Resources and Development-Class-X-Geog-1

To define resource, it is

• technologically accessible

• Economically feasible

• culturally acceptable

• All of the above 3

• None of the above

Are resources free gifts of nature?

• Yes

• No

• cannot say

Human beings are essential components of resources as they

• They are there to use the resources

• They transform material available in our environment into resources and use them

• Resources are a function of human activities

• All three options given above

• Option 2 and Option 3

Livestock, human resources, flora and fauna are

• abiotic resources

• biotic resources

• community resource

• national resource

Territorial water for a country extends from its coast up to

• 12 nautical miles or 22.2 km

• 12.5 km or 22.2 nautical miles

• 12 nautical miles or 200 km

• 200 nautical miles or 22 km.

The oceanic resources belonging to open ocean requires the concurrence of International Institutions. It lies beyond

• 12 nautical miles of the Exclusive Economic Zone

• 22 km of the Exclusive Economic Zone

• 200 nautical miles of the Exclusive Economic Zone

• 200 km of the Exclusive Economic Zone.

India has the right to mine manganese nodules from the bed of the Indian Ocean from the area lying beyond the Exclusive Economic Zone.

• It's a false statement

• It's a true statement

• It's only within India's territorial waters

Rajasthan and Gujarat have enormous sources of wind and solar energy but are yet to be developed. Such resources are called

• Stock

• Potential resources

• Developed resources

• Reserves

Developed Resources are those which have been

• surveyed

• quantity and quality determined for utilization

• development depends on technology and level of feasibility

• 1, 2, 3

• None of the above

Water is a compound of oxygen and hydrogen. Hydrogen can be used as a rich source of energy provided we have a technology to use it. Thus energy untapped from Hydrogen of water is an example of

• Potential resource

• reserves

• stock

• developed resource.