MCQ Questions for Class 11 English Hornbill Chapter 5 The Ailing Planet: the Green Movement’s Role with Answers
Question 1.
……………. has a most crucial role to play in this new Era of Responsibility
(a) Agriculture
(b) Fishery
(c) Industry
(d) Aforestation
Answer
Answer: (c) Industry
Question 2.
Who said that tropical forests are “the powerhouse of evolution” ?
(a) Edgar S Woolard
(b) L K Jha
(c) Dr Myres
(d) James Speth
Answer
Answer: (c) Dr Myres
Question 3.
Who wrote the book ‘The Global Economic Prospect” ?
(a) l k Jha
(b) Lester R Brown
(c) James Speth
(d) Edgar S Woolard
Answer
Answer: (b) Lester R Brown
Question 4.
What is the concept of Sustainable Development?
(a) Development of the future
(b) Development for the present
(c) “Development that meets the needs of the present, without compromising the ability of future generations”
(d) Environmental development
Answer
Answer: (c) “Development that meets the needs of the present, without compromising the ability of future generations”
Question 5.
When did the Green Movement start?
(a) 35 years ago
(b) 15 years ago
(c) nearly 25 years ago
(d) 20 years ago
Answer
Answer: (c) nearly 25 years ago
Question 6.
Who said, “No generation has a freehold on this earth. All we have is a life tenancy __with a full repairing lease”?
(a) Mr Edgar S. Woolard
(b) UN World Commission
(c) Donald Trump
(d) Margaret Thatcher
Answer
Answer: (d) Margaret Thatcher
Question 7.
Complete this line from the chapter ‘The rich get richer, and the poor beget children ___’
(a) to work harder
(b) which condemns them to remain poor
(c) to remain poorer
(d) to get richer
Answer
Answer: (b) which condemns them to remain poor
Question 8.
At what rate are the forests in India depleting?
(a) at the rate of 3.7 million acres a year
(b) at the rate of 36.7 million acres a year
(c) at the rate of 13.7 million acres a year
(d) None of the above
Answer
Answer: (a) at the rate of 3.7 million acres a year
Question 9.
At what rate is the world’s ancient patrimony of tropical forests eroding?
(a) at the rate of forty to fifty million acres a year
(b) at the rate of one million per year
(c) at the rate of 90 million per year
(d) none of the above
Answer
Answer: (a) at the rate of forty to fifty million acres a year
Question 10.
What is the best contraceptive for overpopulation?
(a) Development
(b) Education
(c) By saving water
(d) Reforestation
Answer
Answer: (a) Development
Question 11.
What is leading to deforestation at an alarming rate?
(a) sale of fuel wood
(b) sale of vegetables
(c) building up of houses
(d) sale of wood for burning purpose
Answer
Answer: (a) sale of fuel wood
Question 12.
What will the grasslands turn into if systems become unsustainable?
(a) turn into a barren wasteland
(b) turn into desert
(c) soil quality will deteriorate
(d) Nothing as such
Answer
Answer: (a) turn into a barren wasteland
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