Management of Natural Resources-Sample Questions

1.   List two traditional system of water harvesting. (CBSE 2008 F)

2.   List four changes you would incorporate in your life cycle in a move towards sustainable use of available resources. (AI CBSE 2008,2009 F)

3.   State two reasons of each of conserving(AI CBSE 2008)

       a. Forest

       b. Wild life

4.   What are natural resources? State two factors that work against an equitable distribution of these resources. (AI CBSE 2009)

5.   Why must we conserve our forests? List any two causes for forestation taking place. (AI CBSE 2009)

6.   What is Chipko Movement? Why should we conserve forests? (AI CBSE 2009)

7.   List four advantage of water harvesting. (AI CBSE 2009)

8.   How do advantages of exploiting natural resources with short term aims differ from the advantages of managing our resources with a long term perspective? (CBSE 2009 F)

9.   What is wild life? How is wild life important for us? ( CBSE 2009 F)

10.   List any two causes of our failure to sustain availability of underground water. (CBSE 2009)