Resources and Development Quiz — 7 Free Questions

Question 1

If something exists in the environment but we lack the technology to use it, is it fully a usable resource yet?

Question 2

What term describes resources regulated by international institutions, since they lie beyond any one nation's control?

Question 3

What kind of plant barriers are grown to help control land degradation from wind and erosion?

Question 4

Does the "net sown area" vary a lot, or very little, from one Indian state to another?

Question 5

Is water generally classified as a renewable or non-renewable resource?

Question 6

Are minerals found within a country's borders usually classified as individual resources or national resources?

Question 7

Are wells and ponds owned privately usually classified as individual resources or national resources?

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About Resources and Development

This quiz covers Chapter 1 of CBSE Class 10 Geography (Contemporary India II), Resources and Development.

It opens with what makes something a resource, and how resources are classified by origin (biotic and abiotic) and by exhaustibility (renewable and non-renewable).

It then covers how resources are classified by ownership (individual, community, national, and international) and by their status of development (potential, developed, stock, and reserves).

It moves on to the problems caused by over-utilisation and unequal distribution of resources, resource planning in India, and Gandhian ideas about resource conservation.

It covers land as a resource, India's relief features, and the different categories of land use recorded in India's land use records, including net sown area and gross cropped area.

It closes with the human activities that cause land degradation, such as mining, over-irrigation, and industrial effluents, and the measures used to control and conserve land.

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