Quiz for The Ailing Planet

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The Ailing Planet Quiz

Test your knowledge about the environment and sustainable development through our engaging quiz. Learn about key concepts, facts, and figures that shape our understanding of our planet's health.

Challenge yourself with questions like:

What is sustainable development?
Who highlighted the responsibilities of current generations?
What biological systems are foundational for our economy?

11 Questions3 MinutesCreated by CaringEarth101

Which article of the Constitution of India provides that “the State shall endeavour to protect and improve the environment and to safeguard the forests and wildlife of the country”?

Article 48A

Article 51A

Article 65A

Article 52

Every four days the world population increases by ……………..

1.2 million

1.35 million

1.7 million

1 million

What is the meaning of the term "sustainable development"?

To utilise resources the way we want

To give our bit in the agricultural development of the country

Development that meets the needs of the present, without compromising the ability of future generations

To sustain religious relationships

Who said,”No generation has a freehold on this earth. All we have is a life tenancy — with a full repairing lease”?

Margaret Thomas

Margerat Thatcher

Margerat Pearse

Margaret Thatcher

At what rate are the forests in India depleting?

At the rate of 36.7 million acres a year

At the rate of 37.6 million acres a year

At the rate of 34 million acres a year

None of the above

When was the Sustainable Development used by the World Commission on Environment and Development?

1991

1987

1976

1978

What are the four principal biological systems that form the foundation of the global economic system?

fisheries, grasslands, forests, and farmlands

fisheries, grasslands, forests, and croplands

fisheries, grasslands, waterbeds, and croplands

fisheries, grasslands, tree, and croplands

What is the meaning of holistic and ecological view?

The preservation of the environment

Rainwater harvest

Saving trees

Saving of the water resources

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