CBSE Class 10 Social Science Resources and Development MCQs Set D

Question: In which of the following states is terrace cultivation practiced?
a) Punjab
b) Haryana
c) Plains of Uttar Pradesh
d) Uttarakhand
Answer: d

Question: What is the arrangement of soil in different layers or horizons known as?
a) Soil composition
b) Soil erosion
c) Soil profile
d) Soil texture
Answer: c

Question: Which one of the following is an example of biotic resources?
a) Rock
b) Mountain
c) Mineral
d) Flora
Answer: d

Question: The main cause of land degradation in Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh is______________.
a) Mining
b) Over irrigation
c) Deforestation
d) Over grazing
Answer: b

Question: Which of the following is not a measure to reduce soil erosion?
a) Creating deep channels (gullies)
b) Contour ploughing
c) Strip cropping
d) Planting of shelter belts
Answer: a

Question: Under which of the following type of resource can tidal energy be put?
a) Replenishable
b) Abiotic
c) Human-made
d) Non-recyclable
Answer: a

Question: Resource planning is essential for ___________ existence of all forms of life.
a) Ecological balance
b) Sustainable
c) Exploitation
d) None of the options
Answer: b

Question: Resources which are found in a region, but have not been utilised are called ………………… .
a) Potential
b) Developed
c) Stock
d) Reserve
Answer: a

Question: In which of the following state deforestation due to mining have caused severe land degradation?
a) Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh
b) Gujarat, Rajasthan, Odisha
c) Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh
d) All of the options
Answer: d

Question: In which of the following state is the black soil found?
a) Jammu and Kashmir
b) Gujarat
c) Rajasthan
d) Jharkhand
Answer: b

Question: The Rio Convention endorsed the Global Forest Principles and adopted which of the following for achieving Sustainable Development in the 21st century?
a) Agenda 21
b) Agenda 22
c) Agenda 20
d) Agenda 25
Answer: a

Question: Choose the feature which is NOT associated with Arid soils:
a) These soils develop a reddish colour due to diffusion of iron in crystalline and metamorphic rocks
b) In some areas the salt content is very high and common salt is obtained from these soils
c) The lower horizon of the soil is occupied by Kankar nodules
d) These soils become cultivable after proper irrigation
Answer: a

Question: Which of the following soils are more common in piedmont plains such as Duars, Chos and Terai?
a) Black soil
b) Alluvial soil
c) Laterite soil
d) None of the options
Answer: b

Question: 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
Answer: d

Question: Khadar is a type of-
a) Black soil
b) Alluvial soil
c) Laterite soil
d) Desert soil
Answer: b

Question: Which one of the following method is used to break up the force of wind?
a) Shelter belt
b) Strip cropping
c) Contour ploughing
d) Terrace farming
Answer: b

Question: Indiscriminate exploitation of resources has led to global ecological crises. Which of the following is NOT associated to this statement?
a) Global warming
b) Ozone layer maintenance
c) Environmental pollution
d) Land degradation
Answer: b

Question: In which of the following states has mining caused severe land degradation?
a) Gujarat
b) Jharkhand
c) Kerala
d) Uttaranchal
Answer: b

Question: Which of the following book includes ‘Gandhian Philosophy’ on conservation of resources?
a) Small is Beautiful
b) Our Common Future
c) Both Small is Beautiful and Our Common Future
d) None of the options
Answer: a

Question: The village of Sukhomajri and the district of Jhabua have shown that it is possible:
a) To reverse land degradation
b) To reverse economic prosperity
c) To reserve water
d) All of the options
Answer: a

Question: Which of the following is not a measure for soil conservation?
a) Strip cropping
b) Terrace cultivation
c) Shelter belts
d) Overdrawing of groundwater
Answer: d

Question: Which one of the following is the main cause of land degradation in Punjab?
a) Intensive cultivation
b) Deforestation
c) Over-grazing
d) Over irrigation
Answer: d

Question: Which one of the following is an example of cultivable wasteland?
a) Gross cropped area
b) Uncultivable land
c) Barren wasteland
d) Current fallow land
Answer: b

Question: The resources of ownership are
a) Plantation
b) Pasture land
c) Ponds
d) All of the options
Answer: d

Question: In which of the following states is terrace cultivation practiced?
a) Punjab
b) Plains of Uttar Pradesh
c) Haryana
d) Uttaranchal
Answer: d

Question: Which one of the following is an example of non-renewable resource?
a) Solar energy
b) Tidal energy
c) Petroleum
d) Hydel power
Answer: c

Question: Under which of the following types of resources can tidal energy be put?
a) Replenishable
b) Human-made
c) Abiotic
d) Non-renewable
Answer: a

Question: Where was the first international Earth Summit held?
a) Rio de Janeiro
b) Geneva
c) Switzerland
d) Philippines
Answer: a

Question: Which one of the following is an example of Cultivable Wasteland?
a) Gross cropped Area
b) Uncultivable Land
c) Barren Wasteland
d) Current fallow Land
Answer: b

Question: On the basis of ownership resources are classified into-
a) Two types
b) Three types
c) Four types
d) None of the options
Answer: c

Question: Resources which are surveyed and their quality and quantity have been determined for utilisation are known as
a) Potential resources
b) Stock
c) Developed resources
d) Reserves
Answer: c

Question: Red soil is reddish in color due to-
a) High clay content
b) Presence of kankar nodules in the subsoil
c) Diffusion of iron in igneous and metamorphic rocks
d) High moisture content
Answer: c

Question: Area sown more than once in an agricultural year plus net sown area is known as-
a) Net sown area
b) Forest cover
c) Waste land
d) Gross cropped area
Answer: a

Question: What percentage of our land should be under forest cover according to the National Forest Policy?
a) 33%
b) 22.5%
c) 31%
d) 30%
Answer: a

Question: Which one of the following is the most common soil of Northern India?
a) Black soil
b) Laterite soil
c) Alluvial soil
d) Red soil
Answer: c

Question: 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
Answer: b

Question: Which one of the following types of resource is iron ore?
a) Renewable
b) Biotic
c) Flow
d) Non-renewable
Answer: d

Question: In which of the following states is black soil found?
a) Jammu and Kashmir
b) Gujarat
c) Rajasthan
d) Jharkhand
Answer: b

Question: Red soil is mostly found in-
a) Parts of Jammu and Kashmir
b) Upper Ganga Plains
c) Eastern and Southern part of Deccan Plateau
d) None of the options
Answer: c

Question: Anything which can be used for satisfying the human needs is called a-
a) Human resource
b) International resource
c) Resource
d) Reserve
Answer: c

Question: Khadar is a type of:
a) Black soil
b) Alluvial soil
c) Laterite soil
d) Desert soil
Answer: b