Chapter 1

Economic Geography: Subject Matter and Resource

( āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨāύৈāϤিāĻ• āĻ­ূāĻ—োāϞ: āĻŦিāώāϝ়āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āφ⧰ু āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ )

Exercise

āĻŦ্āϝা⧟াāĻŽ )

1. What is Economic Geography? What is its main subject matter? Mention the important branches of Economic Geography.

ā§§.āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨāύৈāϤিāĻ• āĻ­ূāĻ—োāϞ āĻ•ি? āχāϝ়াā§° āĻŽুāĻ–্āϝ āĻŦিāώāϝ়āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āĻ•ি? āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨāύৈāϤিāĻ• āĻ­ূāĻ—োāϞ⧰ āĻ—ুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻļাāĻ–াāĻŦোā§° āωāϞ্āϞেāĻ– āϕ⧰āĻ•।

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2. Write in brief about the scope of Economic Geography.

⧍.āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨāύৈāϤিāĻ• āĻ­ূāĻ—োāϞ⧰ āĻĒā§°িāϏ⧰⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āϚāĻŽুāĻ•ৈ āϞিāĻ–āĻ•।

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3. What do you mean by economic activities of man? What are such economic activities?

ā§Š/ āĻŽাāύুāĻšā§° āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨāύৈāϤিāĻ• āĻ•াā§°্āϝāĻ•āϞাāĻĒ āĻŦুāϞি āφāĻĒুāύি āĻ•ি āĻŦুāϜাāĻŦ āĻŦিāϚাā§°িāĻ›ে? āĻāύে āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨāύৈāϤিāĻ• āĻ•াā§°্āϝāĻ•āϞাāĻĒ āĻ•ি āĻ•ি?

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4. Write briefly about the subject matter of the important branches of Economic Geography.

ā§Ē) āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨāύৈāϤিāĻ• āĻ­ূāĻ—োāϞ⧰ āĻ—ুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻļাāĻ–াāϏāĻŽূāĻšā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়āĻŦāϏ্āϤুā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āϚāĻŽুāĻ•ৈ āϞিāĻ–া।

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5. Why 'Resource Geography' is known as an important branch of Economic Geography?

ā§Ģ/ āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨāύৈāϤিāĻ• āĻ­ূāĻ—োāϞ⧰ āĻāϟা āĻ—ুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻļাāĻ–া āĻšিāϚাāĻĒে ‘āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ āĻ­ূāĻ—োāϞ’ āĻ•িāϝ় āϜāύাāϜাāϤ?

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6. What is meant by 'Resource'? Mention its main characteristics.

ā§Ŧ/ ‘āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ’ āĻŦুāϞিāϞে āĻ•ি āĻŦুāϜোā§ąা āĻšৈāĻ›ে? āχāϝ়াā§° āĻŽূāϞ āĻŦৈāĻļিāώ্āϟ্āϝāϏāĻŽূāĻš āωāϞ্āϞেāĻ– āϕ⧰া।

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7. 'Resource is Dynamic'. - Explain.

ā§­/ 'āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ āĻ—āϤিāĻļীāϞ'। - āĻŦ্āϝাāĻ–্āϝা āϕ⧰া.

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8. Briefly discuss about the necessities of resources with examples.

ā§Ž) āωāĻĻাāĻšā§°āĻŖāϏāĻš āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϝ়োāϜāύীāϝ়āϤাā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āϚāĻŽুāĻ•ৈ āφāϞোāϚāύা āϕ⧰া।

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9. Write in brief about the relationship between resource and man.

⧝) āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ āφ⧰ু āĻŽাāύুāĻšā§° āĻŽাāϜ⧰ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āϕ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āϚāĻŽুāĻ•ৈ āϞিāĻ–া।

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10. Briefly discuss about the relationship between resource and science technology.

ā§§ā§Ļ) āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ āφ⧰ু āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ āĻĒ্ā§°āϝুāĻ•্āϤিā§° āĻŽাāϜ⧰ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āϕ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āϚāĻŽুāĻ•ৈ āφāϞোāϚāύা āϕ⧰া।

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11. Write about classification of resources with examples.

ā§§ā§§) āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻā§° āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীāĻŦিāĻ­াāϜāύ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āωāĻĻাāĻšā§°āĻŖāϏāĻš āϞিāĻ–া।

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12. What is meant by natural resource? Write briefly with examples.

⧧⧍) āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻ•ৃāϤিāĻ• āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ āĻŦুāϞিāϞে āĻ•ি āĻŦুāϜোā§ąা āĻšāϝ়? āωāĻĻাāĻšā§°āĻŖāϏāĻš āϚāĻŽুāĻ•ৈ āϞিāĻ–া।

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13. What is man-made resource? Write in brief about its use with examples.

ā§§ā§Š) āĻŽাāĻ¨ā§ąāϏৃāώ্āϟ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ āĻ•ি? āχāϝ়াā§° āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§°ā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āωāĻĻাāĻšā§°āĻŖ āĻĻি āϚāĻŽুāĻ•ৈ āϞিāĻ–া।

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14. What are the differences between renewable and non-renewable resources? briefly with examples. Discuss'

ā§§ā§Ē) āύāĻŦীāϕ⧰āĻŖāϝোāĻ—্āϝ āφ⧰ু āĻ…āύāĻŦীāϕ⧰āĻŖāϝোāĻ—্āϝ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻā§° āĻŽাāϜāϤ āĻĒাā§°্āĻĨāĻ•্āϝ āĻ•ি? āωāĻĻাāĻšā§°āĻŖā§° āϏৈāϤে āϚāĻŽুāĻ•ৈ।āφāϞোāϚāύা āϕ⧰āĻ•

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15. What is meant by 'Conservation of Resources"? What is its necessity?

ā§§ā§Ģ) 'āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ āϏংā§°āĻ•্āώāĻŖ" āĻŦুāϞিāϞে āĻ•ি āĻŦুāϜোā§ąা āĻšৈāĻ›ে?āχāϝ়াā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϝ়োāϜāύীāϝ়āϤা āĻ•ি?

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16. Write in brief about the methods of resource conservation..

ā§§ā§Ŧ) āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ āϏংā§°āĻ•্āώāĻŖā§° āĻĒāĻĻ্āϧāϤিā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āϚāĻŽুāĻ•ৈ āϞিāĻ–া..

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17. Write in brief about the organizations associated with resource conservation and their role.

ā§§ā§­) āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ āϏংā§°āĻ•্āώāĻŖā§° āϏৈāϤে āϜāĻĄ়িāϤ āϏংāϏ্āĻĨাāϏāĻŽূāĻš āφ⧰ু āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāϕ⧰...

āĻ­ূāĻŽিāĻ•া.

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18. Write short notes:

ā§§ā§Ž) āϚুāϟি āϟোāĻ•া āϞিāĻ–া:                 

(a) Resource (b) Human Resource (c) Wealth (d) Renewable Resource (e) Personal Resource (f) National Resource (g) Biotic Resource (i) Resource Recycling (h) Resource Conservation (j) IUCN

(āĻ•) āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ                                             (āĻ–) āĻŽাāĻ¨ā§ą āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ

(āĻ—) āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ                                             (āϘ) āύāĻŦীāϕ⧰āĻŖāϝোāĻ—্āϝ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ

(āĻ™) āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤিāĻ—āϤ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ                             (āϚ) ā§°াāώ্āϟ্ā§°ীāϝ় āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ

(āĻ›) āϜৈā§ąিāĻ• āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ    `                `       (āĻ) āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ āĻĒুāύঃāĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§°

(āϜ) āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒ āϏংā§°āĻ•্āώāĻŖ                             (āĻž) āφāχ āχāω āϚি āĻāύ

19. Write the differences between:

⧧⧝) āχāϝ়াā§° āĻŽাāϜ⧰ āĻĒাā§°্āĻĨāĻ•্āϝ āϞিāĻ–া:

(a) Resource and Wealth

(āĻ•) āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ āφ⧰ু āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ

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(b) Economic Geography and Resource Geography

(āĻ–) āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨāύৈāϤিāĻ• āĻ­ূāĻ—োāϞ āφ⧰ু āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ āĻ­ূāĻ—োāϞ

Ans. (c) Resource and Neutral Staff (d) Biotic and Abiotic Resource

(āĻ—) āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ āφ⧰ু āύিā§°āĻĒেāĻ•্āώ āϕ⧰্āĻŽāϚাā§°ী (āϘ) āϜৈā§ąিāĻ• āφ⧰ু āĻ…āϜৈā§ąিāĻ• āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ

Ans. (e) Renewable and Non-Renewable Resource (f) Personal resource and National resource

(āĻ™) āύāĻŦীāϕ⧰āĻŖāϝোāĻ—্āϝ āφ⧰ু āĻ…āύāĻŦীāϕ⧰āĻŖāϝোāĻ—্āϝ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ (ā§°) āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤিāĻ—āϤ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ āφ⧰ু ā§°াāώ্āϟ্ā§°ীāϝ় āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ

Ans. (g) Man-made Resource and Human Resource (h) Recycling of Resource and Innovation

(āĻ™) āύāĻŦীāϕ⧰āĻŖāϝোāĻ—্āϝ āφ⧰ু āĻ…āύāĻŦীāϕ⧰āĻŖāϝোāĻ—্āϝ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ (ā§°) āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤিāĻ—āϤ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ āφ⧰ু ā§°াāώ্āϟ্ā§°ীāϝ় āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ

Ans. 20. Choose the correct answer:

⧍ā§Ļ) āϏāĻ িāĻ• āωāϤ্āϤ⧰āϟো āĻŦাāĻ›ি āϞāĻ“āĻ•: (a) Which of the following is man-made resource?

(āĻ•) āϤāϞ⧰ āĻ•োāύāϟো āĻŽাāĻ¨ā§ąāϏৃāώ্āϟ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ? (1) Rivers (2) Mineral Oil (3) Irrigation Canal (4) Forest

(ā§§) āύāĻĻী (⧍) āĻ–āύিāϜ āϤেāϞ (ā§Š) āϜāϞāϏিāĻž্āϚāύ āĻ–াāϞ (ā§Ē) āĻŦāύাāĻž্āϚāϞ

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(b) Which one of the following is abiotic resource?

(āĻ–) āϤāϞ⧰ āĻ•োāύāϟো āĻ…āϜৈā§ąিāĻ• āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ?

(1) Air (2) Plants (3) Animals (4) Fungus

(ā§§) āĻŦাāϝ়ু     (⧍) āωāĻĻ্āĻ­িāĻĻ     (ā§Š) āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻŖী         (ā§Ē) āĻ­েঁāĻ•ুā§°

Ans. (c) Which one of the following is non-renewable resource?

(āĻ—) āϤāϞ⧰ āĻ•োāύāϟো āĻ…āύāĻŦীāϕ⧰āĻŖāϝোāĻ—্āϝ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ? (1) Air (2) Water (3) Crops (4) Coal

(ā§§) āĻŦাāϝ়ু      (⧍) āĻĒাāύী      (ā§Š) āĻļāϏ্āϝ      (ā§Ē) āĻ•āϝ়āϞা

Ans. (d) Which one of the following animals is about to be extinct?

(āϘ) āϤāϞ⧰ āĻ•োāύāϟো āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻŖী āĻŦিāϞুāĻĒ্āϤ āĻš’āĻŦāϞৈ āĻ“āϞাāχāĻ›ে?

(1) One-horned Rhino (2) Pygmi Hog

(ā§§) āĻāĻ•āĻļিংāϝুāĻ•্āϤ āĻ—ঁāĻĄ়            (⧍) āĻĒিāĻ—āĻŽি āĻšāĻ—

(3) Giraffe (4) Gayal (Mithun).

(ā§Š) āϜিā§°াāĻĢ                         (ā§Ē) āĻ—āϝ়াāϞ (āĻŽিāĻĨুāύ)।

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(e) The organization IUCN is under which of the following organizations?

(āĻ™) āϏংāϏ্āĻĨা IUCN āϤāϞ⧰ āĻ•োāύāϟো āϏংāϏ্āĻĨাā§° āĻ…āϧীāύāϤ āφāĻ›ে?

(1) UNESCO (2) UNO      (3) WWF              (4) UNEP

(ā§§) āχāωāύেāϏ্āĻ•ো       (⧍) āχāωāĻāύāĻ…’ (ā§Š) āĻĄāĻŦ্āϞিāω āĻĄāĻŦ্āϞিāω āĻāĻĢ     (ā§Ē) āχāωāĻāύāχāĻĒি

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