Balbharati solutions for Geography [English] Standard 10 Maharashtra State Board chapter 8 - Economy and Occupations [Latest edition]

Read the following graph and answer the questions:

Gross National Incomes (GNI) from 1960 to 2016 (in million US $)

1. Which country’s national income was highest in 2016 and was it how much?
2. Comparing India and Brazil, which country had a higher national income in 1980?
3. Comparing India and Brazil, which country had a higher income in 2016?
4. Tell the difference between the GNP of Brazil and India in 2016.
5. Calculate the difference between the national incomes of developed and developing countries in 2016.

A table regarding the ownership of various sectors in both the countries is given. Like Brazil, fill the details regarding India and complete the table.

1. On the basis of the information about the ownership of various sectors in both the countries given in the table, can you infer about the type of these economies?

Classify the following activities in by ticking (✓) in the respective column.

In figure given below, the pie-charts show the contribution of each sector in the respective country’s GDP and the percentage of population engaged in various activities. Read both the pie-charts carefully and answer the following questions.

1. Which country has a higher percentage of population engaged in primary activities?
2. In which country is the contribution of tertiary sector greater in the GDP?
3. In which country is the share of secondary activities more in the GDP?
4. Can we say that Brazil is an agrarian economy like India? Give reasons.

Which type of occupations gives a boost to the development of a country’s economy?

Look at the map given below. The major primary occupations in Brazil are shown here. Discuss the following points and write your observations.

1. In which part of Brazil is coffee mainly produced?
2. Which food crops are mainly grown in Brazil?
3. Can you relate the production of these crops with the climate there?
4. Where are the rubber plantations concentrated?
5. Complete the table.
   

   Type of crops	Crops	Areas of production
   Food crops
   Cash Crops
   Fruits and Vegetables

Observe the figure and answer the following questions.

1. Prepare a table of mining products and regions of production in Brazil.
2. In which part of Brazil has mining activity not developed? What could be the reasons?
3. Considering the availability of resources, were has the development of industries occurred?
4. Can you give two reasons of concentration of fishing near the south-eastern coast of Brazil?
5. Inland fishing is not developed in Brazil though there is large number of rivers in Brazil. Can you think of a reason?

Name the warm and cold ocean currents near Brazilian coasts.

The following images are related to agricultural activities. Identify and write whether they are practised in Brazil or India.

Show the distribution of crops like wheat, jowar, rice, cotton, sugarcane, tea and apple in the outline map of India. using symbols Name the map.

Obtain information regarding pisciculture in India with the help of internet and reference books and write a note.

With the help of the pie chart given in the fig., tell what the contribution of secondary activities is to Brazil’s GDP?

Look at fig. Observe the logos given below and answer the following questions.

1. Identify the industries with which they are associated.
2. Which raw material is used for these industries. Classify them accordingly.
3. From which part of India do they get these raw materials? Discuss and write.

Read the adjoining table and answer the following questions.

1. What is balance of trade?
2. Tell the types of balance of trades.
3. In which country export exceeds import in all the years?
4. Brazil’s balance of trade belong to which type?
5. India’s balance of trade belong to which type?

If Rajasthan does not have a coastal area, then how does it produce salt?

Answer the following.

1. What does BRICS stand for?
2. When was it established?
3. What are the objectives of this bloc?
4.  The countries of which continent are not a member of this bloc?
5. In which continents do the member countries lie?

Given fig. shows the trade between India and Brazil. Study the graphs and answer the following questions.

1. In which year the value of exports to Brazil exceeded the imports from Brazil?
2. In which year the trade with Brazil was most favourable of all?
3. Comment upon the Balance of Trade in the year 2013.
4. From which year the value of exports to Brazil have exceeded the value of imports from Brazil?
5. Write a note on the trade between Brazil and India.

India’s per capita income is less than Brazil due to ______.

The economy of Brazil is mainly dependent on the ______ activities there.

The economies of India and Brazil are of the ______ type.

Why has mining not developed in the western part of Brazil?

What are the similarities in the fishing activities in Brazil and India?

What are the differences in the fishing activities in Brazil and India?

Give geographical reasons.

Per capita land availability is more in Brazil as compared to India.

Give reason.

There is mixed economy in Brazil and India.

Study the following graph and analyse in short.