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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in Sociology (BA Sociology) .
| 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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