SEBA Class 10 Geography Chapter 1 MCQs | Economic Geography: Subject Matter and Resource

SEBA Class 10 Geography Chapter 1 MCQs | Economic Geography

Economic Geography: Subject Matter and Resource

This article provides the previous year’s HSLC MCQ Question Answers, Pre-Final Examination 2023-24 MCQs of Different Districts, and Model MCQs for 2025 on SEBA Class 10 Geography Chapter 1  MCQs (Economic Geography). We aim to get 100 percent common in the 2025 HSLC Exam.

1.1 Definition and Subject Matter of Economic Geography MCQs

1. The branch of Geography in which the study of human activities associated with production distribution, consumption and exchange of resources is done in spatial and temporal contexts is known as

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(A) Physical Geography

(B) Human Geography

(C) Economic Geography

(D) Regional Geography

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2. Economic Geography is one of the important branches of __________

(A) Physical Geography

(B) Human Geography

(C) Economic Geography

(D) Regional Geography

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1.2 Scope of Economic Geography and its Branches MCQs

3. Who is the father of Economic Geography?

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(A) George Chisholm

(B) C.F. Jones

(C) GG Darkenwold

(D) Zimmerman

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4. The Father of a student of class ‘X’ earns a living by Rickshaw driving a Battery Rickshaw. His occupation belongs under

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(A) Primary Occupation

(B) Secondary Occupation

(C) Tertiary Occupation

(D) Quaternary Occupation

Rickshaw driving is a service-oriented job that involves transporting people or goods, a characteristic of the tertiary sector.

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5. Which one of the following is not included in tertiary occupation? 

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(A) Transport

(B) Communication

(C) Mineral resource collection

(D) Tourism

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6. Which of the following is not a sub-field of economic geography

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(a) Agriculture Geography

(b) Natural Geography

(c) Resource Geography

(d)  Planning and Development Geography

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7. Which of the following is not a primary occupation?

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(a) fishing

(b) forest resource collection

(c) manufacturing process

(d) agricultural activity

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8. Which of the following is not a primary Occupation

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(A) Cultivation
(B) Bank and other Financial institution
(C) Fishing
(D) Extraction of Forest Resources

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9. Which of the following occupations belongs to primary occupation?

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(a) Agriculture, Industrial production, mineral extraction.

(b) Fishing, forest resource extraction, mineral resource extraction.

(c) Economic activities related to transportation, markets, wholesale, tourism, communication etc.

(d) Agriculture, Fishing, and Economic functions associated with the media.

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10. Give one example of Quarternary Occupation.

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(a) Transport

(b) Market

(c) Transportation

(d) Bank

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Other Chapters MCQs

11. Mining is included in the following types of occupations.

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(A) Primary Occupation

(B) Secondary Occupation

(C) Tertiary Occupation

(D) Quarternary Occupation

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12. Economic occupations of people are mentioned with examples

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Find the correct match-
(a) (A) – (ii), (B) – (i), (C) – (iv), (D) – (ii)

(b) (A) – (ii), (B) – (iii), (C) – (i), (D) – (iv)

(c) (A) – (i), (B) – (iv), (C) – (iii), (D) – (iii)

(d) (A) – (iv), (B) – (ii), (C) – (i), (D) – (iii)

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1.3 Meaning and Importance of Resource MCQs

13. Which of the following is not applied to ‘resource”?

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(a) cannot be exchanged

(b) does not have a market value

(c) brings about human welfare

(d) may have both utility and harmful effects

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14. Neutral stuffs is____

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(a) Useful

(b) Harmful

(c) Neither useful nor harmful

(d) Sometimes useful, sometimes harmful

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15. “Any material to become a resource should have two properties viz functionality and utility” Whose statement is this?

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(A) Zimmerman

(B) George Chishola

(C) C.F Jones

(D) Darkenwald

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16. According to the Principle of Economics, the materials which have value in exchange are

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(A) Goods

(B) Resource

(C) Wealth

(D)  Free Goods

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17. Which of the following statements is true-

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(A) Chemical pesticides are resource

(B) Chemical pesticides are a property

(C) Chemical pesticides are a biotic resource

(D) All of the above statements are incorrect

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18. A- According to the economist George Chisholm, any material to be a  resource should have two properties viz. utility and functionality

B- Human is associated with resources as producer and consumer

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(A) A is correct, B is incorrect

(B) A and B are correct

(C) A and B are incorrect

(D) A is incorrect and B is correct

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19. Consider the following statements and choose the correct answer :

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(i) Resource if dynamic.

(ii) Resource which is harmful for today for human society and same may not be used for human welfare in future.

(A) Only (i) is correct

(B) Only (ii) is correct

(C) (i) and (ii) both are correct

(D) (i) and (ii) both are incorrect

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20. Which among the following is/are the characteristics of resources?

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(i) Utility

(ii) Acceptability

(iii) Functionality

(iv) Dynamism

(A) (i), (ii) and (ii) are correct.

(B) (i), (ii), and (iv) are correct.

(C) (ii), (iii), and (iv) are correct.

(D) (i), (iii), and (iv) are correct.

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1.4 Classification and Use of Resources MCQs

21. (i) All the materials necessary for human living are called resources.

(ii) The natural resources which are found everywhere on the earth are called Ubiquitous Resources.

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(A) (i) is True (ii) is False

(B) (i) is False (ii) is True

(C) Both (i) and (ii) are True

(D) Both (i) and (ii) are False

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22. Match the following resources with their base and choose the correct  answer:

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(A) (a) iii  (b) ii  (C) iv  (D) i

(B) (a) ii  (b) iv  (C) i  (D) iii

(C) (a) i  (b) iii  (C) ii (D) iv

(D) (a) iv (b) ii  (C) i  (D) iii

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23. The following shows the resource categorized into parts A and B.  Which of parts A matches any of part B, the representation is correct?

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1. A-(i) with B – (iv)
   A-(iv) with B (iii)
   A -(ii) with B -(i)
   A-(iii) with B- (iv)
2. A – (i) with B – (iii)
   A – (ii) with B – (iv)
   A – (iii) with B -(i)
   A – (iv) with B- (ii)
3. A – (i) with B – (i)
   A – (ii) with B – (ii)
   A – (iii) with B -(iii)
   A – (iv) with B- (iv)
4. A – (i) with B – (ii)
   A – (ii) with B – (i)
   A – (iii) with B -(iv)
   A – (iv) with B- (iii)
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   b. A – (i) with B – (iii)
       A – (ii) with B – (iv)
       A – (iii) with B -(i)
       A – (iv) with B- (ii)
   

24. Which of the following is a Natural resource, which is also Biotic and  Renewable?

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(A) Water

(B) Soil

(C) Plants

(D) Air

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25. Which of the following is an example of a natural resource?

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(a) Money

(b) Time

(c) Sunlight

(d) Knowledge

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26. Which one of the following is a man-made resource?

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(A) rivers

(B) mineral oil

(C) Forest

(D) irrigation canal

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27. Which of the following is a man-made resource?

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(A) Forest

(B) Irrigation 

(C) Rivers

(D) Mineral oil

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28. Which of the following is not a man-made resource?

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(a) Technology

(b) Industry

(c) Solar energy

(d) Office

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29. Which one of the following is an abiotic resource?

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(a) Air

(b) Crop

(c) Fungus

(d) Bacteria

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30. Which of the following is a Renewable Resource?

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(a) Sunshine

(b) Coal

(c) Mineral oil

(a) Natural gas

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31. Which one of the following resources is a non-renewable resource?

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(a) Water

(b) Sunshine

(c) Plants

(d) Natural gas

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32. Which One of the following is a non-renewable resource?

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(a) Atmosphere

(b) Water

(c) Crop

(d) Coal

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33. Which one of the following resources is a non-renewable resource?

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(a) Crops

(b) Man

(c) Iron

(d) Sunlight

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34. Match the following with appropriate choices-

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(a) (i) -(b); (ii)-(d); (iii) -(a); (iv) -(c)
(b) (i) -(a); (ii)-(c); (iii) -(b); (iv) -(d)
(c) (i) -(d); (ii)-(c); (iii) -(a); (iv) -(b)
(d) (i) -(d); (ii)-(a); (iii) -(b); (iv) -(c)

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35. Which of the following belongs to an International resource?

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(A) Education

(B) Educational Institution

(C) Coal

(D) Ocean

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36. Match the following:

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(A) (a) – ( ii); (b) – (i); (c) – (iii); (d) – (iv)

(B) (a) – ( i); (b) – (ii); (c) – (iii); (d) – (iv)

(C) (a) – ( iii); (b) – (iv); (c) – (i); (d) – (ii)

(D) (a) – ( iv); (b) – (iii); (c) – (ii); (d) – (i)

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37. Match the following-

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(A) (a) – ( iii); (b) – (i); (c) – (iv); (d) – (ii)

(B) (a) – ( iv); (b) – (ii); (c) – (i); (d) – (iv)

(C) (a) – ( iii); (b) – (iv); (c) – (ii); (d) – (i)

(D) (a) – ( i); (b) – (iii); (c) – (iv); (d) – (ii)

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1.5 Conservation of resources MCQs

38. Which one of the following animals is about to be extinct? 

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(A) One-horned Rhino

(B) Gayal (Mithun)

(c) Greater Adjutant Stork

(D) Elephant

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39. Which of the following animals is about to be extinct?

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(A) One-horned Rhino

(B) Pigmy Hog

(C) Girafle

(D) Mithun

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40. An example of a rare species of animals is

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(a) One horned Rhinoceros

(b) Pygm hog

(c) Giraffe

(d) Mithun

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41. When was IUCN formed?

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(A) 1948

(B) 1949

(C) 1950

(D) 1986

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42. IUCN was formed in which country?

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(a) Germany

(b) France

(c) Russia

(d) Switzerland

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43. IUCN is under which of the following organization?

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(A) UNEP

(B) UNO

(C) UNESCO

(D) WWF

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44. IUCN belongs to—

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(A) UNDP

(B) UNO

(C) UNEP

(D) UNESCO

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45. Which of the following resource is not included in the Method of conservation?

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(A) Expansion of knowledge and education

(B) Growth of waste materials

(C) Proper assessment of resource stock

(D) Adaptation

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46. Which of the following statements are correct?

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(i) Through study and research. adaptation or innovation process should be applied to convert resources extracted from nature into useful conditions.

(ii) Awareness should be raised among the people to prevent unnecessary wastage of resources.

(iii) the accumulated amount of resources should be properly assessed for future planning of resource use.

(a) i and ii

(b) ii and iii

(c) i, ii, and iii

(d) Only ii

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47. Countries like Japan, Switzerland, Taiwan, etc. are the most advanced and prosperous countries of the world though these countries have a scarcity of resources and raw materials, because

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(a) Rapid development of human resources
(b) Sufficient man-made resources
(c) Sufficient renewable resources
(d) Advanced in education, technology and skill

In regard to the above options, the correct answer is –

(A) a and b are correct
(B) a and c are correct
(C) a and d are correct
(D) a, b, C, d are correct

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48. Given below are two statements, one labeled as Assertion (A) and the other labeled as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): Because of human resource development, despite the scarcity of many natural resources, Japan is considered to be a well-developed country.

Reason (R): The people of Japan have adequate sill, education, technology, and desire.

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In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct?

(a) A is true but R is false A

(b) A is false but R is true A

(c) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

(d) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A

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