Resources and Development

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Resources and Development — solved practice questions

8 Class 10 Geography questions with step-by-step solutions. Attempt each, then reveal the answer.

1. Q1easy

   Resources are defined as:

   • Aeverything in our environment that satisfies needs and has utility
   • Bonly natural elements
   • Conly money and machines
   • Donly minerals and energy
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   Correct answer: (A) everything in our environment that satisfies needs and has utility

   Resources are everything available in our environment that satisfies our needs and is technologically accessible, economically feasible and culturally acceptable.

2. Q2easy

   Resources can be classified on the basis of origin into:

   • Abiotic and abiotic
   • Brenewable and non-renewable
   • Cpotential and actual
   • Dnational and international
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   Correct answer: (A) biotic and abiotic

   On the basis of origin, resources are classified as biotic (living) and abiotic (non-living).

3. Q3easy

   Which of the following is a renewable resource?

   • Acoal
   • Bpetroleum
   • Csolar energy
   • Dnatural gas
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   Correct answer: (C) solar energy

   Solar energy is renewable because it is continuously available and will not deplete.

4. Q4medium

   Land degradation in India is mainly caused by:

   • Adeforestation and overgrazing
   • Burbanisation only
   • Cfloods only
   • Dearthquakes
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   Correct answer: (A) deforestation and overgrazing

   Deforestation, overgrazing, mining and faulty irrigation practices are major causes of land degradation.

5. Q5medium

   The 'National Forest Policy (1952)' recommended that ___% of the total area in the plains should be under forests:

   • A20%
   • B25%
   • C33%
   • D50%
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   Correct answer: (C) 33%

   The National Forest Policy 1952 recommended 33% forest cover for plains and 67% for hilly regions.

6. Q6easy

   Overgrazing leads to:

   • Asoil improvement
   • Bsoil erosion and degradation
   • Cwater conservation
   • Dmore biodiversity
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   Correct answer: (B) soil erosion and degradation

   Overgrazing removes vegetation cover, leading to soil erosion and land degradation.

7. Q7medium

   Resource planning involves:

   • Aidentification + planning structure + development plan
   • Bonly identifying resources
   • Conly using resources
   • Dstopping resource use
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   Correct answer: (A) identification + planning structure + development plan

   Resource planning involves identification and inventory, evolving a planning structure, and matching with national development plans.

8. Q8medium

   Gully erosion is common in:

   • Acoastal areas
   • BChambal ravines (UP, MP, Rajasthan)
   • CThar desert
   • DNortheast India
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   Correct answer: (B) Chambal ravines (UP, MP, Rajasthan)

   Running water cuts through clayey soils to form gullies in parts of UP, MP, Rajasthan, creating badlands (Chambal ravines).

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