When extraction is above the rate of regeneration of the resource and the wastage are outside the absorptive capacity of the environment then environment fails to perform its one of the vital function. What is that function?

1. It supplies resources.
2. It assimilates waste.
3. It sustains life.
4. It provides aesthetic services.

Name a pesticide which is environment friendly.

1. Chemical Pesticides.
2. Neem Based Pesticides.
3. Urea.
4. None of the above.

_______ is the cost of next best alternative sacrificed in order to take benefit of one given opportunity.

1. Absorptive capacity.
2. Carrying capacity.
3. Assimilation capacity.
4. Opportunity cost.

The ________ of the environment implies that the resource extraction rate is not above the rate of resources regeneration.

1. absorptive capacity.
2. carrying capacity.
3. assimilation capacity.
4. opportunity cost.

India has ______% of human and ______% of livestock population with only ______% of land area.

1. 20, 16.6, 2.5
2. 16.6, 20, 2.5
3. 2.5, 16.7, 20
4. 20, 25, 2.5

India accounts for _______% of world's total iron ore reserves.

1. 14
2. 18
3. 20
4. 21

Which are the catch phases in the following UNCED definition of Sustainable Development:
 "Development that meets the need of the present generation without compromising the ability of the future generation to meet their own needs".

1. Need.
2. Future generation.
3. Need and present generation.
4. Need and future generation.

Brundtland Commission in 1987 defined sustainable development as:

1. A type of development which put the interests of developing countries ahead of the interests of the rich nations.
2. Development which meets the needs of present generation without compromising the ability of future generation to meet their own needs.
3. Development that protects the future generation even at the expense of present generation.
4. None of the above.

______ is a clean fuel. It reduces household pollution to a large extent.

1. CNG
2. LPG
3. Gobar gas.
4. None of the above.

_______ refers to the maximum limit within which waste can be assimilated by the environment without degradation.

1. Absorptive capacity.
2. Carrying capacity.
3. Assimilation capacity.
4. Opportunity cost.