MCQ Questions for Class 10 Social Science Resource and Development with Answers
1. Which one of the following type of resource is iron ore? (Textbook)
2. Under which of the following type of resource can tidal energy be put? (Textbook)
3. Which one of the following is the main cause of land degradation in Punjab? (Textbook)
4. In which one of the following States is terrace cultivation practised? (Textbook)
5. In which of the following States is black soil found? (Textbook)
6. What percentage of our land should be under forest according to the National Forest Policy (1952)?
7. 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:
8. India’s territorial water extends upto a distance of:
9. Resources that take long geological time for their formation are called:
10. Area sown more than once in an agricultural year plus net sown area is known as:
11. The total degraded land in our country is:
12. In which of the following States mining has caused severe land degradation?
13. The main cause of land degradation in Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh is:
14. Which is the most common soil of Northern India?
15. Red soil is mostly found in:
16. Red soil is reddish in colour due to:
17. Which of the following is not important for soil formation?
18. On the basis of origin, resources can be classified as __ and ___.
19. On the basis of the status of development, resources can be classified as __.
20. Which of the following statements are true?
21. Minerals and fossil fuels are examples of non-renewable resources which take ___ for their formation.
22. All the minerals, water resources, forests, wildlife, land within the political boundaries and oceanic area up to ____ from the coast termed as territorial water and resources therein belong to the nation.
23. The oceanic resources beyond ______ of the Exclusive Economic Zone belong to open ocean, and no individual country can utilise these without the concurrence of international institutions.
24. __ are the resources which are surveyed, and their quality and quantity have been determined for utilisation.
25. ___ are the subset of the __, which can be put into use with the help of existing technical ‘know-how’, but their use has not been started.
26. In June 1992, more than 100 heads of states met in ____ in Brazil, for the first International Earth Summit.
27. The Rio Convention endorsed the global Forest Principles and adopted ___ for achieving Sustainable Development in the 21st century.
28. Which of the following statements about Agenda 21 is true?
29. The states of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh are rich in minerals and ___ deposits.
30. The state of Rajasthan is very well endowed with solar and ___ energy but lacks in water resources.
31. ____ was the famous Indian freedom fighter who made an important observation about resource conservation – “There is enough for everybody’s need and not for anybody’s greed”.
32. The Brundtland Commission Report published in ____, shared ideas about sustainable development and how it could be achieved.
33. About ___ of India’s land area is plain, which provides facilities for agriculture and industry.
34. ____ account for 30% of the total surface area of India.
35. Land which is left without cultivation for one or less than one agricultural year is known as ____.
36. Land which is left uncultivated for more than 5 agricultural years is known as ____.
37. The pattern of the net sown area varies greatly from one state to another. It is over 80 per cent of the total area in ___.
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