Question: What is the basic function of the three basic types of economic activities?
Answer. The three types of economic activities are involved in the transformation from a plant to a finished product.
Question: What are tertiary activities?
Answer: Tertiary activities are those which provide support to primary and secondary activities.
Question: In what sorts of areas are agricultural activities concentrated?
Answer: Agricultural activities are concentrated in those areas of the world which have suitable conditions of growing crops.
Question: What is arable land?
Answer: The land on which crops are grown is called arable land.
Question: How is subsistence farming classified?
Answer: Subsistence farming is classified into intensive and primitive subsistence agriculture.
Question: In what sort of areas is nomadic herding practiced?
Answer: Nomadic herding is practiced in semi- arid and arid regions of Sahara, Central Asia and some parts of India.
Question: Why is mixed farming called so?
Answer: In mixed farming the land is used for growing crops as well as rearing livestock.
Question: What is the main feature of plantation agriculture?
Answer: In plantation agriculture only a single crop is grown.
Question: What weather conditions are required in the growing and harvesting seasons of wheat?
Answer: In the growing season wheat requires moderate temperature and rainfall and in the harvesting season it needs bright sunshine.
Question: Which two countries lead in the production of jute?
Answer: India and Bangladesh are the leading producers of jute.