Short Answer TypeMention one similarity and one difference between India and Australia with respect to their extent and area.
a. Which river is known as the 'Dakshin Ganga' ? Why ?
b. Name any two tributaries of this river.
What is market gardening ? Mention any two factors that have contributed to the increasing importance of market gardening in India.
The average density of population in India according to 2001 census is 324 per sq. km. Explain why West Bengal has a density of 904 per sq. km whereas Arunachal Pradesh has a density of only 13 per sq. km.
Name the raw materials used in the manufacture of synthetic fibres. State two advantages of synthetic fibres.
a. What are the two terminal town of the G.T. Roads ?
b. Mention two disadvantages of road transport.
State any two factors that have contributed to the development of the Mumbai - Pune industrial region.
i. What is the difference between a 'burst and a break' in the monsoons?
ii. Explain why rainfall decreases eastwards in peninsular India and westwards in the northern plains of India.
i. The sudden onset of rain due to south-west monsoon winds is often termed as burst whereas when the south west monsoon winds fail to bring rain for two or more weeks during the rainy season it is known as break in the monsoon.
ii. Rainfall decreases eastward in peninsular India because the rain bearing south - west monsoon winds enter peninsular India from Arabian sea in the West.
Whereas in the northern plains the rain bearing monsoon winds enter from the Bay of Bengal in the east and as they move westward they go on loosing their moisture so the rainfall goes on decreasing westward in the Northern plains of India.
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