NPTEL Environment and Development Week 6 Assignment Asnwers 2024
1. The terms ‘resource management’ or ‘environmental management’ first appeared in
- Late 1950s
- Early 1960s
- Late 1960s
- Early 1970s
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2. When did Environment Protection Act (Environmental Impact Assessment) came into existence?
- 1974
- 1980
- 1986
- 1990
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3. What comes under the state property regime, under natural resource management?
- National forest/national park
- Hospitals
- Shopping malls
- All of these
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4. What does ‘conservation of natural resources’ mean?
- Wise use of economic resources
- Wise use of financial resources
- Wise use of economic and financial resources
- Wise use of the earth’s resources by humanity
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5. What are the methods of soil conservation?
- Crop rotation
- Mulching
- Strip cropping
- All of these
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6. The book ‘Governing the Commons’ was authored by
- Warder Clyde
- Sonia Altizer
- John Alcock
- Elinor Ostrom
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7. Which of the following statement/s is true about sustainable development?
- Sustainable development leads to equitable distribution of resources
- Sustainable development leads to inequitable distribution of resources
- Sustainable natural resource management leads to controlled exploitation of resources
- None of these
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8. What does ‘dwelling perspective’ of Tim Ingold refers?
- Practical engagement of humans with others of the dwelt-in ecosystem
- Engagement of women in the ecosystem
- Engagement of families in the ecosystem
- Engagement of communities in the ecosystem
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9. The community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) approach combines conservation objectives with
- The generation of economic benefits
- The generation of social benefits
- The generation of psychological benefits
- The generation of political benefits
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10. What are the example/s of tragedy of the commons?
- Shared common grazing pasture
- Over fishing
- Deforestation
- All of these
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