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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 Economics (BA Economics) .
Chapters
| 1. |
What was the Bruntland Commision? |
| A. | The world commission on economic growth |
| B. | The world commission on worldwide neo-liberal reform |
| C. | The world commission on environment and development |
| D. | The world commission on trade and development |
| Answer» A. The world commission on economic growth | |
| 2. |
A stationary population is when population growth is |
| A. | Increasing at an increasing rate |
| B. | Decreasing |
| C. | Zero |
| D. | 100% |
| Answer» C. Zero | |
| 3. |
Sustainable development means |
| A. | Development of underdeveloped countries |
| B. | Meeting the needs of the present generation without compromising the needs of the future generation |
| C. | Development of underdeveloped resources |
| D. | Development of water resources |
| Answer» B. Meeting the needs of the present generation without compromising the needs of the future generation | |
| 4. |
Ecological Foot Prints Approach is associated with |
| A. | David Pearce |
| B. | Daly & Cobb |
| C. | Solow |
| D. | Rees & Wackernagel |
| Answer» D. Rees & Wackernagel | |
| 5. |
According to MGD Report, what is the percentage of extreme poverty in India in 2011? |
| A. | 49.4% |
| B. | 24.7% |
| C. | 30.85% |
| D. | 25.6% |
| Answer» B. 24.7% | |
| 6. |
According to MGD report what is the criterion for extreme poverty? |
| A. | $ 1 aday |
| B. | Less than $1.50 |
| C. | Less than $ 1.25 |
| D. | Less than $ a day |
| Answer» C. Less than $ 1.25 | |
| 7. |
What is the deadline to achieve MGD? |
| A. | 2020 |
| B. | 2040 |
| C. | 2025 |
| D. | 2015 |
| Answer» D. 2015 | |
| 8. |
Which was the venue for millennium summit? |
| A. | Paris |
| B. | New York |
| C. | London |
| D. | Rio D Janero |
| Answer» B. New York | |
| 9. |
Who was UN Secy- General during declarationof MGD? |
| A. | Kurt Waldheim |
| B. | Ban Ki Moon |
| C. | Boutros Boutros Ghale |
| D. | Kofi Annan |
| Answer» D. Kofi Annan | |
| 10. |
Which of the following diseases are covered under MDG? |
| A. | HIV/AIDS |
| B. | Malaria |
| C. | Tuberculosis |
| D. | All |
| Answer» D. All | |
| 11. |
Which of the following areas are emphasized by MGD? |
| A. | Human capital |
| B. | Infrastructure |
| C. | Human rights |
| D. | All |
| Answer» D. All | |
| 12. |
Infrastructure related objectives of MDG does not include |
| A. | Access to safe drinking water |
| B. | Energy |
| C. | Modern information/communication technology |
| D. | Development of road infrastructure |
| Answer» D. Development of road infrastructure | |
| 13. |
Which among the following method of environmental valuation involves finding a link between environmental change and a production condition for some marketed goods |
| A. | Travel cost Method |
| B. | Contingent Valuation Method |
| C. | Hedonic Pricing |
| D. | Production function |
| Answer» D. Production function | |
| 14. |
Which of the following is correct, if we only achieve two out of three pillars of Sustainable Development? |
| A. | Social+Economic Sustainability= Equitable |
| B. | Social+Environmental Sustainability= Bearable |
| C. | Economic+ Environmental Sustainability= Viable |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 15. |
When was the term Sustainable Development came into existence? |
| A. | 1987 |
| B. | 1980 |
| C. | 1978 |
| D. | 1992 |
| Answer» B. 1980 | |
| 16. |
An impact assessment whether health impact assessment, environmental,social,environmental technology assessment should be |
| A. | Retrospective |
| B. | Prospective |
| C. | Subjective |
| D. | Apathetic |
| Answer» C. Subjective | |
| 17. |
Which of the following items are included within the definition of Total Economic Value |
| A. | Existence Value |
| B. | Use Value |
| C. | Option Value |
| D. | Correction Value |
| Answer» A. Existence Value | |
| 18. |
Which of the following is often referred to as the hedonic price method for valuing environmental assets? |
| A. | Using option value to estimate the value of an environmental asset |
| B. | Using travel cost to estimate the value of an environmental asset |
| C. | Using linkages between variationin house prices and geographical proximityto an environmental asset |
| D. | Using willingness to pay to value an environmental asset |
| Answer» C. Using linkages between variationin house prices and geographical proximityto an environmental asset | |
| 19. |
The name given to a tax which makes the firm pay for all the pollution damage it creates with each extra unit of output |
| A. | Coase theorm |
| B. | Option value |
| C. | Existence value |
| D. | Piguvion tax |
| Answer» D. Piguvion tax | |
| 20. |
Which of the following is/are not an objective (s) of sustainable development? |
| A. | Continue to implement the family planning program |
| B. | Maintain a dynamic balance of arable land (not less than 123 million hectares) and implement an agricultural development strategy |
| C. | Maintain a dynamic balance of water resources by reducing water consumption for every unit of gross development product growth and agricultural value added |
| D. | To bring about a gradual and sometime catastrophic transformation of environment |
| Answer» D. To bring about a gradual and sometime catastrophic transformation of environment | |
| 21. |
Consider the following statement (s) related to the parameters of sustainable development refer to the guiding principles.
|
| A. | Both I & II |
| B. | Both II & III |
| C. | Both I & IV |
| D. | I,II &III |
| Answer» D. I,II &III | |
| 22. |
Social, economical and ecological equity is the necessary condition for achieving |
| A. | Social development |
| B. | Economical development |
| C. | Sustainable development |
| D. | Ecological development |
| Answer» C. Sustainable development | |
| 23. |
The maximum number of individuals that can be supported by a given environment is called |
| A. | Biotic potential |
| B. | Carrying capacity |
| C. | Environmental resistance |
| D. | Population size |
| Answer» B. Carrying capacity | |
| 24. |
pporting capacity and asssdd9 25. Supporting capacity and assimilative capacity are the components of |
| A. | Carrying capacity |
| B. | Holding capacity |
| C. | Containing capacity |
| D. | Capturing capacity |
| Answer» A. Carrying capacity | |
| 25. |
3 Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generation to meet their own need’ is given by: |
| A. | Bruntland |
| B. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| C. | Mathaaii |
| D. | Sunderlal Bahugana |
| Answer» A. Bruntland | |
| 26. |
What is sustainable development? |
| A. | The development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. |
| B. | To conserve natural resources and to develop alternate sources of power while reducing pollution and harm to the environment |
| C. | It is the practice of developing land and construction projects in a manner that reduces their impact on the environment by allowing them to create energy efficient models of self-sufficiency |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» A. The development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. | |
| 27. |
What are the Primary Goals of Sustainability?
|
| A. | I, II & III |
| B. | I, III & IV |
| C. | . I & III |
| D. | I, II, III & IV |
| Answer» D. I, II, III & IV | |
| 28. |
The United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) was established by the UN General Assembly in December-------. |
| A. | 1992 |
| B. | 1993 |
| C. | 1994 |
| D. | 1995 |
| Answer» A. 1992 | |
| 29. |
Which of the following is not included in the parameters of sustainable development? |
| A. | Carrying capacity |
| B. | Inter and Intra-generation equity |
| C. | Gender disparity and diversity |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Gender disparity and diversity | |
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