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QUESTION 5
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What are non-farm primary activities? How are these activities related to physiographic features in India? Discuss with suitable examples.

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What the examiner wants

Define non-farm primary activities and show how India's landforms shape where they occur.

DiscussExplain the different sides of the issue, use evidence, and finish with a balanced view.

Demand-wise check

  1. 1Definition: primary activities other than cultivation: mining, fishing, forestry, quarrying, animal rearing, gathering≈35 words
  2. 2Link with physiography: Peninsular plateau (minerals), Himalayas (forestry, pastoralism), coasts (fishing), Thar (pastoralism, salt)≈35 words
  3. 3Indian examples≈35 words

Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.

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DefinePhysiographic region-wise activitiesExamplesConclusion

Where marks usually go

  • Not defining non-farm primary activities
  • No link to physiographic features

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  • Physiographic map of India with activities marked

Value addition

  • ExampleChotanagpur plateau is rich in coal and iron ore.Geological Survey of India
  • ExampleGaddi shepherds of Himachal migrate seasonally with flocks.NCERT India: People and Economy

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