Resources and Development

Everything available in our environment which can be used to satisfy our needs, provided, it is technologically accessible, economically feasible and culturally acceptable can be termed as 'Development'

• True

• False

What type of erosion is this ?

• Sheet erosion

• mud erosion

• gully erosion

• top soil erosion

Classify resources based on ownership

• Biotic, Abiotic

• Renewable, Non Renewable

• Potential, Developed, Stock, Reserves

• Individual, Community, National, International

When did the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit take place ?

• July 1993

• January 2000

• June 1992

• December 1995

India has got the right to mine which of these minerals from the bed of the Indian ocean that lies beyond the exclusive economic zone ?

• Iron

• Marble

• Manganese

• Bauxite

Which of the following problems was to be solved by the Agenda 21 ?

• Environmental Damage

• Poverty

• Disease

• Child Labour

Which soil is also known as Cotton soil ?

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

• Intensive Cultivation

• Over Irrigation

• Deforestation

• Overgrazing

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

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• None of the above

Types of resources on the basis of the status of development include - Stock, Potential, and Developed resources.

• True

• False