Class 10 Social Science: Resources and Development important questions

Resources and Development is a chapter of Class 10 Social Science for the Andhra Pradesh State Board. These 11 questions are marked Very Important, Important or Practice, and each answer has been checked by our team. Use them to revise, not as a prediction of what will come in the exam.

1. Practice · 1 marks

   1. Give any two examples of renewable resources.

   Solar energy and wind energy (also water, forests and wildlife).

2. Practice · 1 marks

   2. When wind blows loose soil off flat or sloping land, it is known as ______ erosion.

   Wind erosion.

3. Practice · 1 marks

   3. Which type of soil is ideal for growing cotton?

   Black soil (regur soil).

4. Practice · 1 marks

   4. Find the odd one out: A. Wind B. Water C. Solar energy D. Metal

   D) Metal. It is a non-renewable resource; the others are renewable.

5. Practice · 1 marks

   5. What percentage of the geographical area should be under forest?

   33%, as recommended by the National Forest Policy (1952).

6. Practice · 1 marks

   6. The soils that develop on crystalline igneous rocks in areas of low rainfall are (a) black soils (b) red soils (c) alluvial soils (d) laterite soils

   (b) Red soils. They look reddish because of iron spread through crystalline and metamorphic rocks.

7. Practice · 1 marks

   7. The main cause of land degradation in Gujarat and Rajasthan is (a) overgrazing (b) mining (c) over-irrigation (d) deforestation

   (a) Overgrazing.

8. Important · 2 marks

   8. Differentiate between Bangar and Khadar.

   Bangar: old alluvium, found on higher land away from rivers; contains kanker (calcium) nodules; less fertile. Khadar: new alluvium, deposited every year by floods on the river plains; finer particles; more fertile.

9. Practice · 1 marks

   9. Which soil is made from lava flows?

   Black soil (regur), formed from basalt rocks of lava flows in the Deccan Trap region.

10. Practice · 1 marks

    10. How are resources classified on the basis of exhaustibility?

    Into renewable resources (e.g. solar energy, wind, forests) and non-renewable resources (e.g. coal, petroleum, minerals).

11. Important · 2 marks

    11. What steps can be taken to control soil erosion in hilly areas?

    1) Contour ploughing: ploughing along the contour lines slows water flowing down the slopes. 2) Terrace farming: cutting steps (terraces) on slopes reduces erosion. (Also strip cropping and planting rows of trees as shelter belts.)