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Resources and Development Class 10 MCQs Questions with Answers

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Question 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

Answer: (d) Ploughing up and down the slopes


Question 2.
Which one of the following is a renewable resource?
(a) Coal
(b) Petroleum
(c) Solar energy
(d) Fossil fuels

Answer

Answer: (c) Solar energy


Question 3.
The alluvial soil consists of
(a) sand
(b) silt
(c) clay
(d) all of the above

Answer

Answer: (d) all of the above


Question 4.
One of the following which does not check land degradation-
(a) control on overgrazing
(b) creating shelter belts
(c) deforestation
(d) afforestation

Answer

Answer: (c) deforestation


Question 5.
Burial ground is a
(a) community owned resource
(b) national resource
(c) individual resource
(d) international resource

Answer

Answer: (a) community owned resource


Question 6.
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

Answer: (b) Tea, coffee and cashewnut


Question 7.
Black soil is deficient in
(a) Calcium carbonate
(b) Magnesium
(c) Potash
(d) Phosphoric contents

Answer

Answer: (d) Phosphoric contents


Question 8.
Which of the following soils has self-aeration capacity?
(a) Alluvial
(b) Red soil
(c) Black soil
(d) Mountain soil

Answer

Answer: (c) Black soil


Question 9.
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

Answer: (c) Contour ploughing


Question 10.
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

Answer: (d) Overdrawing of ground water


Question 11.
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

Answer: (d) potential resources


Question 12.
Which one of the following is the main cause of land degradation in Punjab?
(a) Extensive cultivation
(b) Deforestation
(c) Overgrazing
(d) Over-irrigation

Answer

Answer: (d) Over-irrigation


Question 13.
Soil formed by intense leaching is:
(a) alluvial soil
(b) red soil
(c) laterite soil
(d) desert soil

Answer

Answer: (c) laterite soil


Question 14.
Which cold desert is relatively isolated from the rest of country?
(a) Leh
(b) Kargil
(c) Ladakh
(d) Dras

Answer

Answer: (c) Ladakh


Question 15.
Which one of the following is the main cause of land degradation in Punjab?
(a) Intensive Cultivation
(b) Overgrazing
(c) Deforestation
(d) Over-irrigation

Answer

Answer: (d) Over-irrigation


Question 16.
What is the percentage share of plains in the total land area?
(a) 43%
(b) 23%
(c) 33%
(d) 27%

Answer

Answer: (a) 43%


Question 17.
Which one of the following states mostly has laterite soil?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Bihar
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Meghalaya

Answer

Answer: (d) Meghalaya


Question 18.
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

Answer: (b) Mahatma Gandhi


Question 19.
Which one of the following is a Biotic Resource?
(a) Land
(b) Water
(c) Human beings
(d) Rocks

Answer

Answer: (c) Human beings


Question 20.
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

Answer: (d) Privately owned house


Question 21.
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

Answer: (b) Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan


Question 22.
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

Answer: (a) Biotic and Abiotic


Question 23.
Which one of the following soil is ideal for growing cotton?
(a) Regur Soil
(b) Laterite Soil
(c) Desert Soil
(d) Mountainous Soil

Answer

Answer: (a) Regur Soil


Question 24.
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

Answer

Answer: (b) Renewable and non-renewable


Question 25.
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

Answer: (c) Soil Profile


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1. Resources which are surveyed and their quantity and quality have been determined for utilisation is known as [CBSE (CCE) 2011]

(a) Potential resources

(b) Stock

(c) Developed resources

(d) Reserves

2. Which one of the following soil is ideal for growing cotton? [CBSE (CCE) 2011]

(a) Regur soil

(b) Laterite soil

(c) Desert soil

(d) Mountainous soil

3. In which of the following states is overgrazing responsible for land degradation? [CBSE (CCE) 2011]

(a) Jharkhand and Orissa

(b) Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan

(c) Punjab and Haryana

(d) Kerala and Tamil Nadu

4. Which one of the following statements is true about the term resources? [CBSE (CCE) 2011]

(a) Resources are free gifts of nature.

(b) They are the functions of human activities.

(c) All those things which are found in nature.

(d) Things which cannot be used to fulfill our needs.

5. Which one of the following types of the resource is iron ore?

(a) Renewable

(b) Biotic

(c) Flow

(d) Non-renewable

6. Under which of the following types of resource the tidal energy can be put?

(a) Replenishable

(b) Human-made

(c) Abiotic

(d) Non-recyclable

7. Soil formed by intense leaching is

(a) Alluvial soil

(b) Red soil

(c) Laterite soil

(d) Desert

8. Fallow land refers to

(a) land not under cultivation.

(b) land with many gullies.

(c) a fertile land.

(d) cultivable land not cultivated for a season to regain its fertility.

9. Method of growing long strips of grass between the crops refers to

(a) Contour ploughing

(b) Terrace farming

(c) Strip cropping

(d) Crop rotation

10. Resources which are found in a region, but have not been utilised.

(a) Renewable

(b) Developed

(c) National

(d) Potential

11. Which of the following factors involves the transformation of things into a resource ?

(i) Physical environment

(ii) Technology

(iii) Human beings

(iv) Institutions

(a) (i) and (ii)

(b) (ii) and (iii)

(c) (i) and (iv)

(d) All of above

12. Renewable resources are those

(a) which cannot be renewed

(b) which are accessible

(c) which are developed

(d) which are renewed by physical, chemical or mechanical processes.

13. Which one of the following is not a community resource ?

(a) Public parks

(b) A library

(c) A car

(d) A community hall

14. Territorial waters of India extends to

(a) 10 Nautical miles

(b) 15 Nautical miles

(c) 12 Nautical miles

(d) 1900 kilometres

15. Find out which one of the following is a stock?

(a) Biofuels

(b) Coal

(c) Solar energy

(d) Hydro-electricity

16. The first International Earth Summit was held in

(a) Geneva

(b) New York

(c) Japan

(d) Rio de Janeiro

17. “There is enough for everybody’s need but not for anybody’s greed”. Who said this ?

(a) Jawahar Lai Nehru

(b) Atal Bihari Vajpai

(c) M. K. Gandhi

(d) Sunder Lai Bhauguna

18. The area brought under cultivation in a year is called …………….

(a) Fallow land

(b) Cultivable

(c) Net sown area

(d) Gross sown area

19. I am the most widespread soil, covering the Northern Plains and Eastern Coastal Plains-who am I ?

(a) Black soil

(b) Forest soil

(c) Red soil

(d) Alluvial soil

20. Resources which are non-renewable but can be recycled are called

(a) Renewable resources

(b) Non-renewable resources

(c) Recyclable resources

(d) Biotic resources

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21. The most widespread relief feature of India is

(a) Mountains

(b) Forests

(c) Plains

(d) Plateaus

22. The current net sown area of India in 2002-03 is

(a) 45 percent

(b) 43.4 percent

(c) 50 percent

(d) 48 percent

23. The state having maximum net sown area in India is ……………

(a) Jammu and Kashmir

(b) Uttar Pradesh

(c) Tamil Nadu

(d) Punjab

24. Land left without cultivation for one or less than one agricultural year is called

(a) Culturable waste land

(b) Current fallow land

(c) Waste land

(d) None of the above

25. The present per cent of area under forests is (2002 – 03)

(a) 18 percent

(b) 22.57 percent

(c) 19 percent

(d) 11 percent

26. The factor responsible for maximum land degradation is ………………

(a) Human activities

(b) Wind

(c) Salinity

(d) Soil erosion

27. Which agent is responsible for maximum land degradation ?

(a) Wind

(b) Water

(c) Glaciers

(d) Overgrazing

28. Soil is formed by the process of

(a) Denudation

(b) Gradation

(c) Weathering

(d) Erosion

29. Supply a technical term for the dead and decomposed material found on the top soil.

(a) Bed rock

(b) Fossils

(c) Humidity

(d) Humus

30. The old alluvial soil is known as ………………

(a) Bangar

(b) Bhabbar

(c) Khadar

(d) Regur

31. Which of the following statement(s) is true for black soil ?

(i) It has larger proportion of clay.

(ii) It can retain moisture for a long time.

(iii) It develops cracks during summer which helps in aeration.

(iv) Cotton grows best in this soil.

(a) (i) and (ii)

(b) (iii) and (iv)

(c) (i) and (iv)

(d) All of the above

32. Red colour of soil is due to

(a) it is rich in humus.

(b) it is rich in iron compounds.

(c) it is derived from volcanic origin.

(d) it is rich in potash.

33. The denudation of the soil cover and washing down of soil by various agents are known as ………………

(a) Weathering

(b) Gradation

(c) Soil erosion

(d) Soil conservation

34. The land consisting of many gullies and ravines are called ……………….

(a) Gully erosion

(b) Bed rock

(c) V shaped valleys

(d) Bad land

35. Terrace cultivation can be used to control soil erosion in

(a) Desert regions

(b) Hill slopes

(c) Valleys

(d) Plains

36.Strip cropping refers to

(a) growing of crops in long strips.

(b) growing of trees in long rows.

(c) growing of strips of grass in between the crops.

(d) ploughing along the contour lines.

37. Erosion of the top soil when water flows as a sheet over large areas down the slope is called

(a) Gully erosion

(b) Badlands

(c) Soil erosion

(d) Sheet erosion

38. Which one of the following statements is correct as regards to international resources ?

(a) Resources which are regulated by international institutions.

(b) Resources which lie beyond the territorial waters.

(c) Resources which are found along the international frontier.

(d) Resources which are not yet developed.

39. Which one of the following methods is ideal for controlling land degradation in coastal areas and in deserts ?

(a) Strip cropping

(b) Contour ploughing

(c) Planting of shelter belts

(d) Plugging of gullies

40. Which type of soil is suitable for the growth of cashew nut ?

(a) Alluvial soil

(b) Black soil

(c) Red soil

(d) Red laterite soil

41. Arid soils are less fertile as

(i) it lacks humus and moisture

(ii) it has high salt content

(iii) it is sandy in nature

(iv) it is rich in Iron

(a) (i) and (ii)

(b) (ii) and (iii)

(c) (iii) and (iv)

(d) (i) and (iii)

42. Ploughing along the contour lines can

(a) accelerate the flow of water.

(b) decelerate the flow of water.

(c) accelerate the force of winds.

(d) decelerate the force of winds.

43. Bad lands or ravines are found in

(a) Chenab basin

(b) Chambal basin

(c) Ganga basin

(d) Godavari basin

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