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Fill up the blanks by choosing the right option.

(i) Public conveyances like buses and railways are …………………….. (necessities/luxuries).


(ii) Many sets of garments per member in a family are ……………………….. (necessities/fashions).


(iii) Petroleum is a resource of the same category as that of …………………………… (copper/groundwater).

(i) necessities

Explanation: Motorcycle, taxi, etc are some means of personal conveyances while buses and railways are means of public conveyances.


(ii) Fashions


Explanation: As population increases, the living standards of the people also increases.


(iii) groundwater


Explanation: Coal and iron are exhaustible resources because they are not present in nature in plenty and they take a longer time to get replenished.


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List any four reasons for the population explosion in India.

 1

Mention whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F).

(i) Urbanization is the enlargement of towns covering a very large area together with modern facilities. (T/F)


(ii) Rising population is leading to an increased coverage of land for raising forests. (T/F)


(iii) Coal and iron are inexhaustible resources. (T/F)

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Give the technical terms of the following:

(i) A statistical study of human population …………………………………………………


(ii) A number of deaths per 1000 people per year ………………………………………………………….


(iii) A number of individuals per sq. km. at any given time ………………………………………….


(iv) Difference between birth rate and death rate ………………………………………………….

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List any three consequences of high population density.