Objective Practice Questions
- Which of these have some utility?
(a) Water
(b) electricity
(c) Vegetables
(d) All of these - Which of these have economic value?
(a) Landscape
(b) Home remedies
(c) Metals
(d) None of these - Resources are distributed unequally over the earth because of
(a) the different natural conditions
(b) level of development
(c) technological levels
(d) all of these - Resources drawn from nature and used without much modification are called
(a) human made resources
(b) natural resources
(c) cultural resources
(d) none of these - The basis of classification of resources are
(a) level of development and use
(b) origin
(c) stock and distribution
(d) all of these - The resources whose quantities are known, named as
(a) potential resources
(b) actual resources
(c) stock
(d) all of these - Give an example of biotic resources.
(a) rocks
(b) minerals
(c) soils
(d) animals - Coal is an example of
(a) renewable resources
(b) non-renewable resources
(c) human resources
(d) potential resources - Technology is an example of
(a) natural resources
(b) human made resources
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) none of these - Resources used carefully and giving them time to get renewed is called
(a) resource depletion
(b) resource conservation
(c) resource pollution
(d) none of these - Balancing the needs to use resources and also conserve them for future generation is called
(a) development
(b) devaluation
(c) sustainable development
(d) all of these
12. ……….. resources are derived from living things.
(a) Abiotic
(b) Biotic
(c) Both
(d) None
13. Localised resources are found only in ……………….. places.
(a) Certain
(b) Everywhere
(c) None
14. Match the followings:
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Natural resources | (c) Water, air, land, soil |
| (ii) Actual resources | (b) Black soil of Deccan trap |
| (iii) Potential resources | (e) High speed winds two hundred years ago |
| (iv) Abiotic resources | (f) Soil, rocks, minerals |
| (v) Biotic resources | (d) Plants, animals, insects, worms, etc |
| (vi) Renewable resources | (а) Water, soil, forest |
| (vii) Non-renewable resources | (g) Coal, petroleum, natural gas |
True/False
- Non-renewable resources have unlimited stock.- False
- The uranium found in Ladakh is an example of potential resources. True
- Ubiquitous resources are found everywhere.True
- Air is commercially valuable. True
- Resources are equally distributed all over the earth – False