Balbharati solutions for Geography [English] Standard 12 Maharashtra State Board chapter 7 - Region and Regional Development [Latest edition]

Given below are some geographical areas given to you. Complete the table in your notebook thinking about similarities between them and their types. One has been done for you as an example. Answer the questions that follow:

1. While completing the above table, how did you decide the common factor between these areas?
2. How did you differentiate one area from another?
3. Is the common factor the only basis of differentiation?
4. Make a list of characteristics which can be the basis of different areas separately.

The States Reorganization Act of 1956 made the state boundaries according to languages after independence. Thus, Maharashtra became the State of Marathispeaking people, Tamilnadu became the land of Tamil-speaking people, etc.

Can you tell what is the identifying characteristic in the following regions?

1. Pune Metropolitan Region
2. Nagpur hub
3. Dal Lake in Srinagar
4. Alleppey tourism centre

Here is a list of regions. Classify them into Formal or Functional regions:

Ujani Dam catchment area, area served by Pune Municipal Transport (PMT), area served by Citi Cable Service, Uttar Pradesh, District Kolhapur, Taluka Haveli, rice – producing region of Konkan, Black cotton soil region of India, areas served by Local trains of Mumbai, area served by a Primary Health Centre.

Identify your formal region.

Can you identify and demarcate your own functional region?

Which one is larger?

Read the table and answer the questions that follow:

1. In which region do you think there are more resources available?
2. In which region do you think people are richer?
3. In which region do you think people may be more happier? Why?
4. Do you think the given indicators or factors are enough to decide the standard of living of people in the region?
5. In which region would you like to stay and why?

Does development mean maximum utilisation of resources?

Does development consider environment as an indicator?

Can a region be called developed if it has sparse population or no population?

Discuss this in your class.

In the following table, regions are given. At the same time, some geographical factors and effects are also given. Complete the table accordingly, with the help of solved examples.

Looking at the five stages of Demographic Transition Theory, countries in which stage do you think, will be called developed?

Having looked at the various shapes of pyramids, which pyramid will represent a developed country? (fig.)

After having answered both the questions above, what can you comment upon the role of population in regional development?

Draw a conclusion on the basis of the data given in table. Use Spearman's Rank Correlation, find the correlation between the two variables. What can you comment about the development in this region?

Look at the land use of the following regions and answer the questions that follow:

1. What does the table show?
2. Which region has the highest land use under agriculture?
3. Which region has the highest GDP?
4. Which country has more land use under forests?
5. Which region has highest land use under the category ‘other land’? What is its GDP?
6. Write your conclusion in few sentences.

Look at the following data and answer the questions that follow:

1. In which region is contribution of primary activities the least?
2. In which region is contribution of primary activities the most?
3. In which region is contribution of tertiary activities the most?
4. Which region has the highest HDI?
5. Can you draw a conclusion on the basis of the answers from Q1 to Q4?

Go through the fig. and write two sentences on each factor. Tell how they will help in reducing regional imbalance. Also add some more to the list, if necessary.

Find out information about ‘Human Happiness Index’. Relate its correlation with regional development and discuss in the class.

Identify the correct group or factor:

Identify the correct group or factor.

Differentiate between formal regions and functional regions.

Differentiate between physical regions and political regions.

Write short notes on:

Factors affecting regional development

Write a short note on:

Measures to reduce regional imbalance.

Give geographical reasons:

Regional development is dependent on physical setting.

Give geographical reasons:

Factors like illiteracy, poverty affect the regional development.

Give geographical reasons:

Development is very less in the mountain region of Himalaya.

Answer in details:

What is a region?

On what factors are the regions differentiated? Give examples.

Per capita income is not the real indicator of regional development. Explain.

Find the correlation between land under permanent crops and GDP given in the table using Spearman’s Rank Correlation. Write the conclusion in your own words: