Class 11 English - The Ailing Planet - MERIT YARD
1 / 40Who is the author of 'The Ailing Planet'?A) Khushwant Singh
B) Shirley Toulson
C) Nani Palkhivala
D) Gordon Cook
2 / 40When did the Green Movement originally start?A) In 1972
B) In 1987
C) In 1999
D) In 1950
3 / 40Where was the first nationwide Green party founded?A) United States
B) South Africa
C) Soviet Union
D) New Zealand
4 / 40What is the shift in human perception regarding the earth?A) Modern to ancient
B) Mechanistic to holistic
C) Holistic to mechanistic
D) Scientific to religious
5 / 40How is the earth considered in the holistic view?A) A lifeless rock
B) A temporary shelter
C) An industrial machine
D) A living organism
6 / 40Which commission popularized sustainable development?A) Geneva Commission
B) Wildlife Commission
C) Brundtland Commission
D) Global Commission
7 / 40In which year was sustainable development popularized?A) 1972
B) 1987
C) 1995
D) 2000
8 / 40What is kept inside a cage in a zoo at Lusaka?A) A large mirror
B) A fierce lion
C) A large gorilla
D) An empty box
9 / 40Where is the zoo with the mirror located?A) Nairobi, Kenya
B) Cape Town, SA
C) Lusaka, Zambia
D) Cairo, Egypt
10 / 40Who is considered the world's most dangerous animal?A) The wild tiger
B) The human being
C) The giant shark
D) The black snake
11 / 40How many living species share the earth with us?A) 2.5 million
B) 5.0 million
C) 3.2 million
D) 1.4 million
12 / 40Who authored 'The Global Economic Prospect'?A) Lester R. Brown
B) L.K. Jha
C) Margaret Thatcher
D) Nani Palkhivala
13 / 40How many principal biological systems are there?A) Two
B) Three
C) Four
D) Five
14 / 40Which is NOT a principal biological system?A) Fisheries
B) Mountains
C) Grasslands
D) Croplands
15 / 40What do these biological systems mainly provide us?A) Only fresh water
B) Minerals and gold
C) Shelter and oil
D) Food and raw materials
16 / 40What happens when pressure on these systems is unsustainable?A) Productivity gets impaired
B) Economy grows faster
C) Species multiply rapidly
D) Poverty gets eliminated
17 / 40In a protein-conscious world, what is happening daily?A) Forests are planted
B) Grasslands expand
C) Overfishing is common
D) Croplands increase
18 / 40Why are local forests being decimated in poor countries?A) To build factories
B) To procure cooking fuel
C) To create sports fields
D) To export timber
19 / 40"Forests precede mankind; deserts follow." It means?A) Men create forests
B) Deserts are beautiful
C) Animals destroy plants
D) Humans destroy nature
20 / 40At what rate are the world's tropical forests being lost?A) Ten acres per minute
B) Half an acre a second
C) Acre and a half a second
D) Fifty acres per day
21 / 40What does burning of animal dung cause?A) Loss of natural fertilizer
B) Extreme air pollution
C) Increase in forest fires
D) High electric prices
22 / 40Article 48A of the Indian Constitution protects what?A) Heritage buildings
B) Small local industries
C) Ancient monuments
D) Environment and forests
23 / 40What is the painful truth about environmental laws in India?A) They are very strict
B) Never respected nor enforced
C) They are highly respected
D) They are perfectly made
24 / 40A UN study warns environment is 'critical' in how many countries?A) 55 countries
B) 105 countries
C) 88 countries
D) 40 countries
25 / 40What is the strongest factor distorting human future?A) Population growth
B) Global warming
C) Extreme poverty
D) Water scarcity
26 / 40Time taken to reach the first billion world population?A) One hundred years
B) Just fifty years
C) Ten thousand years
D) More than a million years
27 / 40What was the world population around the year 1900?A) Three billion
B) Two billion
C) One billion
D) Four billion
28 / 40What was the population when this article was written?A) 4.2 billion
B) 7.2 billion
C) 5.7 billion
D) 8.0 billion
29 / 40Every four days, world population increases by how much?A) One million
B) Five million
C) Two million
D) Ten million
30 / 40What happens to fertility as incomes rise and education spreads?A) It strictly increases
B) It remains constant
C) It fluctuates
D) It gradually falls
31 / 40According to the author, what is the best contraceptive?A) Medical science
B) Development
C) Religious beliefs
D) Strict laws
32 / 40The choice is between control of population and...?A) Global extinction
B) Economic growth
C) Perpetuation of poverty
D) Advanced technology
33 / 40What does the new holistic worldview mean?A) Caring for the planet
B) Expanding borders
C) Using resources fast
D) Exploring space
34 / 40What is the current era called by the author?A) Era of Machinery
B) Era of Science
C) Era of Economics
D) Era of Responsibility
35 / 40Who said: "No generation has a freehold on this earth"?A) Nani Palkhivala
B) Margaret Thatcher
C) Lester R. Brown
D) L.K. Jha
36 / 40"All we have is a life tenancy..." Who stated this?A) Lester R. Brown
B) Edgar S. Woolard
C) Margaret Thatcher
D) Nani Palkhivala
37 / 40Who said: "We have not inherited this earth... we borrowed it"?A) Margaret Thatcher
B) Nani Palkhivala
C) L.K. Jha
D) Lester R. Brown
38 / 40Mr. Edgar S. Woolard was the Chairman of which company?A) Du Pont
B) Ford Motors
C) General Electric
D) Microsoft
39 / 40What title did Edgar S. Woolard give himself?A) Chief Executive Officer
B) Global Marketing Head
C) Chief Environmental Officer
D) Chief Financial Officer
40 / 40What is the central message of 'The Ailing Planet'?A) Earth needs factories
B) Humans in space
C) Need for conservation
D) Deserts are expanding
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