Oswaal Social Science Question Bank Class 10 CBSE 2025 PDF

Resources and Development 87 2. Why is soil considered as a resource? Explain with – Steps can be cut out on the slopes making terraces. five...

Resources and Development 87 2. Why is soil considered as a resource? Explain with – Steps can be cut out on the slopes making terraces. five arguments. U [Term-1, 2015] Terrace cultivation restricts erosion. Western and Ans. (i) Soil is considered as a resource because it is used central Himalayas have well developed terrace to satisfy our needs. farming. (ii) It is the most important renewable natural resource. – Large fields can be divided into strips. Strips of grass (iii) It is the medium of plant growth. are left to grow between the crops. This breaks up (iv) It is home to innumerable forms of living organisms the force of the wind. This method is known as strip on earth. cropping. (v) It is the base of our life. 1×5=5 – Planting lines of trees to create shelter also works [Marking Scheme, 2015] in a similar way. Rows of such trees are called shelter belts. These shelter belts have contributed Commonly Made Error significantly to the stabilisation of sand dunes and in stabilising the desert in western India. Natural Very few students are able to answer why soil is forces like wind, glacier and water lead to soil considered as a resource. erosion. [Marking Scheme APQ 2023-24] Answering Tip 5. “There are many ways to solve the problems of It is important to mention the need of soil in the land degradation.” Substantiate the statement with ecological system. illustrations. [APQ 2023-24] Ans. There are many ways to solve the problems of land 3. What steps can be taken to control soil erosion in degradation. hilly areas? [SQP 2023-24] – Afforestation and proper management of grazing 4. Analyse the measures adopted to prevent soil can help to some extent. erosion which is caused due to natural forces. – Planting of shelter belts of plants, control on [APQ 2023-24] overgrazing, stabilisation of sand dunes by growing OR thorny bushes are some of the methods to check Enumerate the natural forces which lead to soil land degradation in arid areas. erosion. – Proper management of waste lands, control of Ans. There are various measures which can be adopted mining activities, proper discharge and disposal of to prevent soil erosion caused due to natural forces. industrial effluents and wastes after treatment can – Ploughing along the contour lines can decelerate reduce land and water degradation in industrial the flow of water down the slopes. This is called and suburban areas. contour ploughing. [Marking Scheme APQ 2023-24] COMPETENCY BASED QUESTIONS Objective Type Questions 2. We should analyse the role of the superior [A] Multiple Choice Questions technology of the British in the colonisation of India 1. Historically, colonising countries took advantage and exploiting its resources. 3. We should remember that the advancements in the of India’s rich resources to gain supremacy. Why field of technology are one of the most important was India not able to resist the exploitation of her aspects of the utilization of resources efficiently. resources? R [CBE] (A) due to lack of use for products derived from Ans. Option (B) is correct. natural resources 2. Arrange the following in the correct sequence: (B) due to the colonising countries superior Resource planning in India involves: technology [SQP 2023-24] (C) due to lack of awareness about India’s resources (i) Evolving a planning structure endowed with (D) due to over-utilisation of resources. appropriate technology, skill and institutional set up for implementing resource development plans. Remember... (ii) Identification and inventory of resources across the regions of the country. This involves surveying, Such types of questions will help you in understand- mapping and qualitative and quantitative estimation ing the role of resources in attracting foreign powers to and measurement of the resources. one’s nation. (iii) Matching the resource development plans with 1. We remember that India was one of the favourite overall national development plans. destinations of the colonial powers due to the high Options: availability of resources: natural as well as human- (A) (i) - (ii) - (iii) (B) (iii) - (i) - (ii) made. (C) (ii) - (i) - (iii) (D) (i) - (iii) - (ii) This Question is for practice and its solution is given at the end of the chapter. 88 Oswaal CBSE Question Bank Chapterwise & Topicwise, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Class-X Ans. Option (C) is correct. 9. Column A Column B Explanation: First step in resource planning is to identify the resource inventory followed by making (i) Renewable Re- (a) Forests and wild- sources life a planned structure for implementation of resource plan and finally matching the plan with overall (ii) Non-Renewable (b) The oceanic re- developmental plan of nation. Resources sources 3. “There is enough for everybody’s need and not for (iii) National Resourc- (c) Roads, canals and anybody’s greed”. Who said this? R [SQP 2023-24] es railway (A) Jawaharlal Nehru (iv) International (d) Minerals and (B) Atal Bihari Vajpayee Resources fossil fuels (C) M. K. Gandhi A [SQP 2022-23] (D) Sunder Lal Bahuguna (A) a-i, b-iv, c-iii, d-ii (B) a-ii, b-i, c-iv, d-iii Ans. Option (C) is correct. (C) a-iv, b-i, c-iv, d-ii (D) a-i, b-iv, c-ii, d-iii Explanation: According to Gandhiji, the greedy Ans. Option (A) is correct. and selfish individuals, and exploitative nature of Explanation: Renewable resources are those which modern technology is the root cause for resource will replenish in a finite amount of time like forests depletion at the global level. and wildlife in this case. The non-renewable 4. Resources which are surveyed and their quantity resources are those which cannot be regained back and quality have been determined for utilisation is easily once finished like coal and petroleum. Roads, known as _________. R [SQP 2023-24] canals and railways come under the category of (A) potential resources (B) stock the national resources and oceanic resources are (C) developed resources (D) reserves international resources. Ans. Option (C) is correct. 10. Column A Column B Explanation: The development of resources depends (i) Black Soil (a) Western Rajasthan on technology and level of their feasibility. (ii) Alluvial Soil (b) Himalayan Region 5. __________Zone is the oceanic zone in which the country has the right to do fishing, drilling, etc. (iii) Arid Soil (c) Northern Plains R [OEB] (iv) Forest Soil (d) Maharashtra (A) Marine Economic A [SQP 2023-24] (B) Exclusive Economic (A) (i)-(D), (ii)-(C), (iii)-(A), (iv)-(B) (C) Aquatic Economic (B) (i)-(C), (ii)-(D), (iii)-(B), (iv)-(A) (D) International Economic (C) (i)-(B), (ii)-(A), (iii)-(D), (iv)-(C) Ans. Option (B) is correct (D) (i)-(A), (ii)-(B), (iii)-(C), (iv)-(D) Explanation: Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) which Ans. Option (A) is correct. is an area upto 200 nautical miles is country’s land Explanation: coast wherein the country has right to do exploration (i) Black soil is typical of the Basalt region spread over and exploitation of marine resources. the northwest Deccan plateau and is made up of lava 6. Development which takes place without damaging flows. the environment and compromising with the needs (ii) Northern plains are made of alluvial soil deposited by Himalayan rivers. of the future generations is called __________ development. R [OEB] (iii) In Western Rajasthan, due to dry climate and high temperature, only after proper irrigation does Arid (A) sustainable (B) future soil become cultivable. (C) resource (D) collateral (iv) In hilly and mountainous areas enough rain forests Ans. Option (A) is correct are available. Explanation: Sustainable development is the development which meets the needs of the present 11. Column A Column B generation without compromising the needs of the (i) Red and Yellow (a) Rajasthan, Gujarat future generations. Soil 7. The book “Small is Beautiful” is written by (ii) Laterite Soil (b) Odisha, Chhattis- __________. R [OEB] garh (A) Schumacher (B) Agatha Christie (C) Ruskin Bond (D) Abhijit Sen (iii) Alluvial Soil (c) Maharashtra, 8. Which of the following is not a renewable resource? Madhya Pradesh R [OEB] (iv) Black Soil (d) Karnataka, Kerala (A) Solar Energy (B) Wind A [OEB] (C) Biomass (D) Coal (A) (i)-(D), (ii)-(C), (iii)-(A), (iv)-(B) Ans. Option (D) is correct. (B) (i)-(C), (ii)-(D), (iii)-(B), (iv)-(A) Explanation: Coal is not a renewable source of energy (C) (i)-(B), (ii)-(D), (iii)-(A), (iv)-(C) rather it is a non-renewable source. (D) (i)-(B), (ii)-(A), (iii)-(D), (iv)-(C) This Question is for practice and its solution is given at the end of the chapter.