Environment And Society Set 1

Bachelor of Arts in Sociology (BA Sociology )

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This set of Environment and Society Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Environment And Society Set 1

Q1 | World wide Fund for nature – India (WWF-I) was initiated in ------ at first.
  • new delhi
  • madras
  • pune
  • mumbai
Answer: mumbai
Q2 | ----------- is the effect of undesirable changes in our surroundings that haveharmful effects on plants, animals and human beings.
  • pollution
  • degradation
  • deforestation
  • climate change
Answer: pollution
Q3 | Indira Gandhi had stated in the Conference in 1972 that poverty was thegreatest polluter.
  • summit
  • saraac
  • stockholm
  • world
Answer: stockholm
Q4 | ------------ Work is mainly concerned with modernity and its effects.
  • giddens
  • marx
  • parson
  • weber
Answer: giddens
Q5 | Created environment is introduced by ------------ in his work on modernity.
  • weber
  • habermas
  • ulrich beck
  • gidden
Answer: gidden
Q6 | Contemporary ------------ theory emphasis not only the role of capitalistsbut also that of the State in fastening ecological destruction
  • marxistian
  • weberian
  • critical
  • structural
Answer: marxistian
Q7 | Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising theability of future generations to meet their own needs.
  • sustainable development
  • human development
  • economic development
  • social development
Answer: sustainable development
Q8 | As carbon dioxide is released by various human activities causing --------
  • global warming
  • acid rain
  • ozone layer depletion
  • nuclear holocaust
Answer: global warming
Q9 | ------------- is a highly poisonous gas with a strong odor
  • ozone
  • carbon
  • acid pollutants
  • sulphur dioxide
Answer: carbon
Q10 | The destruction of the layer causes increased incidence of skin cancerand cataracts
  • uv
  • ozone
  • carbon
Answer: ozone
Q11 | Reduce, Reuse, recycle is the new concept in ----------- management
  • environment
  • waste
  • pollution
  • water
Answer: waste
Q12 | The implementation forest conservation act is --------------
  • 1980
  • 1952
  • 1974
  • 1947
Answer: 1980
Q13 | The environmental protection Act was passed in the year
  • 1986
  • 1974
  • 1972
  • 1976
Answer: 1986
Q14 | World health day is celebrated on ----------
  • april 7
  • april 18
  • april 22
  • march 21
Answer: april 7
Q15 | World environment day is celebrated on -------------
  • june 11
  • june 5th
  • august 6
  • september 16
Answer: june 11
Q16 | Madhave gadgil is a well known ---------------
  • sociologist
  • ecologist
  • journalist
  • social worker
Answer: ecologist
Q17 | Biological diversity deals with the degree of nature’s variety in the
  • biosphere
  • ecosphere
  • hydrosphere
Answer: biosphere
Q18 | -------- as a mega diversity nature
  • america
  • pakistan
  • india
  • japan
Answer: india
Q19 | ---------- percent of Indian plants are endemic to the country and foundnowhere else in the world
  • 25
  • 20
  • 18
  • 10
Answer: 18
Q20 | ____________ call for a ‘past exuberant Sociology
  • catton and dunlap
  • giddens
  • haberman
  • parson
Answer: catton and dunlap
Q21 | Economy and Society is Written by
  • weber
  • marx
  • parson
  • durkheim
Answer: weber
Q22 | -------- early work the concept of the humanization of nature is proposed
  • weber
  • durkheim
  • marx
  • parson
Answer: marx
Q23 | AGIL model is introduced by
  • durkheim
  • gidden
  • murphy
  • parson
Answer: parson
Q24 | The author of ‘the passing of traditional Society is -------------
  • lerner
  • parson
  • weber
  • ulrich beck
Answer: lerner
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