Very short questions / Objective Type Questions from the essay ” The Ailing Planet : the Green Movement’s Role ” – The name of the book is Hornbill for class 11th students
Q. Who has written the essay “The Ailing Planet : the Green Movement’s Role ” ?
Answer – Nani Palkhivala
Q. Which movement is being talked here ?
Answer – Green Movement
Q. What is name of the newspaper where this article got the place ?
Answer – The Indian Express on 24th Nov 1994
Q. Which country had founded the Green Movement ?
Answer – New Zealand in 1972
Q. Who taught the humanity that the earth and other planets revolved round the sun ?
Answer – Copernicus
Q. Who popularized the concept of sustainable development in 1987 ?
Answer – The World Commission on Environment and Development
Q. Whose member was Mr. L.K. Jha ?
Answer – The Brandt Commission
Q. How many species excluding human beings live on the earth ?
Answer – 1.4 million living species
Q. Where is the zoo located ?
Answer – At Lusaka, Zambia
Q. What is there inside the zoo ?
Answer – A mirror
Q. What is written on the signboard outside the zoo ?
Answer – The world’s most dangerous animal.
Q. What is the world’s most dangerous animal ?
Answer – Human being himself
Q. Who has written the book ” The Global Economic Prospect ” ?
Answer – Mr. Lester R. Brown
Q. What are four principal biological systems of the earth ?
Answer – Fisheries, forests, grasslands, and croplands
Q. Who had uttered these beautiful words : ” the powerhouse of evolution ” ?
Answer – Dr. Myers
Q. According to which agency, we need a five fold increase in the rate of forest planting to cope with the expected fuel-wood demand in the year 2000 ?
Answer – The World Bank
Q. Whose felicitous words are these : ” No generation has a freehold on this earth. All we have……..- with a full…….lease ”
Answer – Margaret Thatcher
Q. ” We have not inherited this earth from our forefathers ; we have borrowed it from our children. ” Who has spoken these beautiful words ?
Answer – Mr. Lester Brown
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