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Tertiary Economic Activities · Maharashtra Board STD 12 Commerce / Arts (MSBSHSE - English Medium). 4 questions.

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Question 14 Marks
Tourism and GDP.
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  • Tourism is vital for the success of many economies around the world.
  • Tourism boosts the revenue of the economy, creates thousands of jobs and develops the infrastructures of the country.
  • It also creates jobs in agriculture, communication, health and educational sectors.
  • The government that depends on tourism, invests a lot in the infrastructure of the country. They construct new roads and highways, develop parks, improve public places, and set up airports, etc.
  • With augmenting facilities, more and more tourists are attracted in such countries, thus, there is boosting of the GDP.
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Question 24 Marks
Role of transportation in trade.
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  • Transport support trade and industry in carrying raw material to the place of production and distribution of finished products for consumption.
  • Transport means to make goods available to consumers.
  • Transport makes possible movement of goods from one place to another with great ease and speed.
  • Trade means exchange of goods and services. In trade there is movement of goods from surplus areas to scarcity areas. The movement of goods is possible only because of transport.
  • In other words, without the help of transport development of trade is not possible.
  • Thus, transport plays an important role in economic development and globalisation of trade.
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Question 34 Marks
Importance of satellite as means of communication.
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  • A communications satellite is an artificial satellite that relays and amplifies radio telecommunication signals via. transponder.
  • Communications satellites are used for television, telephone, radio, internet and military applications.
  • The information about physical and human factors is obtained from satellite communication.
  • Satellite communication is used in remote islands, in some countries and continents where landline telecommunication is rare or not available.
  • As television becomes the main market, its demand for satellite communication becomes very important.
  • Satellites are also used for internet communication, military communications, etc.
  • Thus, importance of satellite as means of communication is increasing.
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Question 44 Marks
Climate and trade.
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Climate has a direct effect on agriculture of the country. Due to favourable climate there is specialisation of certain crops in some areas. For example, due to hot and humid climate there is specialisation of rice crops in Southeast Asian countries. So, they have developed trade of rice in the world.
The quality of grass depends upon climate. In cool climates, soft and juicy grass grows, so such area has developed pastoral activities and trade of animal products. For example, Australia and New Zealand have become some of the leading exporters of butter, cheese, condensed milk powder, mutton, etc.
Climate also affects the growth and type of forest in the country. Due to a cool climate in Canada, Russia, Scandinavian countries, the coniferous forest grows which provides softwood; it has great demand in the world market. Therefore, Canada, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia are leading exporters of wood.
In some countries, there is a specialization of certain goods due to specific climates. For example, in snow-covered areas there is more production of woolen goods; therefore, there is more export trade of woolen goods from the Jammu and Kashmir states of India.
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