Class 10 MAHARASHTRA STATE TEXTBOOK BUREAU Solutions Social Studies Chapter 8 - Economy and Occupations
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Economy and Occupations Exercise 59
Solution 1(a)
ii. Massive population
Solution 1(b)
iii. Tertiary
Economy and Occupations Exercise 60
Solution 1(c)
iii. Developing
Solution 2(a)
Most of the western part of Brazil is covered by the thick dense equatorial rainforests of the Amazon Basin. Inaccessibility, poor transport links, unfavourable climate, heavy rainfall are some of the main reasons for mining not being developed in the western part of Brazil.
Solution 2(b)
Similarities
- In both countries, fishing has developed in the coastal regions.
- Marine fishing is also well developed in India and Brazil.
Differences
- In India, fishing is mainly done in fresh waters while in Brazil, freshwater fishing is not that developed.
- The meeting of the warm Brazil current and the cold Falkland current, off the coast of South-East Brazil makes it a good fishing ground. However, in India such currents do not come together.
- Major fishes of Brazil are swordfish and sardines.
- Major fishes of India are mackerel, prawns, horse mackerels, clupeids, silver bellies and sardines.
Solution 3(a)
- India occupies 2.4% land area of the world and supports 17.5% of the world's total population while Brazil occupies 5.6% of land area of the world and supports only 2.75% of the world's total population.
- Average density of population in Brazil is about 23 persons per sq. km. while average density of population in India is around 382 persons per sq. km.
- Since, Brazil's population is less than India, per capita land availability is more there.
Solution 3(b)
- In mixed economy, both public and private industries exist.
- In Brazil and India, health, education, banking etc are managed by both Brazil and India.
Solution 4
- The graph represents the contribution of the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors to national income and the percentage of population engaged in these sectors in India and Brazil.
- In India and Brazil, the contribution of tertiary sector to national income is more than the other two sectors.
- The contribution of primary, secondary and tertiary sector to India's national income is about 17%, 26% and 57% respectively.
- Whereas the contribution of primary, secondary and tertiary sector to Brazil's national income is about 5%, 28% and 67% respectively.
- The population engaged in primary, secondary and tertiary sector of India is about 49% 24% and 27% respectively while the population engaged in primary, secondary and tertiary sector of Brazil is about 10%, 19% and 71% respectively.
- We can say that tertiary sector is the biggest contributor to the national economy of India and Brazil. While cultivation is the main occupation of people in India, most people in Brazil are involved in the tertiary sector.
