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Resources and Development - I

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is/are not alluvial soil(s)?

a. Khadar
b. Bangar
c. Regur

  1. a only
  2. b only
  3. c only
  4. a and b
  5. b and c
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. Minerals and fossil fuels are renewable resources.
b. The oceanic area upto 22 nautical miles from the coast is called territorial water.
c. The oceanic resources beyond 100 nautical miles of the Exclusive Economic Zone belong to open ocean and no individual country can utilise these.

  1. a only
  2. b only
  3. c only
  4. a and c
  5. a, b and c
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. The dust generated by mineral processing retards the process of infiltration of water into the soil after it settles down on the land.
b. Land degradation in sand dunes can be checked by growing thorny bushes.
c. Over-irrigation robs the salinity and alkalinity of soil.

  1. a only
  2. b only
  3. c only
  4. a and b
  5. a, b and c
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following soils consists of various proportions of sand, silt and clay?

  1. Alluvial soil
  2. Black soil
  3. Arid soil
  4. Laterite soil
  5. Mountain soil
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match the following columns
States 
        </strong>|<strong>Resources</strong>|

|a. Chattisgarh|1. Wind and solar energies|
|b. Arunachal Pradesh|2. Coal deposits|
|c. Rajasthan|3. Water resources|

  1. a - 1, b - 2, c - 3
  2. a - 2, b - 1, c - 3
  3. a - 3, b - 2, c - 1
  4. a - 2, b - 3, c - 1
  5. a - 1, b - 3, c - 2
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match the following columns:

 
States 
        </strong>|<strong>Reasons for degradation</strong>|

|a. Jharkhand|1. Overgrazing|
|b. Gujarat|2. Over-irrigation|
|c. Haryana|3. Deforestation due to mining|

  1. a - 1, b - 2, c - 3
  2. a - 2, b - 3, c - 1
  3. a - 3, b - 1, c - 2
  4. a - 2, b - 1, c - 3
  5. a - 3, b - 2, c - 1
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following soils is made up of lava flows?

  1. Alluvial soil
  2. Arid soil
  3. Black soil
  4. Laterite soil
  5. Mountain soil
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. Red soil develops on crystalline igneous rocks in areas of low rainfall in the eastern and southern parts of the Deccan plateau.
b. Red and yellow soils develop a reddish colour due to diffusion of iron in crystalline and metamorphic rocks.
c. Red and yellow soils are sticky when wet and difficult to work on unless tilled immediately after the first shower or during the pre-monsoon period.

  1. a, b and c
  2. a and b
  3. b and c
  4. a and c
  5. only a
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. Arid soils range from red to brown in colour.
b. Arid soils are generally sandy in texture and saline in nature.
c. Arid soils are cultivable after proper cultivation.

  1. a only
  2. b only
  3. c only
  4. a and c
  5. a, b and c
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?

a. Laterite soils are rich in soil nutrients, such as calcium carbonate, magnesium, potash and lime.
b. Laterite soil develops in areas with high temperature and heavy rainfall.
c. Laterite soils are mainly found in Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and the hilly areas of Odisha and Assam.

  1. a only
  2. b only
  3. c only
  4. a and c
  5. b and c
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?

a. The processes of soil formation and erosion go on simultaneously.
b. The running water cuts through the clayey soils and makes deep channels as valleys.
c. Shelter belts have contributed significantly to the stabilisation of deserts in western India.

  1. a only
  2. b only
  3. c only
  4. a and c
  5. a, b and c
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

When was the concept of ‘Sustainable Development’ introduced and advocated as a means for resource conservation?

  1. Club of Rome in 1968
  2. Schumacher in his book 'Small is Beautiful' in 1974
  3. Brundtland Commission Report in 1987
  4. Earth Summit in 1992
  5. Agenda 21, 1992
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a biotic resource?

  1. Oxygen
  2. Sunlight
  3. Rock
  4. Flora
  5. Metal
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

India has got the right to mine which of the following from the bed of the Indian Ocean, from that area which lies beyond the exclusive economic zone?

  1. Coal
  2. Petroleum
  3. Manganese
  4. Zinc
  5. Methane
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. The first international earth summit took place in Rio de Janeiro in 1990.
b. More than 100 Heads of States assembled and signed the Declaration on Global Climatic Change and Biological Diversity.
c. The Rio Convention endorsed the global Forest Principles and adopted Agenda 21 for achieving sustainable development in the 21st century.

  1. a only
  2. b and c
  3. a and b
  4. a and c
  5. a, b and c
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