class 10 development Economics
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07. Environmental degradation is a process through which the natural environment is compromised in some way, reducing biological diversity and the general health of the environment. This process can be entirely natural in origin, or it can be accelerated or caused by human activities.
08. Collective security for the whole locality is cheaper than individual security to each house. For example a pond or a playground for all people will be cheaper than individual ones.
09. Few examples of environmental degradation:
- Deforestation.
- Soil erosion.
- Falling levels of ground water.
- Depletion of the ozone layer and combustion from automobiles causing extreme air pollution.
- Water Pollution.
- Throwing waste in river.
- Use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
- Burning of coal and mineral oil.
10. National income means the value of goods and services produced by a country during a financial year. Thus, it is the net result of all economic activities of any country during a per.iod of one year and is valued in terms of money.
11. The neg.ative attitude of parents towards the gir.l child and her education is one of the major reasons of low fem.ale literacy rate in India. In most of the families, bo.ys at home are given priority in terms of education but gir.ls are not treated in the same way.
12. India falls into the category of low income because as we know that countries with per capita income of Rs 4,53,000 per annum and above are called ric.h countries and the countries with income of Rs 37,000 or less are called low income countries, so India comes in the category of low income countries because it's po.or.
13. For comparing countries, their income is considered to be one of the most important attributes. Countries with higher income are more developed than others with less income.
14. The net attendance ratio (NAR) is the percentage of the official primary school-age population that attends primary school.