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Resources and development

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are resources?

a)

anything in the environment

b)

anything in the environment useful to human beings

c)

anything in the environment that satisfies our needs provided it is technologically accessible,culturally acceptable and economically feasible.

d)

can be extracted anyway

2.

Tick the resources classified on the basis of origin.

a)

Exhaustible and Non Exhaustible

b)

Biotic and Abiotic

c)

Individual and Community

d)

Potential and Developed

3.

Minerals and fossil fuel are the examples of

a)

Biotic resource

b)

Individual resource

c)

Potential resource

d)

Non- Renewable resource

4.

The state of Jharkhand, Madhyapradesh and Chattishgarh are rich in the deposits of

a)

Manganese

b)

Coal

c)

Bauxite

d)

Iron Ore

5.

Land that is left without cultivation for one or less than one year

a)

waste land

b)

barren land

c)

uncultivated land

d)

fallow land

6.

India has ________ percentage of land as flat or plain surface

a)

43%

b)

27%

c)

30%

d)

47%

7.

Careful use of resources so as to save for the future generation is known as

a)

conservation

b)

preservation

c)

sustainability

d)

availability

8.

Problem of land and soil degradation can be managed through

a)

deforestation and mining

b)

afforestation and terraced farming

c)

terraced farming and quarrying

d)

mining and shelter belts

9.

Cause of land degradation in Chattishgarh, Odisha, Jhrakhand and Madhya Pradesh.

a)

Agriculture

b)

Quarrying

c)

Mining

d)

Soil Erosion

10.

The soil commonly found in Duars, Chos and Terai is

a)

Laterite soil

b)

Alluvial soil

c)

Black soil

d)

Arid Soil

11.

Rio De Janeiro Earth Summit was held in __________ year

a)

1998

b)

1992

c)

1991

d)

1994

12.

Arunachal Pradesh has abundance of _________ resources but lacks in __________________

a)

Minerals, water resources

b)

Infrastructure, Wind Energy

c)

Water, Infrastructure

d)

Cultural Heritage, Minerals

13.

identify the soil type?

a)

Black Soil

b)

Alluvial Soil

c)

Red Soil

d)

Laterite Soil

14.

Identify the method of Conservation of Soil

a)

Contour Lines

b)

Terrace Cultivation

c)

Strip Cropping

d)

Shelter Belts

15.

Which one of the following term is used to identify the old and new alluvial respectively?

a)

Khadas & Tarai

b)

Tarai & Bangar

c)

Bangar & Khadar

d)

Tarai & Dvars

16.

Why is the red soil is red in colour ?

a)

It is rich in humus .

b)

It is rich in iron compounds .

c)

It is derived from volcanic region .

d)

It is rich in potash .

17.

Indian territorial water extends upto a distance of ____.

a)

12 km

b)

12 nautical miles

c)

200 nautical miles

d)

19.2 miles

18.

Resources which are found everywhere are known as

a)

Localised resources

b)

actual resources

c)

Ubiquitous resources