social science for ix class kv students

People As Resources Meaning of Human Resources: People as Resource' is a way of referring to a country’s working people in terms of their existing productive skills and abilities. Looking at the population from this productive aspect emphasizes its ability to contribute to the creation of the Gross National Product. Like other resources population also is a resource — a 'human resource'. This is the positive side of a large population that is often overlooked when we look only at the negative side, considering only the problems of providing the population with food, education and access to health facilities. When the existing 'human resource' is further developed by becoming more educated and healthy, we call it 'human capital formation' that adds to the productive power of the country just like 'physical capital formation'. Investment in human capital (through education, training, medical care) yields a return just like investment in physical ...

Drainage Definition:-  The term drainage describes the river system of an area. The area drained by a single river system is called a drainage basin.   DRAINAGE SYSTEMS IN INDIA The drainage systems of India are mainly controlled by the broad relief features of the subcontinent. Accordingly, the Indian rivers are divided into two major groups: • the Himalayan rivers; and • the Peninsular rivers. Most of the Himalayan rivers are perennial. It means that they have water throughout the year. These rivers receive water from rain as well as from melted snow from the lofty mountains. The two major Himalayan rivers, the Indus and the Brahmaputra originate from the north of the mountain ranges. They have cut through the mountains making gorges. The Himalayan rivers have long courses from their source to the sea. They perform intensive erosional activity in their upper courses and carry huge loads of silt and sand. In the middle and the lower courses, these rivers form ...

Write a short note on the following: 1.The Andaman and Nicobar islands:are a group of 572 islands off the east coast of India. The islands in the Bay of Bengal form a Union Territory of the Republic of India. Port Blair is the capital of Andaman and Nicobar islands. The Ten Degree channel separates the Andaman from the Nicobar islands. 2.Karavatti: Capital city of Lakshadweep 3.The Standard Meridian : 82°30′ E choosen as the standard Meridian for India because this longitude passes through the middle of the country. This balances the time gap of two hours between the westernmost and easternmost parts of India. Also, 82° 30′ E is exactly divisible by 15 i.e., a difference of 30 minutes. 4.Why the Name Indian Ocean  to our Ocean given ? The Indian Ocean gets this name becauseIndia has the longest coastline on the ocean. It is surrounded by the ocean from three sides. The Indian Ocean serves as the major channel for India’s trade with other countries through sea rou...

Q1.What do you mean by Water Divide ? Meaning of Water divide with examples Ans: Any upland or a mountain separating two adjoining drainage basins is known as water divide.Though the Indus, the Sutlej and the Brahmaputra rivers rise very close to each other near the Mansarovar Lake but because of the water divides they flow in different directions Best example: upland where Ambala is located separates indus and ganga river basins. q2. Which is the largest river basin in India ? Give a note on Ganga River Basin. 2.Ans:The largest river basin in India: The Ganga river has the largest basin in india . it lenghs aprox. 2500 km. and cover almost 25%area of country. Although the Indus is larger than Ganga Indus flow only for some extent and more in Pakistan.Thus in India The river Ganga only considered as the largest one. Q3. Where did the indus river originate ? 3.Ans: origin of river Indus-Near kailas mountain,Mansarowar lake.origin of river Ganga-Gangotri Glacier-Uttarkhand,Indi...

Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below. (i) Which one of the following describes the drainage patterns resembling the branches of a tree? (a) Radial (c) Centrifugal (b) Dendritic (d) Trellis (ii) In which of the following states is the Wular Lake located? (a) Rajasthan (c) Punjab (b) Uttar Pradesh (d) Jammu and Kashmir (iii) The river Narmada has its source at (a) Satpura (c) Amarkantak (b) Brahmagiri (d) Slopes of the Western Ghats (iv) Which one of the following lakes is a salt water lake? (a) Sambhar (c) Wular (b) Dal (d) Gobind Sagar (v) Which one of the following is the longest river of the Peninsular India? (a) Narmada (c) Godavari (b) Krishna (d) Mahanadi (vi) Which one amongst the following rivers flows through a rift valley? (a) Damodar (c) Krishna (b) Tungabhadra (d) Tapi

Answer the following questions briefly. (i) What is meant by a water divide? Give an example. (ii) Which is the largest river basin in India? (iii) Where do the rivers Indus and Ganga have their origin? (iv) Name the two headstreams of the Ganga. Where do they meet to form the Ganga? (v) Why does the Brahmaputra in its Tibetan part have less silt, despite a longer course? (vi) Which two Peninsular rivers flow through trough? (vii) State some economic benefits of rivers and lakes.