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Iron Ore and Soil Resources Quiz

Test your knowledge about geography and social science with our engaging quiz focused on resources like iron ore, soil types, and conservation methods.

This quiz consists of 21 questions that cover a range of important topics, including:

Types of resources
Soil conservation techniques
Agricultural practices
Geographical features of India

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1) Which one of the following type of resource is iron ore?

Renewable

Biotic

Flow

Non-renewable

2) Resources that take long geological time for their formation are called:

Renewable resources

Reserve

Community resources

Non-renewable resources

3) Area sown more than once in an agricultural year plus net sown area is known as:

Net sown area

Forest cover

Waste land

Gross cropped area

4) In which of the following States mining has caused severe land degradation?

Gujarat

Jharkhand

Kerala

Uttaranchal

5) Which is the most common soil of Northern India?

Black soil

Laterite soil

Alluvial soil

Red soil

6) Red soil is reddish in colour due to:

High clay content

Presence of kankar nodules in the subsoil

Diffusion of iron in igneous and metamorphic rocks

High moisture content

7) Which of the following is not important for soil formation?

Relief

Parent rock

Climate

Duration of day

8) Black soil is also called:

Bangar

Khadar

Regur

Humus

9) Which of the following is not a measure for soil conservation?

Strip cropping

Terrace cultivation

Shelter belts

Overdrawing of ground water

10) Land that is left uncultivated for more than five agricultural years is called:

Pasture land

Culturable waste land

Barren land

Current fallow

11) Which one of the following is a renewable resource?

Coal

Petroleum

Solar energy

Fossil fuels

12) The alluvial soil consists of

Sand

Silt

Clay

All of the above

13) One of the following which does not check land degradation-

Control on overgrazing

Creating shelter belts

Deforestation

Afforestation

14) Laterite soil is very useful for growing:

Rice, wheat and mustard

Tea, coffee and cashewnut

Pulses, sugarcane and resin

None of the above

15) Ploughing along the contour lines to decelerate the flow of water down the slopes is called:

Strip cropping

Sheet erosion

Contour ploughing

Terrace cultivation

16) Which of the following is not a measure for soil conservation?

Strip cropping

Terrace cultivation

Shelter belts

Overdrawing of ground water

17) Resources which are found in a region but have not been utilised are called

Developed resources

Stock

International resources

Potential resources

18) Which cold desert is relatively isolated from the rest of country?

Leh

Kargil

Ladakh

Dras

19) What is the percentage share of plains in the total land area?

43%

23%

33%

27%

20) There is enough for everybody’s need and not for any body’s greed,’’ who among the following has given the above statement?

Vinoba Bhave

Mahatma Gandhi

Jawaharlal Nehru

Atal Behari Vajpayee

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