1. Which one of the following soils is ideal for growing cotton?[CBSE 2011]
(a) Regur soil
(b) Laterite soil
(c) Desert soil
(d) Mountainous soil
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2. Soil is formed by the process of
(a) Denudation
(b) Gradation
(c) Weathering
(d) Erosion
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3. Land left without cultivation for one or less than one agricultural year is called
(a) Culturable waste land
(b) Current fallow land
(c) Waste land
(d) None of the above
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4. “There is enough for everybody’s need but not for anybody’s greed”. Who said this?
(a) Jawahar Lai Nehru
(b) Atal Bihari Vajpai
(c) M. K. Gandhi
(d) Sunder Lai Bahuguna
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5. Resources which are surveyed and their quantity and quality have been determined for utilisation are known as [CBSE 2011]
(a) Potential resources
(b) Stock
(c) Developed resources
(d) Reserves
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6. Which one of the following statements is correct as regard to international resources?
(a) Resources which are regulated by international institutions.
(b) Resources which lie beyond the territorial waters.
(c) Resources which are found along the international frontier.
(d) Resources which are not yet developed.
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7. The first International Earth Summit was held in
(a) Geneva
(b) New York
(c) Japan
(d) Rio de Janeiro
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8. The most widespread relief feature of India is
(a) Mountains
(b) Forests
(c) Plains
(d) Plateaus
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9. Resources which are found in a region, but have not been utilised
(a) Renewable
(b) Developed
(c) National
(d) Potential
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10. Which one of the following statements is true about the term resources?[CBSE 2011]
(a) Resources are free gifts of nature.
(b) They are the functions of human activities.
(c) All those things which are found in nature.
(d) Things which cannot be used to fulfill our needs.
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11. 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.
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12. Soil formed by intense leaching is
(a) Alluvial soil
(b) Red soil
(c) Laterite soil
(d) Desert
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13. Which one of the following type of resource is iron ore? (Textbook)
(a) Renewable
(b) Biotic
(c) Flow
(d) Non-renewable
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14. Under which of the following type of resource can tidal energy be put? (Textbook)
(a) Replenishable
(b) Human-made
(c) Abiotic
(d) Non-renewable
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15. Which one of the following is the main cause of land degradation in Punjab? (Textbook)
(a) Intensive cultivation
(b) Deforestation
(c) Over-irrigation
(d) Overgrazing
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16. In which one of the following States is terrace cultivation practised? (Textbook)
(a) Punjab
(b) Plains of Uttar Pradesh
(c) Haryana
(d) Uttaranchal
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17. In which of the following States is black soil found? (Textbook)
(a) Jammu & Kashmir
(b) Gujarat
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Jharkhand
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18. What percentage of our land should be under forest according to the National Forest Policy (1952)?
(a) 33
(b) 22.5
(c) 31
(d) 30
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19. 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) Potential resource
(b) Stock
(c) Developed resource
(d) Reserves
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20. India’s territorial water extends upto a distance of:
(a) 12 km
(b) 12 nautical miles
(c) 19.2 miles
(d) 200 nautical miles
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21. Resources that take long geological time for their formation are called:
(a) Renewable resources
(b) Reserve
(c) Community resources
(d) Non-renewable resources
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22. 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
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23. Area sown more than once in an agricultural year plus net sown area is known as:
(n) Net sown area
(b) Forest cover
(c) Waste land
(d) Gross cropped area
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24. The total degraded land in our country is:
(a) 133 million hectares
(b) 130 million sq. km.
(c) 140 million hectares
(d) 130 million hectares
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25. In which of the following States mining has caused severe land degradation?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Kerala
(d) Uttaranchal
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26. The main cause of land degradation in Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh is:
(a) Mining
(b) Over irrigation
(c) Deforestation
(d) Over grazing
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27. Which is the most common soil of Northern India?
(a) Black soil
(b) Laterite soil
(c) Alluvial soil
(d) Red soil
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28. 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
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29. 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
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30. Which of the following is not important for soil formation?
(a) Relief
(b) Parent rock
(c) Climate
(d) Duration of day
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31. Black soil is also called:
(a) Bangar
(b) Khadar
(c) Regur
(d) Humus
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32. Black soils are common in:
(a) Deccan trap region
(b) Kashmir Valley
(c) Ganga Valley
(d) Northern Plains
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33. Laterite soil is very useful for growing:
(a) Rice, wheat and mustard
(b) Tea, coffee and cashewnut
(c) Pulses, sugarcane and resin
(d) None of the above
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34. Black soil is deficient in
(a) Calcium carbonate
(b) Magnesium
(c) Potash
(d) Phosphoric contents
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35. Which of the following soils has self-aeration capacity?
(a) Alluvial
(b) Red soil
(c) Black soil
(d) Mountain soil
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36. Ploughing along the contour lines to decelerate the flow of water down the slopes is called:
(a) Strip cropping
(b) Sheet erosion
(c) Contour ploughing
(d) Terrace cultivation
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37. Which of the following is not a measure for soil conservation?
(a) Strip cropping
(b) Terrace cultivation
(c) Shelter belts
(d) Overdrawing of ground water
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38. ___________ and ___________ are the methods of soil conservation in hilly areas.
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39. Old alluvial soil is called ___________ .
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40. ___________ is a method of growing rows of trees in arid regions.
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41. ___________ soil has high water retaining capacity.
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42. Land consisting of many gullies and ravines are called ___________ .
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43. Landuse pattern of India is lopsided. (True/F alse)
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44. The Alluvial Soil is the most widespread soil of India. (True/False)
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45. Red soils are found in Thar Desert. (True/False)
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46. Fossil fuels are examples of non-recyclable resources. (True/False)
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47. Protection of soil from erosion is called soil conservation. (True/False)
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48. Solar energy is an example of non-recyclable resource. (True/F alse)
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49. Matching the columns.
| (a) Uppermost layer of soil | (i) Black soil |
| (b) New alluvial | (ii) Topsoil |
| (c) Regur soil | (iii) Over grazing |
| (d) Land with many gullies and ravines | (iv) Khadar |
| (e) Land | (v) Bad Land degradation |
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50. What is a resource?
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51. What does the process of transformation of things in nature involve?
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52. How does man develop the resources?
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53. What are the two main types of resources?
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54. Classify resources on the basis of origin along with an example?
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55. Classify resources on the basis of exhaustibility?
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56. How are the renewable resources further divided?
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57. How are the non-renewable resources divided?
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58. How are the resources classified on the basis of ownership?
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59. Name any two community owned resources.
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60. To what distance do the territorial waters of India extend?
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61. What are international resources?
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62. What is the importance of resources?
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63. Which is a special feature of the sustainable development?
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64. What is the full form of UNCED?
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65. What is resource planning?
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66. Absence of which two components can hinder development of an area?
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67. What were the main causes for colonisation of the countries of Asia and Africa by foreign invaders?
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68. Why is conservation of resources important?
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69. What is the result of irrational consumption and non-utilisation of resources?
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70. What does land as a natural resource support?
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71. Define culturable waste land.
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72. What is the area brought under cultivation in a year called?
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73. List any two factors that determine the land use.
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74. According to the National Forest Policy, what should be the percentage of forest area in a country?
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75. What does the waste land include?
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76. Which factor is responsible for maximum land degradation?
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77. What has caused severe land degradation in states like Jharkhand and chhattisgarh?
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78. How does over irrigation lead to land degradation.
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How is over irrigation responsible for land degradation in Punjab? [Delhi 2019]
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79. How does mineral processing degrades the land?
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80. Which soil is the best for cotton cultivation?
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81. What gives red and yellow colour to red and yellow soil?
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82. Where does the laterite soil develop?
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83. What is the name of the soil formed by intense leaching? List any two important characteristics of this soil.
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84. Name the two crops which can be grown in laterite soil after adopting soil conservation technique.
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85. What type of soil develops due to high temperature and evaporation?
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86. What restricts water infiltration into the arid soils?
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87. Name the natural forces which lead to soil erosion.
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88. What are gullies?
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89. What are bad lands?
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90. What is a ravine?
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91. What is sheet erosion?
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92. What method is used to break up the force of wind?
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93. What resources can be acquired by a nation?
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94. Explain the term wasteland.
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95. What is culturable wasteland?
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