Many houses are planned and built-in colonies. Most of the colonies are connected to the nearest main roads.
I have interviewed the people of Satyanarayanapuram in Vijayawada. The railway track in that area was removed. BRTS project was sanctioned in that area. Now the BRTS Road is in use to some extent. The nearest Railway Colony is redesigned. Many shopping complexes, educational institutions are established
Many shops are shifted from I town to Mahatma Gandhi Road. The Vijayawada Bus Stand is the best in the state/country. The Railway Station building is designed as a palace. The roads are widened
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Question 2.Compare and contrast : Using the information above, compare and contrast nomadic and sedentary lifestyles. See how many points you can identify. (Make another table if the space is not enough here.) ?
Answer:
Nomadic lifestyle |
Sedentary lifestyle |
1) Nomadic lifestyle means, they kept moving from place to place |
1) Sedentary lifestyle means, they are staying in one place |
2) Nomadics gathered food from plants and trees |
2) Sedentary people take up deliberate production of food |
3) They hunt animals for their meat, hide etc |
3) They did not travel for long distances for food |
4) Those people are known as hunter- gatherers |
4) Those people are known as hunter- gatherers |
5) They started making and using tools initially made of stone |
5) Their practice of agriculture brought many changes in human lifestyles |
6) With tools they hunt more effectively |
6) As agriculturists they were increasingly sedentary |
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Question 3.Find out what factors have influenced the settlement of your place in the past ten years?
Answer:
- The settlement where we live has been influenced by many factors in the past ten years
- The situation feature of it has been taken care of as all the villages and nearly towns are being connected with all-weather roads
- The soils are of a black cotton type and they were completely made use of with various crops are grown like cotton, rice, turmeric, banana etc
- The water facility has been provided by the river an 8 km distant and fresh water made available for usage
- The market was made an uplift with almost all facilities for vendors as well as the customers
- The visiting places were made aesthetic and tourist attractive
- A national disaster rescue force was in operation, providing shelter from natural forces
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Question 4.Observe the following table?
1.In the population data given in the above table, are the numbers reported for every decade? If not, which decade data is not reported here?
Answer:
Yes, the percentages are reported for every decade except in 1901
2.From which decade to which decade has the population increase been the highest (in percentage)?
Answer:
The population increase has been the highest from 1951 to 1961
3.From which decade to which decade has the population increase been the least (in percentage)?
Answer:
The decade 1911 to 1921 showed the lowest population increase
4.Plot the absolute population of Visakhapatnam on a line graph covering 1901-2011. What observations can you make about the changes in the absolute population size?
Answer:
5.Observations :
- The population growth was stable till 1951
- The population growth rate was above 50% after independence
- The decade of 1951 to 1961 experienced the highest growth
- The absolute population has crossed 10 lakhs between 1991 to 2001
- It took 9 decades to cross 10 lakhs whereas it took only one decade to cross 20 lakhs
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Question 5.Review site and situation ..
Column A contains features of a place. In column B, write site, if it is a site feature or situation if it is a situation feature. In column C, write the ways in which this feature could impact?
Answer:
Question 6.Field work . Understanding the settlement of your place?
Go to some of the production locations you have noted (farms, factories, offices, shops, quarries, etc.) in the sketch map you drew and find out where they get raw materials/inputs from and where they send their goods?
Answer:
VIJAYA MILK FACTORY (VIJAYAWADA)
They get milk from the neighbouring villages and from our city. They send their production throughout the state and our neighbouring states also like Tamil Nadu
2.Which raw materials come from within your settlement?
Answer:
Milk
3.Similarly, find out whether the finished goods are sold only in your own settlement or sent to other places (if other places, find out where)?
Answer:
They supply their milk and milk products throughout the state and nearby states also
4.Why did production begin here?
Answer:
Reasons for starting the production
- Favourable location
- Animal wealth in the surrounding villages and in the city
- Transport facilities
- Storage facilities
- Availability of skilled and unskilled labour
- Power supply
- Investors
- Other facilities like water etc
6.Give some example of site features that has influenced production in the area.
Answer:
- It is near to the railway station and bus stand.
- Krishna river water and underground water is available.
7.Give examples of situation features that influenced production in your area?
Answer:
It has train routes and road routes to all the areas in the state and to nearby states
8.How was production influenced by the history of the place?
Answer:
Vijayawada is a city on the banks of the river Krishna. Many kingdoms ruled this region. It is famous for its temples of Durgamata and Mary mata. From the historical periods it is con¬nected with the nearest villages. So the production is influenced
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Question 7.Consider your own place .
The bigger a place is, the more variety of services you can find there. Take educational facilities as an example. This exercise can help illustrate how more specialized services are found in bigger places (i.e., places that are higher in the hierarchy) ?
What are the levels of schooling you can get in your place? E.g.: primary,high school, higher secondary ("+2"), college (undergraduate, postgraduate)?
Answer:
Postgraduate college
2.If you want to study beyond the highest level offered in your place, where would you have to go?
Answer:
I would have to go to any capital city, like Delhi, Hyderabad, Madras etc
3.What kind of professional courses can you join in your place? e.g.: engineering, medicine, commerce, technical diploma, etc?
Answer:
All the courses mentioned in the question.
4.If you want some other professional course, where will you have to go?
Answer:
I would have to go to capital city, like Delhi, Hyderabad, Madras etc
Question 8.Atlas work.
In your atlas and look at a map of Indict. Notice how different places are shown using differ¬ent sizes of symbols: national capital, state capital, other cities, etc. How many levels are shown using different symbols? Are tiny villages shown? Create your own table and arrange the places in decreasing order (i. e., most prominent place at the top, less prominent places as you go down).
Here is an example table for you. Two examples are shown, fill in details for other places?
Answer:
Repeat this kind of study for any other country of your choice.
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Question 9.Indian settlements in the hierarchy.
The Census of India, organises settlements ¡n India using certain criteria. In the table 3 the Census departments definitions of various settlement types are given. Read them carefully and complete the exercise.
Given on text page 97 Is a pyramid. The bottom-most part of the pyramid shows the lowest level of the settlement hierarchy according to the Indian census. The top-most shows highest level. Fill in the details that are left blank?