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Solutions for Chapter 4: Primary Economic Activities
Below listed, you can find solutions for Chapter 4 of Maharashtra State Board Balbharati for Geography (Social Science) [English] 12 Standard HSC.
Balbharati solutions for Geography (Social Science) [English] 12 Standard HSC 4 Primary Economic Activities Exercise Q1 [Page 40]
Choose the correct option and complete the sentence:
The gathering of various products from the forests for livelihood is mainly carried in______
Temperate coniferous forests.
Temperate Deciduous forests.
Tropical deciduous forests.
Equatorial evergreen forests.
Ideal location for fishing.
rugged coasts, shallow seas, hot climate, growth of planktons
shallow seas, confluence of warm and cold ocean currents, growth of planktons, cold climate
continental shelf, growth of planktons, good fishing skills, cold climate
continental shelf, rugged coasts, growth of planktons, cold climate
Primary Economic activity not related directly to latitudinal locations:
Lumbering
Fishing
Mining
Agriculture
Choose the correct option and complete the sentence:
Characteristics of extensive commercial agriculture
monoculture, use of water, tropical, cereal production
monoculture, use of machinery, tropical, cereal production
monoculture, use of manual labour, equator, Thailand, horticulture
monoculture, use of scientific know how, sub-tropical, production of pulses
Balbharati solutions for Geography (Social Science) [English] 12 Standard HSC 4 Primary Economic Activities Exercise Q2 [Page 40]
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 |
Balbharati solutions for Geography (Social Science) [English] 12 Standard HSC 4 Primary Economic Activities Exercise Q3 [Page 41]
Write a short note on plantation agriculture.
Write short notes on
Physical factors and fishing
Write short notes on
Lumbering on a commercial scale
Write short notes on:
Hunting and loss of ecosystem
Balbharati solutions for Geography (Social Science) [English] 12 Standard HSC 4 Primary Economic Activities Exercise Q4 [Page 41]
Give geographical reasons:
Agriculture is done on a large scale in India.
Give geographical reasons:
Mining is developed in Chhota Nagpur plateau of India.
Give geographical reason:
Lumbering is developed on a large scale in Canada.
Give geographical reason
Extensive agriculture is a commercial type of agriculture.
Give geographical reasons:
Lumbering is practiced more in coniferous region than in tropical region.
Give geographical reason
Hunting has been banned.
Balbharati solutions for Geography (Social Science) [English] 12 Standard HSC 4 Primary Economic Activities Exercise Q5 [Page 41]
Differentiate between Lumbering in equatorial forests and Temperate forests.
Differentiate between:
Plantation agriculture and Extensive commercial agriculture.
Differentiate between:
Mining and Fishing.
Balbharati solutions for Geography (Social Science) [English] 12 Standard HSC 4 Primary Economic Activities Exercise Q6 [Page 41]
What are the factors affecting commercial fishing?
Write a note on Intensive Subsistence agriculture.
Give characteristics of Market Gardening.
Write a note on the areas in the world practicing commercial animal husbandry.
Mining is dependent on the extraction of naturally occurring minerals. Explain.
Write in detail about the characteristics of primary economic activities.
Balbharati solutions for Geography (Social Science) [English] 12 Standard HSC 4 Primary Economic Activities Exercise Q7 [Page 41]
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.
Balbharati solutions for Geography (Social Science) [English] 12 Standard HSC 4 Primary Economic Activities Exercise Q8 [Page 41]
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?
Solutions for 4: Primary Economic Activities
Balbharati solutions for Geography (Social Science) [English] 12 Standard HSC chapter 4 - Primary Economic Activities
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Concepts covered in Geography (Social Science) [English] 12 Standard HSC chapter 4 Primary Economic Activities are Primary Occupations, Hunting, Gathering, Lumbering, Fishing, Mining, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry (Livestock).
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