Which of the following movement is associated with preventing cutting of trees?

1. Chipko Movement.
2. Appiko Movement.
3. Both of the above.
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.

Environment has many resources for us. A resource that can be totally replaced or is always available naturally, or that is practically inexhaustible is known as:

1. Conventional resource.
2. Renewable resource.
3. Non-renewable resource.
4. Non-conventional resource.

Which of the following is a major cause of environmental degradation?

1. Urbanisation.
2. Rapid increase in population.
3. Use of HYV seeds.
4. All of the above.

The environment performs four vital functions and the environment is able to perform these functions without any interruption as long as the demand on these functions is within its carrying capacity. 'In the given statement carrying capacity' implies to:

1. The resource extraction is not above the rate of regeneration.
2. Wastes generated are beyond the absorptive capacity of the environment.
3. The resource extraction is not below the rate of regeneration.
4. The resource and the wastes generated are within the assimilating capacity of the environment.

1. 1, 2 and 4
2. Both 2 and 4
3. Both 1 and 4
4. All of these.

When did the Earth Summit had a framework convention?

1. 1992
2. 1994
3. 1996
4. 1998

Banning the use of chlorofluorocarbon compounds and other chlorine and bromine compounds is called:

1. Chipko Movement.
2. Apiko Movement.
3. Montreal Protocol.
4. None of the above.

Out of the following, what are the correct reasons of high opportunity cost of negative environmental impact?

1. Spending huge amounts on technology and research to explore alternative resource.
2. Health costs of degraded environmental quality.
3. Global warming.
4. Ozone depletion.
5. Industrial revolution.

1. 1, 2, 3 and 4
2. Both 1 and 2
3. 3, 4 and 5
4. All of these.

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.

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.