CBSE Questions for Class 10 Geography Resources And Development Quiz 12 - MCQExams.com

Laterite soils are good for tea, coffee and cashew cultivation. Laterite soils lack fertility due to intensive leaching. When manured and irrigated, some laterites are suitable for growing plantation crops like tea, coffee, rubber, cinchona, coconut, areca nut, etc.

Resources are assets that are used by the living systems for the survival and development. Mere presence of a thing in certain quantity do not make a resource. But it has to be have a utility and quality by the people.

It is red due to the presence of iron oxide which is formed by leaching. Laterite soil is a rock type soil rich in iron and aluminium, and is commonly considered to have formed in hot and wet tropical areas.

• Potential resources: Resources which are surveyed for their quality and quantity and have determined to be useful are called potential resources. Example: Monazite sand in Kerala
  
• Developed resources: Resources that surveyed for utilisation and are being used currently are called developed resources. Example: Petroleum in Mumbai High
  
• Stock resources: These are resources that have been surveyed, but cannot be used due a lack of technology example: Atmospheric nitrogen for agriculture
  
• Reserve resources: This is the part of an actual resource that can be developed profitably in the future. Ganga River water for the purpose of hydro-power.
  

In the given pie chart, which shows the land use, the shaded region implies total forest cover. It occupies around 22.78% of the total land.