Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Economics

Chapter

Indian Economic Development: Environment and Sustainable Development

Question:

Which of the following is true?

  • Renewable resources do not get depleted or exhausted.
  • There is continous availability of non-renewable resources.
  • Examples: Renewable - fossil fuel, Non-renewable - solar energy, water etc
Options:

1 and 2

2 and 3

Only 3

Only 1

Correct Answer:

Only 1

Explanation:

Renewable resources are those which can be used without the possibility of the resource becoming depleted or exhausted. That is, a continuous supply of the resource remains available. Examples of renewable resources are the trees in the forests and the fishes in the ocean. Non-renewable resources, on the other hand, are those which get exhausted with extraction and use, for example, fossil fuel.