DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL BILASPUR

Class 10 - Social Science

GEO- Resources and Development

Assignment 1

Question No. 1 to 6 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully
and answer the questions:
Everything available in our environment which can be used to satisfy our
needs, provided, it is technologically accessible, economically feasible and
culturally acceptable can be termed as Resource. The process of
transformation of things available in our environment involves an interactive
relationship between nature, technology and institutions. Do you think that
resources are free gifts of nature as is assumed by many? They are not.
Human beings interact with nature through technology and create institutions
to accelerate their economic development. Resources are a function of human
activities. Human beings themselves are essential components of resources.
They transform material available in our environment into resources and use
them.

1. Read the following statements about resources and identify the

incorrect statement:
a. Resources are elements that are put into use by man.
b. Resources are those by which human needs can be fulfilled.
c. Resources are the things on which man is dependent.
d. Resources are thousands of elements present in nature.
2. The elements which are put into use by man are called ________.
a. Resources
b. Treasure
c. Minerals
d. Environment
3. The resources are not the free gifts of nature. Which of the
following is incorrect?
a. Resources themselves are essential components of Human
beings.
b. Human beings interact with nature through technology and
create institutions.
 c. Resources are a function of human activities.
d. They transform material available in the environment into
resources.
4. Study the picture and complete the link.

a. Culture
b. Expertise
c. Nature
d. Technology
5. Resources can be classified as renewable and non-renewable on the
basis of ________
a. ownership
b. status of development
c. exhaustibility
d. origin
6. Human beings themselves are essential components of
resources. Human beings, flora and fauna, fisheries, livestock, etc
can be categorized under which of the following options?
a. Biotic
b. Abiotic
c. Wildlife
d. Natural
7. In which of the following state/states overgrazing is one of the main
reason for land degradation?
 a. All of these
b. Gujarat and Rajasthan
c. Madhya Pradesh
d. Maharashtra
8. In which state mining has caused severe land degradation?
a. Haryana
b. Punjab
c. Bihar
d. Jharkhand
9. Assertion (A): Red laterite soil is suitable for cashew nut cultivation.
Reason (R): Red soil develops on crystalline rocks in areas of low
rainfall.
a. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c. A is true but R is false.
d. A is false but R is true.

10.Assertion (A): Land is a natural resource of the utmost importance.

Reason (R): Land can be used for limited purposes.

e. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

f. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
g. A is true but R is false.
h. A is false but R is true.

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