10 वी NCERT टेस्ट - Contemporary India - Chapter 1 - Resources and Development
10 वी NCERT टेस्ट - Contemporary India - Resources and Development
10) Alluvial soil ची काय वैशिष्टे आहेत आणि यामध्ये कोणकोणती पिके घेतली जातात.
11) Laterite soil ची काय वैशिष्टे आहेत आणि यामध्ये कोणकोणती पिके घेतली जातात.
12) Arid soil ची काय वैशिष्टे आहेत आणि यामध्ये कोणकोणती पिके घेतली जातात.
CBSE Class 10 Social Science (Geography)
चॅप्टर 1: Resources and Development
मार्क्स : 30
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Q1. Which of the following conditions must be met for an element in our environment to be classified as a 'resource'?
(a) It must be technologically accessible, economically feasible, and culturally acceptable.
(b) It must be infinitely available and completely free to extract from nature.
(c) It must only be available in reserves and developed by international organizations.
(d) It must be entirely organic and free from chemical processing.
Q2. On the basis of exhaustibility, resources are classified into which of the following categories?
(a) Biotic and Abiotic
(b) Renewable and Non-renewable
(c) Potential and Developed
(d) National and International
Q3. Resources that are found in a region but have not been utilized yet are known as:
(a) Developed resources
(b) Stock
(c) Reserves
(d) Potential resources
Q4. What are 'Reserves' in the context of resource classification?
(a) Resources that cannot be accessed due to global environmental treaties.
(b) A subset of stock which can be put into use with the help of existing technical know-how but whose use has not been started yet.
(c) Resources that are completely exhausted and can never be replenished.
(d) Resources that belong entirely to private individuals in urban developments.
Q5. The Oceanic resources beyond 200 nautical miles of the Exclusive Economic Zone belong to:
(a) The nearest coastal nation exclusively.
(b) International institutions, and no single country can utilize them without concurrence.
(c) All developing nations equally under Agenda 21.
(d) Individual community stakeholders from adjacent states.
Q6. What is the primary objective of 'Agenda 21' signed at the Earth Summit in 1992?
(a) To achieve global sustainable development and combat environmental damage, poverty, and disease.
(b) To ban all forms of mining and industrialization across developing countries.
(c) To colonize alternative energy sources in international waters.
(d) To restrict the economic growth of developed western countries.
Q7. Sustainable economic development means:
(a) Development should take place rapidly without caring about the historical monuments.
(b) Development in the present should not damage the environment, and should not compromise the needs of future generations.
(c) Stopping all economic development to completely preserve nature.
(d) Utilizing all available natural resources within one generation to achieve maximum growth.
Q8. In which city was the first International Earth Summit held in 1992?
(a) New York
(b) Geneva
(c) Rio de Janeiro
(d) London
Q9. Who wrote the famous book 'Small is Beautiful', which revived Gandhian philosophy on resource conservation?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Schumacher
(c) Medha Patkar
(d) Sunderlal Bahuguna
Q10. Which state among the following is rich in minerals and coal deposits but faces acute shortages of water infrastructure?
(a) Arunachal Pradesh
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Ladakh
Q11. The total geographical area of India is:
(a) 3.28 million square km
(b) 5.42 million square km
(c) 2.45 million square km
(d) 4.18 million square km
Q12. Land use data is available for only 93% of the total geographical area of India because:
(a) The remaining 7% is completely submerged under the Indian Ocean.
(b) Reporting for most of the north-eastern states except Assam has not been done, and some areas occupied by Pakistan and China have not been surveyed.
(c) The government has kept 7% area confidential for military defenses.
(d) It is impossible to measure forested mountain peaks with satellites.
Q13. What is 'Net Sown Area'?
(a) The total area of land covered by dense forests across a country.
(b) Area sown more than once in an agricultural year plus net sown area.
(c) The physical extent of land on which crops are sown and harvested at least once a year.
(d) Land left uncultivated for more than five agricultural years.
Q14. Which of the following states has a very high percentage of Net Sown Area (more than 80% of its total area)?
(a) Arunachal Pradesh
(b) Punjab
(c) Mizoram
(d) Rajasthan
Q15. According to the National Forest Policy (1952), what is the desired percentage of geographical area that should be under forest cover in India?
(a) 22%
(b) 33%
(c) 45%
(d) 50%
Q16. What is the primary cause of land degradation in states like Punjab, Haryana, and western Uttar Pradesh?
(a) Mining and quarrying activities
(b) Overgrazing by domestic animals
(c) Over-irrigation leading to waterlogging and salinity
(d) Deforestation for industrial estates
Q17. In states like Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Odisha, the main reason for severe land degradation is:
(a) Deforestation due to mining
(b) Siltation from heavy river floods
(c) Wind erosion of sand dunes
(d) Alkaline deposit accumulation from industrial wastewater
Q18. Which type of soil is the most widely spread and important soil group in northern plains of India?
(a) Black soil
(b) Alluvial soil
(c) Laterite soil
(d) Arid soil
Q19. The older alluvial soil is locally known as ________, while the newer alluvium is known as ________.
(a) Khadar, Bangar
(b) Bangar, Khadar
(c) Regur, Laterite
(d) Kankar, Khadar
Q20. Which soil is also known as 'Regur soil' and is ideal for growing cotton?
(a) Red and Yellow soil
(b) Laterite soil
(c) Black soil
(d) Forest soil
Q21. Why does Black soil develop deep cracks during hot weather?
(a) Because it is completely devoid of any organic matter or humus.
(b) Because it is made of fine clayey material which shrinks significantly when it loses moisture.
(c) Due to constant shifting cultivation practiced on it.
(d) Because it contains high proportions of sand grains that cannot stick together.
Q22. Red soil looks reddish in appearance primarily due to:
(a) The high accumulation of decomposed organic leaf litter.
(b) A wide diffusion of iron in crystalline and metamorphic rocks.
(c) Excessive usage of chemical potash fertilizers.
(d) High content of windblown desert sand particles.
Q23. The word 'Laterite' is derived from the Latin word 'Later', which means:
(a) Stone
(b) Brick
(c) Clay
(d) Fertile
Q24. Laterite soil develops as a direct result of which environmental process?
(a) Intense leaching due to heavy rain in tropical regions
(b) Deposition of fine silt by annual river floods
(c) Mechanical weathering by frost action in high glaciers
(d) Accumulation of calcium carbonate nodules due to dryness
Q25. Why is the humus content in Laterite soil generally very low?
(a) No plants grow on laterite soils, so there is no organic litter.
(b) Microorganisms like bacteria are destroyed due to high temperature.
(c) The soil contains high amounts of toxic salts that kill all decomposers.
(d) Farmers clear the humus manually to prepare the ground for tea.
Q26. Which soil type ranges from red to brown in color, is generally sandy in texture, and saline in nature?
(a) Forest soil
(b) Arid soil
(c) Alluvial soil
(d) Black soil
Q27. What is the lower horizon of Arid soil occupied by, which restricts the infiltration of water?
(a) Iron and aluminum oxides
(b) Humus and organic compost layers
(c) Kankar nodules due to increasing calcium content downwards
(d) Soft alluvial silt deposits
Q28. When running water cuts through clayey soils and deep channels are carved out, the resulting landforms are called:
(a) Badlands or Gullies
(b) Deflation hollows
(c) Alluvial fans
(d) Terraces
Q29. Ploughing along the contour lines to decelerate the flow of water down the slopes is called:
(a) Strip cropping
(b) Contour ploughing
(c) Terrace cultivation
(d) Shelter belts
Q30. Rows of trees planted in arid zones to break the force of the wind and stabilize sand dunes are called:
(a) Gully plugs
(b) Shelter belts
(c) Contour barriers
(d) Strip crops
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