Class X Chapter 1: Resources - types, sustainable development, planning and conservation
Resources is the name of the chapter in the high school geography textbook for class 10 standard, the chapter deals with the types of resources, development of resources, resource planning and conservation of resources.
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Here are possible questions that could be asked from this chapter:-
Q. What do you understand by resources?
ANS. All-natural and man-made substances that can fulfil human needs and satisfy human wants are termed resources. Air, water, food, bridges, furniture, and playgrounds are examples of resources.
Q. What is human resource?
ANS. Human beings are parts of most resources because they are required to make artificial resources and also to modify the available resources. Hence the services of humans are termed human resources.
Types of Resources
Depending on various bases, there are many types of resources.
Q. Classify resources based on origin.
ANS. Based on origin, resources are of two types -
(1) Biotic Resources - any living resources are called biotic resources. Examples of biotic resources are human beings, plants, animals, forests, and livestock.
(2) Abiotic Resources - any non-living resources are called abiotic resources. Examples of abiotic resources are soil, rocks, furniture, water, and minerals.
Q. Give one example of each of the biotic and abiotic resources.
ANS.
Example of biotic resources - animals
Example of biotic resources - land
Q. Classify resources based on exhaustibility.
ANS. Based on exhaustibility, resources are grouped into two types -
(1) Renewable resources - those resources that can be renewed or recycled over a short period are called renewable resources. Examples are solar energy, water, and forest.
(2) Non-renewable energy - those resources that cannot be renewed over a short period are called non-renewable resources. Examples are fossil fuels and metals.
Q. Classify resources based on ownership.
ANS. Based on ownership, resources are divided into four types -
(1) Individual resources - comprised of all properties owned and managed by a private person. Houses, agricultural land, ponds, furniture, etc are some examples of individual resources.
(2) Community-owned resources - comprised of all the resources owned and managed by a community or society. Playgrounds, sacred forests, and burial places are examples of community-owned resources.
(3) National resources - comprised of all resources owned and managed by the state or country. National highways, railways, seas up to 12 nautical miles from the seashore and territories are examples of national resources.
(4) International resources - comprised of all resources owned and managed by international institutions. Straits and sea waters beyond 200 km of exclusive economic zones are international resources.
Q. Classify resources based on the state of development.
ANS. Based on the state of development, resources are of three types -
(1) Potential resources - comprised of all resources which are present in a place but not being used. For example, Rajasthan has great solar and wind energy that has not been tapped.
(2) Developed resources - comprised of the resources which are being used properly as per the available technology.
(3) Stock and Reserve Resources - stock resources are those resources which are available but not being used because of the lack of technology to successfully tap them. For example, man lacks the procedure to use the stocks of hydrogen and oxygen to commercially produce water. Reserve resources are those resources which can be utilized but postponed for future uses. For example, the river in a place can be used to generate electricity but was not done at present.
Q. What is resource planning?
Resource planning refers to the techniques of a balanced utilisation of resources.
Q.Explain the three levels of resource planning.
ANS. Resource planning consists of three levels -
The first level of resource planning comprises of identification and preparation of resources which includes surveying, mapping, and estimation of the quantity, characteristics and properties of the resources.
Level 2 or Second level resource planning:
In the second level of resource planning, the resource is examined based on the available technology, economy and needs.
Level 3 or third level of resource planning:
In the third and final level of resource planning, a plan to use the resource is evolved to match the overall national development plans.
Q. What do you understand about sustainable economic development?
ANS. Sustainable economic development refers to the development that neither damages the environment nor compromises the needs of the future generation.
Q. What is conservation of resources?
Conservation of resources refers to the wise use of resources efficiently without harming future needs.
Multiple Choice questions
Q. Natural and man-made things that satisfy human needs are called
(a) Resources
(b) human resources
(c) environment
(d) technology
Q. Which of the following types of resources is iron ore?
(a) renewable
(b) biotic
(c) abiotic
(d) recyclable
Q. Fossil fuels are examples of which of the following types of resources?
(a) renewable
(b) flow
(c) biological
(d) non-renewable
Q. Under which of the following types of resources can solar energy be categorized?
(a) renewable
(b) human-made resources
(c) non-recyclable
(c) exhaustible resources
Q. Which of the following is a human-made resource?
(a) petroleum
(b) forest
(c) machines
(d) land
Q. These resources can be utilized with the help of technical know-how but being postponed for future use is called.
(a) potential resources
(b) developed resources
(c) stock resources
(d) reserved resources.
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