Q11 of 29 Page 1

Study the map given below and answer the questions that follow:


i. Which economic activity is revealed in the shaded portion?


ii. What are the products of primary activity in these regions?


iii. Name any one region where it is best developed.

(i) Extensive commercial grain cultivation is being done in the revealed shaded portion. It is majorly practised in the interior parts of semi-arid lands of the mid-latitudes.


(ii)Commercial grain cultivation is majorly practised in the interior parts of semi-arid lands of the mid-latitudes. Wheat is the primary crop grown. Other crops like corn, barley, oats and rye are also cultivated.


(iii) Commercial grain cultivation is majorly practised in the interior parts of semi-arid lands of the mid-latitudes. It is best developed in the Eurasian steppes, the Canadian and American Prairies, the Pampas of Argentina, the Velds of South Africa, the Australian Downs and the Canterbury Plains of New Zealand.


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VALUE-BASED QUESTION

Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:


“The design and use of building materials of houses vary from one ecological region to another. The houses made up of mud, wood and thatch, remain susceptible to damage during heavy rains and floods, and require proper maintenance every year. Most house designs are typically deficient in proper ventilation. Besides, the design of a house includes the animal 6 shed along with its fodder-store within it. This is purposely done to keep the domestic animals and their food properly protected from wild animals. Unmetalled roads and lack of modern communication network create a unique problem. During the rainy season, the settlements remain cut off and pose serious difficulties in providing emergency services. It is also difficult to provide adequate health and educational infrastructure for their large rural population. The problem is particularly serious where proper villagisation has not taken place and houses are scattered over a large area.”


(i) Justify the statement, “The problem is particularly serious where proper villagisation has not taken place and houses are scattered over a large area.”


(ii) Find out the values associated with it.