NCERT Geography MCQs for UPSC Prelims

1. In geographic and economic theory, what defines an environmental entity as a 'Resource'?

1. A.It must be technologically accessible, economically feasible, and culturally acceptable to satisfy human needs through an interdependent interactive relationship between nature, technology, and institutions.
2. B.It must be exclusively located on sovereign state-owned land reserves.
3. C.It must be an inexhaustible organic substance with zero extraction costs.
4. D.It must be officially traded on international commodity exchanges.

2. How are resources classified on the basis of exhaustibility in economic geography?

1. A.Biotic resources and Abiotic resources.
2. B.Renewable resources (subdivided into continuous or flow such as wind and water, and biological such as natural vegetation and wildlife) and Non-Renewable resources (subdivided into recyclable such as metals, and non-recyclable such as fossil fuels).
3. C.Individual resources and Community-owned resources.
4. D.Potential resources and Developed reserves.

3. What major global socio-economic and environmental crises have resulted from the indiscriminate exploitation of natural resources by human beings?

1. A.Universal stabilization of global climate patterns and complete eradication of extreme poverty.
2. B.Immediate reduction in global sea levels and expansion of polar ice caps.
3. C.Depletion of resources for satisfying the greed of a few individuals, accumulation of resources in few hands dividing society into rich and poor, and global ecological crises such as global warming, ozone layer depletion, environmental pollution, and land degradation.
4. D.Complete cessation of commercial international trade in mineral commodities.