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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

                                           SUBJECT - GEOGRAPHY

                                                     CLASS -VIII

        CHAPTER-HUMAN RESOURCE
            1.    Pick out the apt definition for population distribution.
                 (a) The way in which people live in the villages
                 (b) The way in which people live in urban areas
                 (c) The way in which the skilled human resources are utilized in a country
                 (d) The way in which people are spread across the earth surface

            2.    Which of the following statements are false with respect to thinly populated areas?
                 (a) Usually, the high-altitude areas and extremely cold zones are sparsely populated.
                 (b) Climate here is inhospitable
                 (c) Very few people live in the equatorial forests.
                 (d) These regions enjoy an equable climate where there is adequate rainfall.

            3.    Using resources carefully, judicially & giving them time to get renewed is called _________
                 (a) Resource Development
                 (b) Sustainable Conservation
                 (c) Sustainable Development
                 (d) Resource Conservation

            4.    A few factors on which the productivity of a nation’s human resources depends are given below. Pick
                 out the one that is not a factor.
                 (a) Health
                 (b) Census
                 (c) Literacy
                 (d) Possession of technical skills

            5.    Study the given diagram carefully and write your observation and interpretations in points.














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