CBSE Questions for Class 10 Biology Sustainable Management Of Natural Resources Quiz 5 - MCQExams.com

Wind is a natural resource and energy, it can be used by the windmill to generate power for irrigation.

The correct Option is A.

$$\textbf{Correct option: }$$ D

$$\textbf{ Solution: }$$

$$\textbf{ Option (D): }$$

$$\bullet$$The giant panda  is the animal which is used in the logo for World Wildlife Fund. 

$$\bullet$$It is used as a symbol of all endangered species. 

$$\bullet$$The endangered species could restore its population if the environmental pressure could have been reduced and the natural habitat conditions could have been maintained. 

Hence, the correct option is (D). 

• The source of coliform bacterial contamination in water is from human urine and faeces.
• Disposal of the unburnt human corpses (dead body) in the water lead to the leak of coliform bacteria from the decomposing corpses into the water. 
• Washing clothes, discharge of effluents from electroplating industries and Immersion of ashes are the cause of river pollution but are not responsible for coliform bacterial contamination.
• Hence, option A is correct.

• The Chipko Movement was started in the northern Himalayan segment of Uttarakhand. 
• Chipko movement is a grassroots level movement, which started in response to the needs of the people of Uttarakhand.
  
• The name of the movement comes from a word meaning embrace: where the villagers hugged the trees, saving them by interposing their bodies between them and the contractor's axes. 
• This became popular as Chipko movement. 

• The “check dams” built across seasonally flooded gullies are used for irrigation and simultaneously check soil erosion.
• However, the main purpose is to recharge the groundwater beneath which spreads out to recharge wells. 

$$\textbf{Correct option: }$$ B

$$\textbf{ Solution: }$$ 

$$\textbf{ Assertion statement: }$$

$$\bullet$$The Amrita Devi Bishnoi national award for wildlife conservation has been celebrated every year on 12 September since 1978.

$$\bullet$$This award is entitled in remembrance of  Amrita Devi Bishnoi, who died trying to protect a grove of Khejri trees in Khejarli, Rajasthan. 

 $$\textbf{ Reason statement: }$$

$$\bullet$$The renewal of the forest cover which can be done by planting the trees again in the area which was previously deforested. 

$$\bullet$$The plantation of the trees again after deforestation is termed as reforestation. 

Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion

Hence, the correct option is (B)