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Resources and Development
Social Science · CBSE Class 10 · English Medium · 20 questions and answers
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- Q: What is a resource?
- A: Everything available in our environment which can be used to satisfy our needs, provided it is technologically accessible, economically feasible and culturally acceptable, is termed a resource.
- Q: How are resources classified on the basis of origin?
- A: On the basis of origin, resources are classified into biotic (from the biosphere, having life, e.g. flora, fauna) and abiotic (composed of non-living things, e.g. rocks and metals).
- Q: Classify resources on the basis of exhaustibility.
- A: On the basis of exhaustibility, resources are renewable (can be renewed or reproduced, e.g. solar, wind, water) and non-renewable (take a long geological time to form, e.g. minerals, fossil fuels).
- Q: What are the categories of resources based on ownership?
- A: Individual, community, national and international resources.
- Q: What are potential, developed, stock and reserve resources (based on development)?
- A: Potential (exist but not used), developed (surveyed and used), stock (materials that have potential but lack technology to use, e.g. hydrogen), and reserves (part of stock that can be used with existing technology but kept for future).
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