HUMAN RESOURCE

I. Key points:
1. Population density: Number of people living per unit area.
2. Population Growth: is the rate at which a population grows or expands.
3. Human Resources: the human effort, both physical and mental, used in the
production of goods and services.
4. Assertion and Reason:
Assertion (A): Human resources occupy greater importance in production than
natural resources and material resources.
Reasoning (R): Human labour transforms the natural and material resources into
finished products.
Answer: Both A and R are true, but R Is not the correct explanation of A.
5. Assertion and Reason:
Assertion (A): Technology is human made resource
Reason (R): Applications of human knowledge and skill created different
technologies
Answer: Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

II. SHORT ANSWER:

1. Why are people considered a resource?

 Human beings are the most important resource of a nation.
 They are significant because if they not utilized their brains, the
other resources of nature would not have found any utility.
 In other words, human resource is the ultimate resource.
2. How does climate affect the population distribution of an area?
  People prefer to live in regions with a moderate climate, and not
places of the extreme cold and hot climate.
 So moderate climate regions are densely populated.
3. What is meant by population composition?
The structure of the population with various respects like age, sex,
literacy, occupations, health facilities, economic condition, etc. is called
population composition.

III. LONG ANSWER:

1. What are the causes for the uneven distribution of population in
the world?
 Population density depends on the climate conditions and
topography of the place, like few people live in high latitude areas,
tropical deserts, mountainous ‘terrains, and forest areas, whereas
a large number of people reside in plains.
 Fertility of soils, availability of fresh water, minerals are other
major geographical factors behind this.
 Some social factors that boost the density of population in a
region are better housing, education and health facilities.
 Places with cultural or historical significance are usually
populated.
 Employment opportunities are another attraction for large chunks
of population.

2. What are population pyramids ?

Population pyramid is also called age gender pyramid.
 It shows division of population into various age groups like 5 to 9
years, 10 to 14 years etc.
 It gives the percentage of male female ratio, in each age group.
 It tells about number of dependents-young and old along with
number of economically active peoples.
 It helps to understand the economic, health, social structure by
indirectly referring to death, birth rate in terms of age and gender.

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