12th Standard CBSE - Economics - Environment and Sustainable Development

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Question - 1

Global warming is mainly caused by

  • A burning of coal and petroleum products
  • B deforestation
  • C release of methane gas from animal waste
  • D All of the above

Question - 2

Out of the following, which is not the function of environment?

  • A It supplies resources
  • B It assimilates waste
  • C It sustains life by providing non-genetic and non-biodiversity
  • D It provides aesthetic services like scenery

Question - 3

The environment performs four vital functions and the environment is able to perform these functions without any interruption as long as the demand on these functions is within its carrying capacity.
In the given statement 'carrying capacity' implies to
1. The resource extraction is not above the rate of regeneration.
2. Wastes generated are beyond the absorptive capacity of the environment.
3. The resource extraction is not below the rate of regeneration.
4. The resource and the wastes generated are within the assimilating capacity of the environment.

  • A 1, 2 and 4
  • B Both 2 and 4
  • C Both 1 and 4
  • D All of these

Question - 4

When extraction is above the rate of regeneration of the resource and the wastage are outside the absorptive capacity of the environment then environment fails to perform its one of the vital function. What is that function?

  • A It supplies resources
  • B It assimilates waste
  • C It sustains life
  • D It provides aesthetic services

Question - 5

Out of the following, what are the correct reasons of high opportunity cost of negative environmental impact.
1. Spending huge amounts on technology and research to explore alternative resource
2. Health costs of degraded environmental quality
3. Global warming
4. Ozone depletion
5. Industrial revolution

  • A 1, 2, 3 and 4
  • B Both 1 and 2
  • C 3,4 and 5
  • D All of these

Question - 6

India heavily depends on _______and ______ power plants.

  • A solar, gobar gas
  • B thermal, hydro
  • C CNG,solar
  • D None of the above

Question - 7

In Delhi, the use of ________ as fuel in public transport system has significantly lowered air pollution.

  • A CNG
  • B petrol
  • C LPG
  • D None of these

Question - 8

_______ is a clean fuel. It reduces household pollution to a large extent

  • A CNG
  • B LPG
  • C Gobar gas
  • D None of the above

Question - 9

Which animalsl birds help in biocomposting?

  • A Cattles
  • B Snakes
  • C Owls
  • D Peacock

Question - 10

Environment and economy are ________ and need of each other

  • A interdependent
  • B independent
  • C dependent
  • D complimentary
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