Contemporary India II: Class 10 Geography (NCERT)
NCERT's Class 10 Geography textbook, Contemporary India II: India's resources, environment, farming, industries and economy. See how water, forests, minerals and energy are used and managed, and connect geography to real issues like development, conservation, farming, manufacturing and transport.
Resources And Development
Chapter 1
Chapter 1 · Start here
Resources And Development
What makes something a resource, how India plans its resources, and how land and soil are used, damaged and protected.
Sprint 1
What Is A Resource?
What a resource is, and the four ways resources are classified.
Sprint 2
Development And Resource Planning
Why resources need careful planning, from the Rio Earth Summit to India's three planning steps.
Sprint 3
Land Resources And Land Degradation
How India uses its land, and how land gets damaged and protected.
Sprint 4
How Soil Forms: Alluvial And Black Soils
How soil forms, its layers, and the features of alluvial and black soils.
Sprint 5
Other Soils And Soil Erosion
Red, laterite, arid and forest soils, how soil gets eroded, and how to conserve it.
Sprint 6
Review: Resources And Development
Check the key terms, and answer questions from the whole chapter.