Question

Exhaustible natural resources are

• A. Unlimited in quantity
• B. Not dependent on nature.
• C. limited in quantity
• D. Not exhausted by human activities.

Answer 1

The correct option is C

limited in quantity

Exhaustible natural resources :

• They are limited in quantity, as their rate of consumption is more than the rate of replenishment.
• The cost of most of these resources is higher than that of inexhaustible resources.
• They can’t easily be replenished when used up. They are mostly non-renewable.

Examples

• Coal, gas, crude oil, Mineral resources (limestone, iron, copper, aluminum), etc.
• They mostly exist in solid or liquid forms. So, they can be moved from one place to the other.

Exhaustible natural resources are limited in quantity.

Therefore option (C) i.e limited in quantity is correct