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CBSE Class 10 Geography: Resources and Development — practice questions

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What do we call anything in our environment that can satisfy our needs?Read the answer and worked solution →Which condition is NOT part of the definition of a resource?Read the answer and worked solution →Human beings themselves are described as which part of resources?Read the answer and worked solution →On what basis are resources classed as renewable or non-renewable?Read the answer and worked solution →What does sustainable economic development mean?Read the answer and worked solution →How many heads of states met in Rio de Janeiro for the first International Earth Summit in 1992?Read the answer and worked solution →Which 1992 declaration by world leaders aims at global sustainable development?Read the answer and worked solution →Which states are rich in minerals and coal deposits?Read the answer and worked solution →Which state is well endowed with solar and wind energy but lacks water resources?Read the answer and worked solution →Which cold desert is deficient in water, infrastructure and some vital minerals?Read the answer and worked solution →Which step of resource planning involves surveying and mapping resources?Read the answer and worked solution →Why can a region rich in resources remain economically backward?Read the answer and worked solution →What mainly attracted foreign invaders to colonies in history?Read the answer and worked solution →Which leader said there is enough for everybody's need and not for anybody's greed?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year did the Club of Rome first advocate resource conservation in a systematic way?Read the answer and worked solution →Which 1987 body introduced sustainable development?Read the answer and worked solution →Which land use category includes roads, buildings and factories?Read the answer and worked solution →Land left without cultivation for one agricultural year or less is called what?Read the answer and worked solution →Culturable waste land is left uncultivated for more than how many agricultural years?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the physical extent of land on which crops are sown and harvested called?Read the answer and worked solution →Area sown more than once in a year, added to net sown area, gives which total?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these is a physical factor that influences land use?Read the answer and worked solution →Which human factor affects how land gets used?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the total geographical area of India in million square kilometres?Read the answer and worked solution →What share of India's total geographical area has land use data available?Read the answer and worked solution →Net sown area is over 80 per cent of total area in which two states?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these states has less than 10 per cent of its area under net sown area?Read the answer and worked solution →Under the National Forest Policy of 1952, what share of geographical area was desired under forest?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these is included in waste land?Read the answer and worked solution →Which relief feature ensures the perennial flow of some rivers?Read the answer and worked solution →

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What do we call anything in our environment that can satisfy our needs?

  1. Commodity
  2. Reserve
  3. Stock
  4. Resource
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Correct answer: D. Resource

Anything that satisfies our needs and is technologically accessible, economically feasible and culturally acceptable counts as a resource.

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Which condition is NOT part of the definition of a resource?

  1. Technologically accessible
  2. Economically feasible
  3. Culturally acceptable
  4. Politically unopposed
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Correct answer: D. Politically unopposed

The definition requires technological accessibility, economic feasibility and cultural acceptability, so political approval is not one of its conditions.

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Human beings themselves are described as which part of resources?

  1. Optional extras
  2. Waste products
  3. Foreign imports
  4. Essential components
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Correct answer: D. Essential components

Human beings transform material in the environment into resources, so they are essential components of resources.

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