Indraprastha INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Sector 10, Dwarka, New Delhi – 110075

SESSION-2022-23

Question Bank
MA/SSC/APRIL/VIII/2022-23
TOPIC: Geography: Chapter- 1 Resources

I. Objective Based Questions:

1. Identify the incorrect option:

a. People can use ideas, knowledge, inventions and discoveries to create
more resources.
b. Soil and minerals are natural resources.
c. Utility or usability cannot make an object or substances a resource.
d. Time and Technology can change substance into resource
2. Choose the correct option:
Utility means ____________________of a substance.

a. worth b. quantity c. health d. conservation

3. In the questions given below, there are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and
Reason (R): Read the statement and choose the correct option:
Assertion (A): Humans are important resource.
Reason ( R): It is humans who recognize the utility of all resources and develop
them to maximise their utility.
Options:
A Both A and B are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
B. Both A and B are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
C. A is correct, but R is wrong.
D. A is wrong, but R is correct

4.
Name the term given to the resources that are drawn from Nature and used
without much modification.
a. Depletable b. Human made
c. Natural resources d. Human
5.
Listed below are some important principles of sustainable development. Which one
among them is NOT TRUE with respect to the principles of sustainable
development?
a Respect and care for all forms of life
b. Conserve the earth’s vitality and diversity
c. Maximise the depletion of natural resources
d. Change personal attitude and practices toward the environment

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 Long Answer Questions:
1. “Resources are distributed unequally on the earth.” Support your answers with an
example.
2. What is resource conservation?

3. “Humans are the most important resource.” Explain.

4. Write a short note on sustainable development.

5. With the help of an example, explain how gift of nature can become a valuable
resource.
6. Mention the factors on which the utilization of resources depends.

7. Differentiate between the renewable and non-renewable resources.

8. “Resources Conservation is the need of the hour.” Substantiate the statement.

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