This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 10 > Geography > Resources And Development > Class 10 Geography Chapter 1 Resources And Development – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 10 Geography Chapter 1 Resources And Development Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following soil is more common inPiedmont plains such as Duars, Chos and Terai? A) Laterite soil. B) Black soil. C) Red soil. D) Alluvial soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alluvial soil. 2. What is called the subset of stock? A) Developed resources. B) Reserve. C) Potential resources. D) Actual resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reserve. 3. What percentage of land in India consists ofPlateaus A) 35%. B) 29%. C) 27%. D) 30%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 27%. 4. What percentage of land in India consist of fertile plains? A) 43%. B) 70%. C) 61%. D) 38%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 43%. 5. Agenda 21 aims at ..... A) Investing in space exploration. B) Achieving global sustainable development. C) Creating technologies for Ballistic missiles. D) Creating Supermacy of law. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Achieving global sustainable development. 6. What are renewable resources? A) These are obtained from biosphere and have life. B) Composed of non-living things. C) Which can be renewed or reproduced by physical, chemical or mechanical processes. D) From biosphere and have life such as human beings, flora and fauna, fisheries, livestock. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Which can be renewed or reproduced by physical, chemical or mechanical processes. 7. Regur soil is the other name of ..... A) Black Soil. B) Alluvial Soil. C) Laterite Soil. D) Arid Soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Black Soil. 8. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eastern and Southern part of Deccan Plateau. 9. What has become essential for sustained quality of life and global peace? A) Equitable distribution of resources. B) Unequitable distribution of resources. C) Indiscriminate exploitation of resources. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Equitable distribution of resources. 10. How many types of soils are there?(number only) A) 3. B) 7. C) 6. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 6. 11. The Alluvial Soil is the most widespread soil of India. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. I am the most widespread soil, covering the Northern Plains and Eastern Coastal Plains-who am I? A) Black soil. B) Forest soil. C) Alluvial soil. D) Red soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alluvial soil. 13. Which factor can control the problem of land degradation? A) Deforestation. B) Afforestation. C) Soil Erosion. D) Construction of Building. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Afforestation. 14. Bad lands or ravines are found in- A) Chenab Basin. B) Fragment basin. C) A Godavari basin. D) Chambal basin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chambal basin. 15. Resources which are found everywhere: A) Ubiquitous resources. B) Biotic resources. C) Renewable resources. D) Potential resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ubiquitous resources. 16. Everything available in our environmentwhich can be termed as 'Resource' if:- A) Used to satisfy our needs. B) It is technologically accessible. C) Economically feasible and culturally acceptable. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 17. Which soil is ideal for growing of cotton? A) Forest soil. B) Alluvial soil. C) Red Soil. D) Black soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Black soil. 18. Which one of the following term is used to identify the old and new alluvial respectively? A) Terai & Dwars. B) Trade & sector. C) Bangar & Khadar. D) Khadas & Terai. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bangar & Khadar. 19. The resources which are obtained from biosphere and have life are called A) Biotic. B) Abiotic. C) Parasitic. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biotic. 20. All non-living things are known as: A) Abiotic resource. B) Human resource. C) Exhaustible resource. D) Biotic resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abiotic resource. 21. The use of land is determined by three of the following physical factors. Find the odd one out. A) Climate. B) Soil types. C) Technology. D) Topography. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Technology. 22. In the snow covered areas of Himalayas, these soils experience denudation and are acidic with low humus content. Name the soil A) Black Soil. B) Alluvial Soil. C) Forest Soils. D) Arid Soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Forest Soils. 23. Which of the following states are rich in mineral and coal deposits? A) Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. B) Delhi, Andaman and Tamil Nadu. C) Haryana, Punjab and Gujarat. D) Bihar Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. 24. What are the primary goals of sustainability? A) The end of poverty and hunger. B) Better standards of education and healthcare-particularly as it pertains to water quality and better sanitation. C) Sustainable economic growth while promoting jobs and stronger economies. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 25. Cause of land degradation in Chattishgarh, Odisha, Jhrakhand and Madhya Pradesh. A) Mining. B) Soil Erosion. C) Quarrying. D) Agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mining. 26. Complete the statementBiotic resources are ..... A) Made by human beings. B) Derived from living things. C) Derived from non-living things. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Derived from living things. 27. Which most fertile soil among following? A) Black soil. B) Bhangar alluvial soil. C) Qadar Alluwial Sail. D) Yellow soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Qadar Alluwial Sail. 28. ..... are the subset of the stock, which can be put into use with the help of existing technical 'know-how' but their use has not been started. These can be used for meeting future requirements. A) Resources. B) Forests. C) Reserves. D) Rivers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reserves. 29. Biotic resources are A) Derived from living things. B) Made by human beings. C) Derived from nonliving things. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Derived from living things. 30. Burial ground is a A) National resource. B) Individual resource. C) Community owned resource. D) International resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Community owned resource. 31. Which of the following is not important for soil formation? A) Duration of day. B) Climate. C) Parent rock. D) Relief. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Duration of day. 32. Which of the following soil is most fertile? A) Part. B) Arid. C) Laterite. D) Khadar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Khadar. 33. Which is an important characteristics of resources? A) Mineral oil. B) Water. C) Utility. D) Man made. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Utility. 34. In the snow covered areas of Himalayas, which of the following soil experiences denudation and is acidic in nature with humus content? A) Laterite soil. B) Black soil. C) Alluvial soil. D) Forest soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Forest soil. 35. The state having maximum net sown area in India is ..... A) Jammu and Kashmir. B) Tamil Nadu. C) Punjab. D) Uttar Pradesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Punjab. 36. Which human activities are largely responsible for the process of soil erosion? A) Deforestation and mining. B) Sheet erosion. C) Gullies. D) Afforestation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deforestation and mining. 37. The ocean resources beyond 200 nautical Miles is classified under which zone? A) Exclusive economic zone. B) Export-processing Zone. C) Special economic zone. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exclusive economic zone. 38. Classify resources based on ownership A) Renewable, Non Renewable. B) Biotic, Abiotic. C) Individual, Community, National, International. D) Potential, Developed, Stock, Reserves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Individual, Community, National, International. 39. What are fallow Lands? A) Current fallow-(left without cultivation for one or less than one agricultural year). B) Fallow lands are lands that are only used for grazing livestock. C) Fallow lands are lands that are always barren and cannot be cultivated. D) Fallow lands are lands used for growing crops year-round. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Current fallow-(left without cultivation for one or less than one agricultural year). 40. Which states are rich in minerals and coal deposits. A) Jharkhand. B) Chhattisgarh. C) Madhya pradesh. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 41. What is the full form of UNCED? A) United Nations Children and Elders Development. B) United Nations Conference on Environment and Development. C) United Nations Conference on Environment and Disaster. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) United Nations Conference on Environment and Development. 42. Which one of the following states mostly has laterite soil? A) Uttar Pradesh. B) Bihar. C) Rajasthan. D) Meghalaya. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meghalaya. 43. Resources which are found in a region, but have not been utilised A) Developed. B) Potential. C) Renewable. D) National. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Potential. 44. The processes of ..... and ..... , go on simultaneously and generally there is a balance between the two. A) Soil formation and erosion. B) Digestion and excretion. C) Evaporation and condensation. D) Mitosis and meiosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soil formation and erosion. 45. Which among the following states of India mining is the main cause of deforestation? A) Haryana. B) Jharkhand. C) Tripura. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jharkhand. 46. Red soil is reddish in colour due to: A) High clay content. B) Presence of kankar nodules in the subsoil. C) Diffusion of iron in igneous and metamorphic rocks. D) High moisture content. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diffusion of iron in igneous and metamorphic rocks. 47. On what basis the natural resources are biotic and abiotic? A) Exhaustibility. B) Origin. C) Ownership. D) Renewbility. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Origin. 48. In ..... , more than 100 heads of statesmet in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, for the firstInternational Earth Summit. A) June 1992. B) June 1990. C) June 1991. D) June 1993. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) June 1992. 49. Mahatma Gandhiji was against ..... and wanted to replace it with the production by the masses. A) Technology. B) Mass production. C) Corruption. D) MNCs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mass production. 50. Q (2):95% of our basic needs for food shelter and clothing are obtained from land. A) True. B) False. C) Dont know. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 51. Non-renewable resources are reproduced in ..... A) Million of years. B) Few years. C) Renewed instantly. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Million of years. 52. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Culturable waste land. 53. Which one of the following soil is the best for cotton cultivation? A) Red soil. B) Black soil. C) Laterite soil. D) Alluvial soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Black soil. 54. When was the first World Summit conducted? A) 1992. B) 1995. C) 1989. D) 1991. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1992. 55. What percentage of India's geographical area is desired under forest? A) 23 percent. B) 80 percent. C) 33 percent. D) 54 percent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 33 percent. 56. Bruntland Commission report introduced the concept of ..... A) Building big houses. B) Water Treatment. C) Space Exploration. D) Sustainable Development. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sustainable Development. 57. Resources which are found in a region, but have not been utilized are called- A) Developed. B) Renewable. C) Potential. D) National. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Potential. 58. True or False:90% of our basic needs for food shelter and clothing are obtained from land. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 59. What is the contribution of the shelter belts? A) To conserve water. B) To conserve soil. C) To the stabilisation of sand dunes. D) To maintain forests. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To conserve soil. 60. Gully erosion is common in the A) Rajasthan. B) Hilly region. C) Chambal Basin. D) Bangga basin. 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