Environment Sustainable Economic Development CBSE Questions & Answers

Environment Sustainable Economic Development

This is Economics Class 11 Environment Sustainable Economic Development CBSE Questions & Answers. There are 15 questions in this test with each question having around four answer choices.

Questions & Answers

1
________ is defined as the total planetary inheritance and the totality of all resources
  • A
    Economy
  • B
    Environment
    Correct
  • C
    Ecology
  • D
    Biology
2
All living elements—the birds, animals and plants, forests, fisheries etc.—are
  • A
    None
  • B
    Both
  • C
    biotic elements
    Correct
  • D
    Abiotic elements
3
Following are abiotic elements except
  • A
    Land
  • B
    Air
  • C
    Plants
    Correct
  • D
    Water
4
______ resources are those which can be used without the possibility of the resource becoming depleted or exhausted
  • A
    Renewable
    Correct
  • B
    None
  • C
    Non-renewable
  • D
    Both
5
________ resources are those which get exhausted with extraction
  • A
    None
  • B
    Renewable
  • C
    Both
  • D
    Non-renewable
    Correct
6
This implies that the resource extraction is not above the rate of regeneration of the resource and the wastes generated are within the assimilating capacity of the environment
  • A
    Non-renewable capacity
  • B
    Renewable capacity
  • C
    Absorptive capacity
  • D
    Carrying capacity
    Correct
7
Absorptive capacity means
  • A
    Both
  • B
    The ability of the environment to absorb degradation
    Correct
  • C
    None
  • D
    Resource extraction is not above the rate of regeneration of the resource and the wastes generated are within the assimilating capacity of the environment
8
Global warming is a
  • A
    Gradual increase in the daily temperature of the earth’s lower atmosphere
  • B
    Gradual decrease in the daily temperature of the earth’s lower atmosphere
  • C
    Gradual decrease in the average temperature of the earth’s lower atmosphere
  • D
    Gradual increase in the average temperature of the earth’s lower atmosphere
    Correct
9
Greenhouse gases
  • A
    \({{\text{N}}_{\text{2}}}{\text{O}}\)
  • B
    \({\text{C}}{{\text{H}}_{\text{4}}}\)
  • C
    \({\text{C}}{{\text{O}}_{\text{2}}}\)
  • D
    All of these
    Correct
10
The atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide and CH4 have increased by ____ per cent and ____ per cent respectively above pre-industrial levels since 1750
  • A
    32, 150
  • B
    31, 149
    Correct
  • C
    40, 160
  • D
    21, 139
11
Which of the is the long term result of global warming
  • A
    All of these
    Correct
  • B
    Extinction of species as ecological niches disappear
  • C
    Melting of polar ice result in rise in sea level
  • D
    More frequent tropical storms
12
Factor contribute to global warming
  • A
    Reforestation
  • B
    Hydrogen gas released in animal waste
  • C
    Decrease in cattle production
  • D
    Burning of coal and petroleum products
    Correct
13
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
    Brazil
  • B
    Chine
  • C
    Japan
    Correct
  • D
    USA
14
Ozone depletion refers to the phenomenon of reductions in the amount of ozone in the
  • A
    Stratosphere
    Correct
  • B
    Mesosphere
  • C
    Troposphere
  • D
    Exosphere
15
The problem of ozone depletion is caused in the stratosphere by high levels of compounds
  • A
    Silicon and Bromine
  • B
    Chlorine and Carbon
  • C
    Chlorine and Bromine
    Correct
  • D
    Silicon and hydrogen