10th Class Social Science Resources and Development Question Bank

done Short Answer Type - Resources and Development Total Questions - 19

• question_answer1)
  Explain any three measures of conservation of resources.                                                              [Delhi 2007]
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• question_answer2)
  Distinguish between Human made resources and natural resources. Give two distinctions.                                                                                                              [Delhi2005, 04, AI 05. 04C]
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• question_answer3)
  State four characteristics of natural resources.                                                                             [Foreign 2005]
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• question_answer4)
  Why is resource planning essential? Give two reasons. Explain first two stages of resource planning.                                                                               [Foreign 2005, Delhi 05C, Al 04]
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• question_answer5)
  What is meant by resource development? Give any two examples of resource development.                                                                                                                                                      [Al 2005C, 04]
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• question_answer6)
  What is meant by the two types of natural resources? Give one examples of each.                     [Delhi 2004]
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• question_answer7)
  Compare the diagrams showing land use pattern of India and answer the questions that follow:

  INDIA

  Land use 1950-51 and 1998-99

   

  (a) Name the two categories under which the area in use has increased/decreased.

  (b) Give at least one reason for this increase/ decrease in these categories.                              [Al 2004]

   
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  Compare the diagram showing (above question no. 7) land use pattern of India and answer the questions that follow:

  (a) Which is the most satisfying feature of our land use pattern?

  (b) Give one reason for it.

  [AI 2004]
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• question_answer9)
  What is fallow land? Give two examples showing how it is converted into cultivated land.
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• question_answer10)
  Name four broad types of soils found in India. Mention two characteristics of a soil which are most important and widespread.                                                                                                          [Delhi 2001 C]
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• question_answer11)
  What type of soil is found in the river deltas of the eastern coast? Give three main features of this type of soil.
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• question_answer12)
  What steps can be taken to control soil erosion in the hilly areas?
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• question_answer13)
  Name two nutrients in which alluvial soil is deficient. Briefly write how does the fertility of soil affect distribution of population.
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• question_answer14)
  Why is conservation of resources essential? List out three methods of soil conservation.
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• question_answer15)
  Differentiate between alluvial soils and black soils.
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• question_answer16)
  State three characteristics of black soil.
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• question_answer17)
  State the diverse relief features of India and mention one significance of each.
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• question_answer18)
  In which parts of India laterite soils are found? State the crops supported by this soil.
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• question_answer19)
  What are the achievements of the land conservation programme taken up by the people of Sukhomajri village and the district of Jhabua?
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