Question

Q24. Read the following extract/source carefully and answer the following questions:

Planning is the widely accepted strategy for judicious use of resources. It has importance in a

country like India, which has enormous diversity in the availability of resources. There are regions

which are rich in certain types of resources but are deficient in some other resources. There are

some regions which can be considered self sufficient in terms of the availability of resources and

there are some regions which have acute shortage of some vital resources.

24.1 Which of the following is vital for the development of a country like India which has

enormous diversity in the availability of resources?

(i) Over utilisation of resources

(ii) Planning of resources

(a) Only (i) (b) Only (ii)

(c) Both (i) and (ii) (d) Neither (i) nor (ii)

24.2 Which one of the following is not a criterion for resource planning?

(a) Judicious use of resources diverse (b) Diverse resources

(c) Equitable distribution of resources (d) Processing of resources

24.3 In India there is enormous diversity in the availability of resources. identify to which the

following resources belong to:

Column A Column B

(i) Renewable resource (a) Cars

(ii) International resource (b) Wind energy

(iii) Individual resource (c) Petroleum

(iv) Non-renewable resource (d) Ocean

(A) (i) - c, (ii) - b, (iii) - a, (iv) - d (B) (i) - d, (ii) - c, (iii) - a, (iv) - b

(C) (i) - b, (ii) - d, (iii) - c, (iv) - a (D) (i) - a, (ii) - c, (iii) - d, (iv) - b

24.4 Which of the following is not TRUE for resource planning?

(i) Identification of resources.

(ii) Institutional set up for implementing resources development plan.

(a) Only (i) (b) Only (ii)

(c) Both (i) and (ii) (d) Neither (i) nor (ii)

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Answer 1

1 anb.. Reewabel resource anss.c