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WorksheetsResources and Development Part 2
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Materials in the environment which have the potential to satisfy human needs but human beings do not have appropriate technology to access them are called:
a)
Potential resource
b)
Stock
c)
Developed resource
d)
Reserves
2.
On the basis of ownership, plantations can be better considered as which of the following types of resources?
a)
Individual resource
b)
Community owned resource
c)
National resource
d)
International resource
3.
One of the following which does not check land degradation-
a)
control on overgrazing
b)
creating shelter belts
c)
deforestation
d)
afforestation
4.
Ploughing along the contour lines to decelerate the flow of water down the slopes is called:
a)
Strip cropping
b)
Sheet erosion
c)
Contour ploughing
d)
Terrace cultivation
5.
Red soil is mostly found in:
a)
Parts of Jammu & Kashmir
b)
Upper Ganga Plains
c)
Eastern and Southern part of Deccan Plateau
d)
None of the above
6.
Red soil is reddish in colour due to:
a)
high clay content
b)
presence of kankar nodules in the subsoil
c)
diffusion of iron in igneous and metamorphic rocks
d)
high moisture content
7.
Resources that take long geological time for their formation are called:
a)
Renewable resources
b)
Reserve
c)
Community resources
d)
Non-renewable resources
8.
Resources which are found in a region but have not been utilised are called
a)
developed resources
b)
stock
c)
international resources
d)
potential resources
9.
Soil formed by intense leaching is:
a)
alluvial soil
b)
red soil
c)
laterite soil
d)
desert soil
10.
The alluvial soil consists of
a)
sand
b)
silt
c)
clay
d)
all of the above
11.
The main cause of land degradation in Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh is:
a)
Mining
b)
Over irrigation
c)
Deforestation
d)
Over grazing
12.
The mountain share in the total land area is:
a)
0.3
b)
0.27
c)
0.43
d)
0.4
13.
The oceanic resources beyond 200 km of the Exclusive Economic Zone can be termed as which of the following types of resource ?
a)
Individual resources
b)
Community owned resources
c)
National resources
d)
International resources
14.
The total degraded land in our country is:
a)
133 million hectares
b)
130 million sq. km.
c)
140 million hectares
d)
130 million hectares
15.
There is enough for everybody’s need and not for any body’s greed,’’ who among the following has given the above statement?
a)
Vinoba Bhave
b)
Mahatma Gandhi
c)
Jawaharlal Nehru
d)
Atal Behari Vajpayee
16.
Under which of the following type of resource can tidal energy be put? (Textbook)
a)
Replenishable
b)
Human-made
c)
Abiotic
d)
Non-renewable
17.
Under which of the following types of resource can tidal energy be put?
a)
Human made
b)
Biotic
c)
Non-recyclable
d)
None of these
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