PAKISTAN SCHOOL SAUWAIQ

CLASS: 6TH Subject: Social Studies (Classwork)

Chapter: 10 (Power Resources of Pakistan and South Asia)
NOTE: Students are advised to write following Question-Answers in their notebooks .
Q 1. The actual percentage of power produced by hydroelectric stations is decreasing. Why do
you think this is?
Ans: Power produced by hydroelectric stations is decreasing due to various reasons, some of the
reasons are as follows:
a) Decrease in rainfall and snowfall, global warming, dam failure.
b) Hydroelectric schemes are vastly expensive to construct; they have to be built in remote regions
for geographical reasons, which means very expensive power supply to the people of that region.
Q 2. What other purpose do these great dams fulfil?
Ans: Dams are mainly built to store the water. They are multi-purpose projects in the modern world.
Instead of generating hydroelectricity, they are also used for irrigation, reservoirs for water supply,
habitat for wild life, and to control flooding.
Q 3. Why are the thermal power station located mainly in southern Pakistan?
Ans: Thermal power stations are located mainly in coastal areas in south of Pakistan so that they can
be near the gas and oil fields.
Q 4. Find Warsak, Tarbela and Mangla in your atlas. Why have these locations been selected
to build the dams?
Ans: Warsak Dam is built on River Kabul near Peshawar, Tarbela dam is on River Indus, and
Mangla on River Jhelum. These dams are located at points before the fast flowing rivers enter the
plains and are at an average height of 1000–1500 metres above the sea level.
Q 5. List the names of other hydel power stations in Pakistan. (Homework)
Ans: (Homework)
Q 6. What are the advantages and disadvantages of nuclear power?
Ans: Nuclear power is very expensive to set up and demands highly technically trained workers to
operate it.
a) The great advantage of nuclear power is that once in operation it provides electricity at very low
running costs.
b) It can be extremely dangerous unless highly responsible and qualified technical staff is available.
Unfortunately, Pakistan does not have many such qualified people, now—a considerable number
who have the skills, seek employment in other countries where they are highly paid.
Q 7. Talk about the life would change in a small village if electricity was brought to it.
Ans: Some of the obvious changes due to electrification in the villages would be better agricultural
output because of tube wells, access to telecommunication and electronic media, and improvement
in living standards, with electricity for domestic use.
Q 8. Should we think more seriously about using sunlight and wind to produce power? Discuss
the advantages.
Ans: Sun and wind are the great natural sources to produce electricity. Although, the wind and the
sunlight produce electricity on a very small scale but still it is essential to use these energy resources
to produce electricity.
a) Pakistan is lucky enough to have sufficient sunlight throughout the country. Due to some
individual efforts, Solar panels are being used in most of our urban and rural areas, but collective
efforts under the banner of government are required to use solar energy even better.
b) Unfortunately, the wind is not consistent throughout the Pakistan. We need to install the better
quality wind turbines, which are very expensive to install on top-hills or coastal areas but once
installed they produce electricity at low cast.