Resources and Development Part 3

Under which of the following types of resources can solar energy be categorised?

• Flow resource
• Human-made resource
• Non-recyclable resource
• Exhaustible resource

What is arrangement of soil in different layers or horizons known as?

• Soil Composition
• Soil Erosion
• Soil Profile
• Soil Texture

What is land used for grazing cattle and livestock known as?

• Forests
• Barren land
• Pasture land
• Fallow land

What is necessary for sustained quality of life and global peace?

• Stopping use of resources
• Saving resources for future
• Exploitation of resources
• Equitable distribution of resources

What is the main reason behind global ecological crises such as global warming and environmental pollution ?

• Depletion of resources
• Accumulation of resources in a few hands
• Indiscriminate exploitation of resources
• Use of resources

What is the percentage share of plains in the total land area?

• 0.43
• 0.23
• 0.33
• 0.27

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

• 33
• 22.5
• 31
• 30

What was the main contribution of the Brundtland Commission Report, 1987?

• Sustainable development as means for resource conservation
• Advocated resource conservation for the first time
• Presented Gandhian philosophy
• All the above

When running water cuts through clayey soils and makes deep channels, they lead to:

• Gully erosion
• Sheet erosion
• Deforestation
• Afforestation

Which among the following is a type of resources classified on the basis of exhaustibility?

• Biotic and abiotic
• Renewable and non-renewable
• National and individual
• Potential and reserves