ch 1 Q2 class X

Give examples of National resources?

• plots, houses

• public parks, playgrounds, grazing grounds, burial grounds

• oceanic resources

• minerals, water resources, forests, wildlife, land

What are potential resources?

• resources which can be renewed or reproduced

• Resources which are found in a region, but have not been utilised

• Resources which are surveyed and their quality and quantity have been determined for utilisation

• those things which are composed of non-living things

What are developed resources?

• Resources which are surveyed and their quality and quantity have been determined for utilisation

• resources which can be renewed or reproduced

• those things which are composed of non-living things

• Resources which are found in a region, but have not been utilised

What is Sustainable Development?

• Well planned use of resources and development

• Accumulation of resources and then using them accordingly

• development should take place without damaging the environment keeping in mind the future generations

• Using materials in the environment which have the potential to satisfy human needs

Why do we need resource planning?

• Because of enormous diversity in the availability of resources

• Because we need to think of future generations

• We need to consider materials in the environment which have the potential to satisfy human needs

• The need to collect materials and resources and then using them accordingly

What does resource planning in India involve?

• Defining the number of resources

• surveying, mapping and qualitative and quantitative estimation and measurement of the resources

• Taking government permission

• Matching the resource development plans with overall national development plans

Why is Conservation of Resources important?

• So that they don't get wasted

• irrational consumption and over utilization of resources may lead to socio-economic and environmental problems

• For evolving a planning structure endowed with appropriate technology, skill and institutional set up

• For matching the resource development plan with overall national development plans

What are fallow Lands?

• Left without cultivation for one or less than one agricultural year

• wastelands

• Land put to non-agricultural uses

• Land under miscellaneous tree crops groves

What is the total geographical area of India?

• 3.20 million sq km

• 3.25 million sq km

• 3. 22 million sq km

• 3. 28 million sq km

Waste land includes……………………

• Land left without cultivation for one or less than one agricultural year

• Land put to non-agricultural uses

• rocky, arid and desert areas

• Land left uncultivated for the past 1 to 5 agricultural years