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G-10 Resource and Development - Quiz 2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Answer the following questions in about 30 words:

What steps can be taken to control soil erosion in the hilly areas?

4 lines
2.

Answer the following questions in about 30 words:

What are biotic and abiotic resources? Give some examples.

4 lines
3.

Answer the following questions in about 120 words:

How have technical and economic development led to more consumption of resources?

4 lines
4.

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

a)

Renewable

b)

Developed

c)

National

d)

Potential

5.

Which of the following factors involves the transformation of things into a resource ?

(i) Physical environment

(ii) Technology

(iii) Human beings

(iv) Institutions

a)

(i) and (ii)

b)

(ii) and (iii)

c)

(i) and (iv)

d)

All of above

6.

Renewable resources are those

a)

which cannot be renewed

b)

which are accessible

c)

which are developed

d)

which are renewed by physical, chemical or mechanical processes.

7.

Which one of the following is not a community resource ?

a)

Public parks

b)

A library

c)

A car

d)

A community hall

8.

Territorial waters of India extends to

a)

10 Nautical miles

b)

15 Nautical miles

c)

12 Nautical miles

d)

1900 kilometres

9.

Find out which one of the following is a stock?

a)

Biofuels

b)

Coal

c)

Solar energy

d)

Hydro-electricity

10.

The first International Earth Summit was held in

a)

Geneva

b)

New York

c)

Japan

d)

Rio de Janeiro

11.

“There is enough for everybody’s need but not for anybody’s greed”. Who said this ?

a)

Jawahar Lai Nehru

b)

Atal Bihari Vajpai

c)

M. K. Gandhi

d)

Sunder Lai Bhauguna

12.

The area brought under cultivation in a year is called …………….

a)

Fallow land

b)

Cultivable

c)

Net sown area

d)

Gross sown area

13.

I am the most widespread soil, covering the Northern Plains and Eastern Coastal Plains-who am I ?

a)

Black soil

b)

Forest soil

c)

Red soil

d)

Alluvial soil

14.

Resources which are non-renewable but can be recycled are called

a)

Renewable resources

b)

Non-renewable resources

c)

Recyclable resources

d)

Biotic resources

15.

The most widespread relief feature of India is

a)

Mountains

b)

Forests

c)

Plains

d)

Plateaus

16.

The current net sown area of India in 2002-03 is

a)

45 percent

b)

43.4 percent

c)

50 percent

d)

48 percent

17.

The state having maximum net sown area in India is ……………

a)

Jammu and Kashmir

b)

Uttar Pradesh

c)

Tamil Nadu

d)

Punjab

18.

Land left without cultivation for one or less than one agricultural year is called

a)

Culturable waste land

b)

Current fallow land

c)

Waste land

d)

None of the above

19.

The present per cent of area under forests is (2002 – 03)

a)

18 percent

b)

22.57 percent

c)

19 percent

d)

11 percent

20.

The factor responsible for maximum land degradation is ………………

a)

Human activities

b)

Wind

c)

Salinity

d)

Soil erosion