1. The author of the story “The Ailing Planet: The Green Movement Role” is ……..
- Nani Palkhiwala
- Vikram Seth
- Khushwant Singh
- Ted Hughes
2. Who said, “We have not inherited this earth from our forefathers, we have borrowed it from our children ?”
- Mr. Lester Brown
- Margaret Thatcher
- Mr. Edgar S. Woolard
- None of these
3. The world’s ancient tropical forests are now eroding very fast at the rate of –
- 40 million acres a year
- 60 million acres a year
- 50 million acres a year
- None of these
4. “We have not inherited this earth from our forefathers, we have borrowed it from our children” who said this?
- Margaret Thatcher
- James Speth
- Mr. L. K. Jha
- Mr. Lester Brown
5. The concept that the earth and other planets revolved around the sun was first introduced by-
- Newton
- Copernicus
- Arehimedes
- Dalton
6. The concept of sustainable development was popularised in-
- 1890
- 1929,
- 1987
- 1992
7. The Green Movement started in …
- 1972
- 1968
- 1985
- 1996
8. The author has compared the earth to a …
- patient
- scientist
- doctor
- God
9. Green Movement shifted the focus from a mechanistic view to a holistic and …..
- technical view
- ecological view
- traditional view
- None of these
10. The World’s first nationwide Green Party was founded in ……..
- USA
- Russia
- South Africa
- Newzealand
11. The President of the World Resource Institute is …
- James Speth
- Michael Poy
- Nani Palkhiwala
- None of these
12. The book “The Global Economic Prospect” is written by –
- James Speth
- Margaret Thatcher
- Lester R. Brown
- None of these
13. “The world’s most dangerous animal” is written on a cage in the zoo at Lusaka……
- Zambia
- Australia
- England
- None of these
14. Overfishing is common because the world is conscious about …
- Protein
- Fats
- Vitamin
- None of these
15. A movement which started nearly twenty-five years ago was known as –
- Satyagraha Movement
- Chipko Movement
- A Green Movement
- A Woman Movement
16. Why should we introduce voluntary family planning –
- To control population
- To eradicate poverty
- It is a hurdle in the path of progress
- None of these
17. Every four days the world population increases by ……………..”
- 1.5 million
- 1 million
- 1.7 million
- half a million
18. What forms the foundation of the global economic system according to Lester Brown?
- ” fisheries, forests, grasslands, and croplands ”
- land and water
- forests, fisheries, grasslands
- fisheries and forests
19. “Scientists have catalogued about ………….. living species with which mankind shares the earth”
- 1.4 million
- 1.6 million
- 1.8 million
- 1.2 million
20. Where was the first nationwide Green party founded?
- USA
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Canada