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Natural Resources and Their Use — Practice

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Q1. According to the chapter, the term 'natural resources' applies to materials and substances that
- A. are made by humans in factories
- B. occur in Nature and are valuable to humans
- C. exist only in cities and towns
- D. are imported from other countries
Q2. Three conditions for an entity in Nature to be called a resource. These are
- A. expensive, scarce and beautiful
- B. technologically accessible, economically feasible to exploit, and culturally acceptable
- C. found in India, found in cities, found in seas
- D. renewable, recyclable and reusable
Q3. The example of cutting trees in sacred groves to show that an entity may not be a resource because it is
- A. technologically inaccessible
- B. too expensive to extract
- C. culturally unacceptable to extract
- D. physically very far away
Q4. Under 'Resources essential for life' the chapter lists which of the following together?
- A. coal, petroleum and natural gas
- B. the air we breathe, the water we drink and the food we eat
- C. iron, copper and gold
- D. sunlight, wind and flowing water
Q5. Categorises natural resources by use into three groups. These three groups are
- A. renewable, non-renewable and recyclable
- B. essential for life, sources for materials, sources for energy
- C. land, water and air
- D. agricultural, mineral and forest
Q6. Under 'Resources for energy' which set of natural sources is listed?
- A. wood, marble, coal and gold
- B. coal, water, petroleum, natural gas, sunlight and wind
- C. air, water, food and soil
- D. iron, copper, gold and bauxite
Q7. The following are renewable resources, provided we manage them in a sustainable manner
- A. coal, petroleum and iron ore
- B. solar energy, wind energy, energy from flowing water, and timber from forests
- C. gold, copper and bauxite
- D. diamond, marble and granite
Q8. Names which of the following as non-renewable resources?
- A. river water and forest timber
- B. fossil fuels (coal and petroleum), and minerals and metals like iron, copper and gold
- C. solar energy and wind energy
- D. fresh air and rainwater
Q9. Estimates that India's coal reserves may last another
- A. 10 years
- B. 25 years
- C. 50 years
- D. 200 years
Q10. The sharing of Kaveri river water as an example. The states/UT mentioned as sharing this water are
- A. Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry
- B. Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka and Kerala
- C. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka
- D. Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and Rajasthan
Q11. On the 'Distribution of important minerals' map (Fig. 1.11) Jharia, Bokaro, Raniganj, Talcher and Korba are shown as locations of
- A. oil
- B. iron ore
- C. coal
- D. bauxite
Q12. The phrase 'natural resource curse', also called the
- A. paradox of plenty
- B. tragedy of the commons
- C. Malthusian trap
- D. Green Revolution
Q13. 'Don't miss out' box states that a mature tree produces about how many litres of oxygen per day?
- A. 100 litres
- B. 275 litres
- C. 350 litres
- D. 1000 litres
Q14. Records that Sikkim became a 100 per cent organic state, with all of its farmland certified organic, in the year
- A. 2010
- B. 2014
- C. 2016
- D. 2020
Q15. Records that the International Solar Alliance (ISA) was launched by India and France in the year
- A. 2005
- B. 2010
- C. 2015
- D. 2022

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