NCERT Solutions for Class 7th Social Science Chapter 19 Infrastructure: Engine of India’s Development

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Physical infrastructure is the “vast network of tangible structures built to keep our cities and villages functioning”. The chapter lists four families of it: transportation (roads, bridges, railways), utilities (electricity, water pipelines), communication networks (internet, telephone lines, telecom towers) and energy infrastructure (windmills, solar parks, oil and gas pipelines). The opening quotation from APJ Abdul Kalam sets the standard: a developed India is one where urban and rural areas have the same infrastructure. Infrastructure works as a chain, not as separate pieces. Rishabh’s journey from Delhi to Talegaon uses a bridge, a car park, a metro, a train, a smartphone, a bus, flyovers and an autorickshaw. Satish’s tomatoes need canals and electric pumps for irrigation, roads for

• Chapter opening
• Introduction
• After Rishabh’s journey and Satish’s tomatoes
• Opening of ‘Transportation Infrastructure’
• (c) Metro train systems
• (d) Air transport, with the map of airports (Fig. 7.18)
• After the account of J.C. Bose and his inventions
• Before ‘Collective Responsibility Towards Infrastructure’
• Collective Responsibility Towards Infrastructure
• The chapter in two points