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Earn 100

Answer the following questions:

(a) Give two examples of resource conservation practices in our daily lives that make the way for sustainable development.

(b) We need sustainable development because resource exploitation is leading to inequality. Explain the inequity of resource in two points.

(c) Name one international summit that discussed sustainable development as a goal.

Important Questions on Resources and Development

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Social Science Textbook of Competency Based Questions for Class X>Chapter 1 - Resources and Development>Exercise 1>Q 15

Look at the map given below:

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Observe the regions where laterite soil is present. Using the map, explain the similarities between areas that have laterite soil.

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Social Science Textbook of Competency Based Questions for Class X>Chapter 1 - Resources and Development>Exercise 1>Q 16

Match the following : 

RESOURCES EXAMPLES 
a. Renewable Resources  I. Forests and wildlife 
b. Non -Renewable Resources II. The oceanic resources 
c. National Resources III. Roads, canals and railway
d. International Resources IV. Minerals and fossil fuels

 

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Social Science Textbook of Competency Based Questions for Class X>Chapter 1 - Resources and Development>Exercise 1>Q 17
Sharanya is making a list of natural resources for a project. She puts wind energy under one column and coal under another column. On what basis is she classifying the resources?
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Social Science Textbook of Competency Based Questions for Class X>Chapter 1 - Resources and Development>Exercise 1>Q 18
Write the difference between potential, developed, stock and reserve resources.
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Social Science Textbook of Competency Based Questions for Class X>Chapter 1 - Resources and Development>Exercise 1>Q 20
Which of the following factors need to be kept in mind while allocating resources?
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Social Science Textbook of Competency Based Questions for Class X>Chapter 1 - Resources and Development>Exercise 1>Q 26
Analyze the impact of mining activities on the local environment and the health of the surrounding communities.
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Social Science Textbook of Competency Based Questions for Class X>Chapter 1 - Resources and Development>Exercise 1>Q 27
Study the two pie charts in the figure below given for land use and find out why the net sown area and the land under forests have changed from 1960-61 to 2014-2015 drastically.  Question Image
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Social Science Textbook of Competency Based Questions for Class X>Chapter 1 - Resources and Development>Exercise 1>Q 30
What is the difference between denudation, leaching and erosion.