Chapter 4

Geography of Assam

āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āĻ­ূāĻ—োāϞ

Exercise

āĻŦ্⧟া⧟াāĻŽ

1. Write briefly about Assam's land area, population and population density with necessary data.

ā§§/āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āĻ­ূāĻŽিā§° āĻ•্āώেāϤ্ā§°āĻĢāϞ, āϜāύāϏংāĻ–্āϝা āφ⧰ু āϜāύāϏংāĻ–্āϝাā§° āϘāύāϤ্āĻŦā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻĒ্ā§°āϝ়োāϜāύীāϝ় āϤāĻĨ্āϝāϏāĻš āϚāĻŽুāĻ•ৈ āϞিāĻ–া।

Answer- 2. Biefly mention how the literacy rate of Assam is increasing.

⧍/ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āϏাāĻ•্āώ⧰āϤাā§° āĻšাā§° āĻ•েāύেāĻĻā§°ে āĻŦাāĻĸ়িāĻ›ে āϤাāĻ• āĻ•্āώুāĻĻ্ā§°āĻ­াā§ąে āωāϞ্āϞেāĻ– āϕ⧰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§§ āϚāύ⧰ āϞোāĻ•āĻĒিāϝ়āϞ⧰ āϤāĻĨ্āϝ āĻ…āύুāϏ⧰ি āĻ…āϏāĻŽāϤ āĻ•িāĻŽাāύāĻ–āύ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖী āφ⧰ু āĻĻ্āĻŦিāϤীāϝ় āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীā§° āϚāĻšā§° āφāĻ›ে?

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4. Describe the trend of population growth in Assam during 1901-2011.

ā§Ē) ⧧⧝ā§Ļā§§-⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§§ āϚāύ⧰ āĻ­িāϤ⧰āϤ āĻ…āϏāĻŽāϤ āϜāύāϏংāĻ–্āϝা āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧিā§° āϧাā§°া āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āϕ⧰া।

Answer 5. Analyse the geographical region-wise distribution of population in Assam.

ā§Ģ) āĻ…āϏāĻŽāϤ āϜāύāϏংāĻ–্āϝাā§° āĻ­ৌāĻ—োāϞিāĻ• āĻ…āĻž্āϚāϞāĻ­িāϤ্āϤিāĻ• āĻŦিāϤ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻŦিāĻļ্āϞেāώāĻŖ āϕ⧰া।

Answer 6. Briefly discuss the causes responsible for variation in the distribution of Assam's population with suitable examples.

ā§Ŧ) āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āϜāύāϏংāĻ–্āϝাā§° āĻŦিāϤ⧰āĻŖā§° āϤাā§°āϤāĻŽ্āϝ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻĻাāϝ়ী āĻ•াā§°āĻŖāϏāĻŽূāĻš āωāĻĒāϝুāĻ•্āϤ āωāĻĻাāĻšā§°āĻŖāϏāĻš āϚāĻŽুāĻ•ৈ āφāϞোāϚāύা āϕ⧰া।

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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§§ āϚāύ⧰ āϞোāĻ•āĻĒিāϝ়āϞ⧰ āϤāĻĨ্āϝ āĻ…āύুāϝাāϝ়ী āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āϝিāĻŦোā§° āϜিāϞাā§° āϜāύāϏংāĻ–্āϝা āφ⧰ু āϘāύāϤ্āĻŦ āϏ⧰্āĻŦাāϧিāĻ• āφ⧰ু āϜāύāϏংāĻ–্āϝা āφ⧰ু āϘāύāϤ্āĻŦ āϏ⧰্āĻŦāύিāĻŽ্āύ, āϏেāχāĻŦোā§°ā§° āωāϞ্āϞেāĻ– āϕ⧰া।

Answer 8. Analyse briefly the causes responsible for growth of population in Assam.

ā§Ž) āĻ…āϏāĻŽāϤ āϜāύāϏংāĻ–্āϝা āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧিā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻĻাāϝ়ী āĻ•াā§°āĻŖāϏāĻŽূāĻš āϚāĻŽুāĻ•ৈ āĻŦিāĻļ্āϞেāώāĻŖ āϕ⧰া।

Answer 9. Mention the different human migration streams sequentially coming to Assam since the ancient times to the present.

⧝) āĻĒ্ā§°াāϚীāύ āĻ•াāϞ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻŦā§°্āϤāĻŽাāύāϞৈāĻ•ে āĻ…āϏāĻŽāϞৈ āĻ•্ā§°āĻŽাāĻ—āϤāĻ­াā§ąে āĻ…āĻšা āĻŦিāĻ­িāύ্āύ āĻŽাāĻ¨ā§ą āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŦ্ā§°āϜāύ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŦাāĻšā§° āĻ•āĻĨা āωāϞ্āϞেāĻ– āϕ⧰া।

Answer 10. Give the ethnic identity of the Ahoms.

ā§§ā§Ļ) āφāĻšোāĻŽ āϏāĻ•āϞ⧰ āϜাāϤিāĻ—āϤ āĻĒā§°িāϚāϝ় 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§ąāϏ্āĻĨাāχ ā§°াāϜ্āϝ⧰ āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤিāϤ āĻ•েāύেāĻĻā§°ে āϏāĻšাāϝ় āϕ⧰ি āφāĻšিāĻ›ে āϏেāχ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āϚāĻŽুāĻ•ৈ āωāϞ্āϞেāĻ– āϕ⧰āĻ•।

Answer 12. Write a short not on water transport in Assam.

⧧⧍) āĻ…āϏāĻŽāϤ āϜāϞ āĻĒā§°িāĻŦāĻšāĻŖā§° āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āύāĻšāϝ় āĻāϟা āϚুāϟি āϞিāĻ–া।

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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§° āĻŦিāĻ•াāĻļāϤ āĻŦাāϧা āĻšিāϚাāĻĒে āĻ—āĻŖ্āϝ āϕ⧰া āĻĒাঁāϚāϟা āĻĄাāϙ⧰ āĻ•াā§°āĻŖ āωāϞ্āϞেāĻ– āϕ⧰া।

Answer 14. What do you mean by the term 'resource'? What are the major natural resources of Assam?

ā§§ā§Ē) ‘āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ’ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāϟোā§ąে āφāĻĒুāύি āĻ•ি āĻŦুāϜাāĻŦ āĻŦিāϚাā§°িāĻ›ে? āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϧাāύ āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻ•ৃāϤিāĻ• āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻāϏāĻŽূāĻš āĻ•ি āĻ•ি?

Answer 15. Name the major oil fields of Assam.

ā§§ā§Ģ) āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϧাāύ āϤৈāϞāĻ•্āώেāϤ্ā§°āϏāĻŽূāĻšā§° āύাāĻŽ āϞিāĻ–া।

Answer 16. Write briefly about the water resources of Assam.

ā§§ā§Ŧ) āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āϜāϞāϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āϚāĻŽুāĻ•ৈ āϞিāĻ–া।

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17. What are the causes responsible for degradation of Assam's natural resources?

ā§§ā§­) āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻ•ৃāϤিāĻ• āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻā§° āĻ…ā§ąāĻ•্āώāϝ়ā§° āĻ•াā§°āĻŖ āĻ•ি āĻ•ি?

Answer 18. How has the growing population of Assam put impact on the natural resources?

ā§§ā§Ž) āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āĻ•্ā§°āĻŽāĻŦā§°্āϧāĻŽাāύ āϜāύāϏংāĻ–্āϝাāχ āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻ•ৃāϤিāĻ• āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻā§° āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āĻ•েāύে āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ­াā§ą āĻĒেāϞাāχāĻ›ে?

Answer 19. Is the vast population of Assam a burden (problem) on resource of the state? Discuss.

⧧⧝) āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āĻŦিāĻļাāϞ āϜāύāϏংāĻ–্āϝা ā§°াāϜ্āϝ⧰ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻā§° āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āĻŦোāϜা (āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝা) āύেāĻ•ি? āφāϞোāϚāύা āϕ⧰া.

Answer 20. According to you what steps need to be followed in creating human resource in Assam?

⧍ā§Ļ) āφāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻŽāϤে āĻ…āϏāĻŽāϤ āĻŽাāĻ¨ā§ą āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ āϏৃāώ্āϟিā§° āĻ•্āώেāϤ্ā§°āϤ āĻ•ি āĻ•ি āĻĒāĻĻāĻ•্āώেāĻĒ āĻ—্ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āϞাāĻ—িāĻŦ?

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21. Discuss briefly the role of agricultural sector on Assam's economy.

⧍⧧) āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤিāϤ āĻ•ৃāώি āĻ–āĻŖ্āĻĄā§° āĻ­ূāĻŽিāĻ•া āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻ•ে āϚāĻŽুāĻ•ৈ āφāϞোāϚāύা āϕ⧰া।

Answer 22. What are the agro-climatic regions of Assam? Mention the characteristics of each of them in brief.

⧍⧍) āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āĻ•ৃāώি āϜāϞāĻŦাāϝ়ু āĻ…āĻž্āϚāϞāϏāĻŽূāĻš āĻ•ি āĻ•ি? āχāϝ়াā§°ে āĻĒ্ā§°āϤ্āϝেāϕ⧰ে āĻŦৈāĻļিāώ্āϟ্āϝ āϚāĻŽুāĻ•ৈ āωāϞ্āϞেāĻ– āϕ⧰া।

Answer 23. What are the types of rices cultivated in Assam? Briefly write about these.

ā§¨ā§Š) āĻ…āϏāĻŽāϤ āĻ•েāύেāϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āϧাāύ āĻ–েāϤি āϕ⧰া āĻšāϝ়? āĻāχāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āϚāĻŽুāĻ•ৈ āϞিāĻ–া।

Answer 24. Why is rice considered as the principal crop in Assam?

⧍ā§Ē) āĻ…āϏāĻŽāϤ āϧাāύāĻ• āĻ•িāϝ় āĻĒ্ā§°āϧাāύ āĻļāϏ্āϝ āĻšিāϚাāĻĒে āĻ—āĻŖ্āϝ āϕ⧰া āĻšāϝ়?

Answer 25. What are the pulses cultivated in Assam?

⧍ā§Ģ) āĻ…āϏāĻŽāϤ āĻ•ি āĻ•ি āĻĻাāϞি āĻ–েāϤি āϕ⧰া āĻšāϝ়?

Answer 26. Write briefly about jhum cultivation (shifting cultivation) carried out in Assam.

⧍ā§Ŧ) āĻ…āϏāĻŽāϤ āϚāϞি āĻĨāĻ•া āĻুāĻŽ āĻ–েāϤি (āĻļিāĻĢāϟিং āĻ–েāϤি)ā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āϚāĻŽুāĻ•ৈ āϞিāĻ–া।

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27. What are the major aims of the Assam Industrial and Investment Policy, 2014.

⧍⧭) āĻ…āϏāĻŽ āĻ”āĻĻ্āϝোāĻ—িāĻ• āφ⧰ু āĻŦিāύিāϝ়োāĻ— āύীāϤি, ⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§Ē ā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϧাāύ āϞāĻ•্āώ্āϝ āĻ•ি āĻ•ি?

Answer 28. What do you mean by the term 'service sector industries? Briefly explain taking examples from Assam.

ā§¨ā§Ž) ‘āϏেā§ąা āĻ–āĻŖ্āĻĄā§° āωāĻĻ্āϝোāĻ—’ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāϟোā§ąে āφāĻĒুāύি āĻ•ি āĻŦুāϜাāĻŦ āĻŦিāϚাā§°িāĻ›ে? āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āĻĒā§°া āωāĻĻাāĻšā§°āĻŖ āϞৈ āϚāĻŽুāĻ•ৈ āĻŦুāϜাāχ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ•।

Answer 29. What are the major agro-based industries of Assam?

⧍⧝) āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϧাāύ āĻ•ৃāώিāĻ­িāϤ্āϤিāĻ• āωāĻĻ্āϝোāĻ—āϏāĻŽূāĻš āĻ•ি āĻ•ি?

Answer 30. Write about the tea industry of Assam in brief?

ā§Šā§Ļ) āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āϚাāĻš āωāĻĻ্āϝোāĻ—ā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āϚāĻŽুāĻ•ৈ āϞিāĻ–া?

Answer 31. State the present status of the fish industry of Assam.

ā§Šā§§) āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āĻŽীāύ āωāĻĻ্āϝোāĻ—ā§° āĻŦā§°্āϤāĻŽাāύ⧰ āĻ…ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨাā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āωāϞ্āϞেāĻ– āϕ⧰āĻ•।

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32. Mention the problems of agricultural development in Assam.

ā§Šā§¨) āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āĻ•ৃāώি āωāύ্āύāϝ়āύ⧰ āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝাā§° āĻ•āĻĨা āωāϞ্āϞেāĻ– āϕ⧰া।

Answer 33. Why is the industrial development in the state still slow?

ā§Šā§Š) ā§°াāϜ্āϝ⧰ āĻ”āĻĻ্āϝোāĻ—িāĻ• āĻŦিāĻ•াāĻļ āĻāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āϞেāĻšেāĻŽীāϝ়া āĻ•িāϝ়?

Answer 34. Mention the problems of tourism industry of Assam.

ā§Šā§Ē) āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āĻĒā§°্āϝāϟāύ āωāĻĻ্āϝোāĻ—ā§° āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝাā§° āĻ•āĻĨা āωāϞ্āϞেāĻ– āϕ⧰া।

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35. What are the prospects for economic development of Assam?

ā§Šā§Ģ) āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨāύৈāϤিāĻ• āĻŦিāĻ•াāĻļā§° āϏāĻŽ্āĻ­াā§ąāύা āĻ•ি?

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