Chapter 4
Geography of Assam
āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻূāĻোāϞ
Exercise
āĻŦ্ā§াā§াāĻŽ
1. Write briefly about Assam's land area, population and population density with necessary data.
ā§§/āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻূāĻŽিā§° āĻ্āώেāϤ্ā§°āĻĢāϞ, āĻāύāϏংāĻ্āϝা āĻā§°ু āĻāύāϏংāĻ্āϝাā§° āĻāύāϤ্āĻŦā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻĒ্ā§°āϝ়োāĻāύীāϝ় āϤāĻĨ্āϝāϏāĻš āĻāĻŽুāĻৈ āϞিāĻা।
Answer- 2. Biefly mention how the literacy rate of Assam is increasing.
⧍/ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āϏাāĻ্āώ⧰āϤাā§° āĻšাā§° āĻেāύেāĻĻā§°ে āĻŦাāĻĸ়িāĻে āϤাāĻ āĻ্āώুāĻĻ্ā§°āĻাā§ąে āĻāϞ্āϞেāĻ āĻā§°āĻ।
Answer 3. How many first class and second class towns are there in Assam as per 2011 census data?
ā§Š/ ⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§§ āĻāύ⧰ āϞোāĻāĻĒিāϝ়āϞ⧰ āϤāĻĨ্āϝ āĻ āύুāϏ⧰ি āĻ āϏāĻŽāϤ āĻিāĻŽাāύāĻāύ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖী āĻā§°ু āĻĻ্āĻŦিāϤীāϝ় āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীā§° āĻāĻšā§° āĻāĻে?
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4. Describe the trend of population growth in Assam during 1901-2011.
ā§Ē) ⧧⧝ā§Ļā§§-⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§§ āĻāύ⧰ āĻিāϤ⧰āϤ āĻ āϏāĻŽāϤ āĻāύāϏংāĻ্āϝা āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧিā§° āϧাā§°া āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°া।
Answer 5. Analyse the geographical region-wise distribution of population in Assam.
ā§Ģ) āĻ āϏāĻŽāϤ āĻāύāϏংāĻ্āϝাā§° āĻৌāĻোāϞিāĻ āĻ āĻ্āĻāϞāĻিāϤ্āϤিāĻ āĻŦিāϤ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻŦিāĻļ্āϞেāώāĻŖ āĻā§°া।
Answer 6. Briefly discuss the causes responsible for variation in the distribution of Assam's population with suitable examples.
ā§Ŧ) āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻāύāϏংāĻ্āϝাā§° āĻŦিāϤ⧰āĻŖā§° āϤাā§°āϤāĻŽ্āϝ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻĻাāϝ়ী āĻাā§°āĻŖāϏāĻŽূāĻš āĻāĻĒāϝুāĻ্āϤ āĻāĻĻাāĻšā§°āĻŖāϏāĻš āĻāĻŽুāĻৈ āĻāϞোāĻāύা āĻā§°া।
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7. Mention the districts of Assam which have highest population and density and lowest population and density as per 2011 census data.
ā§) ⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§§ āĻāύ⧰ āϞোāĻāĻĒিāϝ়āϞ⧰ āϤāĻĨ্āϝ āĻ āύুāϝাāϝ়ী āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āϝিāĻŦোā§° āĻিāϞাā§° āĻāύāϏংāĻ্āϝা āĻā§°ু āĻāύāϤ্āĻŦ āϏ⧰্āĻŦাāϧিāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻāύāϏংāĻ্āϝা āĻā§°ু āĻāύāϤ্āĻŦ āϏ⧰্āĻŦāύিāĻŽ্āύ, āϏেāĻāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻāϞ্āϞেāĻ āĻā§°া।
Answer 8. Analyse briefly the causes responsible for growth of population in Assam.
ā§Ž) āĻ āϏāĻŽāϤ āĻāύāϏংāĻ্āϝা āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧিā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻĻাāϝ়ী āĻাā§°āĻŖāϏāĻŽূāĻš āĻāĻŽুāĻৈ āĻŦিāĻļ্āϞেāώāĻŖ āĻā§°া।
Answer 9. Mention the different human migration streams sequentially coming to Assam since the ancient times to the present.
⧝) āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻীāύ āĻাāϞ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻŦā§°্āϤāĻŽাāύāϞৈāĻে āĻ āϏāĻŽāϞৈ āĻ্ā§°āĻŽাāĻāϤāĻাā§ąে āĻ āĻšা āĻŦিāĻিāύ্āύ āĻŽাāĻ¨ā§ą āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŦ্ā§°āĻāύ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŦাāĻšā§° āĻāĻĨা āĻāϞ্āϞেāĻ āĻā§°া।
Answer 10. Give the ethnic identity of the Ahoms.
ā§§ā§Ļ) āĻāĻšোāĻŽ āϏāĻāϞ⧰ āĻাāϤিāĻāϤ āĻĒā§°িāĻāϝ় āĻĻিāϝ়া।
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11. Briefly state how the transport system of Assam has been helping the state's economy.
ā§§ā§§) āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻĒā§°িāĻŦāĻšāĻŖ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨাāĻ ā§°াāĻ্āϝ⧰ āĻ ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤিāϤ āĻেāύেāĻĻā§°ে āϏāĻšাāϝ় āĻā§°ি āĻāĻšিāĻে āϏেāĻ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāĻŽুāĻৈ āĻāϞ্āϞেāĻ āĻā§°āĻ।
Answer 12. Write a short not on water transport in Assam.
⧧⧍) āĻ āϏāĻŽāϤ āĻāϞ āĻĒā§°িāĻŦāĻšāĻŖā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āύāĻšāϝ় āĻāĻা āĻুāĻি āϞিāĻা।
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13. Mention five major causes which are regarded as hindrance to the development of transport system of Assam.
ā§§ā§Š) āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻĒā§°িāĻŦāĻšāĻŖ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨাā§° āĻŦিāĻাāĻļāϤ āĻŦাāϧা āĻšিāĻাāĻĒে āĻāĻŖ্āϝ āĻā§°া āĻĒাঁāĻāĻা āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻাā§°āĻŖ āĻāϞ্āϞেāĻ āĻā§°া।
Answer 14. What do you mean by the term 'resource'? What are the major natural resources of Assam?
ā§§ā§Ē) ‘āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ’ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻোā§ąে āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻি āĻŦুāĻাāĻŦ āĻŦিāĻাā§°িāĻে? āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϧাāύ āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻৃāϤিāĻ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻāϏāĻŽূāĻš āĻি āĻি?
Answer 15. Name the major oil fields of Assam.
ā§§ā§Ģ) āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϧাāύ āϤৈāϞāĻ্āώেāϤ্ā§°āϏāĻŽূāĻšā§° āύাāĻŽ āϞিāĻা।
Answer 16. Write briefly about the water resources of Assam.
ā§§ā§Ŧ) āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻāϞāϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāĻŽুāĻৈ āϞিāĻা।
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17. What are the causes responsible for degradation of Assam's natural resources?
ā§§ā§) āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻৃāϤিāĻ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻā§° āĻ ā§ąāĻ্āώāϝ়ā§° āĻাā§°āĻŖ āĻি āĻি?
Answer 18. How has the growing population of Assam put impact on the natural resources?
ā§§ā§Ž) āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻ্ā§°āĻŽāĻŦā§°্āϧāĻŽাāύ āĻāύāϏংāĻ্āϝাāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻৃāϤিāĻ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻেāύে āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাā§ą āĻĒেāϞাāĻāĻে?
Answer 19. Is the vast population of Assam a burden (problem) on resource of the state? Discuss.
⧧⧝) āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻŦিāĻļাāϞ āĻāύāϏংāĻ্āϝা ā§°াāĻ্āϝ⧰ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻŦোāĻা (āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝা) āύেāĻি? āĻāϞোāĻāύা āĻā§°া.
Answer 20. According to you what steps need to be followed in creating human resource in Assam?
⧍ā§Ļ) āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻŽāϤে āĻ āϏāĻŽāϤ āĻŽাāĻ¨ā§ą āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ āϏৃāώ্āĻিā§° āĻ্āώেāϤ্ā§°āϤ āĻি āĻি āĻĒāĻĻāĻ্āώেāĻĒ āĻ্ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āϞাāĻিāĻŦ?
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21. Discuss briefly the role of agricultural sector on Assam's economy.
⧍⧧) āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻ ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤিāϤ āĻৃāώি āĻāĻŖ্āĻĄā§° āĻূāĻŽিāĻা āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻে āĻāĻŽুāĻৈ āĻāϞোāĻāύা āĻā§°া।
Answer 22. What are the agro-climatic regions of Assam? Mention the characteristics of each of them in brief.
⧍⧍) āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻৃāώি āĻāϞāĻŦাāϝ়ু āĻ āĻ্āĻāϞāϏāĻŽূāĻš āĻি āĻি? āĻāϝ়াā§°ে āĻĒ্ā§°āϤ্āϝেāĻā§°ে āĻŦৈāĻļিāώ্āĻ্āϝ āĻāĻŽুāĻৈ āĻāϞ্āϞেāĻ āĻā§°া।
Answer 23. What are the types of rices cultivated in Assam? Briefly write about these.
ā§¨ā§Š) āĻ āϏāĻŽāϤ āĻেāύেāϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āϧাāύ āĻেāϤি āĻā§°া āĻšāϝ়? āĻāĻāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāĻŽুāĻৈ āϞিāĻা।
Answer 24. Why is rice considered as the principal crop in Assam?
⧍ā§Ē) āĻ āϏāĻŽāϤ āϧাāύāĻ āĻিāϝ় āĻĒ্ā§°āϧাāύ āĻļāϏ্āϝ āĻšিāĻাāĻĒে āĻāĻŖ্āϝ āĻā§°া āĻšāϝ়?
Answer 25. What are the pulses cultivated in Assam?
⧍ā§Ģ) āĻ āϏāĻŽāϤ āĻি āĻি āĻĻাāϞি āĻেāϤি āĻā§°া āĻšāϝ়?
Answer 26. Write briefly about jhum cultivation (shifting cultivation) carried out in Assam.
⧍ā§Ŧ) āĻ āϏāĻŽāϤ āĻāϞি āĻĨāĻা āĻুāĻŽ āĻেāϤি (āĻļিāĻĢāĻিং āĻেāϤি)ā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāĻŽুāĻৈ āϞিāĻা।
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27. What are the major aims of the Assam Industrial and Investment Policy, 2014.
⧍ā§) āĻ āϏāĻŽ āĻāĻĻ্āϝোāĻিāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻŦিāύিāϝ়োāĻ āύীāϤি, ⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§Ē ā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϧাāύ āϞāĻ্āώ্āϝ āĻি āĻি?
Answer 28. What do you mean by the term 'service sector industries? Briefly explain taking examples from Assam.
ā§¨ā§Ž) ‘āϏেā§ąা āĻāĻŖ্āĻĄā§° āĻāĻĻ্āϝোāĻ’ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻোā§ąে āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻি āĻŦুāĻাāĻŦ āĻŦিāĻাā§°িāĻে? āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāĻĻাāĻšā§°āĻŖ āϞৈ āĻāĻŽুāĻৈ āĻŦুāĻাāĻ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ।
Answer 29. What are the major agro-based industries of Assam?
⧍⧝) āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϧাāύ āĻৃāώিāĻিāϤ্āϤিāĻ āĻāĻĻ্āϝোāĻāϏāĻŽূāĻš āĻি āĻি?
Answer 30. Write about the tea industry of Assam in brief?
ā§Šā§Ļ) āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻাāĻš āĻāĻĻ্āϝোāĻā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāĻŽুāĻৈ āϞিāĻা?
Answer 31. State the present status of the fish industry of Assam.
ā§Šā§§) āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻŽীāύ āĻāĻĻ্āϝোāĻā§° āĻŦā§°্āϤāĻŽাāύ⧰ āĻ ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨাā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāϞ্āϞেāĻ āĻā§°āĻ।
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32. Mention the problems of agricultural development in Assam.
ā§Šā§¨) āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻৃāώি āĻāύ্āύāϝ়āύ⧰ āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝাā§° āĻāĻĨা āĻāϞ্āϞেāĻ āĻā§°া।
Answer 33. Why is the industrial development in the state still slow?
ā§Šā§Š) ā§°াāĻ্āϝ⧰ āĻāĻĻ্āϝোāĻিāĻ āĻŦিāĻাāĻļ āĻāϤিāϝ়াāĻ āϞেāĻšেāĻŽীāϝ়া āĻিāϝ়?
Answer 34. Mention the problems of tourism industry of Assam.
ā§Šā§Ē) āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻĒā§°্āϝāĻāύ āĻāĻĻ্āϝোāĻā§° āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝাā§° āĻāĻĨা āĻāϞ্āϞেāĻ āĻā§°া।
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35. What are the prospects for economic development of Assam?
ā§Šā§Ģ) āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻ ā§°্āĻĨāύৈāϤিāĻ āĻŦিāĻাāĻļā§° āϏāĻŽ্āĻাā§ąāύা āĻি?
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