Mining activity is controlled by both physical factors and economic factors. Which of the following is classified as an economic factor controlling mining, rather than a physical factor?

Availability of capital, technology and transport

Mode of occurrence of the mineral deposit

Cooperative farming, as practised in Denmark, and collective farming, as practised in the former Soviet Union's Kolkhoz system, are both forms of organised agriculture but differ fundamentally in ownership pattern. Which statement correctly distinguishes the two?

In cooperative farming, farmers voluntarily pool resources while retaining ownership of their own farms; collective farming is based on social ownership of the means of production

Both systems are identical and were practised only in Denmark

Collective farming allows members to withdraw their land freely while cooperative farming does not

Cooperative farming is based on social ownership of land while collective farming allows individual ownership

In the wheat-growing regions of the prairies, pampas, steppes and downs, extensive commercial grain farming gives a low yield per acre but a high yield per person engaged in farming. What best explains this pattern?

A high degree of mechanisation is used on large farms operated by very few workers

Multiple cropping seasons allow continuous harvesting throughout the year

Abundant cheap labour is employed on small, intensively worked farms

Fertilizers are applied intensively on small, fragmented landholdings

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CBSE Class 12 Humanities Geography · Ch 4: Primary Activities

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Q1. Mining activity is controlled by both physical factors and economic factors. Which of the following is classified as an economic factor controlling mining, rather than a physical factor?
खनन क्रियाकलाप भौतिक कारकों और आर्थिक कारकों दोनों से नियंत्रित होता है। निम्नलिखित में से किसे खनन को नियंत्रित करने वाला आर्थिक कारक माना जाता है, भौतिक कारक नहीं?
- A. Size of the mineral deposit / खनिज भंडार का आकार
- B. Grade of the mineral ore / खनिज अयस्क की कोटि (ग्रेड)
- C. Availability of capital, technology and transport / पूँजी, प्रौद्योगिकी और परिवहन की उपलब्धता
- D. Mode of occurrence of the mineral deposit / खनिज भंडार की उपलब्धता की स्थिति
Solution
The grade, size and mode of occurrence of a mineral are physical factors, while demand, technology, capital, labour and transport are economic factors controlling mining.
किसी खनिज की कोटि (grade), आकार और उपलब्धता की स्थिति भौतिक कारक हैं, जबकि माँग, प्रौद्योगिकी, पूँजी, श्रम और परिवहन खनन को नियंत्रित करने वाले आर्थिक कारक हैं।
Q2. Cooperative farming, as practised in Denmark, and collective farming, as practised in the former Soviet Union's Kolkhoz system, are both forms of organised agriculture but differ fundamentally in ownership pattern. Which statement correctly distinguishes the two?
डेनमार्क में अपनाई जाने वाली सहकारी कृषि (cooperative farming) और पूर्व सोवियत संघ की 'कोलखोज़' (Kolkhoz) प्रणाली में अपनाई जाने वाली सामूहिक कृषि (collective farming), दोनों संगठित कृषि के रूप हैं परंतु स्वामित्व प्रतिरूप में मूल रूप से भिन्न हैं। निम्नलिखित में से कौन सा कथन इन दोनों को सही ढंग से अलग करता है?
- A. In cooperative farming, farmers voluntarily pool resources while retaining ownership of their own farms; collective farming is based on social ownership of the means of production / सहकारी कृषि में किसान अपने फार्मों का स्वामित्व बनाए रखते हुए स्वेच्छा से संसाधनों को मिलाते हैं; सामूहिक कृषि उत्पादन के साधनों के सामाजिक स्वामित्व पर आधारित होती है
- B. Both systems are identical and were practised only in Denmark / दोनों प्रणालियाँ समान हैं और केवल डेनमार्क में अपनाई जाती थीं
- C. Collective farming allows members to withdraw their land freely while cooperative farming does not / सामूहिक कृषि में सदस्यों को अपनी भूमि स्वतंत्र रूप से वापस लेने की अनुमति होती है जबकि सहकारी कृषि में नहीं
- D. Cooperative farming is based on social ownership of land while collective farming allows individual ownership / सहकारी कृषि भूमि के सामाजिक स्वामित्व पर आधारित होती है जबकि सामूहिक कृषि में व्यक्तिगत स्वामित्व की अनुमति होती है
Solution
In cooperative farming, farmers voluntarily pool resources but keep ownership of their own land, whereas collective farming is based on social ownership of land and collective labour, as in the Soviet Kolkhoz.
सहकारी कृषि में किसान स्वेच्छा से संसाधनों को मिलाते हैं परंतु अपनी भूमि का स्वामित्व बनाए रखते हैं, जबकि सामूहिक कृषि भूमि के सामाजिक स्वामित्व और सामूहिक श्रम पर आधारित होती है, जैसा कि सोवियत कोलखोज़ में होता था।
Q3. In the wheat-growing regions of the prairies, pampas, steppes and downs, extensive commercial grain farming gives a low yield per acre but a high yield per person engaged in farming. What best explains this pattern?
प्रेयरी, पम्पास, स्टेपी और डाउंस जैसे गेहूँ उत्पादक क्षेत्रों में, विस्तृत व्यावसायिक अन्न कृषि प्रति एकड़ कम उत्पादन परंतु कृषि में संलग्न प्रति व्यक्ति उच्च उत्पादन देती है। इस प्रतिरूप की सबसे उपयुक्त व्याख्या क्या है?
- A. Multiple cropping seasons allow continuous harvesting throughout the year / अनेक फसल मौसमों के कारण वर्ष भर निरंतर कटाई संभव होती है
- B. A high degree of mechanisation is used on large farms operated by very few workers / बहुत कम श्रमिकों द्वारा संचालित बड़े फार्मों पर उच्च स्तर का यंत्रीकरण उपयोग किया जाता है
- C. Abundant cheap labour is employed on small, intensively worked farms / छोटे, गहनता से कार्यरत फार्मों पर प्रचुर सस्ता श्रम नियोजित किया जाता है
- D. Fertilizers are applied intensively on small, fragmented landholdings / छोटी, विखंडित भूजोतों पर गहन रूप से उर्वरकों का प्रयोग किया जाता है
Solution
These are large, highly mechanised farms worked by very few people, so even though the output per acre is low, the output produced per farmer is high.
ये बड़े, अत्यधिक यंत्रीकृत फार्म हैं जिन पर बहुत कम लोग कार्य करते हैं, इसलिए यद्यपि प्रति एकड़ उत्पादन कम होता है, परंतु प्रति किसान उत्पादन उच्च होता है।

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