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ass–VI
IISoci
alSci
ence
NCERTSol
uti
on

Geogr
aphyChapt
er2

Land,
Soi
l,
Wat
er,
Nat
uralVeget
ati
onandWi
ldLi
feResour
ces

1.Answert
hef
oll
owi
ngquest
ions.
(
i)Whi
char
ethet
womai
ncl
imat
icf
act
orsr
esponsi
blef
orsoi
lfor
mat
ion?
Ans:Thet
womai
ncl
i
mat
icf
act
orsr
esponsi
blef
orsoi
lfor
mat
ionar
etemper
atur
eand
r
ainf
all
.

(
ii
)Wr
it
eanyt
wor
easonsf
orl
anddegr
adat
iont
oday
.
Ans:Twof
act
orscont
ri
but
ingt
olanddegr
adat
ionar
easment
ionedbel
ow:

1
.Def
orest
ati
on.
2
.Indi
scr
imi
nat
euseofchemi
calf
ert
il
izer
sandpest
ici
desi
nagr
icul
tur
all
ands.

(
ii
i)Whyi
slandconsi
der
edani
mpor
tantr
esour
ce?
Ans:
Landi
sconsi
der
edasani
mpor
tantr
esour
ceas:

1.
itpr
ovi
deshabi
tat
iont
oawi
dev
a r
iet
yoff
lor
aandf
auna.

2.
AlsousedbyHumanbei
ngsf
orv
a r
iouspur
posessuchasagr
icul
tur
e,f
orest
ry,
mi
ning,bui
ldi
nghousesandr
oads,
andset
ti
ngupi
ndust
ri
es.

(
iv)Nameanyt
wost
epst
hatgov
e r
nmenthast
akent
oconser
vepl
ant
sandani
mal
s.
Ans:Thef
oll
owi
ngst
epsar
etakenbyt
hegov
e r
nmentt
oconser
vepl
ant
sandani
mal
s:
(
i)I
thassetupnat
ionalpar
ks,
wil
dli
fesanct
uar
iesandbi
ospher
ereser
vesf
ort
he
pr
otect
ionofnat
uralv
e get
ati
onandwi
l
dli
fe.Exampl
e:t
heKazi
rangaNat
ionalPar
kin
Assam.
(
ii
)Ithasbannedt
heki
l
li
ngoft
iger
s,deer
,li
ons,
peacocksandI
ndi
anbust
ards.I
thas
al
sopr
ohi
bit
edt
het
radeoft
hespeci
esofpl
ant
sandani
mal
spr
otect
edundert
he
i
nter
nat
ionalagr
eementCI
TES(
Conv
e nt
iononI
nter
nat
ionalTr
adei
nEndanger
ed
Speci
es)
.

(
v)Suggestt
hreeway
stoconser
vewat
er.
Ans:Thr
eewayst
oconser
vewat
er:

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(
i)Rai
nwat
erhar
vest
ing-I
tisapr
ocessofst
ori
ngr
ainwat
eri
nvessel
sofabi
gsur
face
ar
ea.
(
ii
)Li
ningi
rr
igat
ioncanal
stoavoi
dseepageofwat
er.
(
ii
i)Repl
eni
shi
nggr
oundwat
erbypr
omot
ingaf
for
est
ati
on.

Ti
ckt
hecor
rectanswer
.
(
i)Whi
choneoft
hef
oll
owi
ngi
sNOTaf
act
orofsoi
lfor
mat
ion?
(
a)t
ime(
b)soi
ltext
ure(
c)or
gani
cmat
ter
Ans:(
b)Soi
ltext
urei
sNOTaf
act
orofsoi
lfor
mat
ion

(
ii
)Whi
choneoft
hef
oll
owi
ngmet
hodsi
smostappr
opr
iat
etochecksoi
ler
osi
onon
st
eepsl
opes?
(
a)shel
terbel
ts(
b)mul
chi
ng(
c)t
err
acecul
ti
vat
ion
Ans:(
c)Ter
racecul
ti
vat
ioni
sthemostappr
opr
iat
etochecksoi
ler
osi
ononst
eepsl
opes.

(
ii
i)Whi
choneoft
hef
oll
owi
ngi
sNOTi
nfav
oroft
heconser
vat
ionofnat
ure?
(
a)swi
tchof
fthebul
bwhennoti
nuse
(
b)cl
oset
het
api
mmedi
atel
yaf
teruse
(
c)di
sposepol
ybagsaf
tershoppi
ng
Ans:(
c)Di
sposepol
ybagsaf
tershoppi
ngi
sNOTi
nfavoroft
heconser
vat
ionofnat
ure.

2.Mat
cht
hef
oll
owi
ngs.

A B

(
i)Landuse (
a)Pr
eventsoi
ler
osi
on.

(
ii
)Humus (
b)Landsui
tabl
eforagr
icul
tur
e.

(
ii
i)Rockdams (
c)Pr
oduct
iveuseofl
and.

(
iv)Ar
abl
eland (
d)Or
gani
cmat
terdeposi
tedont
opsoi
l.

Ans.

A B

(
i)Landuse (
c)Pr
oduct
iveuseofl
and.

(
ii
)Humus (
d)Or
gani
cmat
terdeposi
tedont
opsoi
l.
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(
ii
i)Rockdams (
a)Pr
eventsoi
ler
osi
on.

(
iv)Ar
abl
eland (
b)Landsui
tabl
eforagr
icul
tur
e.

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3.St
atewhet
hert
hegi
venst
atementi
str
ueorf
alse.I
ftr
ue,wr
it
ether
easons.
(
i)Ganga–Br
ahmaput
rapl
ainofI
ndi
aisanov
e r
popul
atedr
egi
on.
Ans:Thi
sst
atementi
str
ue.TheGanga-
Brahmaput
rapl
ainhasevent
opogr
aphyandhi
ghl
y
f
ert
il
esoi
l
.Hence,
itcansuppor
tahugepopul
ati
on.

(
ii
)Wat
erav
ail
abi
li
typerper
soni
nIndi
aisdecl
ini
ng.
Ans:Thi
sst
atementi
str
ue.Thoughwat
eri
spr
esenti
nabundance,
freshwat
eri
sa
scar
cer
esour
ce.Thepopul
ati
onofI
ndi
ahasbeengr
owi
ng.Hence,
wat
eravai
labi
l
ityper
per
soni
sdecl
ini
ng.Wat
eravai
labi
l
ityi
saser
iouspr
obl
emi
nmanyr
egi
onsoft
hewor
ld.
Duet
othewast
ageofwat
er,
def
orest
ati
on,
andt
hepol
l
uti
onanddepl
eti
onoff
reshwat
er
r
eser
ves(
suchasr
iver
sandgr
oundwat
er)
,theavai
labi
l
ityofwat
eri
sfastdecl
ini
ng.

(
ii
i)Rowsoft
reespl
ant
edi
nthecoast
alar
east
ocheckt
hewi
ndmov
e menti
scal
led
i
ntercr
oppi
ng.
Ans:Thi
sst
atementi
sfal
se.Thedescr
ibedpr
ocessi
scal
ledshel
terbel
ts.
I
ntercr
oppi
ngi
sthepr
ocessi
nwhi
chdi
ff
erentcr
opsar
egr
owni
nal
ter
nat
erows,
andar
e
sownatdi
ff
erentt
imest
opr
otectt
hesoi
lfr
om r
ainwash.

(
iv)Humani
nter
fer
enceandchangesofcl
imat
ecanmai
ntai
ntheecosyst
em.
Ans:Thi
sst
atementi
sfal
se.Humani
nter
fer
enceandcl
imat
icchangesf
ort
hemostpar
t
adv
e r
sel
yaf
fectt
hebal
anceoft
heecosy
stemt
her
ebycr
eat
ingi
mbal
ancei
ntheecosy
stem.

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