Resources and Development Class 10 Case Study Social Science Geography Chapter 1

A1: Case study questions are a type of question that presents a detailed scenario or a real-life situation related to a specific topic. Students are required to analyze the situation, apply their knowledge, and provide answers or solutions based on the information given in the case study. These questions help students develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

A2: To approach case study questions effectively, follow these steps:
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Apply your knowledge: Use what you have learned in your course to interpret the case study and answer the questions.
Structure your answers: Write clear and concise responses, making sure to address all parts of the question.

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A4: Important keywords for CBSE Class 10 Resources and Development are given below:
Land Use Pattern: Use of land for different purposes like forests, cultivation, fallow land, etc.
Ecological Balance: The balance in our physical and cultural environment. Man’s activities cause disturbances in this balance. For example, two important aspects are balance of gases in air and balance of constituents in soil.
Land Degradation: Depletion of the resources of the land through soil erosion, mining, deforestation, etc.
Khadar: The new alluvium.
Kankar: Substance now containing calcium carbonates.
Laterite: Soils from which silicates have been leached out and iron and aluminium predominate.
Bangar: The old alluvium.
Conservation: Preservation and protection of natural or man-made resources.
Regur: Black soil of extremely fine clayey material.
Basin: A wide depression or an area drained by a river.
Sub-soil: Part of the soil below the top layer, normally used for cultivation to the depth to which most plant roots grow.
Fallow Land: Agricultural land left uncultivated after two-three crops to restore its natural fertility.
Marginal Land: Land which is difficult to cultivate and yields little profit.
Net Sown Area: The total land under crop production excluding wasteland or land left fallow. Soil: Top layer of earth containing humus.

A5: Rio-de-Janeiro summit was held in 1992 in Brazil.
Earth Summit:
To achieve sustainable development in order to combat environment damage, poverty and disease, it laid emphasis on global cooperation, mutual needs and shared responsibilities.

A6: Alluvial Soil:
Its main features are:
(i) Mostly these soils contain adequate proportion of potash and lime which are
ideal for the growth of sugarcane, paddy, wheat, etc.
(ii) Such a soil is the result of deposits of river.
(iii) Very fertile soil

A7: Utilisation of land for various purposes, such as cultivation, grazing of animals, mining, construction of roads, etc.
Factors that determine land use pattern are:
(i) Topography
(ii) Climate
(iii) Human Factor
(iv) Accessibility

A8: Sustainable economic development means ‘development should take place without damaging the environment’ and development in the present should not compromise with the needs of the future generations. We can eradicate irrational consumption and over-utilisation of resources through conservation of resources. Irrational consumption and over-exploitation of resources lead to many socioeconomic and environmental problems. To overcome these problems and to preserve resources for our future generation as well, proper management and conservation of resources is essential

A9: Resource planning is a proper and judicious planning of resources. Resources are put to use according to availability and needs for development of the economy. Three processes which are involved in resource planning are:
(a) Identification and inventory of resources across various regions of the country. It involves surveying, mapping, qualitative and quantitative estimation and measurement of the resources.
(b) Evolving a planning structure, endowed with appropriate technological skill and institutional set up for implementing resource development plans.
(c) Synchronizing the resource development with overall national development plans.

A10: Human is at the centre of resource development. Actually all resources become resources only when they are put to use by humans. It is human who makes natural things usable with the help of technology. Had no technology been there, development would not have been possible. There are regions where natural resources are in abundance but the regions are not developed, e.g., Africa. But if humans are developed, they make the region developed with technology, e.g., Japan.

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