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WorksheetsResources and Development Part 3
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Under which of the following types of resources can solar energy be categorised?
a)
Flow resource
b)
Human-made resource
c)
Non-recyclable resource
d)
Exhaustible resource
2.
What is arrangement of soil in different layers or horizons known as?
a)
Soil Composition
b)
Soil Erosion
c)
Soil Profile
d)
Soil Texture
3.
What is land used for grazing cattle and livestock known as?
a)
Forests
b)
Barren land
c)
Pasture land
d)
Fallow land
4.
What is necessary for sustained quality of life and global peace?
a)
Stopping use of resources
b)
Saving resources for future
c)
Exploitation of resources
d)
Equitable distribution of resources
5.
What is the main reason behind global ecological crises such as global warming and environmental pollution ?
a)
Depletion of resources
b)
Accumulation of resources in a few hands
c)
Indiscriminate exploitation of resources
d)
Use of resources
6.
What is the percentage share of plains in the total land area?
a)
0.43
b)
0.23
c)
0.33
d)
0.27
7.
What percentage of our land should be under forest according to the National Forest Policy (1952)?
a)
33
b)
22.5
c)
31
d)
30
8.
What was the main contribution of the Brundtland Commission Report, 1987?
a)
Sustainable development as means for resource conservation
b)
Advocated resource conservation for the first time
c)
Presented Gandhian philosophy
d)
All the above
9.
When running water cuts through clayey soils and makes deep channels, they lead to:
a)
Gully erosion
b)
Sheet erosion
c)
Deforestation
d)
Afforestation
10.
Which among the following is a type of resources classified on the basis of exhaustibility?
a)
Biotic and abiotic
b)
Renewable and non-renewable
c)
National and individual
d)
Potential and reserves
11.
Which are the main factors that determine creation of a resource?
a)
Nature and technology
b)
Nature and human beings
c)
Nature, human beings and technology
d)
Technology and human beings
12.
Which cold desert is relatively isolated from the rest of country?
a)
Leh
b)
Kargil
c)
Ladakh
d)
Dras
13.
Which is the most common soil of Northern India?
a)
Black soil
b)
Laterite soil
c)
Alluvial soil
d)
Red soil
14.
Which of the following is a human-made resource?
a)
Petroleum
b)
Forests
c)
Machines
d)
Land
15.
Which of the following is not a measure for soil conservation?
a)
Strip cropping
b)
Terrace cultivation
c)
Shelter belts
d)
Overdrawing of ground water
16.
Which of the following is not important for soil formation?
a)
Relief
b)
Parent rock
c)
Climate
d)
Duration of day
17.
Which of the following is the root cause for resource depletion at global level, according to Gandhiji?
a)
Conservation of resources
b)
Use of resources
c)
Greedy and selfish individuals and exploitative nature of modern technology.
d)
Backward technology.
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