Infrastructure — Economics STD 12 Commerce — Question

Explain the progress made in international trade after Independence.

What are the functions of the environment?

Why does the present world stand at the threshold of an environmental crisis?

Read the passage given below and answer the following questions from 1 to 4.
The revolutionary, 'Billion-litre idea' and execution of the world's largest dairy-agricultural development programme, 'Operation Flood' transformed India from a nation with potential in the dairy industry to a nation with massive production of milk and dairy products.
Operation Flood is the programme initiated by the National Dairy Development Board to speed up "the White Revolution." It created a national milk grid linking producers throughout India with consumers in over 700 towns and cities, reducing seasonal and regional price variations while ensuring that the producer gets a major share of the price, consumers pay, by cutting out middlemen.
The bedrock of Operation Flood that made the White Revolution a success, was village milk producers' cooperatives, which procured milk and provided inputs and services, making mode management and technology available to members.

1. Operation Flood was initiated in:

1. 1965
2. 1966
3. 1967
4. 1968

2. Operation Flood is based on the model of....................?

1. cooperative marketing
2. regulated marketing
3. Both [a] and [b]
4. None of the above

3. Operation Flood was first commenced in..............?

1. Gujarat
2. Andhra Pradesh
3. Uttar Pradesh
4. Bihar

4. Operation Flood is an example of............. of productive activity in the rural areas.

1. centralisation
2. diversification
3. Both [a] and [b]
4. None of the above

Discuss the energy crisis in India.

Explain carrying capacity of environment with examples.

What is sustainable development? What are the main features of sustainable development? Explain.

What are the benefits and challenges before India for becoming a cashless economy?

Categories canals, houses, schools, railways, ships, hospitals, banks, development banks, aerodromes, courts, power plants, transmission lines and satellites into economic and social infrastructure.

Account for the difference in the participation ratio of people in the urban and rural areas.