A homogeneous society is a group of people that have common ties with race, ethnic or religious backgrounds.
The features of homogeneous society are
(i) In this society, there are no significant ethnic differences and it shares a common culture.
(ii) Now-a-days, homogeneous societies are undergoing rapid change under the influence of migrants. Migrants bring with them their own culture and tend to form a different social community. In this way, today most of the countries of the world have become multi-cultural.

Characteristics of development are as follow: -
(i) The idea of development has always been with us, when we desires about what we would like to do.
(ii) Development involves thinking about the . questions and about the ways in which we can work forwards achieving our desired goals.
(iii) There can be different development goals of different persons.
(iv) Development for one may not be development for other. It may even be destructive for other.

Land use pattern refers to the way the land is utilised.

1. The Forest cover of the country is less than the prescribed 33% of the total country’s land. Forests occupy about 23.81% of the total land surface in India.
2. Total net sown area of India is 46.24% of the total land in the country.
3. Net sown area differs from state to state. While in Punjab and Haryana, the net sown area is more than 80% of the total land in the state, it is less than 10% in Arunanchal Pradesh, Mizoram, Manipur and Andaman Nicobar Islands. 3.38% of the total land is used for grazing while rests of the remaining lands are fallow and waste lands.
4. In India, the land under permanent pasture has decreased.

land under forest not increased much since 1960 because there has been constant deforestation of forests for expanding agricultural fields, fro building residential areas, highways, large dams etc

Developed Resources: These are resources which have been surveyed and their quality and quantity have been determined for utilisation. The development of resources depends on technology and level of their feasibility. For example, India has a cumulative total of 2,47,847 million tones of coal resources.

Jharkhand state is rich in mineral resources. However, it is economically backward because  
(a) It was originally mostly populated by tribals who were uneducated.  
(b) Due to the rocky terrain, there is very little agricultural land.
(c) Lack of industrial development in earlier times compared with the rest of India.  
The Mumbai region of Maharashtra state is poor in natural resources, but is highly economically developed due to the following reasons  
(a) It is the commercial hub of India with the maximum amount of local, national and international trade transactions taking place in India.  
(b) It has a large number of industries established from a number of years.
(c) It has a very efficient transportation system for people and materials.  
(d) The people living and working there are well-educated and earning the maximum compared to any other area in India.

The government launched 'Operation Flood', a system of milk cooperatives also known as 'White Revolution' in the year 1966. Under this system, the farmers used to pool together their dairy milk production and classify the milk as per different quality and grading standards. This was then processed and sold to the urban centers. Such a system benefited the farmers by assuring them a fair price for their product in the market. Gujarat exemplarily implemented the system and is presently the hub of milk cooperatives in the country. Due to the successful implementation of milk cooperatives the production of milk was increased by nearly 4 times. Brand Amul is the best known example of the success of milk cooperatives.

1. Democratic governments are legitimate governments because the people themselves elect their representatives through the free and fair election.
2. It is considered as people's own government because if the people do not support the government, they can change it.
3. Democracy is preferred by the people of most countries because they find it more accountable and suitable.

• Nationalist teneion emerged in the Balkans because the Balkan states were aspiring for nationalism.
• The Balkans was a region comprising modern day Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece,
• Macedonia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia, Serbia and Montenegro and their inhabitants were called Slavs.

Other than the national parties, most of the major parties of the country are classified by the Election Commission as ‘state parties.’ These are commonly referred to as regional parties.
The following points explain the role of regional political parties in Indian politics
(i) These parties need not be regional in their ideology always. Parties like Samajwadi Party, Samata Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal have national level political organisation with units in several states.
Some parties like Biju Janata Dal, Mizo National Front are conscious about their state identity.
(ii) Since 1996, no national party is able to secure on its own a . majority in Indian Lok Sabha. The national parties are compelled to form alliance with the state parties.
The number and strength of the regional parties have expanded. This has contributed to the strengthening of federalism and democracy in our country.
(iii) This situation is applicable not only to the centre, but also to the state politics. If a party is unable to win the required number of seats in Legislative Assembly, a coalition is the only option.
(iv) If a regional party has a strong hold in the centre, the region from which the party hails will get a solid platform and again this could be detrimental to other states.
(v) Regional parties are playing a major role in the Indian politics and their influence is not just limited to particular region or state, but their decisions and thought processes are important in the Central Government planning process and decisions.
In the 16th Lok Sabha election, Bharatiya Janata Party got an absolute majority which made the end of the era of Coalition Government in centre. This emphatic victory has re-opened the question of alliance amongst regional parties in our country.

NTPC stands for National Thermal Power Corporation. NTPC has adopted a pro-active approach to preserve the natural environment and resources around the Thermal Power Plants it sets up, in line with its ISO certification under EMS 14001.To ensure minimum pollution of the environment near these plants, the measures it adopts while setting up these plants are:
(i) Utilising the latest techniques and upgrading existing equipment to minimise generation of polluting by-products.
(ii) Maximising the utilisation of ash generated so that the waste generated is reduced.
(iii) Establishing green belts and forests to maintain an ecological balance around the generation plants being set up.
(iv)Setting up ash pond management, ash water recycling and liquid waste management systems in the plants to reduce environmental pollution.
(v)Monitoring, reviewing and managing the databases online for all the power plants set up.

The ideology of liberalism allied with Nationalism in the following ways :
(a) Liberalism stood for freedom for the individual and equality of all before law.
 (b) It emphasized on the concept of government by consent.
(c) It stood for the end of autocracy and Clerical privileges.