Geography: 2011: CBSE: [Delhi]: Set – I

Africa has the highest growth rate of population with 2.46 percent as estimated in 2010.

U.A.E. has the lowest sex ratio in the world, which is 468 females per 1000 males.

The two activities on which the earliest human beings were dependent for their sustenance are:
(i) Animals, which they hunted.
(ii) The edible plants, which they gathered from forests in vicinity.

Household industry is the smallest manufacturing unit. The craftsmen or artisans use local raw materials and simple tools to produce everyday goods in their home with the help of their family members or part – time labour. For example: Carpet industry.

St. Lawrence inland waterway is very significant for North America as it allows large ocean going vessels to navigate up the river deep inside the continent to Montreal. The ports on this route like Duluth and Buffalo are equipped with all facilities of ocean ports.

A human settlement is defined as a place inhabited more or less permanently. The form of settlement in any particular region reflects human relationship with the environment. It also means the totality of the human community - whether city, town or village - with all the social, material, organisational, spiritual and cultural elements that sustain it.

India contributes 22 percent of rice production in the world and ranks second after China.

Kandla in Gujarat was the first major seaport of India developed after independence.

Manufacturing sector accounted for 75.96 per cent of India’s total value of export in 2003-2004.

Allahabad and Kanpur are the two metropolitan cities, which are the main polluters of river Ganga before it reaches Varanasi.