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Class 12 Primary Activities worksheet
CBSE Social Science. Gathering, nomadic herding and ranching, subsistence and commercial farming types and their regions, co-operatives and mining methods. Every sheet has 20 questions in three sections and an answer key, and the numbers change every time.
Sample questions
Real questions from this chapter, as the app sets them. Tap Answer to see the answer and working.
Section A · multiple choice
- 1.
People engaged in primary activities are called:
- white-collar workers
- gold-collar workers
- blue-collar workers
- red-collar workers
Answer
(d) red-collar workers
- 2.
Which feature describes commercial livestock rearing?
- fenced ranches with one kind of animal
- vegetables, fruits and flowers for city markets
- milch animals reared near cities, with no off season
- citrus fruits, grapes, olives and figs
Answer
(a) fenced ranches with one kind of animal
- 3.
Where is commercial livestock rearing mainly practised?
- north-west Europe and the north-eastern USA
- tropical Africa, South and Central America and South-east Asia
- New Zealand, Australia, Argentina, Uruguay and the USA
- densely populated monsoon Asia
Answer
(c) New Zealand, Australia, Argentina, Uruguay and the USA
Section B · short answer
- 4.
Why does gathering have little chance of becoming important globally?
Answer
Its products cannot compete in the world market, and cheaper, better synthetic products have replaced many of them.
- 5.
Describe one feature of each: (a) mixed farming (b) Mediterranean agriculture
Answer
(a) crops and animals given equal importance (b) citrus fruits, grapes, olives and figs
Section C · long answer
- 6.
Differentiate between nomadic herding and commercial livestock rearing.
Answer
Nomadic herding is subsistence, moving with animals over traditional territories; commercial rearing is organised and capital intensive, on fenced ranches with one type of animal and scientific breeding.
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