Q 1 – Which of these have some utility?
(a) Water
(b) electricity
(c) Vegetables
(d) All of these
Ans. (d) All of these
Q 2 – 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
Ans. (c) Eastern and Southern part of Deccan Plateau
Q 3 – Grandmother’s home remedies have no commercial value, but can be patented and sold to become economically valuable.
What exactly is the meaning of the word Patent from the following list of options?
(a) To satisfy human needs
(b) The exclusive right over an idea or invention
(c) Renewable resources
(d) The usability or utility of a substance
Ans. (b) The exclusive right over an idea or invention
Q 4 – Which of these have economic value?
(a) Landscape
(b) Home remedies
(c) Metals
(d) None of these
Ans. (c) Metals
Q 5 – Which of the following is not important for soil formation?
(a) Relief
(b) Parent rock
(c) Climate
(d) Duration of day
Ans. (d) Duration of day
Q 6 – Name the term that can collectively refer to consist of all living and nonliving things that surround an organism.
(a) Environment
(b) Stock
(c) Value
(d) Resource
Ans. (a) Environment
Q 7 – Resources are distributed unequally over the earth because of
(a) the different natural conditions
(b) level of development
(c) technological levels
(d) all of these
Ans. (a) the different natural conditions
Q 8 – Water, Electricity, Rickshaw etc have all something in common, they have been used by people and hence they are all
examples of
(b) Patent
(b) Skill
(c) Utility
(d) Potential
Ans. (c) Utility
Q 9 – Black soils are common in:
(a) Deccan trap region
(b) Kashmir Valley
(c) Ganga Valley
(d) Northern Plains
Ans. (a) Deccan trap region
Q 10 – Resources drawn from nature and used without much modification are called
(a) human-made resources
(b) natural resources
(c) cultural resources
(d) none of these
Ans. (b) natural resources
Q 11 – Solar Energy is an example of ________________
(a) Non-Renewable Resource
(b) Human-made Resource
(c) Localised Resource
(d) Renewable Resource
Ans. (d) Renewable Resource
Q 12 – Under which of the following type of resources can tidal energy be put?
(a) Replenishable
(b) Human-made
(c) Abiotic
(d) Non-renewable
Ans. (a) Replenishable
Q 1 – The basis of classification of resources are
(a) level of development and use
(b) origin
(c) stock and distribution
(d) all of these
Ans. (d) all of these
Q 13 – From the given list of options, which one can be considered as an example of a Natural Resource?
(a) Railway Tracks
(b) Bridges
(c) Sunlight
(d) Roads
Ans. (c) Sunlight
Q 14 – The resources whose quantities are known, named as
(a) potential resources
(b) actual resources
(c) stock
(d) all of these
Ans. (b) actual resources
Q 15 – Laterite soil is very useful for growing:
(a) Rice, wheat, and mustard
(b) Tea, coffee, and cashew nut
(c) Pulses, sugarcane, and resin
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b) Tea, coffee and cashew nut
Q 16 – 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
Ans. (c) Over-irrigation
Q 17 – From the following which one can be described as the best example for having an economic value
(a) A beautiful sunset
(b) Resources like Iron, Manganese
(c) Affection from friends and family
(d) Good weather
Ans. (b) Resources like Iron, Manganese
Q 18 – In which of the following States is black soil found?
(a) Jammu & Kashmir
(b) Gujarat
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Jharkhand
Ans. (b) Gujarat
Q 19 – 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
Ans. (a) 33
Q 20 – 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
Ans. (c) Contour ploughing
Q 21 – Give an example of biotic resources.
(a) rocks
(b) minerals
(c) soils
(d) animals
Ans. (d) animals
Q 22 – Which of the following is not a measure for soil conservation?
(a) Strip cropping
(b) Terrace cultivation
(c) Shelterbelts
(d) Overdrawing of groundwater
Ans. (d) Overdrawing of ground water
Q 23 – India’s territorial water extends upto a distance of:
(a) 12 km
(b) 12 nautical miles
(c) 19.2 miles
(d) 200 nautical miles
Ans. (b) 12 nautical miles
Q 24 – Coal is an example of
(a) renewable resources
(b) non-renewable resources
(c) human resources
(d) potential resources
Ans. (b) non-renewable resources
Q 25 – One of the historical factors causing damage to our resources was__________.
(a) Minimum utilization of resources during British time
(b) Under utilization of resources during British time
(c) Over-exploitation of resources during British time
(d) Under utilization of resources after Independence
Ans. (c) Over-exploitation of resources during British time
Q 26 – 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
Ans. (d) 130 million hectares
Q 27 – Technology is an example of
(a) natural resources
(b) human made resources
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) none of these
Ans. (b) human made resources
Q 28 – How can we conserve resources?
(a) Allow illegal mining.
(b) Invent new technologies.
(c) Give resources time to get renewed.
(d) Allow industries to demolish forests.
Ans. (c) Give resources time to get renewed.
Q 29 – Resources used carefully and giving them time to get renewed is called
(a) resource depletion
(b) resource conservation
(c) resource pollution
(d) none of these
Ans. (b) resource conservation
Q 30 – Which is the most common soil of Northern India?
(a) Black soil
(b) Laterite soil
(c) Alluvial soil
(d) Red soil
Ans. (c) Alluvial soil
Q 31 – The number of resources available for use are called
(a) Conservative resources
(b) Stock of resources
(c) Sustainable resources
(d) Man-made resources
Ans. (b) Stock of resources
Q 32 – Balancing the needs to use resources and also conserve them for future generation is called
(a) development
(b) devaluation
(c) sustainable development
(d) all of these
Ans. (c) sustainable development
Q 33 – Environmental resources include_________.
(a) Electricity
(b) Books
(c) Soil
(d) Television
Ans. (c) Soil
Q 34 – Atmosphere maintain the temperature of earth because
(a) It contains water vapor
(b) It hold air, which is bad conductor of heat
(c) It reflects the heat rays
(d) It absorbs the heat rays
Ans. (b) It hold air, which is bad conductor of heat
Q 35 – 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
Ans. (b) Culturable waste land
Q 36 – Match the followings:
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Natural resources | (а) Water, soil, forest |
| (ii) Actual resources | (b) Black soil of Deccan trap |
| (iii) Potential resources | (c) Water, air, land, soil |
| (iv) Abiotic resources | (d) Plants, animals, insects, worms, etc. |
| (v) Biotic resources | (e) High speed winds two hundred years ago |
| (vi) Renewable resources | (f) Soil, rocks, minerals |
| (vii) Non-renewable resources | (g) Coal, petroleum, natural gas |
Ans.
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Natural resources | (c) Water, air, land, soil |
| (ii) Actual resources | (b) Black soil of Deccan trap |
| (iii) Potential resources | (e) High speed winds two hundred years ago |
| (iv) Abiotic resources | (f) Soil, rocks, minerals |
| (v) Biotic resources | (d) Plants, animals, insects, worms, etc. |
| (vi) Renewable resources | (а) Water, soil, forest |
| (vii) Non-renewable resources | (g) Coal, petroleum, natural gas |