Environment and Sustainable Development Class 12 MCQ Quiz – Test Your Understanding!

Are you ready to test your knowledge of Environment and Sustainable Development from the Class 12 Economics syllabus? This chapter focuses on environmental challenges, sustainable development goals, pollution, and resource management, which are essential for CBSE board exams and competitive exams.

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Chapter Name: Environment and Sustainable Development
Subject: Economics
Book: NCERT Class 12 Economics
Question Type: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
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Chapter 7 Environment and Sustainable Development

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What is the primary reason for the environmental crisis, according to the concept of carrying capacity?

Exceeding the regenerative capacity of the environment

Overconsumption of resources

Overpopulationv

Ignoring the assimilating capacity of the environment

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Solar energy can be converted into electricity with the help of ……….……………………. (Photovoltaic cell/Lithium cells).

(Fill up the blank with the correct alternative)

Photovoltaic cell

Both

Lithium cells

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Read the following statements - Assertion (A) and Reason ( R)

Assertion (A): Sustainable Development is about changes that transform impoverished people, communities, and countries into informed, educated, healthy and productive societies.

Reason (R): Sustainable Development advocates wealth creation that generates Socio-economic equality and opportunity.

Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true.

Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.

Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are false.

Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.

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The environment can perform all its functions without any interruption as long as the demand on these functions is within its

Assimilating capacity

Absorptive capacity

Plimsoll line

Carrying capacity

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Global environmental issues contribute to increased financial commitments to the Government. This indicates

The social costs of negative environmental cost is high

The opportunity costs of negative environmental impacts are high.

The opportunity costs of positive environmental cost is high

The social costs of positive environmental cost is high

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What is the core principle of sustainable development, according to the Brundtland Commission?

Prioritizing economic growth over environmental protection

Meeting the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

Prioritizing environmental protection over economic growth

Ignoring the needs of future generationsv

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Which of the following is not one of the ways to attain the goal of sustainable development? (choose the correct alternative)

Use of traditional knowledge and practices

Sticking to methods to promote inequalities.

Spreading awareness

Use of cleaner fuels

8 / 15

The threat to India’s environment is due to

All

Affluence

Poverty

Growth of industries

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Due to increasing expenses related to energy and ecological considerations, a country chose to make significant investments in domestic renewable energy technologies instead of bringing in traditional energy sources from abroad.

What favorable outcomes can be anticipated from this strategy of substituting imports?

lower energy costs for consumers due to subsidized imports

promotion of the domestic green energy sector through targeted investments

enhanced self-sufficiency in energy production and greater sustainability

increased dependence on foreign technology for renewable energy implementation

3 and 4

1 and 2

2 and 3

4 and 1

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What is the carrying capacity of the environment?

The maximum number of people that can be supported by the environment

The rate at which resources can be extracted without depleting them

The maximum amount of resources that can be extracted from the environment

The rate at which waste can be assimilated by the environment

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__________is not a cause for environmental degradation.

Global warming

Guarding green cover

Deforestation

Waste management

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What is the environment defined as?

The sum of all living organisms

The total planetary inheritance and totality of all resources

The natural surroundings of an organism

The man-made surroundings of an organism

13 / 15

With regard to ensuring sustainable economic development, which one of the following strategies is wrong?

Rate of extraction of non-renewable resources should not exceed the rate of creation

Limiting human population within the carrying capacity

None

Technological progress must be input efficient and not input consuming

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What is the Montreal Protocol?

An international agreement to promote sustainable development

An international agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

An international agreement to ban the production and use of ozone-depleting substances

An international agreement to protect biodiversity

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What is the Kyoto Protocol?

An international agreement to ban the production and use of ozone-depleting substances

An international agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

An international agreement to promote sustainable development

An international agreement to protect biodiversity

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Key Topics Covered in the Quiz

✔ Concept of Sustainable Development
✔ Causes and Effects of Environmental Degradation
✔ Pollution and Its Economic Impact
✔ Measures for Sustainable Resource Management
✔ Global Environmental Issues (Climate Change, Biodiversity Loss, etc.)
✔ Government Policies for Sustainable Development

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