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Professions

The word ‘profession’ means that it is a paid occupation any type of job/work that needs training or particular skills. Profession provides income and source of livelihood.

Different kinds of Professions

1. Agriculture

• Agriculture is the practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for growing crop and rearing animals for food, wool etc.
• Large section of Indian population is dependent on agriculture for employment. Agriculture provides food to all the country men.
• For proper farming, it is important that good variety of seed is given to farmers, proper irrigation facilities should be provided, use of organic manure should be promoted new instrument and technique should be made available to farmers.
• Use of chemicals and fertilizer should be reduced as they cause pollution, inter-cropping or mixed cropping should be promoted because, such cropping can replenish the soil with nutrients and help in retaining nutrient in the soil.
• Mono-cropping and excessive use of fertilizer makes the soil barren.
• To get better yield of milk, meat and wool, breeding of domesticated animals should be done with superior trait animals.

Famous Sports and Sports Person:

Note: Karnam Malleshwari: Karnam Malleshwari is a weight lifter, she lives in Andhra Pradesh and her father is a constable. She started lifting weight when she was only 12. She even lifted a weight of 130 kilograms. Karnam has won 29 medals in an international event.

2. Dance

• It is a performance art comprises of selected human movement.
• Dance has aesthetic, symbolic value and it is a part of culture.
• Dances are source of entertainment, and are performed for celebrating festivals, events of climate etc.

Different kinds of Dances in India:

3. Festivals in India

• A festival is an event ordinarily celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristics aspect of that community and its religion or traditions often marked as a local or national holiday.

Specific Festivals of Specific Region in India: