In a village, a grazing ground can hold upto 10 cows per day. Beyond this, it cannot replenish itself. The villagers did not pay attention to this information and brought 50 cows to graze in the ground and soon the grazing ground ceased to exist.
What kind of resource is depleted here?
What kind of resource is depleted here?
Important Questions on Resources and Development
Most of the alluvial soil found in India is formed from the silt deposited by the Indo-Gangetic-Brahmaputra rivers.
Which of the following regions contains the parent rock that forms this silt?
Although there have been efforts to increase the forest cover in the past few years, forests are not thriving as they used to. What could be the reason for this?
There are two statements given below, marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Read the statement and choose the correct option.
Assertion (A): Soil formation and erosion go hand in hand but sometimes this balance is disrupted by human activities.
Reason (R): The formation of soil takes millions of years while soil erosion takes much less time.
