RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT

MOST EXPECTED MCQ QUESTIONS

1. Which type of resource is park?

(a) Community owned resource uD

(b) Non-renewable resource
(c) Individual resource

(d) Potential resource

2. Which one of the following type of resource is iron ore?

(a) Renewable

(b) Flow

(c) Biotic

(d) Non-renewable

3. Which type of resource is park ?

(a) Community owned resource

(b) Non-renewable resource

(c) Individual resource

(d) Potential resource

4. Which type of resource is wind energy?

(a) Human-made

(b) Renewable

(c) Non-Renewable

(d) Biotic

5. Under which of the following type of resources can tidal energy be put ?

(a) Renewable

(b) Abiotic

(c) Human-made

(d) Non-renewable
6. Resources which are found in a region, but have not been utilised are known
as

(a) Potential Resources

(b) Abiotic resources

(c) Biotic resources

(d) Renewable resources

7. There is enough for everybody's need but not for everybody's greed'. Who
said these words?

(a) Gandhiji
(b) Nehru

(c) S.V.B. Patel

(d) Medha Patkar

8. The Club of Rome advocated resource conservation in the year

(a) 1965

(b) 1966

(c) 1967

(d) 1968

9. Who wrote the book 'Small is beautifur?

(a) Schumacher

(b) Spencer
(c) Surrey
(d) Steward

10. How much area of land in India is plain?

(a) 53%

(b) 439%

(c) 62%
(d) 58%

11. The resources can be conserved by

(a) Recycling
(b) Reusing
(c) Reducing consumption
(d) All of the above
12. Resource planning should be at :

(a) National Level

(b) Regional Level

(c) Local Level

(d) All of the above

13. Which one of the following is the main reason for land degradation in
Punjab?
(a) Intensive cultivation

(b) Over irrigation

(c) Deforestation

(d) Overgrazing

14. In which of the following states is the terrace cultivation practiced?

(a) Punjab
(b) Haryana
(c) Uttaranchal

(d) Jharkhand

15. Which one among the following is the method to control land degradation?

(a) Deforestation

(b) Intensive cultivation

(c) Overgrazing
(d) Afforestation

16. Arrange the following in the correct sequence:

() Topsoil
(i) Parent rock

(ii) Bedrock

(iv) Subsoil

(a) ii-i-ii-iv

(b) i-i-ii-iv
16. Arrange the following in the correct sequence:

(1) Topsoil
(i) Parent rock

(ii) Bedrock

(iv) Subsoil

(a) ii-i-i-iv

(b) i-i-ii-iv

(c) i-iv-ii-ii

(d) ii-i-i-iv

17. In which of the following states is black soil found?

(a) Jammu and Kashmir

(b) Rajasthan
(c) Gujarat
(d) Jharkhand

18. Black soil is ideal for growing which crop?

(a) Jute

(b) Cotton

(c) Silk

(d) Cereals

19. Which among the following soil types is the result of intense leaching due
to heavy ra infall ?

(a) Black soil

(b) Alluvial soil

(c) Laterite soil

(d) Red soil

20. This soil is also found in the eastern coastal plains in the deltas of
Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna and Kaveri rivers.

(a) Black soil

20. This soil is also found in the eastern coastal plains in the deltas of
Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna and Kaveri rivers.

(a) Black soil

(b) Alluvial soil

(c) Laterite soil

(d) Red soil

Assertion & Reason Type Questions

(a) Both the Assertion and the Reason is correct and the Reason is the correct
explanation of the Assertion.

(b) The Assertion and the Reason is correct but the Reason is not the correct
explanation of the Assertion.

(c) Assertion is true but the Reason is false.

(d) The statement of the Assertion is false but the Reason is true.

1. Assertion: Resources are free gifts of nature.

Reason: Resources like soil, air, water are easily available in nature.

2. Assertion: The availability of resources is not the only necessary condit ion
for the development of any region.

Reason: Not only availability of resources but also corresponding change in

technology is necessary for development of any region.

3. Assertion: Resource planning is an easy process in India.

Reason: Resource planning involves identification and inventory of

resource across the regions of the country.

4. Assertion: Land is a natural resource of utmost importance.

Reason: Land can be used for various purposes.

5. Assertion: Controlling on mining activities only doesn't control land

degradation.
Reason: In states like Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, deforestation
has occurred due to over grazing, not mining

6. Assertion: Western Rajasthan has well developed terrace farming.

Reason: Terrace cultivation restricts erosion.

7. Assertion: Alluvial soil is ideal for growth of paddy, wheat, cereal and pulse
crops.
Reason: Alluvial soil is well-known for is capacity to hold moisture.
7. Assertion: Alluvial soil is ideal for growth of paddy, wheat, cereal and pulse
crops.

Reason: Alluvial soil is wel-known for is capacity to hold moisture.

8. Assertion: Soil is the most important renewable natural resource.

Reason: Soil supports different types of living organism on earth.

9. Assertion: Arid soil is unsuitable for cultivation.

Reason: Arid soil is generally sandy in texture and saline in nature. It

restricts the filtration of water.

10. Assertion: Processes of soil formatio and erosion goes simultaneously and
creates a balance between the two.

Reason: The denudation of the soil cover and subsequent washing down is
soil erosion.
 SOLUTIONS
Multiple Choice Questions

1. (a) Community owned resource

2. (d) Non-renewable

3.(a) Community owned resource

4. (a) Renewable

5. (a) Renewable

6. (a) Potential Resources

7. (a) Gandhiji

8. (d) 1968

9. (a) Schumacher

10. (b) 439%

11. (d) All of the above

12. (d) All of the above

13. (b) Over irrigation

14. (c) Uttaranchal

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15. (d) Afforestation

16.(c) iv-i-i
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17. (c) Gujarat

18. (b) Cotton

19. (c) Laterite soil

20. (b) Alluvial soil

ASSERTION AND REASON

1. (d) Assertion is false but reason is true.

 ASSERTION AND REASOON

1.(d) Assertion is false but reason is true.

Explanation: Resources are not free gifts of nature but are present due to
interaction of human beings with nature, technology and institutions. They are
a function of human activities. They transform material available in our
environment into resources.

2.(a) Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation
of assertion.

Explanation: Mere availability of resources in the absence of corresponding

changes in technology and institutions may hinder development. Thus, both
resources and advanced technologies contribute in development of a region.

3. (d) Assertion is false but reason is true.

Explanation: Resource planning is a not an easy but a very complex process as

it involves surveying, mapping, quantitative and qualitative estimation and
measurement of the resources.

4. (a) Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation
of assertion.

Explanation: Land is a natural resource of utmost importance as it supports

human life and wildlife, economic activities like agriculture, mining, transport
and communication system. Thus, the assertion is false and reason is true.

5.(d) Assertion is false but reason is true.

Explanation: Activities of mining controls land degradation because mining

sites are abandoned after excavation work, this results in over- burdening
Mining activities in the mentioned states has contributed to deforestation.

6. (d) Assertion is false but reason is true.

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Explanation: Western and central Himalayas have well developed terrace

cultivation. Steps can be cut out on the slopes making terraces to decelerate
6.(d) Assertion is false but reason is true.

Explanation : Western and central Himalayas have well developed terrace

cultivation. Steps can be cut out on the slopes making terraces to decelerate
the flow of water.

7. (c) Assertion is true but reason is false.

Explanation: Alluvial soil contains adequate proportion of potash, phosphoric

acid and lime which are ideal for the growth of sugarcane, paddy, wheat and
other cereal and pulse crops. Not water-retentive but this property makes it
ideal for the growth of wheat, paddy, cereal and pulse crops

8. (a) Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation
of assertion.

Explanation: Soil is a living system. Soil helps to grow plants, supports natural
vegetation and economic activities like agriculture. Its universal usage proves
that it is the most important renewable natural resource.

9.(c) Assertion is true but reason is false.

Explanation: Due to dry climate and high temperature, evaporation is faster

and the soil lacks humus and moisture that is why it becomes unfit for
cultivation.

10. (c) Assertion is true but reason is false.

Explanation : Soil formation and erosion goes simultaneously but this balance
is disturbed due to human activities like deforestation, over-grazing,
construction, mining and natural forces like wind, glacier and water lead to soil
erosion.