Development & Resources
Mcqs
1. Which of the following methods does not help in soil conservation?
(a) Contour ploughing
(b) Strip cropping
(c) Creating shelter belts
(d) Ploughing up and down the slopes
2. Which one of the following type of resource is iron ore?
(a) Renewable
(b) Biotic
(c) Flow
(d) Non-renewable
3. In which of the following states is overgrazing responsible for land degradation?
(a) Jharkhand and Orissa
(b) Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan
(c) Punjab and Haryana
(d) Kerala and Tamil Nadu
4. Under which of the following type of resource can tidal energy be put? (Textbook)
(a) Replenishable
(b) Human-made
(c) Abiotic
(d) Non-renewable
5. Which one of the following is a renewable resource?
(a) Coal
(b) Petroleum
(c) Solar energy
(d) Fossil fuels
6. Which of the following resource is non-recyclable?
(a) Coal
(b) Iron-ore
(c) Copper
(d) Gold
7. How can the resources be classified on the basis of their origin?
(a) Biotic and Abiotic
(b) Renewable and Non-renewable
(c) Individual and Community
(d) Potential and Reserves
8. 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
9. The alluvial soil consists of
(a) sand
(b) silt
(c) clay
(d) all of the above
10. In which one of the following states is terrace cultivation practised?
(a) Punjab
(b) Plains of Uttar Pradesh
(c) Haryana
(d) Uttarakhand
11. Which one of the following is not the community owned resource?
(a) Grazing grounds
(b) Burial grounds
(c) Village ponds
(d) Privately owned house
12. In which of the following States is black soil found?
(a) Jammu & Kashmir
(b) Gujarat
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Jharkhand
13. One of the following which does not check land degradation-
(a) control on overgrazing
(b) creating shelter belts
(c) deforestation
(d) afforestation
14. When running water cuts through clayey soils and makes deep channels, they lead to:
(a) Gully erosion
(b) Sheet erosion
(c) Deforestation
(d) Afforestation
15. 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
16. Burial ground is a
(a) community owned resource
(b) national resource
(c) individual resource
(d) international resource
17. Which one of the following is a Biotic Resource?
(a) Land
(b) Water
(c) Human beings
(d) Rocks
18. 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
19. 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
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
21. Which one of the following is an example of biotic resources?
(a) Rock
(b) Iron ore
(c) Gold
(d) Animal
22. There is enough for everybody’s need and not for any body’s greed,’’ who among the following
has given the above statement?
(a) Vinoba Bhave
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Atal Behari Vajpayee
23. Resources that take long geological time for their formation are called:
(a) Renewable resources
(b) Reserve
(c) Community resources
(d) Non-renewable resources
24. Black soil is deficient in
(a) Calcium carbonate
(b) Magnesium
(c) Potash
(d) Phosphoric contents
25. 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
26. The mountain share in the total land area is:
(a) 30%
(b) 27%
(c) 43%
(d) 40%
27. Which of the following soils has self-aeration capacity?
(a) Alluvial
(b) Red soil
(c) Black soil
(d) Mountain soil
28. Which one of the following is not a ‘Biotic Resource’?
(a) Flora and Fauna
(b) Rocks
(c) Fisheries
(d) Livestock
29. 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
30. The main cause of land degradation in Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh is:
(a) Mining
(b) Over irrigation
(c) Deforestation
(d) Over grazing
31. Which cold desert is relatively isolated from the rest of country?
(a) Leh
(b) Kargil
(c) Ladakh
(d) Dras
32. Which one of the following is not a renewable resource?
(a) Solar energy
(b) Wind energy
(c) Forests
(d) Fossil fuels
33. 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
34. What is arrangement of soil in different layers or horizons known as?
(a) Soil Composition
(b) Soil Erosion
(c) Soil Profile
(d) Soil Texture
35. Under which of the following types of resource can tidal energy be put?
(a) Human made
(b) Biotic
(c) Non-recyclable
(d) None of these
36. Resources which are found in a region but have not been utilised are called
(a) developed resources
(b) stock
(c) international resources
(d) potential resources
37. Under which of the following types of resources can solar energy be categorised?
(a) Flow resource
(b) Human-made resource
(c) Non-recyclable resource
(d) Exhaustible resource
38. Black soil is also called:
(a) Bangar
(b) Khadar
(c) Regur
(d) Humus
39. In which of the following states is black soil found?
(a) Jammu and Kashmir
(b) Bihar
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Jharkhand
40. What is the main reason behind global ecological crises such as global warming and
environmental pollution ?
(a) Depletion of resources
(b) Accumulation of resources in a few hands
(c) Indiscriminate exploitation of resources
(d) Use of resources
41. The oceanic resources beyond 200 km of the Exclusive Economic Zone can be termed as which
of the following types of resource ?
(a) Individual resources
(b) Community owned resources
(c) National resources
(d) International resources
42. From which Five Year Plan has India made concerted efforts for achieving the goals of resource
planning ?
(a) First Five Year Plan
(b) Fifth Five Year Plan
(c) Annual Plans
(d) Tenth Five Year Plan
43. On the basis of ownership, plantations can be better considered as which of the following types
of resources?
(a) Individual resource
(b) Community owned resource
(c) National resource
(d) International resource
44. 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
45. Which of the following method will not help in soil conservation?
(a) Contour ploughing
(b) Strip cropping
(c) Creating shelter belts
(d) Ploughing up and down the slopes
46. 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
47. What is necessary for sustained quality of life and global peace?
(a) Stopping use of resources
(b) Saving resources for future
(c) Exploitation of resources
(d) Equitable distribution of resources
48. 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
49. The oceanic resources beyond 200 km of the Exclusive Economic Zone can be termed as which
of the following types of resource ?
(a) Individual resources
(b) Community owned resources
(c) National resources
(d) International resources
50. What is land used for grazing cattle and livestock known as?
(a) Forests
(b) Barren land
(c) Pasture land
(d) Fallow land
