Question

Which of the following is a pair of exhaustible natural resources?

• A. coal and soil
• B. air and sun-light
• C. water and petroleum
• D. wildlife and minerals

Answer 1

The correct option is D

wildlife and minerals

The correct option is D.

The explanation for the correct option:

1. Exhaustible natural resources are referred to as those natural resources which can get destroyed or diminished due to usage or exploitation.
2. Wildlife has limited resources and can get destroyed due to exploitation.
3. Similarly, Minerals are also limited resources and can get diminished due to overuse.

The explanation for the incorrect options:

Option A:

1. Coal is also an exhaustible natural resource but the soil is not an exhaustible natural resource.
2. Hence option A is incorrect.

Option B:

1. Air and Sunlight are present in unlimited quantities in the atmosphere.
2. They cannot get exhausted due to usage.
3. Hence option B is incorrect.

Option C:

1. Water is present in an inexhaustible amount in the sea.
2. But petroleum is in limited amounts.
3. Hence water is an inexhaustible resource but petroleum is an exhaustible resource.
4. Hence option C is incorrect.

Final answer: Wildlife and minerals is the pair of exhaustible natural resources.