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maps for half yearly exam (geography)

Chapter 1 : Resources and Development Identification only : Major soil Types. Chapter 3 : Water Resources-Locating and Labelling – Dams: Salal Bhakra Nangal Tehri Rana Pratap Sagar Sardar Sarovar Hirakud Nagarjuna Sagar Tungabhadra (Along with rivers) Chapter 4 : Agriculture-Identifi cation only (a) Major areas of rice and wheat. (b) Largest / Major producer states of sugarcane; tea; coffee; rubber; cotton and jute. ( Location and labelling) Chapter 5: Mineral and Energy Resources. Minerals: (Identification only) (i) Iron ore mines : Mayurbhanj, Durg, Bailadila, Bellary, Kudremukh (ii) Mica mines: Ajmer, Beawar, Nellore, Gaya, Hazaribagh. (iii) Coal mines : Raniganj, Jhajria, Bokaro, Talcher, Korba, Singrauli, Neyvali (iv) Oil Fields : Digboi, Naharkatia, Mumbai High, Bassien, Kalol, Ankaleshwar Bauxite Deposits : The Amarkantak plateau, Maikal hills, The plateau region of B

Assignment : Geography Chapter-1 Resources and development

Chapter-1 (Geography) Resources and Development Attempt the following questions:- Q1: What is a resource? Q2: What is resource planning? Q3: “There is enough for everybody’s need and not for any body’s greed.”Comment. Q4: Describe briefly three stages of resource planning? Q5: What is the difference between Net Sown Area and Gross Cropped Area? Q6: Write briefly the objectives of Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit. Q7: Which soil has the special property of "holding moisture"? Q8: In which year the National Forest Policy was formed? Q9: Differentiate between Potential and Developed resources. Q10: Differentiate between Stock and Reserve resources. Q11: What are the different factors responsible for formation of soil? Q12: Explain land use pattern in India and why has the land under forest not increased much

Recourse and development.

Questions & Answers Chapter 1.pmd (ncert.nic.in) Q.1. Define a resource. Ans: Everything available in our environment which can be used to satisfy our needs, provided it is technologically accessible, economically feasible and culturally acceptable can be termed as Resource. Resources are a function of human activities. Human beings themselves are essential components of resources. They transform material available in our environment into resources and use them. Q.2. How resources are classified? Ans: Resources can be classified in the following ways – (a) On the basis of origin – biotic and abiotic (b) On the basis of exhaustibility – renewable and non-renewable (c) On the basis of ownership – individual, community, national and international (d) On the basis of status of development – potential, developed stock and reserves. Q.3. what is meant by biotic resources? Ans: Biotic resources are obtained from biosphere and have life such as human beings, flora and fauna, fisheries, l

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