NCERT English Class 11 | Chapter 5 | The Ailing Planet: the Green Movement’s Role | MCQs |

1. Which movement started 25 years ago?

A. White Movement

B. Green Movement

C. Industrial Revolution

D. French Revolution

Answer: (B) Green Movement

2. Who predicted that the Earth revolve around the sun?

A. Galileo

B. Copernicus

C. Ferdinand Magellan

D. Vasco Da Gama

Answer: (B) Copernicus

3. Which concept was popularised in 1987?

A. HYV yielding crops

B. Greenhouse effect

C. Sustainable development

D. White Revolution

Answer: (C) Sustainable development

4. What will you find in Zambia’s zoo?

A. Animals

B. A mirror

C. Human beings

D. Reptiles

Answer: (B) A mirror

5. What is the number of species estimated by the scientists?

A. 1.5 billion

B. 1 billion

C. 1.2 billion

D. 1.4 billion

Answer: (D) 1.4 billion

6. Who is the author of ‘The Global Economic Prospect’?

A. L.K Advani

B. L.K Jha

C. Arun Jaitley

D. D.S Kothari

Answer: (B) L. K Jha

7. Who is the writer of the article ‘The Ailing Planet: the Green Movement’s Role’?

A. Nani Palkhivala

B. M.J Akbar

C. Vir Sanghvi

D. Ravish Kumar

Answer: (A) Nani Palkhivala

8. Which of the following is not earth’s principal biological system?

A. Fishes

B. Forests

C. Grasslands

D. croplands

Answer: (A) Fishes

9. How has Dr Myers described the ‘tropical forests’?

A. Lungs of the world

B. The powerhouse of evolution

C. The driving force of revolution

D. All of the above

Answer: (B) The powerhouse of revolution.

10. Which article of the Indian Constitution endeavours to protect the environment?

A. Article 14A

B. Article 15

C. Article 48 A

D. Article 170

Answer: (C) Article 48A

11. Which is the strongest factor to distort human society?

A. Growth of world population

B. Growth of sustainable development

C. Urbanization

D. All of the above

Answer: (A) Growth of the world population.

12. Which sector plays the most important role in the ‘Era of Responsibility’?

A. Education Sector

B. Business Sector

C. Automobile Sector

D. Industrial Sector

Answer: (D) Industrial Sector

13. What is the antonym of the word ‘languish’?

A. Develop

B. Delight

C. Thrive

D. Droop

Answer: (C) Thrive

14. Which of the following is the synonym of the word ‘decimated’?

A. Build

B. Erect

C. Annihilate

D. Cream

Answer: (C) Annihilate

15. What do you understand by the phrase ‘inter alia’?

A. Between two things

B. Among various things

C. Among other things

D. Among the following

Answer: (C) Among other things.

Read the following lines and answer the questions

“Are we to leave our successors a scorched planet…and ailing environment?”

16. In which report was the above line written?

A. The Commission Report

B. The First Brandt Report

C. The First Information Report

D. None of the above

Answer: (B) The First Brandt Report

17. What did the above report deal with?

A. Ecology and sustainability

B. Ecology and urbanization

C. Ecology and overpopulation

D. Ecology and environment

Answer: (D) Ecology and environment.

18. Who needs to take responsibility for the ailing planet?

A. Humans

B. Animals

C. Nature itself

D. All of the above

Answer: (A) Humans

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