Environment & Sustainable Development

Which of the following is an important function of environment?

• To provide resources for production
• To provide aesthetic services
• To assimilate waste
• All of these

____________is the main reason for soil erosion

• Ozone depletion
• Air pollution
• Deforestation
• None of these

Which of the following are biotic elements(i)Birds(ii)Water(iii)Land(iv)Forests?

• (i), (ii)
• (i), (iii)
• (i), (iv)
• (ii), (iii)

The government set up the central pollution control board to control

• Air pollution
• Noise pollution
• water pollution
• Soil erosion

Sustainable development can be achieved by

• Restricting use of renewable resources
• Controlling the growth of population
• Controlling pollution
• All of these

_____________is the observed and projected increase in the average temperature of earth's atmosphere and oceans

• Global warming
• Biodiversity loss
• Ozone depletion
• Deforestation

Which one of the following is a measure to control air pollution in vehicles?

• Promotion of thermal power plants
• Promotion of public transport
• Promotion of CNG instead of petrol
• All of these

Out of the following which causes ozone depletion

• Land degradation
• High levels of chlorine and bromine compounds in stratosphere
• Increase in greenhouse gas concentrations
• Deforestations

____________takes place when the surface soil is washed away through excessive rains and floods

• Land degradation
• Soil erosion
• Biodiversity loss
• deforestation

Which one of the following is a cause of land degradation?

• Loss of vegetation due to deforestation
• Overgrazing
• Encroachment into forest lands
• All of these