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What are resources? What are its uses?

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Define resources. Explain any 2 uses.

Solution:
Resources can be defined as “Things on which man is dependent, human needs can be fulfilled by them, and man has physical and intellectual capacity to utilize them.

Now, resources can have multiple uses. It can be used
  • As food​
  • As a source of raw material​
The resources can be used as food. Some of the resources that can be used as food are meat, vegetables, fruit, fish, milk, honey etc. Now, resources can be used as raw materials. For example, we get wool from sheep that can be used as a raw material in the textile industry. Similarly, we get wood from forests that can be used as a raw material in the furniture industry.

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