Environment MCQ

Chapter 9: Environment & Sustainable
Development
Q1. What is the main cause of pollution in cities?
a) wastage c) Industries
c) Vehicles d) None of these
Q2. The cause of environmental degradation in India is/are:

a) Rapid increase in population b) Poverty
c) Richness d) All of these
Q3. Cost of sacrifice is known as:
a) Marginal Cost c) Opportunity Cost

c) Fixed Cost d) None of these
Q4. Which of these help in organic pesticides?

a) Peacock b) snake
c) owl d) All of these
Q5. All living elements --- the birds, animals and plants, forests, fisheries etc—are:
a) Abiotic elements b) Biotic elements
c) Both (a) and (b) d) None of these
Q6. Which of these is a function of environment?
a) To offer production resources b) To enhance quality of life

c) To assimilate waste d) All of these
Q7. What is the main cause of soil erosion?

a) Ozone depletion b) Air pollution
c) Deforestation d) All of these
Q8. Deforestation leads to:

a) Air pollution b) Land degradation
c) Biodiversity loss d) All of these
Q9. For which pollution, the government set up the Central Pollution Control Board
(CPCB):
a) Air pollution b) Noise pollution c) Water pollution d) All of these
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Q10. Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) was set up in the year:
a) 1951 b) 1974
c) 1991 d) 2001
Q11. Environmental degradation is:

a) Price-demand reversal of resources over time
b) Supply – price reversal of resources over time
c) Supply – demand reversal of resources over time
d) None of the above
Q12. Two major environmental issues facing the world today are:
a) Global warming and ozone depletion
b) Growth and sustainable development
c) Poverty and inequality
d) None of these
Q13. Which of the following is not an example of Abiotic elements of the environment?
a) Air b) Water c) Birds d) Rocks
Q14. The Chipko movement, which aimed at protecting forest in the

a) Himalayas b) Kerala
c) Maharashtra d) Karnataka
Q15. The Appiko Movement, which aimed at protecting forest in the

a) Himalayas b) Kerala
c) Maharashtra d) Karnataka
Q16. Which of the following increases quality of life?

a) Rivers b) Seas c) Mountains d) All of these
Q17The average rise in temperature of Earth is known as:

a) Opportunity Cost
b) Global warming
c) Ozone Depletion
d) Deforestation
Q18. Carrying capacity implies:

a) Generation of wastes should remain within the absorption capacity of the environment
b) Resource extraction should remain below the rate of resource regeneration
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None of these
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Q19. Which of the following is the long-term result of global warming?
a) More frequent tropical storms
b) Melting of polar ice result in the rise in sea level
c) Extinction of species as ecological niches disappear
d) All of these
Q20. Factor contributes to global warming is:

a) Hydrogen gas released in animal waste
b) Reforestation
c) Burning of coal and petroleum products
d) Decrease in cattle production
Q21. Which of the following is an important function of environment?

a) To provide resources for production
b) To provide aesthetic services
c) To assimilate waste
d) All of these
Q22. Which of the following are biotic elements (i) Birds (ii) Water (iii) Land (iv) Forests?
a) (i), (ii) b) (i), (iii)
c) (i), (iv) d) (ii), (iii)
Q23. Sustainable development can be achieved by:

a) Restricting use of renewable resources
b) Controlling the growth of population
c) Controlling pollution
d) All of these
Q24. If a person is hired on a permanent basis and also get social security benefits, he is
called as:
a) Casual Worker b) Self-employed
c) Regular worker d) None of these
Q25. Which of the following is not a worker?

a) A person employed in orphanage home b) Gambler
Q26. An establishment with four hired workers is known as ……………. sector establishment
a) Formal b) Informal c) Both (a) and (b) d) None of these
Q27.Unemployment leads to which of the following?

a) loss of manpower b) Loss of output
c) decline in capital formation d) All of these
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Q28. Which of the following is false regarding disguised unemployment?
a) Marginal productivity of worker is high
b) Mounting pressure of population in rural areas with no alternative employment
c) Feature of agrarian economy
d) More people are engaged than required
Q29. Which of the following provides the maximum employment?

a) Industry b) IT sector c) Primary sector d) Service sector
Q30. Which one of the following activities can be included in the primary sector?
a) Making sugar from sugarcane
b) Cultivating sugarcane
c) Providing storage facilities for grains
d) Giving loan to the farmers
Q31. Percentage of population participating in production activity is called:

a) labour force b) Workforce c) Labour supply d) Participation rate
Q32. What is the reason of educated unemployment?

a) Low rate of literacy b) A good number of highly educated people
c) Faulty education system d) None of the above
Q33. Which of the following is false regarding formal sector?

a) Workers are not entitled to social security benefits
b) Worker of this sector called formal workers
c) They can form trade union
d) All of these are false.
Q34. When a person quits in order to find a second job it may cause temporary
unemployment. It is example of:
a) Frictional unemployment b) Open unemployment
c) Cyclic unemployment d) Rural unemployment
Q35.Which of the following is a component of environment?

a) Living elements only b) Non-living elements only
Q36. Which of the following is not considered as an element of environment?

a) Air b) Land
c) Weather d) Electricity
Q37. Which of the following is a reason of noise pollution?

a) Domestic sewerage b) Industrial waste
c) Industrial machines d) Emission of gases
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Q38. Which of the following is a cause of environmental degradation?
a) Population Explosion b) Increasing urbanisation
c) Rapid industrialisation d) All of these
Q39. Sustainable development is that development which satisfies the need of:
a) present generation only b) future generation only
c) Both (a) and (b) d) none of these
Q40. Which of the following is a necessary condition of sustainable development?

a) Increase in the quality of life b) Reduction in the level of pollution
c) Conservation of the stock of natural capital d) All of these
Q41. An increase in real income along with an increase in economic welfare is called:
a) economic growth b) economic development
c) sustainable development d) none of these

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Chapter 9: Environment & Sustainable

Q2. The cause of environmental degradation in India is/are:

Q3. Cost of sacrifice is known as:

a) Marginal Cost c) Opportunity Cost

Q4. Which of these help in organic pesticides?

Q6. Which of these is a function of environment?

a) To offer production resources b) To enhance quality of life

Q7. What is the main cause of soil erosion?

Q8. Deforestation leads to:

Q11. Environmental degradation is:

Q14. The Chipko movement, which aimed at protecting forest in the

Q15. The Appiko Movement, which aimed at protecting forest in the

Q16. Which of the following increases quality of life?

Q17The average rise in temperature of Earth is known as:

Q18. Carrying capacity implies:

Q20. Factor contributes to global warming is:

Q21. Which of the following is an important function of environment?

Q23. Sustainable development can be achieved by:

Q25. Which of the following is not a worker?

Q27.Unemployment leads to which of the following?

Q29. Which of the following provides the maximum employment?

Q31. Percentage of population participating in production activity is called:

Q32. What is the reason of educated unemployment?

Q33. Which of the following is false regarding formal sector?

Q35.Which of the following is a component of environment?

Q36. Which of the following is not considered as an element of environment?

Q37. Which of the following is a reason of noise pollution?

Q40. Which of the following is a necessary condition of sustainable development?

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