Test: The Ailing Planet: the Green Movement's Role- 1 - Commerce MCQ

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”?

What is one of the reasons for the exploitation of the environment?

” Every four days the world population increases by ……………..”

“Scientists have catalogued about ………….. living species with which mankind shares the earth”

Who said, “We have not inherited this earth from our forefathers; we have borrowed it from our children.”?

What does the three-year study conducted by the United Nations state?

What is the meaning of holistic and ecological view?

What is the best contraceptive for overpopulation?

At what rate are the forests in India depleting?

At what rate is the world’s ancient patrimony of tropical forests eroding?

Who said, “No generation has a freehold on this earth. All we have is a life tenancy __with a full repairing lease”?

Complete this line from the chapter ‘The rich get richer, and the poor beget children ___’

What is the concept of Sustainable Development?

When did the Green Movement start?

Who said that tropical forests are “the powerhouse of evolution” ?

Who wrote the book ‘The Global Economic Prospect” ?

……………. has a most crucial role to play in this new Era of Responsibility