VANDANA VIDYAMANDIR CLASSES
Important Question(Geography)
Q1.Define the term resource? (Cbse2015)
Everything available in one environment which
can be used to satisfy one needs provided it is
technology accessible economically feasible
and culturally acceptable can be termed as
resource.
Q2.What were Gandhiji's views on
conservation of resources? (Cbse 2013)
 Gandhiji was very apt in voicing his
concerned about resources
conservation.
 He said there is enough for everybody is
need and not for anybody's greed.
 He regarded the greedy and selfish and
individual and the exploitative nature of
modern technology as a root cause for
resource depletion at the global level.
Q3.Give some important feature of black soil.
(Cbse 2019)
 Black soils are made up of extremely
fine ,clayey material .
 They are well known for their capacity
to hold moisture
 They are rich in soil nutrients such as
calcium carbonate, magnesium
,potassium and lime
 They are develop deep cracks during hot
weather which helps in the proper
edition of the soil.
Q4.What Is the importance of soil as a
resource? (Cbse2014)
 soil is the most important renewable
natural resource
 it is the medium for plant growth and
support different type of living organism
on the earth
 soil helps in providing food to its Earth.
Q5.What is sheet erosion? (Cbse2019)
Sometimes water flows as a sheet over large
areas down a slope in such case the top soil is
wasted away this is known as sheet erosion.
Q6.Which are responsible for soil formation?
(Cbse2020)
Soil is a living system it takes million of yours to
form soil up to a few cms in depth.
Relief,parent Rock, climate, vegetation and
other forms of life and time are important
factors in the formation of soil. Various factors
of nature such as change in temperature,
action of running water, wind and glacier
activities of decomposer etc contribute to the
formation of soil. Chemical and organic
changes which take place in the soil are equally
important.
Q7.What is biodiversity? (Cbse 2018)
Biodiversity includes all living beings starting
from microorganisms and bacteria lichens, to
Banyan trees, elephants and blue whales. It is
closely integrated in a system through multiple
network of interdependencies.
Q8.Which are Endangered species?
(Cbse2020)
Species which are in danger of extinction. The
survival of such species is difficult in the
negative factors that have led to a decline in
the population continue to operate.
Q9.How were forest depleted by tribal people
of India? (Cbse2017)
Extension parts of tribal specially in the north
eastern and Central part have cleared the
forest for practicing shifting cultivation or
jhumming, a type of slash and burn agriculture
Q10.How is mining an important factor behind
deforestation? (Cbse 2019)
The Buxa tiger reserve in West Bengal is
seriously threatened by the ongoing dolomite
mining. It has disturbed the natural habitat of
many species and blocked the migration root
of several others including the great Indian
elephant.
Q11.What were the provisions of the Indian
wildlife act in 1972? (Cbse2020)
It was implemented with the various provisions
for protecting habitats. The thrust of the
program was towards protecting the remaining
population of certain endangered species by
banning, hunting, giving legal protection to
their habitats and restricting trade in wildlife.
Q12.How are flora and fauna in India under
great threat? (Cbse2022)
India is one of the world's richest countries in
flora and fauna. This diverse flora and fauna
are so well integrated in our daily life.
Flora and fauna are undergrades stress mainly
due to intensitivity towards the environment.
Some estimate suggest that at least 10% of
India's wild flora and 20% of its mammals are
on threatened list. Many of these around the
world of extinction like the cheetah, pink
headed duck, plants like mahua.
Q13.Give a brief description about the project
tiger? (Cbse2020)
 Project Tiger was launched in 1973.
Initially, it showed success as the tiger
population went up but in 1993, it has
dropped.
 The major threats to tiger population
are poaching for trade, shrinking
habitat, depletion of prey, growing
human population.
 The trade of tiger skins and the use of
their bones in traditional medicines
especially in the Asian countries had left
the tiger population on the verge of
extinction. There are now 39 tiger
reserves in India; e.g., Corbett National
Park in Uttarakhand, Sunderbans in
West Bengal, Bandhavgarh in Madhya
Pradesh Sariska in Rajasthan, Manas in
Assam, etc.
Q14.What are scared groves? Give some
examples of these sacred groves. (Cbse2017)
Worship is an age old tribal believe based on
the belief that all creations of the nature have
to be protected. Believes have preserved
several forest in pristine form. These are called
sacred groves. These patches of forest have
been left untouched by the local people and
any interference with them is banned. Some
particular trees in the category are mahua
kadamba tamarind people Banyan Tulsi etc.
Trees are protected by local tribes for a various
religions of India and our worshipped or their
leaves are used for auspicious occasions like :-
weddings some religious ceremony's and
festivals like Diwali.
Q15.What methods of conservation have
been adopted by the Indian government?
(Cbse2017)
 In the 1960s and 1970's conservationists
demanded a national wildlife protection
program.
 The Indian wildlife act was implemented
in 1972 with provisions for protecting
habitats. And all India list of protected
species was also published.
 The thrust of the program was on
protecting the remaining population of
certain and danger species by banning
hunting activities giving legal protection
to their habitats and restricting trade in
wildlife. Then the central and many
state government established national
parks and wildlife sanctuaries. The
central government also announced
several projects for protecting species
like which were gravely threatened like
the tiger,the one horned rhinos, the
Kashmir stag and crocodiles. Recently
the Indian elephant blackbuck The great
Indian bustard and the snow leopard
have been given full or partial legal
protection against hunting and trade
throughout India.
Q16.What are the main causes of water
scarcity? (Cbse2016)
Overpopulation:- water scarcity may be an
outcome of a large and growing population and
results in greater demands for water and
unequal access to it.
Commercialisation of agriculture:- after the
success of Green Revolution farmers are
producing commercial crops. The commercial
crops need more water for irrigation.
Urbanisation:- urbanisation is another factor
for scarcity of water. Since new lifestyles in the
urban cities have developed and
overexploitation of water continues, there is
water scarcity.
Q17.What do you know about the Narmada
Bachao Andolan? (Cbse2016)
 Save Narmada movement is a Non
governmental organisation
 It mobilised tribal people, farmers
environment list and human rights
activist against the sardar sarovar dam
being built across the Narmada river in
Gujarat. It focused on the environmental
issues related to trees that would be
submerged under the dam water.
 Recently it has refocused its aim to
rehabilitate displaced people.
Q18.Give a brief description of hydrological
cycle. (Cbse 2020)
 The hydrological cycle of the earth is the
sum total of all processes in which water
moves from the land and ocean surface
to the atmosphere and back in form of
precipitation. The hydrological cycle is
dependent on various factors and is
equally affected by oceans and land
surfaces.
 Three fourth of the Earth's crust is
covered with water, but only a small
proportion of its accounts for freshwater
that can be put to use.
 Hydrological cycle began with the
evaporation process due to heat of sun
on all water bodies of the water
including seas and oceans.
 Is my new particles of the water then
get condensed in this process of
condensation clouds are formed with
does particles and pollen grains present
in atmosphere.
 When saturation takes place then clouds
precipitate in the form of rain or snow
this freshwater then becomes surface
run of water in the form of rivers ponds
and lakes this water again get into seas
ocean and forms a hydrological process.
Q19.why India called an agrarian
country? (Cbse 2015)
India is an agrarian country as two third of its
population is engaged in agriculture activities.
Agriculture is a primary activity in india which
produces most of the food that we consume.
Q20.What is slash and burn agriculture? (Cbse
2014)
Slash and burn is a method of farming that
involves clearing land by destroying and
burning all the trees and plants on it,
farming there for a short time, and then
moving on to clear a new piece of land.
Traditional slash and burn farming methods
have exhausted the soil.
Q21.What is Jhumming? (Cbse2015)
Jhumming, also known as slash-and-burn
agriculture or shifting cultivation, is a
traditional method of farming that involves
clearing a patch of forest or vegetation,
burning it, and then planting crops on the land.
Q22.What is intensive subsistence farming?
(Cbse2013)
It is labour intensive farming where high doses
of biochemical inputs and irrigation are used
for obtaining higher production.
Q23.Why is India called agriculture country?
(Cbse2012)
Two third of its population is engaged in
agriculture activities, agriculture is a primary
activity which produces most of the food that is
consumed, it also produces raw material for
various activities. Agriculture products like tea
coffee spices etc are also exported to earn for
foreign exchange.
Q24.Is minerals are rocks? (Cbse2018)
Mineral is a homogeneous naturally occurring
substance with a definable internal structure.
Rocks are combination of homogenous
substance called minerals.
Q25.What is an ore? (Cbse 2017)
Ore is natural rock or sediment that contains
one or more valuable minerals, typically
containing metals, that can be mined, treated
and sold at a profit. Ore is extracted from the
earth through mining and treated or refined,
often via smelting, to extract the valuable
metals or minerals.
Q26.Is bituminous coal formed? (Cbse2018)
Coal that has been buried deep and subjected
to increase temperature is bituminous coal, it is
metallurgical coal which has special value for
smelting iron in blast furnaces.
Q27.How is tidal energy produced?
(Cbse2010)
Floodgate dams are built across inlets. During
high tide water flows into the inlets and get
trapped when the gate is closed after the tide
falls outside the flood get the water retained
by the flood gate flows back to the sea via A
pipe that carries its to a power generating
turbine.
Q28.How is nuclear or atomic energy
obtained? (Cbse2019)
Nuclear energy is obtained by altering the
structure of atoms. When such and alteration is
made much energy is released in the form of
heat and this is used to generate electric
power.
Q29.What is the importance of minerals in our
lives? (Cbse2018)
 Mineral are indispensable part of our
lives. Almost everything we use from a
tiny pin, building or a big ship are all
made from minerals.
 The railway lines and the roads too are
made from minerals.
 Cars,busus trains aeroplanes are
manufactured from minerals and run on
power resources derived from Earth.
Q30.How is nuclear energy or atomic energy
produced? (Cbse2016)
 Nuclear energy is obtained by altering
the structure of an atom
 When such alteration is made much
energy is released in the form of heat
and this is used to generate electricity.
 Uranium and thorium which are
available in Jharkhand and Aravali
ranges of Rajasthan are used for
generating atomic or nuclear power.
Q31.What is manufacturing give some
examples. (Cbse2018)
 Production of goods in large quantities
after processing from raw material to
more valuable product is called
manufacturing.
 Example paper is manufactured from
wood sugar from sugarcane iron and
steel from iron ore and Aluminium from
bauxite. Primary goods are
manufactured and become finished
goods.
Q32.What are agglomeration economies?
(Cbse2019)
 Cities provide markets and also provide
services which is banking insurance
transport labour consultants and
financial advisor etc .
 Mini industries tend to come together to
make use of the advantages offered by
the urban centres known as
agglomeration economies. Gradually a
large industrial agglomeration takes
place. So it is basically coordination of
various industries in a city for the
development of manufacturing
industries.
Q33.How can agriculture and industry go hand
in hand.? (Cbse2018)
 The agro industries in India have given a
major boost to agriculture by raising its
production. Producers equipments like
tractors, harvesters, threshers etc
 On the other hand industries are run on
agriculture products like cotton
sugarcane jute edible oil.
Q34.Which industries are called basic or key
industries? (Cbse2015)
Industries which supplied their products or raw
materials to manufacturing other goods are
called basic or key industries. Ex. Iron and steel
and copper is smelting and Aluminium
smelting.
Q35.What are cooperative sectors?
(Cbse2020)
Cooperative sector industries are owned and
operated by the producers are suppliers of raw
materials workers or both. They pool in the
resources and share the profits or losses
proportionately such as sugar industry in
Maharashtra are coir industry in Kerala.