Topic: Environment and Sustainable Development
1.Which of the
following is an important function of environment?
a) To provide resources for production
b) To provide aesthetic services
c) To assimilate waste
d) All of these
2.------ is the
main reason for soil erosion.
a) Ozone depletion
b) Air Pollution
c) Deforestation
d) None of these
3. The
government set up the Central Pollution Control Board to control……………
a) Air pollution
b) Land Degradation
c) Deforestation
d) Soil erosion
4. Sustainable
development can be achieved by………
a) Restriction use of renewable resources
b) Controlling the growth of population
c) Controlling pollution
d) All of these
5.------- is the
observed as projected increase in the average temperature of earth’s atmosphere
and oceans.
a) Global warming
b) Biodiversity Loss
c) Ozone Depletion
d) Deforestation
6.Out of the
following, which one causes Ozone Depletion
a) Land degradation
b) High levels of chlorine and bromine compounds in the
stratosphere
c) Increase in greenhouse gas concentrations
d) Deforestation
7.----takes
place when the surface soil is washed away through excessive rains and floods
a) Land Degradation
b) Soil erosion
c) Biodiversity loss
d) Deforestation
8. which one of the
following is a cause of land degradation?
a) Loss of Vegitation due to deforestation
b) Over grazing
c) Encroachment into forest land
d) All of these.
9. Organic
farming uses chemical fertilizers-----True or false
a) True
b) False
10. Burning of
fossil fuels release green house gases—True or false
a) True
b) False
11. Which of the following is the modern concept
of development?
(a) Economic development
(b)
Economic growth
(c)
Sustainable development
(d) Human
development
12. Use of which of
the following has resulted in a significant reduction in Delhi’s pollution?
(a) LPG at homes
(b) Solar
cells for electricity
(c) Thermal
power plants
(d) CNG in
public transport
13. Herman Daly was a noted environmentalist who
emphasised on sustainable development.
a.True
b.False
14. ________ is defined as the total planetary inheritance and the totality
of all resources.
a) Ecology
b) Economy
c) Environment
d) Biology
15.
________ implies that the resource
extraction is not above the rate of regeneration of the resources and the waste
generated are within the assimilating capacity of the environment.
a) Non-renewable capacity
b) Absorptive capacity
c) Carrying capacity
d) Renewable capacity
16. Sustainable development that meets the need of
the present generation without compromising the ability of the future
generation to meet their own needs. This definition given by -------
a) Brundtland commission
b) None
c) Edward Barbier
d) UNCED
17.
Ozone layer prevents most harmful wavelengths of
______ light from passing through the earth’s atmosphere
a) Ultraviolet
b) Beta violet
c) Gama violet
d) None
18.
The black soil of the Deccan Plateau is
particularly suitable for cultivation of _______.
a) Maize
b) Textile
c) Cotton
d) Jute
19.
A UN Conference on Climate Change, held in _____ in
1997, resulted in an international agreement to fight global warming which
called for reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases by industrialised
nations
a) Chine
b) Brazil
c) Japan
d) USA
20.
With the help of which cells, solar energy can be
converted into electricity ?
a) Photo
b) Photovoltaic
c) Photoaic
d) Photovolt
21.
Ozone depletion refers to the phenomenon of
reductions in the amount of ozone in the
a) Stratosphere
b) Mesosphere
c) Troposphere
d) Exosphere
22.
In mountainous regions, streams can be found almost
everywhere. A large percentage of such streams are perennial. Which plants use
the energy of such streams to move small turbines
a) Nuclear
b) Hydel
c) Mini-hydel
d) None of these
23.
The Chipko Movement, which aimed at protecting
forest in the
a) Karnataka
b) Himalayas
c) Maharashtra
d) Kerala
24.
Factors responsible for land degradation are:
------
a) loss of vegetation occuring due to deforestation
b) unsustainable fuel wood, fodder extraction and
extraction of ground water
c) forest fires and over grazing and improper crop
rotation
d) all of these
25.
Identify the strategy for sustainable development.
a) Wind energy
b) Solar energy
c) Gobar gas
d) All the above
26. Who is credited with
founding the Appiko Movement, (Karnataka) a significant environmental movement
in India.
a) Sunderlal
Bahuguna
b) Medha Patkar
c) Panduranga Hegde
d) Vandana shiva
Answer Key.
1. d 2. c 3. a
4. d
5. a 6. B 7. b
8. d
9. b 10.a 11.c
12.d
13.c 14.c 15.c
16.d
17.a 18.c 19.c
20.b
21.a 22.c 23.b
24.d
25.d 26.c
