ONE MARK- QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS- GEOGRAPHY

RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT

1 Where are biotic resources found? Biosphere
2 What are abiotic resources composed of? Non living things such as rocks and metals
3 How are renewable resources classified? Continuous or flow
4 Name the type of resource, which do not Stock
have appropriate technology to access.
5 Name the type of resource, which can be put Reserves
into use with the help of existing
technologies, which are subset of stock.
6 Name a global ecological crisis that is created Global warming- Ozone layer depletion-
by indiscriminate exploitation of resources. Environmental pollution- Land
degradation
7 Where was the Earth Summit held in 1992? Rio de Janeiro in Brazil
8 State a primary factor that helped the Higher level of technological development
colonizing countries to exploit resources and
establish supremacy over the colonies.
9 Who wrote the book ‘Small is beautiful’? Schumacher
10 What do you mean by culturable wasteland? Land kept uncultivated for more than 5
agricultural years.
11 Name any 2 states where net sown area is Punjab, Haryana
over 80 %.
12 What is the desired % of forest area in India? 33 %
13 What is the total area of degraded land in 130
India in Hectares?
14 What is the % of water-eroded area in India? 56
15 What is the main reason for land degradation Overgrazing
in Gujarat and Rajasthan?
16 Name the most widely spread soil in India. Alluvial soil
17 Name any two piedmont plain in India. Duars, Chos, or Terai
18 Name the soil, which has higher Bangar
concentration of ‘kanker’ nodules.
19 Name the soil, which has adequate proportion Alluvial soil
of potash, phosphoric acid and lime.
20 Name the soil that is heterogeneous in nature. Forest soil / Mountain soil
21 What are gullies? Deep channels created by running water
22 What are ravines? Bad land created at Chambal valley
23 What is contour ploughing? Ploughing along the contour lines
24 What is strip cropping? Strips of grass are left to grow between
crops that break up the force of the wind.
25 What are shelter belts? Planting lines of trees.
26 Soil with higher water retaining capacity. Black soil
27 Name the intensely leached soil of the Laterite soil
monsoon climate.
28 What is meant by current fallow land? Land kept uncultivated for a period of less
than a year.
29 Name the soil by which the Great Plains of Alluvial soil
India is made up of.

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30 What soil is perfect for growth of cashew Red Laterite soil
nut?
FOREST RESOURCES
1 To which category do cattle, sal ,pine and Normal species
rodents belong?
2 Give examples of endangered species. Black buck, crocodile, Indian wild ass,
Indian rhino, sangai etc.
3 To which category do Asiatic elephant and Vulnerable species
Gangetic dolphin belong?
4 Give examples of Rare species. Himalayan brown bear, Wild Asiatic
buffalo, desert fox and hornbill.
5 To which category Andaman teal, Nicobar Endemic species
pigeon and Andaman wild pig belong?
6 State any two extinct species. Asiatic cheetah, Pink head duck
7 Where is Buxar tiger reserve situated? West Bengal
8 Where is Narmada Sagar Project located? Madhya Pradesh
9 State the most important cause for Over population
environmental degradation in the 3rd World
countries,
10 What is BhairodevDakav Sonchuri? 1200 hectares of forests declared protected
by 5 villagers of Alwar Dt. of Rajasthan
11 What was the aim of ‘beej bachao andolan’? Crop production with out chemicals used
12 When and where was the first resolution for 1988 in Orissa
Joint Forest Management passed?
13 Name a movement that resisted deforestation Chipco Movement in the Himalayas
and encouraged community afforestation.
WATER RESOURCES
1 What are ‘matkas’? Earthen pots used for collecting water
2 What is the % of hydroelectricity produced in 22
India?
3 What is a dam? A barrier across flowing water
4 Name the dam built across the river Sardar Sarovar
Narmada.
5 State the ecological consequence of over Salinisation
irrigation.
6 Name a rainwater harvesting structure in Guls or kuls
mountainous regions.
7 What are ‘ khadins’? Converted agricultural field in to rainfed
storage structure in Jaisalmer
8 What are ‘Johads’? Converted agricultural field in to rainfed
storage structure in Rajasthan
9 What are tankas? Underground storing of drinking water in
Rajasthan
10 What is ‘palar pani’? Rainwater stored in Rajasthan
11 Name the village in Karnataka where Gendathur
rainwater harvesting is practiced
successfully.
12 What was the main purpose of launching Irrigation
multi-purpose projects in India after
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 independence?
13 Name two main source of fresh water. Surface run off and ground water
AGRICULTURE
1 Name the age-old economic activity in our Agriculture
country.
2 Name the ‘slash and burn’ agriculture. Shifting agriculture(Primitive subsistence
farming)
3 What is jhumming? Primitive subsistence farming in north-
eastern states like Assam, Meghalaya,
Mizoram and Nagaland;
4 What is Primitive subsistence farming called Pamlou
in Manipur?
5 What is Primitive subsistence farming called Dipa
in (Bastar district of Chattisgarh) or
(Andaman and Nicobar Islands) ?
6 Name the type of farming practised in areas Intensive subsistence farming
of high population pressure on land.
7 Name the type of farming practised where Intensive subsistence farming
high doses of biochemical inputs and
irrigation are used.
8 Name the type of farming, which has an The plantation agriculture
interface of agriculture and industry.
9 Name any two cropping seasons in India. rabi, kharif or zaid.
10 Name the crop season harvested in summer Rabi crop
from April to June.
11 Name the crop grown with the onset of Kharif crop
monsoon in different parts of the country.
12 Name a crop that takes almost a year to grow. Sugarcane.
13 Which state is the largest producer of ragi? Karnataka
14 Name the crop, which is used as both food Maize
and fodder.
15 Which state is the largest producer of jowar? Maharashtra
16 Which state is the largest producer of bajra? Rajasthan
17 Name the crop, which is the major source of pulses
protein in a vegetarian diet.
18 What are leguminous crops? Give an Crops that restore fertility. Pulses
example.
19 Which state is the largest producer of Andhra Pradesh
groundnut?
20 Name a crop, which is a kharif crop in north Sesamum
and rabi crop in south India.
21 Name a crop which is grown both as rabi and Castor seed
kharif crop.
22 Name the variety of coffee grown in India. The Arabica variety initially brought from
Yemen
23 Where was coffee as a crop initially the Baba Budan Hills
introduced in India?
24 What is sericulture? Rearing of silk worms
25 Name the crop, known, as the golden fibre. Jute
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26 Mention the growing and harvesting period Growing period: October to December
of rabi crops. Harvesting period: April to June

General Questions.
1. In which city is the Head Quarters of European Union situated?
2. Which country has adopted Budhism as the official religion?
3. What Status has been given to Hindi by the Constitution of India?
4. A study by which organization estimates that 20 lakh job opportunities can be
created in the education sector alone?
5. What term is used for report published by the UNDP which compares countries
based on the educational level of the people, their health status and per capita
income?
6. What term is used for the value of all final goods and services produced with in a
country during a particular year?
Answers: 1. Brussels 2. Srilanka 3. Scheduled Language, 4. Planning Commission,
5. Human Development Report, 6. GDP

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