CBSE Class 11 English - MCQ and Online Tests - Prose - Unit 5 - The Ailing Planet: the Green Movement’s Role

CBSE Class 11 English  – MCQ and Online Tests – Prose – Unit 5 – The Ailing Planet: the Green Movement’s Role

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CBSE Class 11 English  – MCQ and Online Tests – Prose – Unit 5 – The Ailing Planet: the Green Movement’s Role

Question 1.
What is the transcending concern?
(a) the survival of the planet
(b) the survival of forests
(c) global warming
(d) to save water

Answer

Answer: (a) the survival of the planet

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Question 2.
“Scientists have catalogued about ………….. living species with which mankind shares the earth”
(a) 1.4 million
(b) 1.6 million
(c) 1.8 million
(d) 1.2 million

Answer

Answer: (a) 1.4 million

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Question 3.
What is one of the reasons for the exploitation of the environment?
(a) increasing population
(b) global warming
(c) animal extinctions
(d) water

Answer

Answer: (a) increasing population

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Question 4.
Where was the first nationwide Green party founded?
(a) USA
(b) Australia
(c) New Zealand
(d) Canada

Answer

Answer: (c) New Zealand

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Question 5.
What forms the foundation of the global economic system according to Lester Brown?
(a) ” fisheries, forests, grasslands, and croplands ”
(b) land and water
(c) forests, fisheries, grasslands
(d) fisheries and forests

Answer

Answer: (a) ” fisheries, forests, grasslands, and croplands ”

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Question 6.
Who said, “We have not inherited this earth from our forefathers; we have borrowed it from our children.”?
(a) Margaret Thatcher
(b) Mr Edgar S. Woolard
(c) Mr. Lester Brown
(d) Brandt Commission

Answer

Answer: (c) Mr. Lester Brown

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Question 7.
What does the three-year study conducted by the United Nations state?
(a) Environment has deteriorated that it is critical in eighty-eight countries
(b) forests are being cut down at an alarming rate
(c) there is not much of drinking water left
(d) Fossil fuels are getting extinct at a fast rate

Answer

Answer: (a) Environment has deteriorated that it is critical in eighty-eight countries

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Question 8.
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”?
(a) Article 48A
(b) Article 51A
(c) Article 48 A (1)
(d) Article 52

Answer

Answer: (a) Article 48A

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Question 9.
” Every four days the world population increases by ……………..”
(a) 1.5 million
(b) 1 million
(c) 1.7 million
(d) half a million

Answer

Answer: (b) 1 million

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Question 10.
What is the meaning of holistic and ecological view?
(a) the preservation of the environment
(b) saving of the water resources
(c) saving trees
(d) rainwater harvest

Answer

Answer: (a) the preservation of the environment

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