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Give one example of primary employment and one example of tertiary employment.
Primary = farming/fishing/mining etc.
Tertiary = teaching/banking/working in an office/driver/doctor etc.
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited is an example of which industry?
Public sector industries.
The first textile mill in the country was established at _________ near ________ in __________.
Fort Gloster near Kolkata in 1818.
Explain how the location of industry can be influenced by transport.
To transport raw materials/inputs/imports
To transport finished goods/outputs/exports
To reduce costs.
To increase speed.
Especially bulky materials
Especially perishable goods
What do you understand by Food Security?
Food security means when all people, at all times, have access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.
They are also known as coarse grains and can be grown on less fertile and sandy soils. Name them.
Millets
Why do we need manufacturing industries?
They employ a huge share of the labor force and produce materials.
Who discovered the coffee plant and when?
In about AD 850, Kaldi, an Arab goat-herder tasted the berries of the evergreen bush on which the goats were feeding. On experiencing a sense of exhilaration, he proclaimed his discovery to the world.
What is the difference between goods and services?
Goods are tangible items produced by primary and secondary industries. Services are intangible and are sold by tertiary industries.
Name two types of coal.
Bituminous Coal and Anthracite Coal
Activities that take raw materials and change them to useful forms are called?
Secondary Activities.
Why is information technology industry also known as 'Sunrise industries'?
As these are the new emerging industries.
Which two gases were released during the Bhopal Gas tragedy?
Methyl Isocynate (MIC) gas along with Hydrogen Cyanide.
How all the sectors of economy complement each other. Explain with examples.
Primary sectors use inputs like land, capital, machinery to grow and extract natural resources. They take loan from banks, use transportation services for machinery, seeds, raw material etc.
The secondary sector again with the help of tertiary sector (transportation) turn these raw materials them into final products. They also need loan for purchase of machinery, land etc. These final products are then transported again to the customers. They also need to be marketed and advertised with the help of tertiary sector.
Tertiary sector cannot survive without the existence of Primary and Secondary sector.
The names of Great Lakes are__________.
Superior, Huron, Ontario, Michigan and Erie.
What is meant by the following?
Input
Process
Output
Inputs: resources/things needed in order for production to take place.
• Processes: what is done to the inputs to turn them into outputs/create a product.
• Outputs: the products which are produced/what they sell.
Where is shifting cultivation practiced? Which crops are grown in this farming?
Shifting cultivation is practised in the thickly forested areas of Amazon basin, tropical Africa, parts of southeast Asia and Northeast India.
Crops like maize, yam, potatoes and cassava are grown.
Explain the changing location of the iron and steel industry?
Before 1800 A.D. iron and steel industry was located where raw materials, power supply were easily available. Later the ideal location for the industry was near coal fields and close to canals and railways. After 1950, iron and steel industry began to be located on large areas of flat land near sea ports.
Why cotton textile industry flourished in the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat?
Humid Climate.
Availability of raw materials.
The climate is ideal for spinning and weaving.
Skilled and unskilled labor.
Flat land available for setting up of mills.
Mr. X has a field in Madhya Pradesh. He wants to grow a certain form of Plantation crop. What would you prefer, he grows there and why?
The most suitable plantation to grow here would be cotton.
With its semi-arid climate, temperatures ranging from very hot in summer to cool in winter, moderate amount of rainfall and the availability of alluvial and black soil.
Steel is often called the backbone of modern industry. Why?
Almost everything we use is either made of iron or steel or has been made with tools and machinery of these metals.
These varieties of cotton were known worldwide for their quality and design. Name them.
The Muslins of Dhaka,
Chintzes of Masulipatnam,
Calicos of Calicut and Gold-wrought cotton of Burhanpur, Surat & Vadodara.
Why Sakchi was chosen to set up the steel plant.
This place was only 32 km away from Kalimati station on the Bengal-Nagpur railway line.
It was close to the iron ore, coal and manganese deposits as well as to Kolkata, which provided a large market.
TISCO, gets coal from Jharia coalfields, and iron ore, limestone, dolomite and manganese from Odisha and Chhattisgarh.
The Kharkai and Subarnarekha rivers ensured sufficient water supply.
Government initiatives provided adequate capital.
Ahmedabad textile mills have been having some problems due to which several textile mills have closed down. State the problems faced by Ahmedabad textile mills
This is primarily due to the emergence of new textile centers in the country as well as non-upgradation of machines and technology in the mills of Ahmedabad.
What were the farm laws introduced by Modi government in 2021?
1. The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020
2. Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020.
3. Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020