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How do basic and acidic buffers resist pH ?

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An acid buffer consists of a weak acid and its salt. If an acid is added to the solution the salt reacts with it to make more of the weak acid. If a base is added to it, the acid part neutralizes the base.
A basic buffer works on the same principle.
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