MCQ Class 11 Eng Hornbill Ch 4 The Ailing Planet: the Green

MCQ’s For All Chapters – Hornbill Class 11th

1. Who was the President of the World Resources Institute mentioned in the chapter?

Mr L.K.Jha

James Speth

Edgar S.Woolard

Lester R.Brown

Question 1 of 20

2. What does Article 48A of the Constitution of India require the State to do?

Increase the use of firewood

Promote unlimited industrial expansion

Protect and improve the environment and safeguard forests and wildlife

Replace forests with agricultural land

Question 2 of 20

3. What concern was highlighted by Parliament’s Estimates Committee?

The near-catastrophic depletion of India’s forests

The rapid increase in forest planting

The complete disappearance of industries

The decline in the demand for firewood

Question 3 of 20

4. According to the chapter, at what rate was India losing its forests?

40 million acres a year

50 million acres a year

1 million acres a year

3.7 million acres a year

Question 4 of 20

5. What did the United Nations study using satellites and aerial photography reveal?

The environment had improved in every country

Environmental deterioration had become critical in many of the 88 countries investigated

Forests were no longer disappearing

Population growth had completely stopped

Question 5 of 20

6. Around what year did the world population reach its first billion?

1700

1750

1800

1900

Question 6 of 20

7. What was the estimated world population mentioned in the chapter?

5.7 billion

1.4 billion

3.7 billion

920 million

Question 7 of 20

8. How frequently does the world population increase by one million, according to the chapter?

Every day

Every week

Every month

Every four days

Question 8 of 20

9. According to the author, what happens to fertility as incomes rise, education spreads and health improves?

It remains unchanged in all circumstances

It falls

It increases continuously

It becomes unrelated to development

Question 9 of 20

10. What does the author describe as the best contraceptive?

Industrialisation

Deforestation

Development

Migration

Question 10 of 20

11. What solution does the author support for addressing population growth?

Voluntary family planning without coercion

Compulsory sterilisation of all people

Stopping education

Preventing all economic development

Question 11 of 20

12. According to the chapter, what choice is presented in relation to population growth and poverty?

Between forests and grasslands

Between industry and agriculture

Between education and health

Between population control and the perpetuation of poverty

Question 12 of 20

13. What was the estimated population of India mentioned in the chapter?

500 million

920 million

1.4 billion

5.7 billion

Question 13 of 20

14. What does the expression “a transcending concern” refer to in the chapter?

Increasing industrial production

Expanding the use of natural resources

The survival of both people and the planet

Competition between countries

Question 14 of 20

15. What does the author mean by the “Era of Responsibility”?

An age in which people recognise their responsibility towards the environment and the future

A period in which natural resources can be used without limits

An age focused only on industrial profits

A period when environmental laws are unnecessary

Question 15 of 20

16. Which industry leader declared himself the company’s “Chief Environmental Officer”?

James Speth

Mr L.K.Jha

Lester R.Brown

Edgar S.Woolard

Question 16 of 20

17. According to Edgar S.Woolard, what was necessary for Du Pont’s continued existence as a leading manufacturer?

Increasing the use of forest resources

Excelling in environmental performance

Ignoring environmental regulations

Reducing all environmental responsibilities

Question 17 of 20

18. Who made the statement that no generation has a freehold on the Earth and that all we have is a life tenancy?

Nani Palkhivala

James Speth

Margaret Thatcher

Edgar S.Woolard

Question 18 of 20

19. What does the expression “life tenancy” suggest in Margaret Thatcher’s statement?

Human beings are temporary occupants who must care for the Earth

People can use all natural resources without responsibility

The Earth belongs permanently to the present generation

Future generations have no claim to natural resources

Question 19 of 20

20. According to Lester R.Brown, from whom have we borrowed the Earth?

Our teachers

Our governments

Our ancestors

Our children

Question 20 of 20

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