Environment and Society Solved MCQs

1.

World wide Fund for nature – India (WWF-I) was initiated in ------ at first.

A. new delhi
B. madras
C. pune
D. mumbai
Answer» D. mumbai
2.

----------- is the effect of undesirable changes in our surroundings that have harmful effects on plants, animals and human beings.

A. pollution
B. degradation
C. deforestation
D. climate change
Answer» A. pollution
3.

Indira Gandhi had stated in the Conference in 1972 that poverty was the greatest polluter.

A. summit
B. saraac
C. stockholm
D. world
Answer» C. stockholm
4.

------------ Work is mainly concerned with modernity and its effects.

A. giddens
B. marx
C. parson
D. weber
Answer» A. giddens
5.

Created environment is introduced by ------------ in his work on modernity.

A. weber
B. habermas
C. ulrich beck
D. gidden
Answer» D. gidden
6.

Contemporary ------------ theory emphasis not only the role of capitalists but also that of the State in fastening ecological destruction

A. marxistian
B. weberian
C. critical
D. structural
Answer» A. marxistian
7.

Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

A. sustainable development
B. human development
C. economic development
D. social development
Answer» A. sustainable development
8.

As carbon dioxide is released by various human activities causing --------

A. global warming
B. acid rain
C. ozone layer depletion
D. nuclear holocaust
Answer» A. global warming
9.

------------- is a highly poisonous gas with a strong odor

A. ozone
B. carbon
C. acid pollutants
D. sulphur dioxide
Answer» B. carbon
10.

The destruction of the layer causes increased incidence of skin cancer and cataracts

A. uv
B. ozone
C. carbon
Answer» B. ozone
11.

Reduce, Reuse, recycle is the new concept in ----------- management

A. environment
B. waste
C. pollution
D. water
Answer» B. waste
12.

The implementation forest conservation act is --------------

A. 1980
B. 1952
C. 1974
D. 1947
Answer» A. 1980
13.

The environmental protection Act was passed in the year

A. 1986
B. 1974
C. 1972
D. 1976
Answer» A. 1986
14.

World health day is celebrated on ----------

A. april 7
B. april 18
C. april 22
D. march 21
Answer» A. april 7
15.

World environment day is celebrated on -------------

A. june 11
B. june 5th
C. august 6
D. september 16
Answer» A. june 11
16.

Madhave gadgil is a well known ---------------

A. sociologist
B. ecologist
C. journalist
D. social worker
Answer» B. ecologist
17.

Biological diversity deals with the degree of nature’s variety in the

A. biosphere
B. ecosphere
C. hydrosphere
Answer» A. biosphere
18.

-------- as a mega diversity nature

A. america
B. pakistan
C. india
D. japan
Answer» C. india
19.

---------- percent of Indian plants are endemic to the country and found nowhere else in the world

A. 25
B. 20
C. 18
D. 10
Answer» C. 18
20.

Risk Society is advocated by

A. hebermas
B. ulrich beck
C. weber
D. ulrich beck
Answer» B. ulrich beck
21.

____________ call for a ‘past exuberant Sociology

A. catton and dunlap
B. giddens
C. haberman
D. parson
Answer» A. catton and dunlap
22.

Economy and Society is Written by

A. weber
B. marx
C. parson
D. durkheim
Answer» A. weber
23.

-------- early work the concept of the humanization of nature is proposed

A. weber
B. durkheim
C. marx
D. parson
Answer» C. marx
24.

AGIL model is introduced by

A. durkheim
B. gidden
C. murphy
D. parson
Answer» D. parson
25.

The author of ‘the passing of traditional Society is -------------

A. lerner
B. parson
C. weber
D. ulrich beck
Answer» A. lerner
26.

The author of Surplus to Scarcity

A. allan schnaiberg
B. ulrichbeck
C. anthony gidden
D. hebermas
Answer» A. allan schnaiberg
27.

The ‘treadmill of production’ framework for understanding environmental problem through sociological approach is introduced by

A. allan schnaiberg
B. anthony giddens
C. hebermans
D. ulrich beck
Answer» A. allan schnaiberg
28.

Civilization and climate, is the principle sociological work of ----------

A. huntington
B. murphy
C. durkheim
D. weber
Answer» A. huntington
29.

The first explicit use of environmental Sociology was by

A. huntington
B. klausner
C. catton and dunlop
D. gidden
Answer» B. klausner
30.

The author of Silent Spring

A. rachel carson
B. riley dunlap
C. william catton
D. meadows
Answer» A. rachel carson
31.

Environmental sociology has established since the early --------- in Japan and Korea

A. 1970
B. 1980
C. 1990
D. 2000
Answer» C. 1990
32.

Korean association for environmental Sociology conference in

A. 1990
B. 1995
C. 1998
D. 2000
Answer» D. 2000
33.

The handbook of environmental sociology is written by

A. riley dunlap
B. gidden
C. murphy
D. ulrich beck
Answer» A. riley dunlap
34.

New Ecological paradigm was introduced by ----------

A. anthony gidden
B. hebermas
C. catton and dunlap
D. humphrey
Answer» C. catton and dunlap
35.

The Environmental Justice paradigm has created new growth opportunities for environmental sociology in US in the year

A. 1970
B. 1975
C. 1980
D. 1990
Answer» D. 1990
36.

------ is often represent the debut of the modern environmental movement

A. population day
B. environmental day
C. earth day
D. ozone day
Answer» C. earth day
37.

The author of the history of civilization to England is---------

A. henry thomas buckle
B. ultrich beck
C. murphy
D. dunlap and catton
Answer» A. henry thomas buckle
38.

Earths democracy; Justice, Sustainability and peace is written by -------

A. vandana shiva
B. anil agarwal
C. allen schanaiberg
D. ulrich beck
Answer» A. vandana shiva
39.

----------- movement primarily begun and supported by local women in the hills of uttarakhand and Garhwal

A. feminist
B. chipko
C. environment
D. ecological
Answer» B. chipko
40.

In the ----------- religion each and every species on earth is supported to have a place in the scheme of life

A. islam
B. christian
C. hindu
D. jain
Answer» D. jain
41.

_------ founded Shanthiketan

A. gandhiji
B. rabindranath
C. tagore
D. swami vivekanadhan
Answer» B. rabindranath
42.

------------- University that taught an environment based philosophy

A. shanthikethan
B. sri shankaracharya
C. rajiv gandhi
D. mahatma gandhi.
Answer» A. shanthikethan
43.

------------------------environment is a humanly controlled environment.

A. created
B. natural
C. urban
D. rural.
Answer» A. created
44.

The word environment is derived from the-------------verb environer.

A. latin
B. french
C. greek
D. german.
Answer» A. latin
45.

--------------------study of Societal environmental interactions.

A. environmental science
B. environmental sociology
C. ecology
D. social ecology.
Answer» B. environmental sociology
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