NPTEL Environment and Development Week 5 Assignment Answers 2024
1. The essay ‘The Historical Roots of our Ecological Crisis’ was written by
- Lynn White
- Rachel Carson
- Christophe Munier
- None of these
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2. Which of the following centuries marks the emergence of ‘industrial revolution’?
- 16th century
- 17th century
- 18th century
- 19th century
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3. Which of the following was acknowledged by the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) to reconcile human affairs with natural law?
- Our cultural heritages can reinforce our economic interests and survival imperatives
- Our spiritual heritages can reinforce our economic interests and survival imperatives
- Our cultural and spiritual heritages can reinforce our economic interests and survival imperatives
- None of these
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4. What have religion taught us historically?
- To perceive and to act on human nature in terms of particular human interests, beliefs, and social structures
- To perceive and to act on nonhuman nature in terms of particular human interests, beliefs, and social structures
- To perceive and to act on human nature in terms of particular human beliefs, values and political structures
- To perceive and to act on nonhuman nature in terms of particular human beliefs, values and political structures
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5. What is the general consensus in Western monotheistic religions about religion and ecology?
- We should never forget that nature was human’s creation, and ultimately not God’s property,
- We should forget that nature was God’s creation, and ultimately God’s property,
- We should never forget that nature was God’s creation, and ultimately God’s property, not our own
- None of these
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6. Which of the following is a Buddhist text?
- edas
- Agamas
- Sutta-Nipata
- Torah
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7. In which of the following Vedas does the idea of the Divine Being as the one underlying power of unity is expressed?
- Rigveda
- Samaveda
- Atharvaveda
- Yajurveda
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8. Who among the following founded the Bishnoi sect?
- Guru Ramakrishna Paramhansa
- Guru Maharaj Jambaji
- Raja Ram Mohan Roy
- Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar
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9. Which of the following centuries marks the emergence of the ‘scientific revolution’?
- 16th century
- 17th century
- 18th century
- 19th century
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10. Which of the following is viewed as being cast in a Christian theological matrix?
- Orthodox Western science
- Modern Western science
- Traditional Eastern Science
- Traditional ecological knowledge
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