Test: Sustainable Management of Natural Resources - 1 - UPSC MCQ

A successful forest conservation strategy should involve comprehensive programme to protect all the physical and biological components.

Bishnoi community in Rajasthan has a religious tenet of conservation of forest and wildlife and this was clear from the movement organised by them to protect the khejri trees.

The three R’s that will help to conserve natural resources for long term use are reduce, recycle and reuse.

The environment because the environment is the life support of living things and our environment consists of many varieties of plants, many varieties of algae and it provides us all with oxygen. So, the environment is the correct answer.

Wooden house which is man-made is not a natural resource.

Forests are called biological hotspots because of the large numbers of life forms including flora and fauna that are found there.

Biodiversity generally refers to the presence of different species of plants and animals living together in a specific area . Although it is greater in forests because of the available natural resources like trees ,lakes etc which is favoured by wild animals and also provides them food and shelter hence biodiversity is greater in forests.

Sustainable energy include social progress and equality, environmental protection, conservation of natural resources and stable economic growth. so d is the correct answer

The Chipko Movement objectives were to end the alienation of people from their forests and teach people to participate in the management of forest ecosystem.

The pH of water and coliform presence in water indicates contamination by disease-causing microorganisms