Chapter 2 – Land, Soil, Water, Natural Vegetation and Wildlife Resources

Peter belongs to which country?

About how much in percentage does the total area of land area covered on the earth’s surface?

Use of land for different purpose of development such as agriculture forestry, mining, housing, etc is termed as

The mass movement of rock, debris or earth down a slope is simply known as

What determines the thickness of the soil profile?

What do you mean by Biome?

What do you mean by shelter belts?

Where is the Kaziranga National Park is situated?

Which one of the following is not in favor of the conservation of nature?

Which one of the following is NOT a factor of soil formation?

What is a biosphere reserve?

What do you understand by the term CPR?

Where can we find water market in India?

What is referred as the breaking up and decaying of exposed rocks by the?

What does ‘land use’ refer to?

In which of the following continents is Tanzania situated?

Which of the following is the most important natural resource ?

The uneven distribution of population in the world is due to the varied characteristics of

The example of common property resource is

is the use of land for different purposes like agriculture, forestry, mining, construction of buildings, houses, industries and road.

Which of the following determine the use of land?

Australia uses its largest portion of its area for

The lowerjnost layer of the soil is:

Which of the following is used of soil conservation?

Which is not an example of ground water?

Which of the following is a famous bird sanctuary?

Why is it necessary to increase the area under forests?

Large scale destruction of forests cover and arable land has occured due to the following: