NCERT MCQ ON Environment and Sustainable Development:

Question1. Environmental includes:
(A) Biotic factors
(B) Abiotic factors
(C) Both (a) and (b)
(D) None of the above

Answer :   C

Question2. What can be the preventive measure for climate change:
(A) Plantation
(B) Using cycle instead of cars and bikes
(C) Using organic product
(D) All of them

Answer :   D

Question3.In which of the following layers of the atmosphere is ozone shield found?
(a) Troposphere
(b) Exosphere
(c) Stratosphere
(d) Mesosphere

Answer :   C

Question4. Absorptive capacity is defined as:
(A) Ability of the environment to absorb degradation
(B) Resource generation within the assimilating capacity of the environment
(C) Average number of organisms living in a given environment
(D) The minimum population surviving in the world as a whole

Answer :   A

Question5. Which of the following statement is correct?
(A) Global warming is entirely a natural phenomenon
(B) Global warming is simply an another term used for green house effect
(C) Global warming is the rise in average temperature at the earth’s surface
(D) Global warming is caused by ozone depletion

Answer :   C

Question6. The ability of the environment to absorb degradation is:
(A) Carrying capacity
(B) Absorptive capacity
(C) (a) and (b)
(D) None of the above

Answer :   B

Question7. In 1997, a UN conference on climate change was held in :
(a) Japan
(b) India
(c) Germany
(d) China

Answer :   A

Question8. Which of the following is the 7th goal of the eight millennium goals of United Nations?
a) To eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
b) To ensure environment sustainability
c) To reduce child mortality
d) To develop a global partnership for development

Answer :   B

Question9. GHGs refer to:
(A) Green Home Gases
(B) Greenhouse Gases
(C) Green Hurricane Gases
(D) Green Home Guards

Answer :   B

Question10. BioCarbon Fund Initiative for Sustainable Forest Landscapes’ is managed by the
(a) Asian Development Bank
(b) International Monetary Fund
(c) United Nations Environment Porgramme
(d) World Bank

Answer :   D

Question11. Banning the use of chlorofluorocarbon compounds and other chlorine and bromine compounds and other chlorine and bromine compounds is called:
(A) Chipko movement
(B) Apiko movement
(C) Montreal protocol
(D) None of the above

Answer :   C

Question12. Which are the catch phases in the following UNCED definition of Sustainable Development:
“Development that meet the need of the present generation without compromising the ability of the future generation to meet their own needs.”
(A) Need
(B) Future generation
(C) Need and present generation
(D) Need and future generation

Answer :   D

Question13. The United Nation’s Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) was started by the UN General Assembly in the year.
(a) 1995
(b) 1994
(c) 1993
(d) 1992

Answer :   D

Question14. Brundtland Commission in 1987 defined sustainable development as:
(A) A type to development which put the interests of developing countries ahead of the interests of the rich nations
(B) Development which meets the needs of present generation without compromising the ability of future generation to meet their own needs
(C) Development that protects the future generation even at the expense of present generation
(D) None of the above

Answer :   B

Question15. Biotic elements of environment is:
(A) Air
(B) Water
(C) Birds
(D) Land

Answer :   C

Question16. From the following which s a cleaner and greener energy souce:
(A) Thermal power
(B) Hydro power
(C) Wind power
(D) None of the above

Answer :   C

Question17. For sustainable development, environment damage rate _____ environment recovery rate.
a) should be greater than the
b) should be exponentially greater than the
c) should be same as the
d) should be lesser than the

Answer :   D

Question18. Which of the option is not incorporated as sustainable development parameters?
(a) Gender disparity and diversity
(b) Inter and Intra-generation equity
(c) Carrying capacity
(d) None of the above

Answer :  D

Question19. South Africa is leading exporter of which mineral?
(a) Copper
(b) Diamond
(c) Silver
(d) Gold

Answer :   D

Question20. The first airport powered by solar energy was
(a) Bangalore
(b) Cochin
(c) London
(d) Frankfurt

Answer :  B

Question21. The ‘Agenda 21’ of Rio Summit 1992 is related to:
(a) Sustainable Development
(b) Polluter-Pays Principle
(c) Environmental Education
(d) Preservation of Ozone Layer

Answer :  A

Question22. One of the conventional sources of energy is
(a) wind energy
(b) tidal energy
(c) hydroelectric energy
(d) None of the above

Answer :   D

Question23. Which of the following is a Conventional source of energy?
(a) Wind
(b) Sunlight
(c) LPG
(d) Tide

Answer :  C

Question24. What is the main problem with development of countries?
a) Strain on environment to absorb the damage and self-heal
b) Decrement in poverty
c) Higher energy consumption per capita
d) Lower energy consumption per capita

Answer :  A

Question25. Sustainability can be achieved by replacing existing resources with other resources of equal value.
a) True
b) False

Answer :  A