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DSSSB TGT Resources and Development — practice questions

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Resources that can be renewed or reproduced by physical, chemical or mechanical processes are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Coal, petroleum and minerals, which take millions of years to form, are examples of:Read the answer and worked solution →Resources obtained from the biosphere and having life, such as forests and fish, are called:Read the answer and worked solution →The most widespread and important soil of India, found in the northern plains and river deltas, is:Read the answer and worked solution →The soil ideal for growing cotton, also called regur soil, is:Read the answer and worked solution →Laterite soil develops in regions with:Read the answer and worked solution →Planning the balanced use and conservation of resources for the future is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The denudation of the soil cover and its washing away by water and wind is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Deep channels cut into clayey soils by running water, making land unfit for cultivation, create:Read the answer and worked solution →Overgrazing, mining and deforestation are major human causes of:Read the answer and worked solution →Resources that are found in a region but have not been utilised are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Solar energy, wind and water are best classified as ___ resources:Read the answer and worked solution →Resources classified on the basis of EXHAUSTIBILITY are divided into:Read the answer and worked solution →Agenda 21 was adopted at:Read the answer and worked solution →In India's relief structure, the share of plains is approximately:Read the answer and worked solution →The National Forest Policy of 1952 set a target of forest cover at:Read the answer and worked solution →Black soil (regur) is best suited for which crop?Read the answer and worked solution →Alluvial soil in India is found mainly in:Read the answer and worked solution →Ploughing along the contours of a slope to slow down running water is called:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Resources that can be renewed or reproduced by physical, chemical or mechanical processes are called:

  1. exhausted resources
  2. renewable resources
  3. abiotic resources only
  4. non-renewable resources
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Correct answer: B. renewable resources

Renewable resources can be reproduced by natural processes (e.g. solar, water, forests).

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Coal, petroleum and minerals, which take millions of years to form, are examples of:

  1. flow resources
  2. non-renewable resources
  3. renewable resources
  4. biotic resources
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Correct answer: B. non-renewable resources

Coal, petroleum and minerals form over millions of years — non-renewable.

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Resources obtained from the biosphere and having life, such as forests and fish, are called:

  1. biotic resources
  2. abiotic resources
  3. mineral resources
  4. non-renewable resources
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Correct answer: A. biotic resources

Biotic resources come from the living biosphere (forests, fish, livestock).

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