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3-Balancing the need to use resources and also conserve them for the future is called
a. sustainable development
b. resource conservation
c. resource development
d. human resource development
(Ans: a)
5-Land covers only about ____ percent of the total area of the earth’s surface
a. 20
b. 25
c. 30
d. 35
(Ans: c)
11-The process in which bare ground between plants is covered with a layer of organic matter like straw, is
called
a. Mulching
b. Contour carriers
c. Shelter belts
d. Intercropping
(Ans: a)
12-The process in which different crops are grown in alternate rows and are sown at different times to
protect the soil from rain wash, is known as
a. Crop rotation
b. Intercropping
c. Terrace farming
d. Contour cropping
(Ans: b)
13-Fresh water accounts for only ____ percent.
a. 1.7
b. 2.7
c. 3.7
d. 4.7
(Ans: b)
14-Deciduous forests shed their leaves in a particular season to conserve loss of moisture through
a. transpiration
b. evaporation
c. both ‘a’ and ‘b’
d. None of the above
(Ans: a)
15-A natural area designated to protect the ecological integrity of one or more ecosystems for present and
future generations, is called
a. Biosphere reserve
b. National park
c. Bird sanctuaries
d. Wildlife sanctuaries
(Ans: b)
16-Series of protected areas linked through a global network, intended to demonstrate the relationship
between conservation and development, is called
a. Biosphere reserve
b. National park
c. Bird sanctuaries
d. Wildlife sanctuaries
(Ans: a)
20-Minerals that lie at shallow depths are taken out by removing the surface layer; this is known as
a. open-cast mining
b. Shaft mining
c. Drilling
d. All of the above
(Ans: a)
31-‘Bauxite’ is an ore of
a. Iron
b. Copper
c. Aluminium
d. Mica
(Ans: c)
35-Petroleum means
a. Land oil
b. Black oil
c. Shell oil
d. Rock oil
(Ans: d)
40-‘Viticulture’ is
a. Growing vegetables
b. Breeding of fish
c. Rearing of silk worms
d. Cultivation of grapes
(Ans: d)
45-Cotton requires
a. high temperature, light rainfall
b. low temperature, light rainfall
c. high temperature, high rainfall
d. low temperature, high rainfall
(Ans: a)
47-Jute requires
a. Alluvial soil
b. High temperature
c. Heavy rainfall
d. All of the above
(Ans: d)
60- The average density of population in the whole world is ___ persons per square km
a. 21
b. 31
c. 41
d. 51
(Ans: d)
61- The difference between the birth rate and the death rate of a country is called the
a. natural growth rate
b. normal growth rate
c. actual growth rate
d. none of the above
(Ans: a)