geo-resources and development

1) 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

2) 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

3) 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.

4) 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

7) ______ are the resources which are surveyed, and their quality and quantity have been determined for utilization.

• a) Developed resources

• b) Reserves

• c) Stock

• d) Abiotic

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

• a) Rio de Janeiro

• b) São Paulo

• c) Brasilia

• d) Curitiba

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

• a) Agenda 20

• b) Agenda 21

• c) Agenda 19

• d) Agenda 22

11) Which of the following statements about Agenda 21 is true?

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• 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).

12) 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

14) ________ 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) John Cena