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TS 10th Class Social Bits 11th Lesson Sustainable Development with Equity
Question 1.
Use of fertilizers and pesticides are banned in this state. ()
A) Kerala
B) Karnataka
C) Maharashtra
D) Sikkim
Answer:
D) Sikkim
Question 2.
Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) is …………………. .()
A) Environmental movement
B) Economic movement
C) Political movement
D) Water movement
Answer:
A) Environmental movement
Question 3.
The Supreme Court held that one of the following of the Constitution includes the right of pollution free water and air for full enjoyment of life. ( )
A) Political right
B) Legal right
C) Right to life
D) Directive principles
Answer:
C) Right to life
Question 4.
The min aim of Chipko Movement is ………………….. .()
A) protection of animals
B) construction of dams
C) food security
D) protection of trees
Answer:
D) protection of trees
Question 5.
The Chipko Movement focuses On ……………………….. .()
A) stop felling of trees.
B) increase animal rearing.
C) to encourage organic farming.
D) encouraging industries.
Answer:
A) stop felling of trees.
Question 6.
The environment’s source function is to ……………………… . ( )
A) provide natural resources.
B) pollute natural resources.
C) prevent natural disasters.
D) cause natural disasters.
Answer:
A) provide natural resources.
Question 7.
In a series of rulings, the Supreme Court of India had ordered all public transport vehicles to use the fuel ( )
A) Diesel
B) Petrol
C) Compressed Natural Gas
D) Kerosene
Answer:
C) Compressed Natural Gas
Question 8.
Main objective of Chipko movement is ………………………. .( )
A) against the dams.
B) against falling of trees.
C) for the rights of tribals.
D) for the rights of displaced people.
Answer:
B) against falling of trees.
Question 9.
The state that banned use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides is: ( )
A) Sikkim
B) Kerala
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Telangana
Answer:
A) Sikkim
Question 10.
…………………… expands the meaning of development to include social inoicators education and health. ( )
A) GDP
B) HDI
C) NBA
D) DDT
Answer:
B) HDI
Question 11.
In India, more than …………………. of the workforce is in the unorganised sector. ( )
A) 60%
B) 70%
C) 80%
D) 90%
Answer:
D) 90%
Question 12.
People with ………………… income and wealth are the ones who have all the choices in the world to buy and consume. ( )
A) high
B) low
C) minimum
D) maximum
Answer:
A) high
Question 13.
With ‘Mota Baavi’ only ……………… acres can be irrigated. ( )
A) 1 to 2
B) 2 to 3
C) 3 to 4
D) 4 to 5
Answer:
B) 2 to 3
Question 14.
………………… was limited to rainy season and large areas were rainfed drylands. ( )
A) Agriculture
B) Industry
C) Textile
D) Non-food crops
Answer:
A) Agriculture
Question 15.
Open wells had water at …………………. feet deep. ( )
A) I to 5
B) 5 to 10
C) 10 to 15
D) 15 to 20
Answer:
C) 10 to 15
Question 16.
Open wells had water at 10 to 15 feet deep; utmost ……………….. feet deep. ( )
A) 100
B) 200
C) 300
D) 400
Answer:
A) 100
Question 17.
After all, the ……………. has go down to the ground for it to be lifted up. This is called ‘recharge. ( )
A) fire
B) water
C) air
D) none
Answer:
B) water
Question 18.
About ……………… districts have reported a water level decline of over 4 meters during past 20 years. ( )
A) 100
B) 200
C) 300
D) 400 .
Answer:
C) 300
Question 19.
About 300 dIstncts have reported a water level decline of over 4 metres durmg the past years. ( )
A) 10
B) 20
C) 30
D) 40
Answer:
B) 20
Question 20.
………………… has been used as a sink to dump all kinds of waste and tonic substances. ( )
A) Soil
B) Water
C) Fire
D) Air
Answer:
B) Water
Question 21.
In ………………. of districts of India. water from hand pumps and wells are unsafe for drinking. ( )
A) 29%
B) 39%
C) 49%
D) 59%
Answer:
D) 59%
Question 22.
This is because of contamination of groundwater from …………………….. Waste from agriculture and Industry.
A) Chemical industrial
B) Textile industry
C) Small scale industry
D) Agricultural industry
Answer:
A) Chemical industrial
Question 23.
In the Year ……………….. Rachel Carson wrote the book “Slient Spring”. ()
A) 1942
B) 1952
C) 1962
D) 1972
Answer:
C) 1962
Question 24.
In ……………………. to protect the areas cashew crop from pests, the government carned out treatment of land. ( )
A) 1966
B)1976
C) 1986
D) 1996
Answer:
B)1976
Question 25.
To protect the areas cashew crop from pests, the government carried out treatment of ………………… acres of land with endosulfan, sprayed by helicopter. ( )
A) 5,000
B) 10,000
C) 15,000
D) 20,000
Answer:
C) 15,000
Question 26.
The air, water and entire environment was suffused with the pesticide, as treatment confirmed for some ……………. years. ( )
A) 10
B) 15
C) 20
D) 25
Answer:
D) 25
Question 27.
As at least ………………. people have died and for countless others, life has become worse than death as cancer and deformities became prevalent. ( )
A) 1,000
B) 5,000
C) 10,000
D)15,000
Answer:
B) 5,000
Question 28.
The environmental costs of the Narmada Valley Development Project, which involves the construction of more than ……………….. large and small dams are immense. ( )
A) 1,000
B) 2,000
C) 3,000
D) 4,000
Answer:
C) 3,000
Question 29.
The largest of the dams constructed Is the Sardar Saroval, which floods more than ………………. hectares of forest and agricultural land. ( )
A) 34,000
B) 35,000
C) 36,000
D) 37,000
Answer:
D) 37,000
Question 30.
The following letter was written by Bava Maha(lya of .Jalslndhi village In Jhabua district to the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh In ……………………. . ( )
A) 1994
B) 1995
C) 1996
D) 1997
Answer:
A) 1994
Question 31.
Development project like the …………………. dam home disrupted the lives and livelihood of thousands of people. ()
A) Sardar Sarovar
B) Bakra Nangal
C) Nagarjuna Sagar
D) Almati
Answer:
A) Sardar Sarovar
Question 32.
The stock of ……………….. has been built and enriched over generations.
A) education
B) knowledge
C) diversrty
D) agriculture
Answer:
B) knowledge
Question 33.
Another Important environmental movement Is the Chipko Andolan which started In the early ………………… . ( )
A) 1950
B) 1960
C) 1970
D) 1980
Answer:
C) 1970
Question 34.
…………………… is big country with a high population.
A) India
B) Bangladesh
C) Egypt
D) Iran
Answer:
A) India
Question 35.
lt is unjust to ask the poor people to bear the cost of
A) Development
B) Agriculture
C) Environment
D) Peshcides
Answer:
A) Development
Question 36.
Different groups have championed the rights of local people over the ………………. . ( )
A) Agriculture
B) Environment
C) Development
D) Pesticides
Answer:
B) Environment
Question 37.
In 1991, the Supreme Court held that the Right to Life Is a fundamental right under ………………… of the Constitution. ( )
A) Article 21
B) Article 22
C) Article 23
D) Article 24
Answer:
A) Article 21
Question 38.
Sikkim s the first state In India that Is planning to shift completely to organic farming by ……………………. . ( )
A) 2005
B) 2010
C) 2015
D) 2020
Answer:
C) 2015
Question 39.
Uttarakhand too Is following the same path of being …………………….. organic state. ( )
A) 50%
B) 100%
C) 150%
D) 200%
Answer:
B) 100%
Question 40.
The potential of an environment to provide these resources is referred to as an …………… . ( )
A) Environment source function
B) Natural source function
C) Both A&B
D) OnlyB’
Answer:
A) Environment source function
Question 41.
In the past fifty years of economic development, both the source and sink functions of the ……………………… have been overused. ( )
A) environment
B) artificial nature
C) both A & B
D) none
Answer:
A) environment
Question 42.
The …………………. describes an environmenVs ability to absorb and render harmless waste and pollution. ( )
A) function
B) sink function
C) nature function
D) none
Answer:
B) sink function
Question 43.
………………… are an Important component of the modern agricultural practice. ( )
A) Pesticides
B) Landowners
C) Farmers
D) Labour
Answer:
A) Pesticides
Question 44.
The Narmada Valley Development Project is one of the largest …………………. in the world. ( )
A) Thermal electric project
B) Hydroelectric project
C) Atomic projects
D) None
Answer:
B) Hydroelectric project
Question 45.
It is true that Irrigation and power have been produced and both are cental to …………….. . ( )
A) modem development
B) traditional development
C) cultural development
D) none
Answer:
A) modem development
Question 46.
Development projects like the ……………… have disrupted the lives and livelihoods of thousands of people. ( )
A) Nagarjuna Sagar
B) Damodar Valley
C) Sardar Sarovar
D) None
Answer:
C) Sardar Sarovar
Question 47.
Equally, the environment is denuded of its rich ………………… as the traditional knowledge is lost along with the people. ( )
A) biodiversity
B) unity in diversity
C) diversity
D) none
Answer:
A) biodiversity
Question 48.
The resistance to ………………… and other dams with simIlar consequences in the Narrnada valley has taken the form of a social movement. ( )
A) Polavaram Proiect
B) Sardar Sarovar
C) Both A & B
D) None
Answer:
B) Sardar Sarovar
Question 49.
…………………. has stood for the rights of the people over land, forests and river. ( )
A) Narmada Bachavo
B) Krishna Bachavo
C) Godavari Bachavo
D) Cauveri Bachavo
Answer:
A) Narmada Bachavo
Question 50.
Growth in …………………… and modem industrial development are necessary. ( )
A) NNP
B) GDP
C) NDP
D) GNP
Answer:
B) GDP
Question 51.
To destroy the environment means to destroy these …………….. . ( )
A) communities
B) castes
C) groups
D) none
Answer:
A) communities
Question 52.
It is unjust to ask the poor people to bear the ………………….. . ( )
A) cost
B) cost of development
C) cost of production
D) none
Answer:
B) cost of development
Question 53.
Individually a country may take initiative to reduce emissions of ……………… . ( )
A) greenhouse gases
B) gases
C) CO2
D) O2
Answer:
A) greenhouse gases
Question 54.
The has taken the bold step to ban chemical fertilizers and pesticides. ( )
A) Assom government
B) Bihar government
C) Sikkim government
D) Manipur government
Answer:
C) Sikkim government
Question 55.
Households with income above Rs. 17 lakhs per annum in India ( )
A) 3 millions
B) 31 millions
C) 71 millions
D) 135 millions
Answer:
A) 3 millions
Question 56.
‘Dharavi’ slum is located in this city.
A) Delhi
B) Murnbai
C) Ahmedabad
D) Kolkata
Answer:
D) Kolkata
Question 57.
‘Silent Spring is written by
A) Robert Hine
B) Rudyard
C) Rachel Carson
D) J.K. Rowling
Answer:
C) Rachel Carson
Question 58.
The main elm of the Chipko movement is ………………….. . ( )
A) to prevent felling of trees
B) to protect forest wealth for the contractors
C) environmental protection
D) all of these
Answer:
A) to prevent felling of trees
Question 59.
The main aim of the Chipko Movement started at Uttarakhand is ………………. . ( )
A) Protection of forests
B) Protection of farmland
C) Protection of river water
D) Protection of agriculture
Answer:
A) Protection of forests
Question 60.
The book SiIent Spring” belongs to ……………… . ( )
A) impacts at usage of DDT.
B) factors of water pollution.
C) effects of fertiksers and pesticides.
D) protection of environment.
Answer:
A) impacts at usage of DDT.
Question 61.
Environment and sustainability are having relation with ( )
A) Equality
B) Liberty
C) Law
D) All the above
Answer:
A) Equality
Question 62.
Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring is about
A) Narmada Valley Development Proiect
B) Reduction environmental pollution
C) The effect of DOT on humans
D) Against the construction of Polavaram Project
Answer:
C) The effect of DOT on humans
Question 63.
Right to Life Le under the Article ……………… . ( )
A) Article 21
B) Article 22
C) Article 23
D) Article 24
Answer:
A) Article 21