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Answer the following questions:

Explain the similarities and differences between the population distribution in Brazil and India.

Similarities:


1. In both Brazil and India, population is unevenly distributed depending on the physiography with densely forested areas having lesser density.


2. India is the second most populated country in the world while Brazil is the fifth.


Differences:


1. Brazil is least populated around the Amazon basin while India is least populated along the Himalayan mountain range.


2. Highest concentration of population in India is in the northern plains while in Brazil is the south eastern coastal lowlands.


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1

Are the following sentences right or wrong? Correct the wrong ones.

The western part of Brazil is densely populated.

 2

Answer the questions as per the instructions:

(a) Arrange the following states of India in descending order of their population.


Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh


(b) Arrange the states of Brazil in ascending order of their population: Amazonas, Rio de Janeiro, Alaguas, Sao Paulo, Parana


(c) Classify the factors affecting the distribution of population into favourable and unfavourable. Nearness to sea, lack of roads, temperate climate, lack of industries, new cities and towns, tropical moist forests, minerals, semi-arid climate, cultivable land.

 3

Answer the following questions:

Giving examples, correlate climate and population distribution.

 4

Give geographical reasons:

Population is an important resource.