Explain any five important measures necessary for leading a healthy and reasonably long life.
Measures necessary for leading a healthy and reasonably long life:
(i) Availability of pre and post natal health care facilities in order to reduce infant mortality and post-delivery deaths among mothers
(ii) Old age health care
(iii) Adequate nutrition
(iv) Safety of individual
(v) Life free from illness and ailment
Explain any five major problems of rural settlements in the developing countries of the world.
What is subsistence agriculture? Describe any four salient features of intensive subsistence agriculture practiced in the world.
(26.1) Four features A, B, C, and D are marked in the given political outline map of the World. Identify these features with the help of the following information and write their correct names on the lines marked in the map:
A. The country having the lowest rank in the Human Development Index in 2003
B. The country having the highest growth rate of population in Asia
C. A major sea-port
D. A Megacity
(26.2) In the given political outline map of India, locate and label the following features with appropriate symbols.
(i) The state having the highest percent of rural population
(ii) The leading maize production state
(iii) The headquarters of ‘East Coast Railway Zone’
How has the ‘Integrated Tribal Development Project’ helped in the development of Bharmaur Region? Explain with five examples.