GEOGRAPHY Resource and dev

Question 1

Resources

Answer 1

Anything in nature which can we used to satisfy our needs provided that it is
1. economically feasible
2. techonologically accessible
3. culturally acceptable

Question 2

Classifcation of resources

Answer 2

Origin - biotic/abiotic
Ownership - private / community / national / international
Exhaustability - Yes/no
Status of dev :
1. potential - not used, expensive/not cult feasible
2. Developed surveyed to determine quality and quantity for usage
3. Stock - no tech
4. Reserves- subset of stock, and tech accessible but saved for future use

Question 3

EEZ n allat

Answer 3

12 nautical miles of the border to oceanic body of any country is a national resourse
12-200 nautical miles is exclusive economic zone

Question 4

why do we need resource planning

Answer 4

prevent indiscrimiate use
1. depletion
2. accumulation in hands of few
3. global ecological crises

Question 5

Summit

Answer 5

• Rio de janeiro, brazil, 1992
• 1st international earth summit
• signed the declaration of climate change and biological diversity
• endorsed agenda 21
• and forest policy

Question 6

Agenda 21

Answer 6

Aims to combat:- poverty, env damage, disease
through : Common interests, mutual needs, shared interests

PED thru CIMN SR

Question 7

what is resource planning

Answer 7

widely accepted strat for judicious use of resources

Question 8

resource planning steps

Answer 8

1. Identification and inventory : mapping, and surverying quantity and quality of resources
2. Evolve a planning structure well endowed with tech, skill and institute required
3. align the resource dev goal with national develpoment goals

Question 9

india land relief distribution

Answer 9

Plains : 43%
Mt : 30 %
Plateau : 27%

Question 10

Land utilization

Answer 10

1. Fallow land -
   i) current
   ii) other than current
2. Land not available for cultivation
   i) Land put to non agricultural uses
   ii) Barren wasteland
3. Land not put to agricultural uses
   i) grazing land
   ii) misc tree groves
   iii) culturable wasteland
4. Forests
5. NSA

Question 11

india area and %

Answer 11

3.28 million sq km, 93%

Question 12

Land degradation, causes and areas

Answer 12

mining - Jharkhand
Overgrazing
Over irrigation
ground water

Question 13

factors affecting soil formation

Answer 13

1. Relief
2. Parent rock
3. Climate
4. Vegetaion

Question 14

Red and yellow soil

Answer 14

Crystalline igneous rocks
Low rainfall areas
Red - iron
Yellow when moisture

Question 15

Laterite

Answer 15

Later - brick
tropical and subtropical
alt wet and dry season
deep
acidic
caused by leaching due to heavy rain
no good for plant
humus rich where they support forests
humus poor where they dont
after apropriate teatment, use for tea and coffee in kerala, karnataka, tamil nadu
nuts in tamil nadu, andhra pradesh, kerela

Question 16

Arid

Answer 16

saline
has kanker lower down, so bad ground water

Question 17

forest

Answer 17

mountainous
coarses higher, finer in lower slopes of valleys
under snow cover- acidic, denudation, low humus

Question 18

Alluvial

Answer 18

plains - ganga, bhrama, indus
peninsula - Krishna, kaveri, godavari, mahanadi
coarser, further from the river, finer nearer to river
bhangar - older, coarser
khadar - more fertile

rice, wheat, pulses, cereal

potash, lime, phosphoric acid

Question 19

Black soil

Answer 19

Regur
Potash, lime, magnesion, calcium carbonate
develops cracks during summer; aeration
need to be tilled immediatley after first shower, or become difficult to work in
basalt region

Question 20

Soil erosion

Answer 20

denudation and subsequent washing away of top soil