NPTEL Environment and Development Week 1 Assignment Answers
1. In 1987, the World Commission on Environment and Development(WCED), which had been set up in 1983, published a report entitled ____ that came to be known as the Brundtland Report.
- Our Common Future
- Our Common Past
- Our Common Wealth
- Our Common Agenda
Answer :- a
2. The concept ‘sustainable development’ was described by the 1987 Brundtland Commission Report as
- Development that meets the needs of the present
- Development that meets the needs of the individual
- Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
- Development that meets the needs of the past
Answer :- c
3. Ecology refers to
- The interrelations of human beings and animals
- The interrelations of human beings and machine
- The interrelations of flora and fauna
- The interrelations of human beings, flora, and fauna with elements of the natural and the physical environment-biotic and non-biotic components
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4. Which of the following statement is true about ‘development’?
- It is a process that creates growth
- It is a process that creates growth progress
- It is a process that creates the addition of physical, economic, environmental, social and demographic components
- All of these
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5. Animate world involves
- Objects, machines, and the physical world around us
- Plants and animals including humans
- Only flora
- Only fauna
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6. ______________ refers to a relative balance of nutrient cycles, energy flows, and species and composition in ecosystems.
- Ecosystem homeostatic
- Ecosystem heterostatic
- Ecosystem homeostasis
- Ecosystem heterostasis
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7. In exponential population growth, growth rate is _____________ to the population size or number.
- Directly proportional
- Indirectly proportional
- Inversely proportional
- None of these
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8. The complete form of S-shaped growth curve is
- Solo growth curve
- Singular growth curve
- Symbiotic growth curve
- Sigmoid growth curve
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9. In which city was the Earth Summit organized?
- Paris, France
- Doha, Qatar
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Kyoto, Japan
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10. Which of the following objective is not part of the UK’s Sustainable Development Strategy published in May 1999?
- Technological progress which recognizes the needs of everyone
- Effective protection of the environment
- Prudent use of natural resources
- Maintenance of high and stable levels of economic growth & employment
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