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Class 10 Social Science Geography Chapter 1 Resource and Development MCQ

1. Which of the following methods does not help in soil conservation?
(a) Contour ploughing
(b) Strip cropping
(c) Creating shelter belts
(d) Ploughing up and down the slopes

Answer: (d) Ploughing up and down the slopes

2. Which one of the following type of resource is iron ore?
(a) Renewable
(b) Biotic
(c) Flow
(d) Non-renewable

Answer: (d) Non-renewable

3. In which of the following states is overgrazing responsible for land degradation?
(a) Jharkhand and Orissa
(b) Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan
(c) Punjab and Haryana
(d) Kerala and Tamil Nadu

Answer: (b) Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan

4. Under which of the following type of resource can tidal energy be put? (Textbook)
(a) Replenishable
(b) Human-made
(c) Abiotic
(d) Non-renewable

Answer: (a) Replenishable

5. Which one of the following is a renewable resource?
(a) Coal
(b) Petroleum
(c) Solar energy
(d) Fossil fuels

Answer: (c) Solar energy

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6. Which of the following resource is non-recyclable?
(a) Coal
(b) Iron-ore
(c) Copper
(d) Gold

Answer: (a) Coal

7. How can the resources be classified on the basis of their origin?
(a) Biotic and Abiotic
(b) Renewable and Non-renewable
(c) Individual and Community
(d) Potential and Reserves

Answer: (a) Biotic and Abiotic

8. Which one of the following is the main cause of land degradation in Punjab? (Textbook)
(a) Intensive cultivation
(b) Deforestation
(c) Over-irrigation
(d) Overgrazing

Answer: (c) Over-irrigation

9. The alluvial soil consists of
(a) sand
(b) silt
(c) clay
(d) all of the above

Answer: (d) all of the above

10. In which one of the following states is terrace cultivation practised?
(a) Punjab
(b) Plains of Uttar Pradesh
(c) Haryana
(d) Uttarakhand

Answer: (d) Uttarakhand

11. Which one of the following is not the community owned resource?
(a) Grazing grounds
(b) Burial grounds
(c) Village ponds
(d) Privately owned house

Answer: (d) Privately owned house

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12. In which of the following States is black soil found?
(a) Jammu & Kashmir
(b) Gujarat
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Jharkhand

Answer: (b) Gujarat

13. One of the following which does not check land degradation-
(a) control on overgrazing
(b) creating shelter belts
(c) deforestation
(d) afforestation

Answer: (c) deforestation

14. When running water cuts through clayey soils and makes deep channels, they lead to:
(a) Gully erosion
(b) Sheet erosion
(c) Deforestation
(d) Afforestation

Answer: (a) Gully erosion

15. 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

Answer: (a) 33

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16. Burial ground is a
(a) community owned resource
(b) national resource
(c) individual resource
(d) international resource

Answer: (a) community owned resource

17. Which one of the following is a Biotic Resource?
(a) Land
(b) Water
(c) Human beings
(d) Rocks

Answer: (c) Human beings

18. 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

Answer: (b) Stock

19. 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

Answer: (b) Tea, coffee and cashewnut

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20. India’s territorial water extends upto a distance of:
(a) 12 km
(b) 12 nautical miles
(c) 19.2 miles
(d) 200 nautical miles

Answer: (b) 12 nautical miles

21. Which one of the following is an example of biotic resources?
(a) Rock
(b) Iron ore
(c) Gold
(d) Animal

Answer: (d) Animal

22. 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

Answer: (b) Mahatma Gandhi

23. Resources that take long geological time for their formation are called:
(a) Renewable resources
(b) Reserve
(c) Community resources
(d) Non-renewable resources

Answer: (d) Non-renewable resources

24. Black soil is deficient in
(a) Calcium carbonate
(b) Magnesium
(c) Potash
(d) Phosphoric contents

Answer: (d) Phosphoric contents

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25. 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

Answer: (d) 130 million hectares

26. The mountain share in the total land area is:
(a) 30%
(b) 27%
(c) 43%
(d) 40%

Answer
Answer: (a) 30%

27. Which of the following soils has self-aeration capacity?
(a) Alluvial
(b) Red soil
(c) Black soil
(d) Mountain soil

Answer: (c) Black soil

28. Which one of the following is not a ‘Biotic Resource’?
(a) Flora and Fauna
(b) Rocks
(c) Fisheries
(d) Livestock

Answer: (b) Rocks

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29. 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

Answer: (d) Overdrawing of ground water

30. The main cause of land degradation in Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh is:
(a) Mining
(b) Over irrigation
(c) Deforestation
(d) Over grazing

Answer: (b) Over irrigation

31. Which cold desert is relatively isolated from the rest of country?
(a) Leh
(b) Kargil
(c) Ladakh
(d) Dras

Answer: (c) Ladakh

32. Which one of the following is not a renewable resource?
(a) Solar energy
(b) Wind energy
(c) Forests
(d) Fossil fuels

Answer: (d) Fossil fuels

33. 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

Answer: (c) Eastern and Southern part of Deccan Plateau

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34. What is arrangement of soil in different layers or horizons known as?
(a) Soil Composition
(b) Soil Erosion
(c) Soil Profile
(d) Soil Texture

Answer: (c) Soil Profile

35. 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

Answer: (d) None of these

36. 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

Answer: (d) potential resource

37. 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

Answer: (a) Flow resource

38. Black soil is also called:
(a) Bangar
(b) Khadar
(c) Regur
(d) Humus

Answer: (c) Regur

39. In which of the following states is black soil found?
(a) Jammu and Kashmir
(b) Bihar
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Jharkhand

Answer: (c) Rajasthan

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40. 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

Answer: (c) Indiscriminate exploitation of resources

41. 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

Answer: (d) International resources

42. From which Five Year Plan has India made concerted efforts for achieving the goals of resource planning ?
(a) First Five Year Plan
(b) Fifth Five Year Plan
(c) Annual Plans
(d) Tenth Five Year Plan

Answer: (a) First Five Year Plan

43. 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

Answer: (a) Individual resource

44. 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

Answer: (b) Tea, coffee and cashewnut

45. Which of the following method will not help in soil conservation?
(a) Contour ploughing
(b) Strip cropping
(c) Creating shelter belts
(d) Ploughing up and down the slopes

Answer: (d) Ploughing up and down the slopes

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46. 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

Answer: (c) Contour ploughing

47. 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

Answer: (d) Equitable distribution of resources

48. 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

Answer: (b) Culturable waste land

49. 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

Answer: (d) International resources

50. What is land used for grazing cattle and livestock known as?
(a) Forests
(b) Barren land
(c) Pasture land
(d) Fallow land

Answer: (c) Pasture land

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