RESOURCES & DEVELOPMENTS (IMPORTANT NTSE MCQ QUESTION WITH SOLUTION)

 RESOURCES & DEVELOPMENTS

Q-1. What is the net sown area in 1960-61?

a) 45.28%

b) 45.16%

c) 45.26%

d) 43.45%

Ans. 45.26%

Q-2. Which soil is ideal for growing cotton?

a) Black soil

b) Arid soil

c) Alluvial soil

d) Mountain soil

Ans. (a) Black soil

Q-3. By which name is the bed land known in the Chamble Basin?

a) Ravines 

b) Gully

c) Sheet

d) None of these

Ans. (a) Ravines

Q-4. Assertion- (A) coal is a fossil fuel.

       Reason- (R) it is formed due to compression of inorganic material over millions of  years.

Select the correct option from the given alternatives.

a) Both A and R are true and R explain A

b) Both A and R are true but R does not explain A

c) A is true and R is false

d) A is false and R is true

Ans. (a) Both A and R are true and R explain A

Q- 5. In which of the following economics are people more of resource?

a) Country A with 78% of the working age population illiterate and with very low life expectancy.

b) Country B with 10% of the working age population illiterate and with high life expectancy.

c) Country C with 60% of people in the working age illiterate but with high life expectancy.

d) Country D with 10% of population is the working age illiterate but has very low life expectancy.

Ans. (d) Country D with 10% of population is the working age illiterate but has very low life expectancy.

Q-6. Which type of resource is solar energy?

a) Replenish Abu

b) Human-made

c) Biotic 

d) Non-recyclable

Ans. (a) Replenish Abu

Q-7. Soli formed by intense leaching-

a) Alluvial soil

b) Red soil

c) Laterite soil

d) Desert

Ans. (c) Laterite soil

Q-8. Net sown area of our country in 2002-03 is-

a) 46.5%

b) 43.45%

c) 22%

d) 35%

Ans. (b) 43.45%

Q-9. Fallow land refers to-

a) Land not under cultivation

b) Land with many gullies

c) A fertile land

d) Cultivable land not cultivated for a season to regain its fertility

Ans. (d) Cultivable land not cultivated for a season to regain its fertility

Q-10. Resources which are found in a region but have not been utilized.

a) Renewable

b) Developed

c) National

d) Potential

Ans. (d) Potential

Q-11. What is the total geographical area of India?

a) 3.28 million km 2

b) 4.26 million km 2

c) 3.82 million km 2

d) 3.86 million km 2

Ans. (a) 3.28 million km 2

Q-12. How much degraded land is present in India?

a) 136 million hec

b) 130 million hec

c) 128 million hec

d) 126 million hec

Ans. (b) 130 million hec

Q-13. The soil which develops on crystalline igneous rocks-

a) Red soil

b) Black soil

c) Arid soil

d) Forest soil

Ans. (a) Red soil

Q-14. What percentage of total area is under the net sown area in India?

a) 43.61%

b) 43.21%

c) 43.41%

d) 44.26%

Ans. (c) 43.41%

Q-15. What percentage of land under permanent pasture?

a) 2.45%

b) 3.45%

c) 4.45%

d) 5.45%

Ans. (b) 3.45%

Q-16. The area under forest has increased from 18.11% in 1960-61 to 2000-03 is –

a) 19.57%

b) 20.75%

c) 21.67%

d) 22.57%

Ans. (d) 22.57%

Q-17. Which relief feature cover the maximum area?

a) Plain

b) Plateau

c) Mountain

d) Desert

Ans. (a) Plain

Q-18. What is the area under mountains?

a) 20%

b) 30%

c) 45%

d) 35%

Ans. (b) 30%

Q-19. Fertile black soil sugarcane and cotton crops is produced by breaking of which rocks?

a) Basalt rocks

b) Arenaceous rocks

c) Granite rocks

d) Obsidian 

Ans. (c) Granite rocks

Q-20. Which of the following statement represent characteristics of black soil?

(A) It develops cracks during hot weather

(B) Iron content present in this soil turns into iron oxide due to diffusion.

(C) It’s made of fine clay particles.

(D) It retains moisture for long.

a) ‘A’ and ‘C’ only

b) ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ only

c) ‘C’ and ‘D’ only

d) ‘A’, ‘C’ and ‘D’ only

Ans. (d) ‘A’, ‘C’ and ‘D’ only

Q-21. What percentage of land is covered by forests in India?

a) 63.3%

b) 46.3%

c) 33.3%

d) 23.3%

Ans. (d) 23.3%

Q-22. …………………………….. Soil is known as regur.

a) Laterite

b) Red

c) Black 

d) Brown

Ans. (c) Black

Q-23. Laterite soil is found in-

a) Uttar Pradesh

b) Himanchal Pradesh

c) Kerala

d) Punjab

Ans. (c) Kerala

Q-24.Write the factor that does not help in the formation of soil.

a) Wind and water

b) Decomposed plants and animals.

c) Rocks and temperature

d) Water accumulation

Ans. (d) Water accumulation

Q-25. By which gas Global warming problem arises?

a) Ozone

b) Carbon Dioxide

c) Oxygen

d) Nitrogen

Ans. (b) Carbon Dioxide

Q-26. In south India, which soil is extensively found-?

a) Laterite

b) Red soil

c) Black cotton soil

d) Alluvial soil

Ans. (a) Laterite

Q-27. Black soils in India, form in this region.

a) Upper Gondwana region

b) Deccan traps

c) Bundelkhand

d) West coastal plains

Ans. (b) Deccan traps

Q-28. Consider the following statements and choose the correct option

Statement I: Humus content is less in Laterite soils.

Statement II: Red laterite soil are suitable for crops of cashewnut.

Statement III: Laterite soils are found in Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

a) Statement I and Statement II are true, but Statement III is false.

b) Statement II and Statement III are true, but Statement I is false.

c) Statement I and Statement III are true, but Statement II is false.

d) All the three Statement are true.

Ans. (d) all the three Statement are true.

Q-29. Arable land in the irrigated zone of India is tunning saline due to which of the following reasons? 

a) Addition of Gypsum

b) Over Irrigation

c) Over Grazing

d) Use of Fertilizers

Ans. (b) Over Irrigation

Q-30. Assertion (A) Black soil has high capacity to hold moisture.

Reasons (R) Black soil develops in areas with high temperature and heavy rainfall.

a) Both (A) and (R) are true  and (R) explains (A)

b) Both (A) and (R) are true  and (R) does not explains (A)

c) (A) is true and (R) is false

d) (A) is false and (R) is true.

Ans. (c) (A) is true and (R) is false