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प्रश्न
Write in detail about the characteristics of primary economic activities.
उत्तर
- Hunting, gathering, animal husbandry, agriculture, fishing, lumbering, mining etc. are primary economic activities.
- All these activities are dependent on nature.
- Natural resources exploited in primary activities, factors affecting these activities and effect of natural calamities affect these primary activities.
- Some activities are seen on large scale in particular regions of the world. For example, lumbering activity is mostly practised in the coniferous region, while in the coastal regions with wide expanse of the continental shelf, also confluence of warm and cold currents and subsequent growth of abundant plankton are developed as fishing ground.
- To fulfil the needs of growing population, to provide technical help to manpower, etc. mechanization was started in primary activities. For example, in agriculture, high-yielding seeds, fertilizers, insecticides are used for increasing production.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Complete the chain
| А |
B |
С |
|
(1) Intensive subsistence agriculture |
(1) Dogger bank |
(1) Small size of farm |
|
(2) Pampas grassland region |
(2) Offshore oil and gas production |
(2) Unfavourable |
|
(3) Fishing |
(3) Rice |
(3) Bombay high |
|
(4) Gathering |
(4) Dense forest |
(4) NE Atlantic Ocean |
|
(5) Mining |
(5) Commercial animal husbandry |
(5) South America |
On an outline map of the world, show the following with appropriate symbols and prepare an index:
- Dogger Bank fishing area.
- Area of lumbering in Asia.
- Area of animal husbandry in Australia.
- An area of agriculture in Europe.
- Mining area in Arabian Sea.
- Fishing area in South-West Atlantic Ocean.
Given below is the data about the continent wise employment engaged in primary economic activities in the year 2018. Draw a suitable diagram to represent the data and answer the questions that follow:
| Continent | % of population engaged in primary economic activities |
| Europe | 7.91 |
| Asia | 24.49 |
| North America | 14.93 |
| South America | 14.94 |
| Africa | 47.28 |
| Australia | 27.79 |
- In which continents is less than 10% of the population engaged in agriculture?
- In which continent is more than 40% population engaged in agriculture?
- Looking at the given data, can you arrange these continents in an ascending order on the basis of level of economic development?
Identify the correct group
Primary activities of man:
Read the following graph and answer the questions given below:
- Which year has very less population engaged in Primary economic activities?
- State the percentage of population engaged in Secondary economic activities in 1971 and 1991.
- Which economic activity had engaged very less population from 1951 to 2011?
- State the reasons for the growth of secondary and tertiary economic activities in 2011.
- Which year is more prosperous financially?
Write a short note.
Plantation agriculture
Mark and name the following on the outline map of the world with suitable index:
(1) Major rice-producing regions in Asia.
(2) Fishing area in north eastern coast of America.
(3) Venezuela - Industrial region
(4) Panama canal route.
(5) Highly populated region in India.
(6) Animal husbandry in South America.
(7) Mumbai - Singapore Air Route.
(8) Railway route in Australia.
Mark and name the following on the outline map of the world with suitable index.
- Fishing area in South West Atlantic Ocean.
- A canal brining radical change in sea transport.
- Ruhr industrial region.
- Highly populated region in Australia.
- Great Britain
- An International port in India.
- Mining area in Russia.
- A country having sparse populated in North America.
Marks and name the following on the outline map of the world with a suitable index:
- Highly populated area in Australia.
- A state having highest sex ratio in India.
- Dogger Bank Fishing area.
- An industrial region in South Africa - Kimberley.
- Industrial region near Great Lakes.
- A canal bringing radical change in sea transport - Suez Canal.
- An International Airport in India - Mumbai.
- Panama Strait.
