1. What is a mineral?

2. What are the uses of minerals?

3. Name some agriculture based products.

Types of Industries, spatial distribution, contribution of

industries to the national economy, industrial pollution and degradation of environment,

measures to control degradation.

1. Able to understand the importance of industries in the national economy as well

as understand the regional disparities which resulted due to concentration of

industries in some areas.

2. Able to describe the need for a planned industrial development and debate over

the role of government towards sustainable development.