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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, BHUBANESWAR.

Class VIII: SOCIAL STUDIES – GEOGRAPHY
CHAPTER - 2- LAND, SOIL, WATER, NATURAL VEGETATION AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES

Multiple Choice Questions
(NOTE: - Choose the correct option and put a tick mark.)

Q1................... is the decline in the productive capacity of land for some time or permanently.

(a) Land Reclamation
(b) Land Degradation

(c) Land use
(d) Land Profile

Q2. Sliding of huge debris, rocks and other material down the slope is known as ..................
(a) Volcanic Eruptions

(b) Landslides
(c) Earthquakes

(d) Tsunami

Q3. Which areas can be avoided for building of settlements

(a). Terrace farming areas

(b). Land slide
(c). Contour ploughing areas

(d). Odisha.

Q4. What do you mean by fallow land?

(a). Group of trees in areas of similar climatic condition.
(b). Land covered with grass shrubs for cattle grazing

(c). Marginal land kept fallow for certain period to restore their fertility
(d).Breaking up and decaying of exposed rocks due to various factors

Q5.Which one of the following is not true regarding Mitigation Mechanism?
(a). Increase in the vegetation cover is an effective way to arrest landslide

(b). Construction of retention wall to stop land from slipping

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