Question 1. Which of these have some utility?
(a) Water (b) electricity (c) Vegetables (d) All of these
Question 2. Which of these have economic value?
(a) Landscape (b) Home remedies (c) Metals (d) None of these
Question 3. 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
Question 4. 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
Question 5. The basis of classification of resources are
(a) level of development and use (b) origin (c) stock and distribution (d) all of these
Question 6. The resources whose quantities are known, named as
(a) potential resources (b) actual resources (c) stock (d) all of these
Question 7. Give an example of biotic resources.
(a) rocks (b) minerals (c) soils (d) animals
Question 8. Coal is an example of
(a) renewable resources (b) non-renewable resources (c) human resources (d) potential resources
Question 9. Technology is an example of
(a) natural resources (b) human made resources (c) both (a) and (b) (d) none of these
Question 10. 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
Question 11. 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
Match the followings:
Column A Column B
(i) Natural resources (Π°) Water, soil, forest
(ii) Actual resources (b) Black soil of Deccan trap
(iii) Potential resources (c) Water, air, land, soil
(iv) Abiotic resources (d) Plants, animals, insects, worms, etc.
(v) Biotic resources (e) High speed winds two hundred years ago
(vi) Renewable resources (f) Soil, rocks, minerals
(vii) Non-renewable resources (g) Coal, petroleum, natural gas
State whether true or false:
1. Non-renewable resources have unlimited stock.
2. The uranium found in Ladakh is an example of potential resources.
3. Ubiquitous resources are found everywhere.
4. Air is commercially valuable.
5. Human resource refers to the number and abilities of the people.
6. Resources are equally distributed all over the earth.
Fill in the blanks:
1. ……………… resources are derived from living things.
2. Localised resources are found only in ……………… places.
3. The example of human resource is ………………
4. Solar and wind energy is an example of ………………
5. Anything that is used to satisfy a need is called a ………………
6. Petroleum in ……………… is an example of actual resources.
7. ……………… is the application of latest knowledge and skill is doing or making things.
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