Short Answer Type Questions: Q1.Describe the effects and remedies for air pollution.Answer:Effects of Air Pollution: It causes various respiratory diseases like asthma, sore throat, sneezing, allergic rhinitis, smoky fog over the cities commonly known as smog prevails which may lead
Read MoreShort Answer Type Questions: Q1.Why is international trade necessary?Answer:International trade is beneficial as no country is self sufficient. It bridges the gap between surplus regions and deficit regions through export and imports. Countries need to trade to obtain commodities, they
Read MoreShort Answer Type Questions: Q1.Explain the functions of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).Answer:The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) was operationalised in 1995. It is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Surface Transport. It is entrusted with the
Read MoreShort Answer Type Questions: Q1.Mention the important features of Hill Area Development Programmes.Answer: Hill Area Development Programmes were initiated during Fifth Year Plan. It covered 15 districts comprising all the hilly districts of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Assam, West Bengal and
Read MoreShort Answer Type Questions: Q1.List the significance of the secondary sector.Answer:Secondary sector processes primary products into finished goods of higher value. It provides employment to a large number of people and contributes to national income. Q2.Why are synthetic fibres gaining
Read MoreShort Answer Type Questions: Q1.Give an account of the distribution of bauxite in India. .Answer:Bauxite is used in manufacturing of aluminium. It is found mainly in tertiary deposits and is associated with laterite rocks occurring extensively either on the plateau
Read MoreShort Answer Type Questions: Q1.What are the three things essential for water resource development?Answer:A very small proportion of fresh water is available for human use. The availability of fresh water varies over space and time. The tensions and disputes on
Read MoreShort Answer Type Questions: Q1.Which four categories witnessed a decline in land use? Why?Answer:The four categories that have registered a decline are barren and wasteland, culturable wasteland, area under pastures and tree crops and fallow lands. The following explanations can
Read MoreShort Answer Type Questions: Q1.Give two characteristics of urban settlement in India. How are cities connected to rural centres?Answer:Urban settlements are generally compact and larger in size and they are engaged in variety of non agricultural, economic and administrative functions.
Read MoreShort Answer Type Questions: Q1.List the factors which might have caused India’s poor showing/ranking in HDI ranking.Answer:India with a population of 1.2 billion is ranked 134th out of 172 countries as per the UNDP HDI report 2011, with a value
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