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Population — Social Studies STD 9 — Question

CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 9Social StudiesPopulation5 Marks
Question
Population is the pivotal element in social studies. Support your answer giving essential points.
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Answer

  1. People have utilised resources and created the social and cultural environment. The people are important to develop the economy and society. They people make and use resources and are themselves resources with varying quality. For example coal is but a piece of rock, until people were able to invent technology to obtain it and make it a resource'.
  2. Natural events like a river flood or Tsunami becomes a disaster' only when they affect a crowded village or a town.
  3. It is the point of reference from which all other elements are observed and from which they derive significance and meaning.
  4. 'Resources', 'calamitico' and 'disasters' are all meaningful only in relation to human beings. Their numbers, distribution, growth and characteristics or qualities provide the basic background for understanding and appreciating all aspects of the environment.

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