Resources and Development Quiz - CBSE Class 8 Social Science

Free practice quiz: Resources and Development (CBSE Class 8 Social Science). 20 multiple-choice questions with answers and explanations. Play online, no sign-up needed.

This CBSE Class 8 Social Science practice quiz has 20 multiple-choice questions on Resources and Development, and 20 of them come with an explanation. Try the 5 sample questions below (tap an option to check yourself), then play the full quiz online. No sign-up needed.

Sample questions

1. What is a resource?

   1. Anything that can be used to satisfy human needs
   2. Anything found in the ocean
   3. Only natural elements like water
   4. Only man-made structures
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   Answer: A. Anything that can be used to satisfy human needs

   A resource is anything that can fulfill human needs, be it natural or man-made.

2. What makes a resource valuable?

   1. Its availability in large quantities
   2. Its utility in satisfying human needs
   3. Being expensive to procure
   4. None of the above
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   Answer: B. Its utility in satisfying human needs

   A resource's value is derived from its usefulness and necessity in satisfying human demands.

3. Which of the following is considered a man-made resource?

   1. Iron ore
   2. Plastic
   3. Sunlight
   4. Gold
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   Answer: B. Plastic

   Plastic is a human-made resource as it is created through the chemical processing of natural materials.

4. What is resource planning?

   1. A method to create new resources
   2. Optimal and judicious use of resources
   3. Storing resources for years
   4. Destroying waste resources
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   Answer: B. Optimal and judicious use of resources

   Resource planning is all about using available resources efficiently in order to prevent wastage and meet future demands.

5. What type of resource are forests considered?

   1. Exhaustible and identical everywhere
   2. Non-renewable and static
   3. Renewable yet exhaustible
   4. Exclusive to tropical regions
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   Answer: C. Renewable yet exhaustible

   Forests are renewable as they can replenish themselves over time, but they are exhaustible if overused or mismanaged.

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Answers and explanations are in the full quiz.

1. Which of the following is an example of a renewable resource?
2. What are the two main categories of resources?
3. Which of the following sets correctly matches resource types with examples?
4. Which of these factors affects the distribution of resources?
5. Which one of the following is not a physical factor affecting the resources' development?
6. In which way do humans use the natural environment?
7. How do technological advancements affect resource development?
8. What is sustainable development?
9. Which one is not an element of sustainable development?
10. Why is resource planning essential for sustainable development?
11. Which one of the following is a true statement regarding resources?
12. Which of the following statements about resources is false?
13. Why is it important to classify resources?
14. Why is air considered a ubiquitous resource?
15. How does the conservation of resources contribute to their sustainable management?

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