Why petrol is exhaustible natural resource, whereas sunlight is not? Explain.
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[NCERT Exemplar Q.32]
[Exhaustible and inexhaustible resources]

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Sunlight is present in an unlimited quantity in nature, and not likely to be exhausted by human activities. Therefore, it is inexhaustible in nature. [1 mark]

But petrol is present in limited quantity in nature, and the formation of the petroleum from which petrol is obtained requires millions of years. Therefore, it is exhaustible in nature. [1 mark]

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