Resource and Development MCQ’s Worksheet, Assignments of Geography

Download Resource and Development MCQ’s Worksheet and more Assignments Geography in PDF only on Docsity! MAHARISHI VIDYA MANDIR SR.SEC.SCHOOL SOCIAL SCIENCE-GEOGRAPHY GRADE X - WORKSHEET Resource and Development MCQ’S 1. Which one of the following type of resource is iron ore? (a) Renewable (b) Biotic (c) Flow (d) Non-renewable 2. Under which of the following type of resource can tidal energy be put? (a) Replenishable (b) Human-made (c) Abiotic (d) Non-renewable 3. Which one of the following is the main cause of land degradation in Punjab? (a) Intensive cultivation (b) Deforestation (c) Over-irrigation (d) Overgrazing 4. In which one of the following States is terrace cultivation practised? (a) Punjab (b) Plains of Uttar Pradesh (c) Haryana (d) Uttaranchal 5. In which of the following States is black soil found? (a) Jammu & Kashmir (b) Gujarat (c) Rajasthan (d) Jharkhand 6. What percentage of our land should be under forest according to the National Forest Policy (1952)? (a) 33 (b) 22.5 (c) 31 (d) 30 7. 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 8. India’s territorial water extends upto a distance of: (a) 12 km (b) 12 nautical miles (c) 19.2 miles (d) 200 nautical miles 9. Resources that take long geological time for their formation are called: (a) Renewable resources (b) Reserve (c) Community resources (d) Non-renewable resources 10. Area sown more than once in an agricultural year plus net sown area is known as: (n) Net sown area (b) Forest cover (c) Waste land (d) Gross cropped area 11. 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 12. In which of the following States mining has caused severe land degradation? (a) Gujarat (b) Jharkhand (c) Kerala (d) Uttaranchal 13. The main cause of land degradation in Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh is: