This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 10 > Science > Management Of Natural Resources > Class 10 Science Chapter 16 Management Of Natural Resources – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 10 Science Chapter 16 Management Of Natural Resources Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is pH of water A) 5. B) 14. C) 7. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 7. 2. What do the industrialist get from the forest A) Fire wood. B) Tall long. C) Photo graphs of trees. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tall long. 3. Example of reduce waste would be A) Switch off lights and fans. B) Car pooling. C) All of these. D) To use both sides of paper. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All of these. 4. By constructing Khadin check-dams in level terrains, A) Underground water level decreases. B) Underground water level increases. C) Vegetation in the nearby areas are destroyed due to excess moisture. D) Underground water gets polluted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Underground water level increases. 5. Because of deforestation the amount of carbon dioxide in nature is not in control, hence temperature of earth is increasing. This is called ..... A) Deforestation. B) Floods. C) Soil erosion. D) Global warming. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Global warming. 6. Which statement supports the opinion that a dam can harm a river ecosystem? A) They provide water for drinking and irrigation. B) Dams on rivers emit less pollution. C) They can reduce flooding downstream during heavy rains. D) They change water depth and alter the temperature of a river. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They change water depth and alter the temperature of a river. 7. Choose which of the following natural resource is odd one out. A) Coal. B) Petroleum. C) Forest. D) Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sun. 8. The presence of following kind of bacteria in water indicates contamination is A) Pseudomonas. B) Agrobacterium. C) Coliform. D) Lactobacillus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coliform. 9. Identify the use of dams A) Replenish underground water. B) To provide irrigation and generate electricity. C) Supply of water in hilly region. D) To provide water conservation for biological diversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To provide irrigation and generate electricity. 10. Which of the following is correct about 'Reuse'? A) A cloth bag can be used again and again to carry things. B) Plastic jars can be used to store tea, sugar and other materials. C) A bottle of cold drink can be used to store water at home. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 11. Which of the following means of transportation uses a renewable resource for its energy source? A) Coal powered steam train. B) Gasoline truck. C) Solar powered car. D) Natural gas car. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Solar powered car. 12. Which of the following is greenhouse gas? A) Sulphur trioxide. B) Nitrogen dioxide. C) Carbon dioxide. D) Carbon monoxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbon dioxide. 13. Which BEST explains what scientists are referring to when they use the term conservation? A) Nonliving parts of the environment. B) Living organisms in the environment. C) Health of the living organisms in the environment. D) Protection, management, and renewal of resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Protection, management, and renewal of resources. 14. What do the forest department get from the forest A) Monoculture of forest. B) Timber. C) Hunting and fishing site. D) Bamboo to make huts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monoculture of forest. 15. Who are stake holders of forest A) People who have interest in forest. B) People who hold stakes. C) People who are holders. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People who have interest in forest. 16. The most rapidly dwindling natural resource in the world is A) Wind. B) Forests. C) Sunlight. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Forests. 17. The practice of growing and cultivating of trees of forest is known as A) Silviculture. B) Bio magnification. C) Agriculture. D) Deforestation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Silviculture. 18. Which of the following practices can be adopted to save the environment A) Refuse the use of single use plastic bag. B) Refuse the use of single use cloth bag. C) Refuse the use of single use paper bag. D) Refuse the use of single use jute bag. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Refuse the use of single use plastic bag. 19. Which of the following statement is false with respect to fossil fuels? A) Fossil fuels will be exhausted in the future. B) Fossil fuels do not cause pollution. C) These are formed from the degradation of biomass. D) It takes millions of years for the formation of fossil fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fossil fuels do not cause pollution. 20. Any useful material that is found in nature: A) Natural Resource. B) Human Resource. C) Plants. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural Resource. 21. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCE? A) COAL. B) HYDROELECTRIC. C) SOLAR. D) METHANE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) COAL. 22. One advantage of using hydropower is that ..... A) It uses a nonrenewable resource. B) It has no construction costs. C) It can be built in any location. D) It produces no air pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It produces no air pollution. 23. Where did the Chipko Movement begin? A) Rana, Ghulol. B) Grul. C) Reni in Sanchi. D) Sukratoda in Ghadhwal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rana, Ghulol. 24. As we are moving very fast in the direction of progress, what we are doing with natural resources? A) Maintenance. B) Exploitation. C) Preservation. D) Conservation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exploitation. 25. Sardar Sarovar Dam is constructed on which river? A) Sutlej. B) Narmada. C) Ganga. D) Cauvery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Narmada. 26. Which of the following is an example of conservation? A) Rotating which crops grow in a field each year so the soil does not loose its nutrients. B) Cutting down only specific types of trees and then planting new ones in their place. C) Riding your bike to school. D) Only keeping fish of a certain size and throwing small fish back so they can reproduce. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Riding your bike to school. 27. Which of the following will be most appropriate definition of a natural resource? A) A substance/commodity that is present only on land. B) A substance/commodity that is a gift of nature which is very useful to mankind. C) A substance/commodity that is a man-made substance placed in nature. D) A substance/commodity that is available only in the forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A substance/commodity that is a gift of nature which is very useful to mankind. 28. Renewable resources are: A) Materials that are found on Earth that people use. B) Rock that contains metal. C) Fuels that formed from the remains of things that lived millions of years ago. D) Resources that are constantly being replaced and will not run out. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Resources that are constantly being replaced and will not run out. 29. An area with great variety of living organism and endemic species is called A) Hot spot. B) Cold spot. C) Bio diversity. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hot spot. 30. In our country, vast tracts of forests are cleared and a single species of plant is cultivated. This practice promotes A) Growth of natural forests. B) Monoculture in area. C) Preserves natural forests. D) Biodiversity in area. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monoculture in area. 31. Because of deforestation the fertile layer of soil is flows away with rain water or flies away with wind, this is called ..... A) Floods. B) Soil erosion. C) Deforestation. D) Global warming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Soil erosion. 32. Choose which of the following is not 5R to save environment. A) Reuse. B) Recycle. C) Renew. D) Refuse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Renew. 33. Sustainable management of natural resources require A) Minimum damage to environment. B) Save disposal of waste. C) Equal distribution of resources. D) Long term planning for resource management. E) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of the above. 34. Materials in nature that sustain life or can be used by humans A) Biotic factors. B) Natural resources. C) Renewable. D) Community. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Natural resources. 35. Reuse is better than recycle because A) Reuse of materials, energy is consumed, recycling of materials, energy is consumed. B) Reuse of materials, no energy is consumed, recycling of materials, no energy is consumed. C) Reuse of materials, energy is consumed, recycling of materials, no energy is consumed. D) Reuse of materials, no energy is consumed, recycling of materials, energy is consumed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reuse of materials, no energy is consumed, recycling of materials, energy is consumed. 36. Which fossil fuel is conserved when we save on electricity A) Petroleum. B) Water. C) Fuel coal. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fuel coal. 37. Resources need to be managed carefully because of A) Increasing population. B) Limited resources. C) Mismanagement of resources. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 38. All are benefits to Reusing resources except: A) Less damage to the environment, extraction is not needed. B) Reduce the cost of products. C) More damage to the environment through extraction of materials. D) Reduce the waste we produce. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) More damage to the environment through extraction of materials. 39. Recycle waste would mean A) To create material again in a recycling unit. B) To use again. C) To use less. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To create material again in a recycling unit. 40. Ganga Action plan started by A) 1983. B) 1973. C) 1985. D) 1971. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1985. 41. How is biodiversity measured? A) Number of animals present. B) By the interdependence of animals and plants. C) By the number of species found. D) Number of plants present. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By the number of species found. 42. A way the factory could help conserve the river water as a natural resource is to ..... A) Filter the water before dumping into the river. B) Remove all of the animals from the area for their protection. C) Set up nets down river to remove contaminated fish. D) Post signs of "No swimming in the river". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Filter the water before dumping into the river. 43. The example of forest stake holders are A) Forest department. B) Industrialist. C) Wild life lovers. D) Tribal. E) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of the above. 44. Which of the following are renewable resources A) Coal and minerals. B) Petroleum and coal. C) Water and forests. D) Minerals and coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water and forests. 45. Loss of bio-diversity causes A) Ecological unstability. B) Ecological stability. C) Environmental protection. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ecological unstability. 46. Natural resources that are used up at a rate faster than they can be replaced A) Conserve. B) Renewable resources. C) Recycle. D) Nonrenewable resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nonrenewable resource. 47. From the list given below pick the item that is not a natural resource A) Electricity. B) Water. C) Air. D) Soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Electricity. 48. What pollutes river ganga A) Sewage. B) Industrial chemicals. C) Unburnt ashes/ unburnt corpses. D) Bathing, washing clothes. E) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of these. 49. Ganga action plan was a multi crore project to A) Clean river ganga. B) Establish sewage treatment plants. C) All of these. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All of these. 50. What do the wild life lovers get from the forest A) Fruit nuts medicines. B) Fodder for the cattle. C) Photographs of wild animals. D) Timber and thatch for the huts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Photographs of wild animals. 51. Which among the following is not a problem which arise due to construction of dam A) Displacement of people during construction. B) Provide water for irrigation. C) Swallow up huge amount of public money. D) Contribute enormously to deforestation and loss of biological diversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Provide water for irrigation. 52. Choose the correct statement with respect to sustainable development?Statement 1:Planned growth with minimum damage to the environment.Statement 2:Stopping all developmental work to conserve the environment. A) Statement 1. B) Statement 2. C) Both statement 1 and 2. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Statement 1. 53. Reuse waste would mean A) To use fruit/vegetable peels as manure. B) To use coke bottles as flower pot. C) To use old clothes as quilts/blankets. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All. 54. In India, to cultivate a single species of plant, the vast tracts of forests are cleared. Which of the following is promoted by this practice? A) Preserves the natural ecosystem in the area. B) Monoculture in the area. C) Biodiversity in the area. D) Growth of natural forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monoculture in the area. 55. Reduce waste means A) To use resources more. B) To use resources in less quantity. C) To use resources quickly. D) To use resources slowly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To use resources in less quantity. 56. ONE MAJOR PROBLEM IN HARNESSING NUCLEAR ENERGY IS A) SUSTAINING THE REACTION. B) CONVERTING NUCLEAR ENERGY TO SOLAR ENERGY. C) SPLITTING THE NUCLEI. D) DISPOSING OFF SPENT FUEL EASILY. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) DISPOSING OFF SPENT FUEL EASILY. 57. Roshani read in newspaper that the number of tigers in India is very less. Which of the following can be reason of this? A) Floods. B) Deforestation. C) Suitable use of natural resources. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deforestation. 58. Name the bacteria whose presence in water indicate contamination of water A) Pneumonia. B) Coliform. C) Mycoplasma. D) Bacillus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coliform. 59. What are non renewable resources A) That finish up and can't be formed again easily. B) That can be renewed easily. C) Both. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That finish up and can't be formed again easily. 60. Khadin is atraditional water harvesting system in A) Maharashtra. B) Bihar. C) Himachal pradesh. D) Rajasthan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rajasthan. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesClass 10 QuizzesClass 10 Science Chapter 16 Management Of Natural Resources Quiz 1Class 10 Science Chapter 16 Management Of Natural Resources Quiz 3 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books