RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT

when was gandhian philosophy presented by Schumacher in his book SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL

• 1972

• 1985

• 1974

• 1973

Resources that take long geological time for their formation are called

• Renewable resources

• Reserve

• Community resources

• Non-renewable-resources

land resources are used for the following purposes

• forest

• roads

• grazing land

In which of the following States mining has caused severe land degradation

• Gujarat

• Jharkhand

• Kerala

• Uttaranchal

laterite has been derived from the Latin word ----------- which means ---------

• later / clay

• latre / brick

• later / brick

• later / cement

identify this type of ersosion

• sheet erosion

• gully erosion

• mass erosion

• slide erosion

which of the following sentences about arid soil is true

• it ranges from red to brown in colour

• they are generally loamy in nature

• salt content is moderate

• the lower horizons of the soil are occupied by Kankar because of the increasing calcium content upwards

Red soil is reddish in colour due to:

• high clay content

• presence of kankar nodules in the subsoil

• diffusion of iron in igneous and metamorphic rocks

• high moisture content

Which of the following is not important for soil formation?

• Relief

• Parent rock

• Climate

• Duration of day

what is bad land known as in the chambal basin

• dirt and

• barren

• ravine

• dead