MCQ Questions for Class 10 Social Science with Answers: Geography Chapter 1 Resource and Development:

CBSE Class 10 Social Science Geography Chapter 1 Resource and Development Multiple Choice Questions and Answers are available as a free PDF download. Class 10 Social Science MCQ Questions and Answers were created using the most recent exam pattern. Students can determine their level of preparation by answering NCERT Class 10 Social Science Resource and Development Multiple Choice Questions with Answers.

What is necessary for sustained quality of life and global peace?

(a) Stopping use of resources
(b) Saving resources for future
(c) Exploitation of resources
(d) Equitable distribution of resources

Answer

(d) Equitable distribution of resources

What is land used for grazing cattle and livestock known as?

(a) Forests
(b) Barren land
(c) Pasture land
(d) Fallow land

Answer

(c) Pasture land

What is arrangement of soil in different layers or horizons known as?

(a) Soil Composition
(b) Soil Erosion
(c) Soil Profile
(d) Soil Texture

Answer

(c) Soil Profile

Under which of the following types of resources can solar energy be categorised?

(a) Flow resource
(b) Human-made resource
(c) Non-recyclable resource
(d) Exhaustible resource

Answer

(a) Flow resource

Under which of the following types of resource can tidal energy be put?

(a) Human made
(b) Biotic
(c) Non-recyclable
(d) None of these

Answer

(d) None of these

Under which of the following type of resource can tidal energy be put?

(a) Replenishable
(b) Human-made
(c) Abiotic
(d) Non-renewable

Answer

a

There is enough for everybody’s need and not for any body’s greed,’’ who among the following has given the above statement?

(a) Vinoba Bhave
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Atal Behari Vajpayee

Answer

(b) Mahatma Gandhi

The total degraded land in our country is:

(a) 133 million hectares
(b) 130 million sq. km.
(c) 140 million hectares
(d) 130 million hectares

Answer

(d) 130 million hectares

The oceanic resources beyond 200 km of the Exclusive Economic Zone can be termed as which of the following types of resource ?

(a) Individual resources
(b) Community owned resources
(c) National resources
(d) International resources

Answer

(d) International resources

The mountain share in the total land area is:

(a) 30%
(b) 27%
(c) 43%
(d) 40%

Answer

(a) 30%

The main cause of land degradation in Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh is:

(a) Mining
(b) Over irrigation
(c) Deforestation
(d) Over grazing

Answer

(b) Over irrigation

The alluvial soil consists of

(a) sand
(b) silt
(c) clay
(d) all of the above

Answer

(d) all of the above

Soil formed by intense leaching is:

(a) alluvial soil
(b) red soil
(c) laterite soil
(d) desert soil

Answer

(c) laterite soil

Resources which are found in a region but have not been utilised are called

(a) developed resources
(b) stock
(c) international resources
(d) potential resources

Answer

(d) potential resources

Resources that take long geological time for their formation are called:

(a) Renewable resources
(b) Reserve
(c) Community resources
(d) Non-renewable resources

Answer

(d) Non-renewable resources