This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Common Subjects > English Hornbill > Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 5 The Ailing Planet The Green Movement’S Role – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 5 The Ailing Planet The Green Movement’S Role Quiz 2 (39 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who wrote the book 'The Global Economic Prospect" ? A) Edgar S Woolard. B) Lester R Brown. C) James Speth. D) L k Jha. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lester R Brown. 2. What change has the Green Movement brought about after its initiation? A) It has made people aware about climate change. B) It has emerged as a political party. C) It has changed our perception about the world. D) It has saved a lot of animals and other organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It has emerged as a political party. 3. Where was the first nationwide green party founded? A) USA. B) Australia. C) New Zealand. D) Canada. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) New Zealand. 4. "what goes under the pot now costs more than what goes inside it" . This means ..... A) Firewood is costlier than staples. B) Pot is costlier than staples. C) Firewood is costlier than pot. D) Pot is costlier than firewood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Firewood is costlier than staples. 5. How can you save the trees? A) Turning off the lights. B) Recycling newspaper. C) Using your car less. D) Using less water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Recycling newspaper. 6. What is the transcending concern? A) To save water. B) The survival of forests. C) The survival of animals. D) The survival of the planet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The survival of the planet. 7. In this article, Earth is compared to ..... A) A deadly mass. B) A patient. C) A burning ball. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A patient. 8. The world commission on Environment and Development promoted A) Biodiversity. B) Sustainable Development. C) Afforestation. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sustainable Development. 9. What is name of the newspaper where this article got the place and when was it published? A) Times of India on 22nd August 1994. B) The Indian Express on 24th Nov 1994. C) The Chronicles on 23rd December 1982. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Indian Express on 24th Nov 1994. 10. What according to this chapter is the best contraceptive for overpopulation? A) Family planning. B) Reforestation. C) Development. D) Education. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Development. 11. The President of 'World Resource Institute' is A) James Speth. B) Michael Poy. C) Nani Palkhivala. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) James Speth. 12. The essay "The Ailing Planet:the Green Movement's Role '' has been written by- A) Lester Brown. B) L.K. Jha. C) Nani Palkhivala. D) Brandt commission. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nani Palkhivala. 13. '' Are we to leave our successors a scorched planet of advancing deserts, impoverished landscapes and ailing environment" ? This statement was given by ..... A) Green movement. B) World Commission on Environment. C) Brandt Report Commission. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brandt Report Commission. 14. What are the four principal biological systems that form the foundation of the global economic system? A) Water, air, sand, forests. B) Ocean, forests, deserts, land. C) Fisheries, grasslands, forests, and croplands. D) Fisheries, grasslands, oceans, land. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fisheries, grasslands, forests, and croplands. 15. What did the sign in the zoo in Alaska read? A) Warning. B) Animal. C) The World's most dangerous animal'. D) Lion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The World's most dangerous animal'. 16. Which of these industries do not avail raw material from the Principal Biological systems? A) Wheat flour & Cloth industry. B) Paper making and Shoe making industry. C) Mining and Petroleum industry. D) Dairy farming Industry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mining and Petroleum industry. 17. Which article of the Constitution of India provides that "the State shall endeavor to protect and improve the environment and to safeguard the forests and wildlife of the country" ? A) Article 51A. B) Article 52. C) Article 44A. D) Article 48A. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Article 48A. 18. WORLD POPULATION 2020(approx.) A) 5.72 BILLION. B) 7.58 BILLION. C) 7.20 BILLION. D) 6.72 BILLION. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 7.58 BILLION. 19. According to the article, India's forests are depleting at the rate of ..... acres a year A) 6.5 acres. B) 3.7 acres. C) 2.3 acres. D) 5.3 acres. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3.7 acres. 20. According to the signboard at Lusaka Zoo the world's most dangerous animal is: A) Human. B) Tiger. C) Leopard. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Human. 21. What role does the author believe industry should play in the new Era of Responsibility? A) To excel in environmental performance. B) To focus on traditional manufacturing. C) To ignore environmental regulations. D) To prioritize profit over environmental concerns. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To excel in environmental performance. 22. The first worldwide green party was founded in A) India. B) Germany. C) Australia. D) New Zealand. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) New Zealand. 23. "catastrophic depletion" was in reference to? A) Afforestation. B) Pollution. C) Poverty. D) Deforestation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deforestation. 24. The root cause of the ailing planet is A) Overgrowing population. B) Lack of education. C) Both A and B. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both A and B. 25. ..... has a most crucial role to play in this era of responsibility? A) Agriculture. B) Fishery. C) Industry. D) Croplands. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Industry. 26. What is one of the major reasons for the exploitation of environment? A) Global warming. B) Animal extinction. C) Increasing population. D) Increasing poverty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Increasing population. 27. This article was written by A) Patrick Pringle. B) Nani Palkhivala. C) Bindra Suri. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nani Palkhivala. 28. The author has compared earth to a A) Mother. B) Patient. C) Doctor. D) God. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Patient. 29. What is the strongest factor responsible for deterioration of the environment? A) Growth of human population. B) Unsustainable development. C) Extensive fishing. D) Supremacy of human beings on the earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Growth of human population. 30. The World Commission on Environment & Development promoted ..... A) Biodiversity. B) Afforestation. C) Sustainable Development. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sustainable Development. 31. 1 Million is ..... A) 10 Lakhs. B) 100 Lakhs. C) 10 Crore. D) 1 Crore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10 Lakhs. 32. "No generation has a free hold on this earth. All we have is a life tenancy-with a full repairing lease" is a statement coined by A) Margaret Thatcher. B) Indira Gandhi. C) Menka Gandhi. D) Tony Brown. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Margaret Thatcher. 33. "It has been well said that forests precede mankind; deserts follow." A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 34. Green Movement shifted the view from mechanistic view to A) Holistic View. B) Ecological View. C) Holistic and Ecological View. D) Traditional View. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Holistic and Ecological View. 35. The country where Green Movement was founded in 1972 is: A) Australia. B) South Africa. C) New zealand. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) New zealand. 36. Which of these would not be an effect of destruction of forests? A) Floods and landslides. B) Extinction of many species of life. C) Rise in the sea level. D) Soil erosion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rise in the sea level. 37. 'The Ailing Planet' is authored by A) Nani Palkhivala. B) Ted Hughes. C) Vikram Seth. D) Khushwant Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nani Palkhivala. 38. According to which agency, we need a five fold increase in the rate of forest planting to cope with the expected fuel-wood demand in the year 2000? A) The Reserve Bank. B) The Asian Development Bank. C) The World Bank. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The World Bank. 39. The 3 R's means: A) Recycle-Reinvention-Reduce. B) Reduce-Ride-Rocks. C) Ruins-Room-Rush. D) Reduce-Recycle-Reuse. 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