Sustainable Economic Development MCQs with Explanations
Sustainable Economic Development focuses on achieving economic growth while protecting natural resources for future generations. It includes environmental conservation, green economy, renewable energy, sustainable agriculture and inclusive development.
Which of the following is a Nodal Institution for implementation of Sustainable Development Goals in India?
Correct Answer:
(C) NITI Aayog
NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog is the Nodal Institution for coordination and implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (Agenda 2030) in India.
Ques: 2
Which of the following Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) will target to water availability for all and its permanent management up to 2030 in India?
Correct Answer:
(A) SDG - 6
The United Nations has identified 17 SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals-SDGs) which have to be realized by the year 2030. Among these goals SDG-6 "Clean Water and Sanitation" aims to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all by the year 2030.
Ques: 3
Who has propounded the concept of 'Limit to Growth'?
Correct Answer:
(A) Club of Rome
In April of 1968, 30 people of 10 countries including scientists, educators, economists, humanists, industrialists and government officials met at the Accademia dei Lincei in Rome. "The Club of Rome" was born from this meeting as an informal organization. The concept of 'Limit to Growth' was propounded by the Club of Rome. ‘The Limits to Growth’ report was published in 1972 and its computer simulations indefinitely because of resource depletion.
Ques: 4
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other as the Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : Sustainable development is important for well-being of human society.
Reason (R) : Sustainable development is a kind of development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
Select the correct answer using the codes below :
Codes :
(A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of
(A)
Correct Answer:
(A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of
Ques: 5
‘Saving energy and other resources for the future without sacrificing people’s comfort in the present’ is the definition of which of the following concepts?
Correct Answer:
(C) Sustainable development
‘Saving energy and other resources for the future without sacrificing people’s comfort in the present’ is the definition of sustainable development. In other words, sustainable development can be defined as development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. The modern concept of sustainable development is derived mostly from the 1987 Brundtland Report ‘Our Common Future’. Sustainable development is the organizing principle for meeting human development goals while simultaneously sustaining the ability of natural systems to provide the natural resources and ecosystem services on which the economy and society depends.
Ques: 6
Sustainable development is described as the development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. In this perspective, inherently the concept of sustainable development is intertwined with which of the following concepts?
Correct Answer:
(D)
Carrying capacity
Inherently the concept of sustainable development is inter-twined with the concept of carrying capacity. Carrying capacity is the maximum number, density, or biomass of a population that a specific area can support sustainably. In other words, the carrying capacity of an environment is the maximum population size of a biological species that can be sustained by that specific environment, given the food, habitat, water and other resources available. It is the margin of the habitat's or environment's ability to provide the resources necessary to sustain human life. Sustainable development binds together concern for the carrying capacity of natural systems with the social, political, and economic challenges faced by the humanity.