised in few pockets of India. It is practised on small patches of land with the help of primitive tools like hoe, dao and digging sticks, and family/community labour. This type of farming depends upon monsoon, natural
Geography- Agriculture Very Short Answers Type Questions Q.1) Write two features of plantation agriculture. Ans) Plantation is a type of commercial farming. In this type of farming: – Q.2) Which are the major fiber crops grown in India? Ans) Cotton, jute, hemp, and natural silk are the four major fiber crops grown in India. The
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Geography- Water Resources Long Answers Type Questions Q.1) What is water scarcity, and what are its main causes? Ans) Shortage of water as compared to its demand is called as water scarcity. Its main reasons are as follows:- Q.2) “In recent years, multipurpose projects and large dams have come under great scrutiny and opposition for
Geography- Water Resources Short Answers Type Questions Q.1) Explain how water becomes a renewable resource? Ans) Three-fourths of the earth’s surface is covered with water, but only a small proportion of it accounts for freshwater that can be put to use. This freshwater is mainly obtained from surface runoff and groundwater that is continually being
Geography- Water Resources Very Short Answers Type Questions Q.1) Which Mauryan ruler built the water resources extensively? Ans) During the time of Chandragupta Maurya, dams, lakes, and irrigation systems were extensively built. Q.2) When and by whom the Hauz Khas of Delhi was built? Ans) . In the 14th century, the tank in Hauz khas,
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