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Q1. Which of the following methods does not help in soil conservation?
Contour ploughing
Strip cropping
Creating shelter belts
Ploughing up and down the slopes
Q2. Which one of the following type of resource is iron ore?
Renewable
Biotic
Flow
Non-renewable
Q3. In which of the following states is overgrazing responsible for land degradation?
Jharkhand and Orissa
Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan
Punjab and Haryana
Kerala and Tamil Nadu
Q4. Under which of the following type of resource can tidal energy be put? (Textbook)
Replenishable
Human-made
Abiotic
Non-renewable
Q5. Which one of the following is a renewable resource?
Coal
Petroleum
Solar energy
Fossil fuels
Q6. Which of the following resource is non-recyclable?
Coal
Iron-ore
Copper
Gold
Q7. How can the resources be classified on the basis of their origin?
Biotic and Abiotic
Renewable and Non-renewable
Individual and Community
Potential and Reserves
Q8. Which one of the following is the main cause of land degradation in Punjab? (Textbook)
Intensive cultivation
Deforestation
Over-irrigation
Overgrazing
Q9. The alluvial soil consists of
sand
silt
clay
all of the above
Q10. In which one of the following states is terrace cultivation practised?
Punjab
Plains of Uttar Pradesh
Haryana
Uttarakhand
Q11. Which one of the following is not the community owned resource?
Grazing grounds
Burial grounds
Village ponds
Privately owned house
Q12. In which of the following States is black soil found?
Jammu & Kashmir
Gujarat
Rajasthan
Jharkhand
Q13. One of the following which does not check land degradation-
control on overgrazing
creating shelter belts
deforestation
afforestation
Q14. When running water cuts through clayey soils and makes deep channels, they lead to:
Gully erosion
Sheet erosion
Deforestation
Afforestation
Q15. What percentage of our land should be under forest according to the National Forest Policy (1952)?
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