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
Match the following. Options are
Question 1 figure 1
  • A
    a(III), b(II), c(I)
    Correct
  • B
    a(III), b(I), c(II)
  • C
    a(I), b(II), c(III)
  • D
    a(II), b(III), c(I)
2
UNCED stands for
  • A
    United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
    Correct
  • B
    United Nations Control on Environment and Development
  • C
    United Nations Conference on Environment and Depletion
  • D
    United Nations Control on Environment and Depletion
3
Which of the following is not the function of environment
  • A
    Environment enhances quality of life
  • B
    Environment distribute waste
    Correct
  • C
    Environment sustains life.
  • D
    Environment supplies resources
4
Carrying capacity implies
  • A
    None
  • B
    Resource extraction should remain below the rate of resource regeneration.
  • C
    Both
    Correct
  • D
    Generation of wastes should remain within the absorption capactity of the environment
5
Reasons for environmental crisis is
  • A
    All of these
    Correct
  • B
    The intensive and extensive extraction of both renewable and non-renewable resources.
  • C
    The affluent consumption and production standards of developed countries
  • D
    Population explosion and advent of industrial revolution.
6
A decline in the overall quality of soil, water or vegetation condition, commonly caused by human activities is known as
  • A
    Land degradation
    Correct
  • B
    Land Upgradation
  • C
    None
  • D
    Land gradation
7
Board which investigate, collect and disseminate information relating to water, air and pollution, lay down standards of sewage/trade effluent and emissions
  • A
    CBEP
  • B
    CPCT
  • C
    CPCB
    Correct
  • D
    CPEB
8
Two movement which aimed at protecting forests
  • A
    None
  • B
    Chipko Movement
  • C
    Both
    Correct
  • D
    Appiko Movement
9
Which of the following statements about sustainable development is true?
  • A
    Sustainable development is only possible for people living in wealthy countries.
  • B
    Sustainable development can support a high quality of life with continued population growth.
  • C
    Sustainable development will be able to support everyone in the world at the States level of consumption.
  • D
    Sustainable development can only support limited levels of consumption
    Correct
10
If economic decisions are to be sustainable they will have to consider which of the following?
  • A
    Biological costs
  • B
    Societal costs
  • C
    Environmental costs
  • D
    Environmental and societal costs must both be considered
    Correct
11
Which of the following is the most sustainable product?
  • A
    Wild blueberries collected from a national forest
  • B
    Corn grown in an industrialized farm as cattle feed
  • C
    Apple slices bought from McDonald's
  • D
    Locally produced orange grown using limited amounts of pesticides
    Correct
12
Which of the following adjustments would be made to any increase in GDP in order to derive an 'Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare' (ISEW)
  • A
    Subtract the costs of environmental degradation
    Correct
  • B
    Subtract the monetary value of capital formation
  • C
    Subtract the monetary value of non-defensive public expenditures
  • D
    Subtract the monetary value of personal consumption
13
What do we mean when we say "think globally, act locally" in relation to environmental problems
  • A
    Environmental problems have to be thought about at a global level in order to get an accurate idea of the total problem facing us, but these problems are essentially produced by our activities as individuals and firms at a local level, and it is at this level that we must focus our responses
  • B
    Extensive research and thinking has been carried out by global level research organizations about the causes of environmental problems, which have produced possible strategies and actions which can be applied at a local level
  • C
    Global environmental problems are essentially issues which need to be solved by international negotiations, and in the interim individuals must take care to protect themselves from any adverse consequences produced for them by these problems
  • D
    While these problems, as we experience them in relation to sustainability issues, are produced by processes operating at a global level, we all have a role to play in our local context in making individual and collective responses, as communities and companies, which will help ameliorate the effects of these problems
    Correct
14
ISO 14001 is
  • A
    A particularly harmful global warming gas
  • B
    A water quality regulation set out under the UK 1996 Environment Act
  • C
    An international standard setting out best practice for carrying out audits by companies of their environmental management systems and policies
    Correct
  • D
    A European Union regulation on pollution abatement
15
Which of the following are examples of non-sustainable human activities or behaviours?
  • A
    Attempts to limit human population growth
  • B
    Use of non-renewable resources as if they were present in unlimited quantities
    Correct
  • C
    Using technology to improve car mileage
  • D
    Conservation practices