Resources and Development MCQs | Class 10 Geography Chapter 1 Quiz

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✔️ Types of Resources (Renewable & Non-Renewable)
✔️ Sustainable Development & Resource Planning
✔️ Land Use & Soil Erosion
✔️ Conservation of Resources

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Chapter 1 - Resources and Development

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Which of the following relief features of India possess the highest reserves of minerals and fossil fuels?

a. Coastal plain

b. Gangetic plain

c. Shivalik mountains

d. Chotanagpur plateau

2 / 15

Match the items in Column A with that in Column B.

Column A	Column B
A. Potential	i. Solar Energy
B. Stock	ii. Ponds
C. Individual	iii. Wind energy in Rajasthan
D. Renewable	iv. Hydrogen

a. A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III

b. A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I

c. A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II

d. A-I, B-III, C-II, D-IV

3 / 15

The ocean resources beyond 200 nautical miles are classified under which zone?

a. Exclusive Economic Zone

b. Export Processing Zone

c. Special Economic Zone

d. None of these

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The land which is left uncultivated for one or less than one agricultural year is called _____.

a. Culturable wasteland

b. Current fallow land

c. Net sown area

d. Gross cropped area

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Which one of the following is an example of a Cultivable Wasteland?

a. Gross cropped area

b. Uncultivable land

c. Barren wasteland

d. Current fallow land

6 / 15

Sharanya is making a list of natural resources for a project. She puts wing energy under one column and coal under another column. On what basis is she classifying the resources?

a. On the basis of origin

b. On the basis of ownership

c. On the basis of exhaustibility

d. On the basis of the status of development

7 / 15

Name the soil which is generally poor in Phosphoric contents.

a. Mountain soil

b. Red soil

c. Black soil

d. Laterite soil

8 / 15

India’s territorial water extends up to a distance of ____.

a. 12 km

b. 12 nautical miles

c. 19.2 miles

d. 200 nautical miles

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Forest area in the country is far lower than the desired _____ percent of geographical area, as it was outlined in the National Forest Policy, 1952.

a. 24.43

b. 33

c. 30

d. 35

10 / 15

There are two statements given below, marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Read the statements and choose the correct option.

Assertion (A): Resource planning is a complex process.

Reason (R): Resource planning helps in the effective and judicious use of resources.

a. A is true but R is false

b. A is false but R is true

c. Both A and R are true and R explains A

d. Both A and R are true but R does not explain A

11 / 15

Name the soil which is most widely spread in India.

a. Alluvial

b. Laterite

c. Black

d. Mountainous soil

12 / 15

What is the aim of Agenda 21?

a. Technological development

b. Globalization

c. Economic development

d. Global sustainable development

13 / 15

Which one of the following conferences was convened to discuss environmental protection and socio-economic development at the global level in 1992?

a. Kyoto Protocol

b. Montreal Protocol

c. Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit

d. World Summit on Sustainable Development

14 / 15

By which name is the bad land in the Chambal basin known?

a. Fallow land

b. Ravines

c. Gullies

d. Wasteland

15 / 15

What contributes to the stabilization of sand dunes in western India?

a. Shelter belts

b. Strip cropping

c. Terrace farming

d. Contour ploughing

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2	Shradha	100 %	3 minutes 29 seconds	15
3	archana	93 %	1 minutes 33 seconds	14
4	archana	93 %	2 minutes 13 seconds	14
5	achu	87 %	1 minutes 21 seconds	13
6	Sahaj Ghai	87 %	14 minutes 57 seconds	13
7	Heena	67 %	2 minutes 35 seconds	10
8	Yasmeen shaikh	67 %	3 minutes 11 seconds	10
9	Kriti	60 %	3 minutes 7 seconds	9
10	Aryananda	60 %	3 minutes 25 seconds	9
11	Kalpana Sree	53 %	1 minutes 36 seconds	8
12	Jj	53 %	2 minutes 3 seconds	8
13	Nippu	47 %	1 minutes 52 seconds	7
14	Shruti raj	47 %	4 minutes 29 seconds	7
15	tia	40 %	9 minutes 50 seconds	6
16	Karan	27 %	2 minutes 36 seconds	4

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