Soil Resources — Geography STD 10 — Question

State three dominant characteristics of the monsoon.

Haban comes to Guwahati with his father from a remote village. He sees people getting into strange house like objects which move along the road. He also sees a "kitchen" dragging a number of house along with it. He is amazed and asked his father "Why don't our houses move like the one we saw in Guwahati, Ba?" Ba replies, "These are not houses, they are buses and trains. Unlike our houses these are not made of bricks and stones, metal like iron and alluminium are used in making these. They do not move on their own. They are driven by an engine which needs energy to work.
(a) What is the role of minerals in development?
(b) Name the minerals used in the manufacture of a filament light bulb.

A fire broke out at the Kochi city corporation-run waste treatment plant. Thick clouds of toxic smoke engulfed the city. The unsorted waste at the plant contained PVC and clinical waste, both of which on combustion are extremely harmful for the general health of people.
-Economic times
(a) Which method of waste management would have helped in reducing health hazard in the above case?
(b) What measures may be undertaken by individuals to reduce waste?

Write two reasons why monsoon deciduous forests are commercially more valuable than other types of forests.

What are millets? State their characteristics.

Mountain vegetation consists not of a single type but of several types. Give reasons.

1. The diverse agro-ecological conditions in the country are favourable for growing 9 annual oilseed crops, which include 7 edible oilseeds (groundnut, rapeseed& mustard, soybean, sunflower, sesame, safflower and niger) and two non-edible oilseeds (castor and linseed). Oilseeds cultivation is undertaken across the country in about 27 million hectares mainly on marginal lands, of which 72% is confined to rain fed farming.
Source: https://agricoop.nic.in/sites/default/files/Introduction.pdf
(a) What are the diverse agro-ecological conditions which led to growing variety of food grains in India?
(b) What are the uses of oil seeds?

How does composting work?

What are the disadvantages of integrated steel plant?

With reference to the Natural Vegetation of India, classify the following trees under the heading: Kind of forests with which they are associated:
Chir Pine, Teak, Casuarina, Ebony, Rosewood, Khajuri, Eucalyptus, Sandalwood, Babul.