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Resources and Development

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Rio De Janeiro Earth Summit was held in __________ year

a)

1998

b)

1992

c)

1991

d)

1994

2.

"There is enough for everybody's need and for anybody's greed". said by

a)

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose

b)

Mahatma Gandhi

c)

Jawaharlal Nehru

d)

Narendra Modi

3.

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 Resources

b)

Stock

c)

Developed resources

d)

Reserves

4.

Area sown more than once in an agricultural year plus net sown area is known as:

a)

Net sown area

b)

Forest cover

c)

Waste land

d)

Gross cropped area

5.

In which of the following States mining has caused severe land degradation?

a)

Gujarat

b)

Jharkhand

c)

Kerala

d)

Uttaranchal

6.

Which is the most common soil of Northern India?

a)

Black soil

b)

Laterite soil

c)

Alluvial soil

d)

Red soil

7.

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

8.

Black soil is also called:

a)

Bangar

b)

Khadar

c)

Regur

d)

Humus

9.

Laterite soil is very useful for growing:

a)

Rice, wheat and mustard

b)

Tea, coffee and cashewnut

c)

Pulses, sugarcane and resin

d)

None of the above

10.

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

11.

Land that is left uncultivated for more than five agricultural years is called:

a)

Pasture land

b)

Culturable waste land

c)

Barren land

d)

Current fallow

12.

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

13.

Which one of the following type of resource is iron ore?

a)

Renewable

b)

Biotic

c)

Flow

d)

Non- Renewable

14.

In which one of the following States is terrace cultivation practised?

a)

Punjab

b)

Plains of Uttar Pradesh

c)

Haryana

d)

Uttaranchal

15.

Which one of the following is the main cause of land degradation in Punjab?

a)

Intensive cultivation

b)

Deforestation

c)

Over-irrigation

d)

Overgrazing