Match List-I (Resource Type) with List-II (Example) and select the correct code:

Question

Match List-I (Resource Type) with List-II (Example) and select the correct code:

List-I

i. Non-renewable

ii. Renewable

iii. Abiotic

iv. Biotic

List-II

a. Solar

b. Petroleum

c. Topography

d. Forest

Choose the correct match:

1. A. i-b, ii-a, iii-c, iv-d (Correct answer)
2. B. i-a, ii-b, iii-d, iv-c
3. C. i-b, ii-c, iii-a, iv-d
4. D. i-d, ii-a, iii-b, iv-c

Correct Answer

Option A — i-b, ii-a, iii-c, iv-d

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is i-b, ii-a, iii-c, iv-d.

Key Points

• Two independent classifications are being tested at once, and keeping them apart is the whole task:
  • i. Non-renewable - b. Petroleum, a fossil fuel with a fixed stock.
  • ii. Renewable - a. Solar, a continuously replenished flow.
  • iii. Abiotic - c. Topography, a non-living physical feature.
  • iv. Biotic - d. Forest, a living community.

Additional Information

• The renewable/non-renewable split turns on rate of replacement; the abiotic/biotic split turns on whether the thing is alive. A resource carries one label from each pair — a forest is both biotic and renewable, petroleum both abiotic and non-renewable.
• That cross-classification is why the question is answerable at all: solar is abiotic *and* renewable, so pairing "renewable" with "solar" and "abiotic" with "topography" is the only assignment that uses each option once without contradiction.
• Topography — slope, aspect and elevation — is a limiting abiotic factor that governs drainage, soil depth, insolation and therefore what can grow, which is why it appears as a resource type at all.
• Forests are renewable only under sustainable yield: harvested faster than they regenerate, they behave exactly like a depleting stock.