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The Ailing planet CBSE class 11 MCQs Question and answer

The Ailing planet: the green Movement’s Role

Question:1 what was the issue raised by the author in the chapter the ailing planet?

  1. Global warming
  2. water shortage
  3. Electricity crisis
  4. Deteriorating health of the earth

Answer:(4) Deteriorating health of the earth

Question;2 when did the green movement help environmentalists to raise awareness about the harmful condition of the earth?

  1. 1992
  2. 1972
  3. 1987
  4. 1970

Answer:(2) 1972

Question:3 when was sustainable development used by the world commission on Environment and development?

  1. 1987
  2. 1992
  3. 1990
  4. 1986

Answer:(1) 1987

Question:4 what did the sign in the zoon in Lusaka read?

  1. The world’s best animal
  2. The world’s most dangerous place”
  3. The world’s most dangerous animal
  4. All of these

Answer:(3) The world;s most dangerous animal

Question:5what was kept inside the cage outside which the message the world”s most dangerous animal was written?

  1. A board
  2. A Mirror
  3. food
  4. bark of the tree

Answer:(2) A Mirror

Question:6 who raised the Question are we to leave our successors a scorched planet of Advancing deserts impoverished landscapes and ailing environment?

  1. Brandt commission
  2. brundtland commission
  3. UN world commission
  4. None of the above

Answer:(1) Brandt commission

Question:7 what are the four principal blological systems that form the foundation of the global economic systems?

  1. water, air sand, forests
  2. Ocean, forests deserts, land
  3. Fisheries, grasslands,forests and croplands
  4. Fisheries, grasslands, Oceans land

Answer:(3) Fisheries grasslands forests and croplands

Question:8what will the grasslands turn into if systems become unsustainable?

  1. Barren wastelands
  2. islands
  3. plateaus
  4. Nothing as such

Answer:(1) Barren wastelands

Question:9 what happens to the forests in poor countries?

  1. they are cut down for fuelwood
  2. they are cut down for furniture
  3. the are grown into a large number
  4. Nothing as such

Answer: (1) they are cut down for fuelwood

Question:10what is leading to deforestation at an alarming rate?

  1. sale of fuelwood
  2. sale of vegetables
  3. Building up of houses
  4. sale of paper

Answer:(1) sale of fuelwood

Question:11 what is one of the reasons for the exploitation of the environment?

  1. Increasing population
  2. Global warming
  3. Animal extinction
  4. water shortage

Answer:(4) (1) Increasing population

Question:12 what is the best contraceptive for overpopulation?

  1. Development
  2. life on Mars
  3. saving water
  4. Reforestation

Answer:(1) (1) Development

Question:13 what is the meaning of holistic and ecological view?

  1. The preservation of the environment
  2. saving water resources
  3. saving trees
  4. Rainwater harvesting

Answer:(1) (1) The preservation of the environment

Question:14 what rate is the world’s ancient patrimony of tropical forests eroding?

  1. at the rate of forty to fifty million acres a year
  2. at the rate of one million acres per year
  3. at the rate of 90 million acres per year
  4. none of the above

Answer:(4) (1) at the rate of forty to fifty million acres a year

Question:15 which article of the constitution of india provides that the state shall endeavour to protect and improve the environment and to safeguard the forests and wildlife of the country?

  1. Article 48A
  2. Article 51A
  3. Article 48 A(1)
  4. Article 52

Answer:(1) (1) Article 48A

Question:16 at what rate are the forests in India depleting?

  1. at the rate of 3.7 million acres a year
  2. at the rate of 36.7 million acres a year
  3. at the rate of 13.7 million acres a year
  4. None of the above

Answer:(4) (1) at the rate of 3.7 million acres a year

Question:17 what does the three-year study, conducted by the united nations state?

  1. Environment has deteriorated that it is critical in eighty-eight countries
  2. Forests are being cut down at an alarming rate
  3. there is not much of drinking water left
  4. Fossil fuels are getting extinct at a fast rate

Answer(4) (1) Environment has deteriorated that it s critical in eighty-eight countries

Question:18 complete this line from the chapter the rich get, her and the poor beget children

  1. To work harder
  2. which condemns them to remain poor
  3. To remain poorer
  4. To get richer

Answer(4) (2) which condemns them to remain poor

Question:19 what is the transcending concern?

  1. The survival of the planet
  2. the survival of forests
  3. Global warming
  4. to save water

Answer(4) (1) The survival of the planet

Question:20 who said” No generation has a freehold on this earth all we have is a life tenancy with a full repairing lease?

  1. Mr Edgar s woolard
  2. UN world commission
  3. Donald trump
  4. Margaret thatcher

Answer:(4) Margaret thatcher

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