This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 10 > Geography > Resources And Development > Class 10 Geography Chapter 1 Resources And Development – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 10 Geography Chapter 1 Resources And Development Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which one of the following statements refers to sustainable development? A) Overall development of various resources. B) Development should take place without damaging the environment. C) Economic development of people. D) Development that meets the desires of the members of all communities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Development should take place without damaging the environment. 2. Which is the method of checking soil erosion? A) Strip cropping. B) Terrace farming. C) Contour ploughing. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 3. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Renewable and non-renewable. 4. A thing becomes a resource when it's ..... has been identified. A) Character. B) Availability. C) Area. D) Utility. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Utility. 5. Which of the following soils have khadar and bhangra as examples. A) Black soil. B) Alluvial soil. C) Forest soil. D) Red soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alluvial soil. 6. The world first Earth summit was held in ..... A) Riyadh. B) Rio de Janeiro. C) Russia. D) Paris. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rio de Janeiro. 7. Red soils are found in Thar Desert. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. One type of natural resource is water. We can use water to make electricity. This is called ..... A) Wind power. B) Coal power. C) Nuclear power. D) Hydro power. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hydro power. 9. How do human beings interact with nature? A) Through industry. B) Through experimental advances. C) Through technology. D) Through nurturing environmental resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Through technology. 10. Which one of the following is not a classsification of resouces? A) On the basis of colour. B) On the basis of Ownership. C) On the basis of Exhaustibility. D) On the basis of origin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On the basis of colour. 11. Land left without cultivation for one or less than one agricultural year is called- A) Current fallow land. B) Current fallow land. C) Waste land. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Current fallow land. 12. What per cent of the land area in India is plain, which provides facilities for agriculture and industry? A) 33. B) 43. C) 53. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 43. 13. The red soil is red in colour because 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is rich in iron compounds. 14. What is the colour range of arid soils? A) Red to yellow. B) Yellow to brown. C) Red to brown. D) Grey to brown. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Red to brown. 15. Which one of the following is a human made resources A) Medicine to treat cancer. B) Spring water. C) Tropical forest. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Medicine to treat cancer. 16. Which an example of a biotic resource? A) Water. B) Animals. C) Metals. D) Rocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Animals. 17. What percentage of our land should be under forest according to the National Forest Policy (1952)? A) 33. B) 32. C) 34. D) 34.5. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 33. 18. Three of the following states are rich in minerals and coal deposits. Find the odd one out. A) Jharkhand. B) Chhattisgarh. C) Hariyana. D) Madhya pradesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hariyana. 19. What is the term given to land left without cultivation for one or less than one agricultural year? A) Net sown area. B) Cultruable waste land. C) Current fallow land. D) Other than current fallow land. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Current fallow land. 20. International earth summit was held in ..... A) 1992. B) 1994. C) 1993. D) 1995. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1992. 21. Rearing of silkworms is called as- A) Horticulture. B) Sericulture. C) Agriculture. D) Fish farm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sericulture. 22. The land with deep channels which is unfit for cultivation is known as A) Arable land. B) Fallow land. C) Waste land. D) Bad land. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bad land. 23. Indian territorial water extends upto a distance of ..... A) 12 nautical miles. B) 200 nautical miles. C) 19.2 miles. D) 12 km. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 12 nautical miles. 24. The process of transformation of things available in our environment involves an interactive relationship between ..... ? A) Nature and technology. B) Nature, technology and institutions. C) Environment and nature. D) Environment and technology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nature, technology and institutions. 25. On the basis of origin, resources can be classified into A) Renewable and non renewable. B) Biotic and abiotic. C) Individual and community. D) National and international. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biotic and abiotic. 26. Rio de Janeiro is related to: A) BRICS Summit. B) G-20 Summit. C) Earth Summit. D) Nuclear Security Summit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Earth Summit. 27. What is the main reason of land degradation in states like Jharkhand, Chattisgarh and Orrisa A) Over Irrigation. B) Deforestation due to mining. C) Overgrazing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deforestation due to mining. 28. Beyond what NM lies the international resource in the water bodies? A) 250 growth. B) 12nm. C) 200nm. D) 290 growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 200nm. 29. Which is not a measure of land conservation? A) Minimise use of chemicals in farming. B) Animal grazing. C) Strip cropping. D) Plantation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Animal grazing. 30. Resource planning is essential for ..... existence of all forms of life. A) Ecologically balanced. B) Exploitation. C) Sustainable. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sustainable. 31. Resources which are surveyed and their quantity and quality have been determined forutilisation are known as A) Stock. B) Reserves. C) Developed resources. D) Potential resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Developed resources. 32. Red soil is reddish in colour due to:(a) (b) c) rocks(d) 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. 33. Black soil is ideal for growing which crop? A) Cotton. B) Silk. C) Jute. D) Cereals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cotton. 34. The land which is left uncultivated for more than five agriculture years is called A) Grazing land. B) Cultural wasteland. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cultural wasteland. 35. Black soil is also known by which of the following names? A) Khadar. B) Part. C) Reintay. D) Laterite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reintay. 36. Biotic Resources are obtained from A) Biosphere. B) Abiotic. C) Biotic. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biosphere. 37. The oceanic resources beyond 200 nautical miles of the ..... are called international resources 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. Soil also consist of ..... and ..... material A) Organic, Inorganic. B) Potash, Phosphorous. C) Khadar, Bangar. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Organic, Inorganic. 39. PH of laterite soil is A) Between 8 to 10. B) More than 10. C) Between 6-8. D) Less than 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Less than 6. 40. Continuous use of land over along period of time without taking appropriate measures to conserve and manage it, has resulted in land ..... A) Upgradation. B) Degradation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Degradation. 41. Are resources free gifts of nature? And how? A) No, Any thing from which a product can be manufactured. B) Yes Resources are nurtured by nature. C) Yes they are. D) They are not, Resources are a function of human activities. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They are not, Resources are a function of human activities. 42. Khader is a type of A) Black soil. B) Alluvial soil. C) Red soil. D) Desert soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alluvial soil. 43. Rajasthan and Gujarat has enormous potential for the development of ..... A) Nuclear energy. B) Wind energy. C) Chemical energy. D) Water energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wind energy. 44. Name non renewable resources. A) Mineral oil. B) Water. C) Air. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mineral oil. 45. Forest area in the country is far lower than the desired ..... per cent of geographical area, as it was outlined in the National Forest Policy(1952). A) 23. B) 33. C) 43. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 33. 46. Which are the main factors that determine creation of a resource? A) Nature and technology. B) Nature and human beings. C) Nature, human beings and technology. D) Technology and human beings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nature, human beings and technology. 47. What is the total geographical area of India? A) 4.532 million square kilometers. B) 3.287 million square kilometers. C) 2.987 million square kilometers. D) 1.765 million square kilometers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3.287 million square kilometers. 48. ..... has abundance of waterresources but lacks in infrastructuraldevelopment. A) Rajasthani. B) Bihar. C) Odisha. D) Arunachal Pradesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arunachal Pradesh. 49. According to Gandhiji what was the root cause of resource depletion at the global level? A) Mass production. B) Greedy and selfish individuals. C) Exploitave nature of modern technology. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 50. Highest percentage of land in India in terms of relief feature belongs to ..... A) Plains. B) Mountains. C) Plateaus. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plains. 51. Which one of the following is a renewable resource? A) Fossil fuels. B) Solar energy. C) Coal. D) Petroleum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Solar energy. 52. Resources who is quantity and location is known to the world is called A) Potential resources. B) Local resources. C) Actual resources. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Actual resources. 53. ..... is not a community resource. A) Village pond. B) Public parks. C) Private car. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Private car. 54. Assertion:Arid soil is unsuitable for cultivation.Reason:Arid soil is generally sandy in texture and saline in nature. It restricts the filtration of water. A) Both assertion and reason are true, reason is the correct explanation of assertion. B) Both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of assertion. C) The assertion is true but the reason is false. D) Both assertion and reason are false. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The assertion is true but the reason is false. 55. How much oceanic area from the coast belongs to the nation? A) 12 nautical miles. B) 15 nautical miles. C) 200 nautical miles. D) 160 nautical miles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 12 nautical miles. 56. Resources which can be renewed or reproduced are known as ..... A) Renewable Resource. B) Non-Renewable Resource. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renewable Resource. 57. Which of the following is a cause of soil erosion A) Deforestation. B) Construction & Mining activities. C) Glacier. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 58. Wisely Use of resources and saving them for future generations is called A) Sustainable development. B) Economic growth. C) Saving resources. D) Wastage of resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sustainable development. 59. 12 Nautical miles are equal to ..... A) 22.2 KM. B) 19 KM. C) 20 KM. D) 20.2 KM. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 22.2 KM. 60. Which one of the following statements is true about the term resources? A) Resources are free gifts of nature. 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