This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 10 > Geography > Resources And Development > Class 10 Geography Chapter 1 Resources And Development – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 10 Geography Chapter 1 Resources And Development Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is a human-made resource A) Petroleum. B) Forests. C) Machines. D) Land. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Machines. 2. What is considered essential for the maintenance of ecological balance? A) Forest area. B) Industrial area. C) Agricultural land. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forest area. 3. "There is enough for everybody's need but not for anybody's greed"Who said this? A) JL Nehru. B) Now Vajpayee. C) Mak Gandhi. D) Silliness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mak Gandhi. 4. Which is the most fertile layer? A) No layer is fertile. B) All layers are fertile. C) Topmost layer. D) 3rd Layer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Topmost layer. 5. There is enough for everybody's need and not for any body's greed, " who among the following has given the above statement? A) (This) Vinoba price. B) (B) Mahatma Gandhi. C) (c) Jawaharlal Nehru. D) (D) Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) (B) Mahatma Gandhi. 6. ..... resources are obtained from biosphere and have life such as human beings, flora and fauna, fisheries, live stock etc. A) Potential. B) Abiotic. C) Biotic. D) Actual. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biotic. 7. 'Laterite' has been derived from the Greek word 'later' which means: A) Brick. B) Rock. C) Stone. D) Mountain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brick. 8. How much is the total geographical area of India? A) 5.28 million sq km. B) 2.28 million sq km. C) 4.28 million sq km. D) 3.28 million sq km. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3.28 million sq km. 9. On the Basis of ownership resources can be classified into:- A) 3 Types. B) 5 Types. C) 4 Types. D) 2 Types. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4 Types. 10. 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) Stock. B) Developed resource. C) Potential resource. D) Reserves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stock. 11. How can the resources be classified on the basis of their origin? A) Renewable and Non-renewable. B) Individual and Community. C) Potential and Reserves. D) Biotic and Abiotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biotic and Abiotic. 12. In which year was the earth summit held A) 1982. B) 1993. C) 1991. D) 1992. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1992. 13. Which soil is also known as regur soil? A) Black soil. B) Alluvial soil. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Black soil. 14. Black soil is deficient in A) Phosphoric contents. B) Calcium carbonate. C) Magnesium. D) Potash. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phosphoric contents. 15. White revolution refers to- A) Increased production of fish. B) Increased production of eggs. C) Increased production of flowers. D) Increased production of milk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Increased production of milk. 16. The first international Earth summit was held in A) New York. B) Geneva. C) Rio de Janeiro. D) Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rio de Janeiro. 17. "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. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mahatma Gandhi. 18. Give examples of renewable resources. A) Minerals and fossil fuels. B) Solar and wind energy, water, forests and wildlife. C) Rocks and metals. D) Flora and fauna, fisheries, livestock. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Solar and wind energy, water, forests and wildlife. 19. Resources are everything available in our environment which can be used to satisfy our needs provided that they are technologically ..... A) Accessible. B) Affordable. C) Acceptable. D) Available. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Accessible. 20. What is necessary for sustained quality of life and global peace? A) Stopping use of resources. B) Equitable distribution of resources. C) Saving resources for future. D) Exploitation of resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Equitable distribution of resources. 21. In which year was the Rio De Janeiro Earth Summit held? A) 1992. B) 1990. C) 1987. D) 2000. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1992. 22. Which is correct about renewable resources? A) It cannot be renewed. B) It can be replenished. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It can be replenished. 23. Which one of the following can lead to soil erosion? A) Contour ploughing. B) Terrace farming. C) Mixed cropping. D) Deforestation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deforestation. 24. Which of these is a developed country A) USA. B) Africa. C) Afghanistan. D) India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) USA. 25. How can resources be classified on basis of:Ownership A) Renewable and non-renewable. B) Individual, community, national and international. C) Potential, developed stock and reserves. D) Biotic and abiotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Individual, community, national and international. 26. The state of Jharkhand, Madhyapradesh and Chattishgarh are rich in the deposits of A) Coal. B) Bauxite. C) Manganese. D) Iron Ore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coal. 27. Where was the first international earth summit held? A) Austria. B) Guinea. C) Newyork. D) Rio de Janeiro. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rio de Janeiro. 28. How much percentage of forest area in the country according to the National Forest Policy. A) 31%. B) 33%. C) 27%. D) 37%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 33%. 29. On the basis of its origin, resources can be classifiedinto: A) Renewable and non-renewable. B) Continuous and biological. C) Biotic and abiotic. D) Recyclable and non-recyclable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biotic and abiotic. 30. Total geographical area of India is ..... million sq. Km. A) 3.21. B) 3.26. C) 3.25. D) 3.252. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3.25. 31. Which one of the following is not in favour of the conservation of nature? A) Switch off the bulb when not in use. B) Close the tap immediately after using. C) Dispose polybags after shopping. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dispose polybags after shopping. 32. From which Five Year Plan has India made concerted efforts for achieving the goals of resource planning? A) Fifth Five Year Plan. B) Tenth Five Year Plan. C) First Five Year Plan. D) Annual Plans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) First Five Year Plan. 33. Something that is technologically accessible, economically feasible and culturally acceptable is known asenvironment A) Industries. B) Environment. C) Adaptation. D) Resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Resources. 34. Alluvial soil can be classified as A) Old Alluvial(Bangar)New Alluvial(khadar). B) New Alluvial(Bangar)Old Alluvial(khadar). C) It cannot be classified further. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Old Alluvial(Bangar)New Alluvial(khadar). 35. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ploughing up and down the slopes. 36. Those resources which occur over a very long geological time are called ..... A) Unlimited. B) Renewable. C) Long time. D) Non-Renewable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Non-Renewable. 37. Which is not an example of a renewable source of energy? A) Solar energy. B) Wind energy. C) Geothermal power. D) Coal energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coal energy. 38. Which important river systems have set the Alluvial soil? A) Mississippi, Yukon, Rhine. B) Ganges, Brahmaputra, Indus. C) Amazon, Nile, Yangtze. D) Danube, Mekong, Volga. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ganges, Brahmaputra, Indus. 39. In which of the following states terrace cultivated is practised A) Outtranchal. B) Haryana. C) Punjab. D) Answer Pardesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Outtranchal. 40. Resources that take long geological time for their formation are called: A) Non-renewable resources. B) Community resources. C) Renewable resources. D) Reserve. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Non-renewable resources. 41. How much desired area is required for forest in our country? A) 0.232. B) 0.16. C) 0.33. D) 0.2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 0.33. 42. How can resources be classified on basis of:Origin A) Renewable and non-renewable. B) Individual. C) Potential, developed. D) Biotic and abiotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biotic and abiotic. 43. Identify the soil with the help of the following features(i) Red to brown in colour(ii) Sandy in texture and saline in nature.(iii) Lacks humus and moisture A) Arid soil. B) Black soil. C) Red soil. D) Alluvial soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arid soil. 44. Which is the most common soil of Northern India? A) Black soil. B) Laterite soil. C) Alluvial soil. D) Red soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alluvial soil. 45. How can resources be classified on basis of:exhaustibility A) Renewable and non-renewable. B) Individual, community, national and international. C) Potential, developed stock and reserves. D) Biotic and abiotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renewable and non-renewable. 46. Fossil fuels are examples of non-recyclable resources. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 47. The land which is left uncultivated for more than five agricultural years is called ..... A) Grazing land. B) Fallow land. C) Culturable wasteland. D) Barren and waste land. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Culturable wasteland. 48. Which factor is mainly responsible for maximum land degradation in India? A) Overgrazing. B) Resource planning. C) Over irrigation. D) Wind erosion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Overgrazing. 49. Which soil is known as black cotton Soil A) Arid soil. B) Red soil. C) Mountain soil. D) Black soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Black soil. 50. What is a resource? A) Extracts from nature. B) Man Made products. C) Extracts from environment-technologically accessible, economically feasible and culturally acceptable. D) Any thing from which a product can be manufactured. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Extracts from environment-technologically accessible, economically feasible and culturally acceptable. 51. In 1974, Gandhian philosophywas once again presented by Schumacherin his book ..... A) Our Common Future. B) Beautiful world. C) Green Earth. D) Small is Beautiful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Small is Beautiful. 52. Which one of the following method is most appropriate to check soil erosion on steep slopes? A) Shelter belts. B) Mulching. C) Terrace cultivation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Terrace cultivation. 53. Everything available in our environment to satisfy our needs is known as A) Natural Vegetation. B) Technology. C) Resource. D) Minerals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resource. 54. Waste land includes ..... A) Agricultural, forested, and natural landscapes. B) Clean, pristine, and habitable areas. C) C. rocky, arid and desert areas. D) Urban, industrial, and residential zones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. rocky, arid and desert areas. 55. Which one of the following statements is incorrect as regards to commercial farming? A) Use of heavy doses of modern inputs. B) Family members are involved in growing crops. C) Crops are grown for sale. D) Practised on large land holdings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Family members are involved in growing crops. 56. How much percentage of land is plain in India A) 41%. B) 47%. C) 45%. D) 43%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 43%. 57. Which of the following method is used in the Himalayas for the soil conservation? A) Terrace Farming. B) Strip Cropping. C) Shelter Belts. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Terrace Farming. 58. On the basis of status of development resources are classified as:- A) Biotic and abiotic. B) Renewableand non-renewable. C) Individual, community, national and international. D) Potential, developed stock and reserves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Potential, developed stock and reserves. 59. Mountains account for ..... per cent of the total surface area of our country and ensure perennial flow of somerivers. A) 20. B) 30. C) 40. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 30. 60. Which one of the following crops is commercial crop in one state while it is subsistence crop in another state? A) Wheat. B) Rice. C) Sugarcane. D) Rubber. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rice. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGeography QuizzesClass 10 QuizzesClass 10 Geography Chapter 1 Resources And Development Quiz 1Class 10 Geography Chapter 1 Resources And Development Quiz 3Class 10 Geography Chapter 1 Resources And Development Quiz 4Class 10 Geography Chapter 1 Resources And Development Quiz 5Class 10 Geography Chapter 1 Resources And Development Quiz 6Class 10 Geography Chapter 1 Resources And Development Quiz 7 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books