Geography – (Class – 10th) (Objective Type Questions)

Q1. On the basis of origin, resources can be classified as ___________ and __________.
(a) Biotic and Abiotic (b) Renewable and Non-renewable
(c) Potential and Developed (d) None of the above
Answer: Option (a)

Q2. On the basis of the status of development, resources can be classified as _________.
(a) Potential (b) Developed Stock (c) Reserves (d) All of the above
Answer: Option (d)

Q3. Which of the following statements is true?

(a) Abiotic resources are obtained from the biosphere and have life, such as human beings, flora
and fauna.
(b) Biotic resources are all those things which are composed of non-living things like rocks and
metals.
(c) Both options (a) and (b) are false.
(d) Both options (a) and (b) are true.
Answer: Option (c)

Q4. Minerals and fossil fuels are examples of non-renewable resources which take _______
for their formation.
(a) Hundreds of years (b) Thousands of years (c) Millions of years (d) Just a year
Answer: Option (c)

Q5. All the minerals, water resources, forests, wildlife, land within the political boundaries and
oceanic area up to __________ from the coast termed as territorial water and resources
herein belong to the nation.
(a) 20 nautical miles (b) 25 nautical miles (c) 15 nautical miles (d) 12 nautical miles
Answer: Option (d)

Q6. The oceanic resources beyond ______________ of the Exclusive Economic Zone belong
to the open ocean, and no individual country can utilise these without the concurrence of
international institutions.

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(a) 200 nautical miles (b) 12 nautical miles (c) 22.5 nautical miles (d) 100 nautical miles
Answer: Option (a)

Q7. __________ are the resources which are surveyed, and their quality and quantity have
been determined for utilisation.
(a) Developed resources (b) Reserves (c) Stock (d) Abiotic
Answer: Option (a)

Q8. __________ are the subset of the _________, which can be put into use with the help of
existing technical „know-how‟, but their use has not been started.
(a) Reserves, developed resources
(b) Stocks, reserves
(c) Developed resources, stock
(d) Reserves, stock
Answer: Option (d)

Q9. In June 1992, more than 100 heads of state met in ________ in Brazil for the first
International Earth Summit.
(a) Rio de Janeiro (b) São Paulo (c) Brasilia (d) Curitiba
Answer: Option (a)

Q10. The Rio Convention endorsed the Global Forest Principles and adopted _______ for
achieving sustainable development in the 21st century.
(a) Agenda 20 (b) Agenda 21 (c) Agenda 19 (d) Agenda 22
Answer: Option (b)

Q11. Which of the following statements about Agenda 21 is true?

(a) It aims at achieving global sustainable development.
(b) It is an agenda to combat environmental damage, poverty and disease through global
cooperation.
(c) One of the major objectives of Agenda 21 is that every local government should not draw its
own local Agenda 21.
(d) Option (a) and (b).
Answer: Option (d)

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Q12. The states of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh are rich in minerals and
_____________ deposits.
(a) Coal (b) Gold (c) Silicon (d) None of the above
Answer: Option (a)

Q13. The state of Rajasthan is very well endowed with solar and _______ energy but lacks
water resources.
(a) Geothermal (b) Hydro (c) Wind (d) Tidal
Answer: Option (c)

Q14. ___________ was the famous Indian freedom fighter who made an important observation
about resource conservation – “There is enough for everybody‟s need and not for
anybody‟s greed”.
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Subash Chandra Bose (d) Dr B. R. Ambedkar
Answer: Option (a)

Q15. The Brundtland Commission Report published in ________, shared ideas about
sustainable development and how it could be achieved.
(a) 1997 (b) 1987 (c) 1992 (d) 1977
Answer: Option (b)

Q16. About _________ of India‟s land area is plain, which provides facilities for agriculture
and industry.
(a) 43% (b) 53% (c) 34% (d) 45%
Answer: Option (a)

Q17. ______________ account for 30% of the total surface area of India.
(a) Deserts (b) Mountains (c) Plains (d) Plateaus
Answer: Option (b)

Q18. Land which is left without cultivation for one or less than one agricultural year is
known as ______________.
(a) Gross cropped area (b) Culturable wasteland (c) Current fallow (d) Grazing land

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Answer: Option (c)

Q19. Land which is left uncultivated for more than 5 agricultural years is known as _____.
(a) Culturable wasteland (b) Barren land (c) Pastures (d) Fallow Lands
Answer: Option (a)

Q20. The pattern of the net sown area varies greatly from one state to another. It is over 80
per cent of the total area in ______________.
(a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Assam (c) Rajasthan (d) Punjab
Answer: Option (d)

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Q1. Which one of the following type of resource is iron ore? (Textbook)
(a) Renewable (b) Biotic (c) Flow (d) Non-renewable
Answer: d

Q2. Under which of the following type of resource can tidal energy be put? (Textbook)
(a) Replenishable (b) Human-made (c) Abiotic (d) Non-renewable
Answer: a

Q3. Which one of the following is the main cause of land degradation in Punjab? (Textbook)
(a) Intensive cultivation (b) Deforestation (c) Over-irrigation (d) Overgrazing
Answer: c

Q4. In which one of the following States is terrace cultivation practised? (Textbook)
(a) Punjab (b) Plains of Uttar Pradesh (c) Haryana (d) Uttaranchal
Answer: d

Q5. In which of the following States is black soil found? (Textbook)

(a) Jammu & Kashmir (b) Gujarat (c) Rajasthan (d) Jharkhand
Answer: b

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Q6. What percentage of our land should be under forest according to the National Forest Policy
(1952)?
(a) 33 (b) 22.5 (c) 31 (d) 30
Answer: a

Q7. Materials in the environment which have the potential to satisfy human needs but human
beings do not have appropriate technology to access them are called:
(a) Potential resource (b) Stock (c) Developed resource (d) Reserves
Answer: b

Q8. India‟s territorial water extends upto a distance of:

(a) 12 km (b) 12 nautical miles (c) 19.2 miles (d) 200 nautical miles
Answer: b

Q9. 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

Q10. Area sown more than once in an agricultural year plus net sown area is known as:
(a) Net sown area (b) Forest cover (c) Waste land (d) Gross cropped area
Answer: d

Q11. 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

Q12. In which of the following States mining has caused severe land degradation?
(a) Gujarat (b) Jharkhand (c) Kerala (d) Uttaranchal
Answer: b

Q13. 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

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Q14. Which is the most common soil of Northern India?
(a) Black soil (b) Laterite soil (c) Alluvial soil (d) Red soil
Answer: c

Q15. Red soil is mostly found in:

(a) Parts of Jammu & Kashmir
(b) Upper Ganga Plains
(c) Eastern and Southern part of Deccan Plateau
(d) None of the above
Answer: c

Q16. Red soil is reddish in colour due to:

(a) high clay content
(b) presence of kankar nodules in the subsoil
(c) diffusion of iron in igneous and metamorphic rocks
(d) high moisture content
Answer: c

Q17. Which of the following is not important for soil formation?

(a) Relief (b) Parent rock (c) Climate (d) Duration of day
Answer: d

Q18. Black soil is also called:

(a) Bangar (b) Khadar (c) Regur (d) Humus
Answer: c

Q19. Black soils are common in:

(a) Deccan trap region (b) Kashmir Valley
(c) Ganga Valley (d) Northern Plains
Answer: a

Q20. Laterite soil is very useful for growing:

(a) Rice, wheat and mustard (b) Tea, coffee and cashewnut
(c) Pulses, sugarcane and resin (d) None of the above

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Answer: b

Q21. Black soil is deficient in

(a) Calcium carbonate (b) Magnesium
(c) Potash (d) Phosphoric contents
Answer: d

Q22. Which of the following soils has self-aeration capacity?

(a) Alluvial (b) Red soil (c) Black soil (d) Mountain soil
Answer: c

Q23. Ploughing along the contour lines to decelerate the flow of water down the slopes is called:
(a) Strip cropping (b) Sheet erosion (c) Contour ploughing (d) Terrace cultivation
Answer: c

Q24. Which of the following is not a measure for soil conservation?

(a) Strip cropping (b) Terrace cultivation
(c) Shelter belts (d) Overdrawing of ground water
Answer: d

Q25. Land that is left uncultivated for more than five agricultural years is called:
(a) Pasture land (b) Culturable waste land (c) Barren land (d) Current fallow
Answer: b

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Q1. In which of the following states is overgrazing responsible for land degradation?
(a) Jharkhand and Orissa (b) Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan
(c) Punjab and Haryana (d) Kerala and Tamil Nadu
Answer: (b) Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan

Q2. How can the resources be classified on the basis of their origin?
(a) Biotic and Abiotic (b) Renewable and Non-renewable
(c) Individual and Community (d) Potential and Reserves

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Answer: (a) Biotic and Abiotic

Q3. Which one of the following is not the community owned resource?
(a) Grazing grounds (b) Burial grounds (c) Village ponds (d) Privately owned house
Answer: (d) Privately owned house

Q4. When running water cuts through clayey soils and makes deep channels, they lead to:
(a) Gully erosion (b) Sheet erosion (c) Deforestation (d) Afforestation
Answer: (a) Gully erosion

Q5. Which one of the following is a Biotic Resource?

(a) Land (b) Water (c) Human beings (d) Rocks
Answer: (c) Human beings

Q6. Which one of the following is an example of biotic resources?

(a) Rock (b) Iron ore (c) Gold (d) Animal
Answer: (d) Animal

Q7. 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

Q8. The mountain share in the total land area is:

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

Q9. Which one of the following states mostly has laterite soil?
(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Bihar (c) Rajasthan (d) Meghalaya
Answer: (d) Meghalaya

Q10. Which one of the following is not a „Biotic Resource‟?

(a) Flora and Fauna (b) Rocks (c) Fisheries (d) Livestock
Answer: (b) Rocks

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Q11. What is the percentage share of plains in the total land area?
(a) 43% (b) 23% (c) 33% (d) 27%
Answer: (a) 43%

Q12. Which one of the following is not a renewable resource?

(a) Solar energy (b) Wind energy (c) Forests (d) Fossil fuels
Answer: (d) Fossil fuels

Q13. Which one of the following is the main cause of land degradation in Punjab?
(a) Intensive Cultivation (b) Overgrazing (c) Deforestation (d) Over-irrigation
Answer: (d) Over-irrigation

Q14. 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

Q15. Which cold desert is relatively isolated from the rest of country?
(a) Leh (b) Kargil (c) Ladakh (d) Dras
Answer: (c) Ladakh

Q16. 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

Q17. Soil formed by intense leaching is:

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

Q18. In which of the following states is black soil found?

(a) Jammu and Kashmir (b) Bihar (c) Rajasthan (d) Jharkhand
Answer: (c) Rajasthan

Q19. Which one of the following is the main cause of land degradation in Punjab?
(a) Extensive cultivation (b) Deforestation (c) Overgrazing (d) Over-irrigation
Answer: (d) Over-irrigation

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Q20. Which one of the following crops is grown in the black soil?
(a) Rice (b) Wheat (c) Cotton (d) Tea
Answer: (c) Cotton

Q21. 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

Q22. Fossil fuels are examples of which of the following types of resources?
(a) Renewable (b) Flow (c) Biological (d) Non-renewable
Answer: (d) Non-renewable

Q23. Which of the following resource is non-recyclable?

(a) Coal (b) Iron-ore (c) Copper (d) Gold
Answer: (a) Coal

Q24. What is the main reason behind global ecological crises such as global warming and
environmental pollution ?
(a) Depletion of resources
(b) Accumulation of resources in a few hands
(c) Indiscriminate exploitation of resources
(d) Use of resources
Answer: (c) Indiscriminate exploitation of resources

Q25. Which are the main factors that determine creation of a resource?
(a) Nature and technology (b) Nature and human beings
(c) Nature, human beings and technology (d) Technology and human beings
Answer: (c) Nature, human beings and technology

Q26. 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

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Q27. From which Five Year Plan has India made concerted efforts for achieving the goals of
resource planning ?
(a) First Five Year Plan (b) Fifth Five Year Plan
(c) Annual Plans (d) Tenth Five Year Plan
Answer: (a) First Five Year Plan

Q28. On the basis of ownership, plantations can be better considered as which of the following
types of resources?
(a) Individual resource (b) Community owned resource
(c) National resource (d) International resource
Answer: (a) Individual resource

Q29. 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

Q30. Which of the following is a human-made resource?

(a) Petroleum (b) Forests (c) Machines (d) Land
Answer: (c) Machines

Q31. 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

Q32. What was the main contribution of the Brundtland Commission Report, 1987?
(a) Sustainable development as means for resource conservation
(b) Advocated resource conservation for the first time
(c) Presented Gandhian philosophy
(d) All the above
Answer: (a) Sustainable development as means for resource conservation

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Q33. 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

Q34. Which of the following is the root cause for resource depletion at global level, according to
Gandhiji?
(a) Conservation of resources
(b) Use of resources
(c) Greedy and selfish individuals and exploitative nature of modern technology.
(d) Backward technology.
Answer: (c) Greedy and selfish individuals and exploitative nature of modern technology.

Q35. 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

Q36. Which of the following regions in India possesses rich reserves of minerals and fossil
fuels?
(a) Plains (b) Mountains (c) Plateaus (d) Deserts
Answer: (c) Plateaus

Q37. Which among the following is a type of resources classified on the basis of exhaustibility?
(a) Biotic and abiotic (b) Renewable and non-renewable
(c) National and individual (d) Potential and reserves
Answer: (b) Renewable and non-renewable

Q38. How much desired area is required for forest in our country?
(a) 16% (b) 20% (c) 23.2% (d) 33%
Answer: (d) 33%

Q39. Which one of the following soil is ideal for growing cotton?
(a) Regur Soil (b) Laterite Soil (c) Desert Soil (d) Mountainous Soil
Answer: (a) Regur Soil

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Q40. Which of the following method will not help in soil conservation?
(a) Contour ploughing (b) Strip cropping
(c) Creating shelter belts (d) Ploughing up and down the slopes
Answer: (d) Ploughing up and down the slopes

Q41. How can the resources be classified on the basis of their origin?
(a) Biotic and Abiotic (b) Renewable and Non-renewable
(c) Individual and Community (d) Potential and Reserves
Answer: (a) Biotic and Abiotic

Q42. „Laterite‟ has been derived from the Greek word „later‟ which means:
(a) Mountain (b) Brick (c) Rock (d) Stone
Answer: (b) Brick

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