Resources and Development

Which one of the following type of resource is iron ore?

• (a) Renewable

• (b) Biotic

• (c) Flow

• (d) Non-renewable

Under which of the following type of resource can tidal energy be put?

• (a) Replenishable

• (b) Human-made

• (c) Abiotic

• (d) Non-renewable

Which one of the following is the main cause of land degradation in Punjab?

• (a) Intensive cultivation

• (b) Deforestation

• (c) Over-irrigation

• (d) Overgrazing

In which one of the following States is terrace cultivation practised?

• (a) Punjab

• (b) Plains of Uttar Pradesh

• (c) Haryana

• (d) Uttaranchal

In which of the following States is black soil found?

• (a) Jammu & Kashmir

• (b) Gujarat

• (c) Rajasthan

• (d) Jharkhand

What percentage of our land should be under forest according to the National Forest Policy (1952)?

• 33

• 34

• 34.5

• 32

Materials in the environment which have the potential to satisfy human needs but human beings do not have appropriate technology to access them are called:

• (a) Potential resource

• (b) Stock

• c) Developed resource

• (d) Reserves

India‘s territorial water extends upto a distance of:

• (a) 12 km

• (b) 12 nautical miles

• (c) 19.2 miles

• (d) 200 nautical miles

Resources that take long geological time for their formation are called:

• (a) Renewable resources

• (b) Reserve

• (c) Community resources

• (d) Non-renewable resources

Area sown more than once in an agricultural year plus net sown area is known as:

• (a) Net sown area

• (b) Forest cover

• (c) Waste land

• (d) Gross cropped area