chapter 1 resource and development

Question 1

resource

Answer 1

anything in the environment to satisfy our need .it should be economical,technology and culturally acceptable

Question 2

basis of classification of resources

Answer 2

origin,exhaustablity,ownership, status of development

Question 3

territorial water

Answer 3

12 nautical miles , exclusive right of the nation

Question 4

international water

Answer 4

beyond exclusive economic zone of 200 miles

Question 5

deep sea mining rights of india

Answer 5

indian ocean beyond exclusive economic zone ,manganese

Question 6

potential,developed,stock and reserved resource

Answer 6

potential - can use but not using eg wind energy in rajasthan and gujrat

developed - can and are using

stock-dont have technology to use eg hydrogen from water

reserved -subset of stock ,have technology but reserved for future generation eg rivers being used to limited extend

Question 7

first earth submit

Answer 7

1992, rio de janerio, sustainable development , agenda 21 ,UNCED ,100 STATES

Question 8

Club of rome

Answer 8

advocated resource conservation in 1968
scuhumatcher -small is beautiful in 1974
brundtland comittee report-sustainable development 1987

Question 9

land resource

Answer 9

40 percent plains
30 percent hill
27 percent plateau

Question 10

cultruable land

Answer 10

land not sown for 5 years

Question 11

net sown area

Answer 11

area sown only once a year

Question 12

gross cropped area

Answer 12

area sown once a year + net sown area

Question 13

deforestration due to mining is seen in

Answer 13

jharkhand,chattisgarh,odisha ,MP

Question 14

land degradation due to overgrazing

Answer 14

gujrat,rajasthan,MP. maharashtra

Question 15

land degradation due to over irrigation

Answer 15

punjab , hariyana ,western UP ….SALINITY AND alkaline

Question 16

types of alluvial soil and rich in

Answer 16

bhangar and khadar …bhangar is old and khadar is young and fine and more fertile .
bhangar has kanker

rich is potash phosphoric acid and lime

Question 17

alluvial soil is found in

Answer 17

northern plains,extends upto rajasthan and gujrat,delta of mahanadi,godavari,krishna and kaveri

forms duars ,terai and chos

Question 18

black soil

Answer 18

also called regur soil
important condition-climate and parent rock
region-deccan trap
places-maharashtra,saurastra,malva ,madhyapradesh,chattisgarh,godavari and krishna valley

Question 19

characteristics of black soil

Answer 19

clayey,hold water ,rich in calcium carbonate,potash,magnesium , lime

lack phosphoric content
develop cracks in summer and help in aeration

Question 20

red and yellow soil formed,where,region.why red colour

Answer 20

formed -crystalline igneous rock
where-low rainfall
region-eastern and southern deccan

place-odisha,chattisgarh ,southern part of ganga plane,peidmont zone of western ghat

red colour due to iron diffusion