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The Sustainable Management of Natural Resources Class 10 Science MCQ with Answers is designed according to the latest Class 10 Science syllabus. and examination pattern recommended by CBSE for Standard 10. Students can also refer to more Chapter-wise MCQs for NCERT Class 10 Science. This resource will be particularly beneficial for students aiming to achieve high marks in their academic studies, as it allows them to practice multiple-choice questions on specific subjects.

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CBSE Class 10 Chapter 14 Sustainable Management of Natural Resources MCQs

Check below the MCQ Questions for class 10 Science with answers and Clear your idea of chapter 14 Sustainable Management of Natural Resources.

Q.1. Amrita Devi Bishnoi sacrificed her life for the conservation of

(a) coal and petroleum
(b) water resources
(c) forest
(d) all of these

Answer
(c): Amrita Devi Bishnoi, a Bishnoi woman in 1731 sacrificed her life along with 363 others for protection of ‘Khejri’ trees in khejrali village near Jodhpur in Rajasthan

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Q.2. With which tree is Bishnoi community associated?

(a) Khajoor (b) Khejrali
(c) Khejri (d) Keekar

Answer
(c): Refer to answer 1

Q.3. All are renewable natural resources, except

(a) natural gas (b) forest
(c) groundwater (d) wildlife.

Answer

(a)

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Q.4. Select an incorrect statement.

(a) Biogas is produced by aerobic breakdown of biomass with help of bacteria.
(b) Biogas helps in conservation of coal and firewood.
(c) Energy released from biogas depends on proportion of methane present in it.
(d) Biogas comprises of 30-40% of carbon dioxide.

Answer
(a): Biogas is a methane rich fuel gas produced by anaerobic breakdown or digestion of biomass with the help of methanogenic bacteria.

Q.5. World Environment Day is celebrated on

(a) 1st December (b) 21st April
(c) 18th May (d) 5th June.

Answer
 (d)

Q.6. Burning of coal and petroleum in insufficient air releases

(a) NOx (b) SO2
(c) CO (d) CO2.

Answer
(c): Burning of fossil fuels such as coal and petroleum in insufficient air releases carbon monoxide (CO) instead of carbon dioxide (CO2 ).

Q.7. Which environmental activist stood against the ecological damage and deforestation caused due to Tehri dam?

(a) Sunderlal Bahuguna
(b) Medha Patekar
(c) Baba Amte
(d) Arundhati Roy

Answer
(a)

Q.8. ____________ dominates the Arabari forest of Bengal.

(a) Teak (b) Sal
(c) Khejri (d) Eucalyptus

Answer
(b)

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Q.9. The most rapidly dwindling natural resource in the world is

(a) water (b) forests
(c) wind (d) sunlight.

Answer
(b): Word ‘dwindling’ means diminishing gradually in size, amount or strength. Among these, only forest is the natural resource which reduces in size due to deforestation (cutting down). Forests are limited in number. Although they can be replenished by planting new trees, yet the rate of deforestation and urban development is so high that the forests are gradually reducing and getting depleted.

Q.10. The pH of water sample collected from a river was found to be acidic in the range of 3.5 – 4.5. On the banks of the river were several factories that were discharging effluents into the river. The effluents of which one of the following factories is the most likely cause for lowering the pH of river water?

(a) Soap and detergent factory
(b) Lead battery manufacturing factory
(c) Plastic cup manufacturing factory
(d) Alcohol distillery

Answer
(b): pH can be used as a factor for quantifying pollution in water bodies. pH of neutral or normal water is 7. Whenever some acid is added to the water, pH value gets lowered, i.e. it becomes less than 7. Lead battery manufacturing factories use sulphuric acid. The release of sulphuric acid from such factories in the nearby water bodies lowers pH value of water, making it acidic.

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