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Resources and Industries in India: Q&A | Class 10 Geography Chapter 5
Resources and Industries in India
10th Social Science | Geography | Chapter 5
Answer the following Questions briefly
1. Define the resource and state its types.
• Any matter or energy derived from the environment that is used by living things including humans is called a Natural resource.
• Natural resources include air, water, soil, minerals, plants, wildlife etc.
Types of resources:
• Renewable resources - The resources that can be replenished. Eg.: Solar energy and wind energy.
• Non renewable resources - The energy that cannot be replenished easily. Eg.: Petroleum, coal.
2. What are minerals and state its type?
• Minerals are natural substances of organic or inorganic origin with definite chemical and physical properties.
Types: • Metallic minerals • Non-metallic minerals
• Metals like gold, copper, iron and lead are metallic minerals.
• Mica, limestone, gypsum, coal and petroleum are examples of non-metallic minerals.
3. State the uses of magnesium.
• Manganese is used for making iron and steel and serves as basic raw material for alloying.
• Manganese is also used in the manufacturing of bleaching powder, insecticides, paints and batteries.
4. What is natural gas?
• Natural gas usually accompanies the petroleum accumulations. It is naturally occurring Hydro carbon gas mixture consisting primarily of Methane.
• It commonly includes varying amounts of other higher Alkanes.
• Sometimes it includes a small amount of Carbon dioxide, Nitrogen and Hydrogen Sulphides.
• When layers of decomposed plants and animals are exposed to intense heat and pressure over thousands of years Natural gas is formed.
5. Name the different types of coal with their carbon content.
• Anthracite (80 - 90% carbon)
• Bituminous (60 - 80% carbon)
• Lignite (40 - 60% carbon)
• Peat (less than 40% carbon)
6. Mention the major areas of jute production in India.
• West Bengal - Concentrated along the Hooghly river within the radius of six kilometre of Kolkata.
• Other jute goods producing areas are Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh and Odisha.
7. Name the important oil producing regions of India.
Western coast off shore oil fields:
- Mumbai High
- Gujarat coast
- Basseim oil field
- Allabet oil field
- Ankleshwar
- Cambay- Luni Region
- Ahemebadad- kaiol Region
Eastern coast offshore oil fields:
- Brahamputra valiey
- Digbol oil fields
- Nahoratlya oil fields
- Moran- Hugrijan oil field
- Surma valley
- Rudrassgar- Lawa oil fields
• off-shore of Andaman and Nicobar, Gulf of Mannar, Baleshwar coast, Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
Distinguishing India's Geography: Rivers, Ghats, and Coastal Plains | Class 10 Social Science
Chapter: 10th Social Science : Geography : Chapter 1 : India - Location, Relief and Drainage
Distinguish between the following
1. Himalayan rivers and Peninsular rivers.
Himalayan rivers
- Originate from the Himalayas.
- Long and wide
- Perennial in nature
- Unsuitable for hydro-power generation
- Useful for navigation
Peninsular rivers.
- Originate from Western Ghats.
- Short and narrow
- Non-perennial in nature
- Suitable for hydro-power generation
- Not useful for navigation.
2. Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats.
Western Ghats
- The Western Ghats form the western edge of the peninsular plateau.
- The Western Ghats run parallel to the Arabian sea coast.
- There are three important passes in the Western Ghats
- The Western Ghats are continuous range of mountains
- Anaimudi is the highest peak in the Western Ghats.
Eastern Ghats
- The Eastern Ghats run from southwest to northeast from the eastern edge of Peninsular plateau.
- The Eastern Ghats run parallel to the Bay of Bengal.
- There is no pass. These are a series of intersected hills.
- The Eastern Ghats are not continuous as the Western Ghats.
- Mahendragiri is the highest peak in the Eastern Ghats.
3. Western Coastal Plains and Eastern Coastal Plains.
Western Coastal Plains
- It lies between the Western Ghats and the Arabian sea.
- It extends from Rann of Kutch in the north to Kanniyakumari in the south
- It has sandy beaches, coastal sand dunes, lagoons, mudflats and residual hills.
- The northern part of this coast is known as Konkan coast and the southern part is known as Malabar coast.
Eastern Coastal Plains
- It lies between the Eastern Ghats and the Bay of Bengal.
- It extends from West Bengal in the north to Tamil Nadu in the south
- It consists of alluvial deposits. The coastal plain has regular shore line with beaches.
- The northern part of this coast is known as Northern Circars and the southern part is known as Coromandal coast.
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