1. The author of the story “The Ailing Planet: The Green Movement Role” is ……..
Answer
Nani Palkhiwala
2. Who said, “We have not inherited this earth from our forefathers, we have borrowed it from our children ?”
Answer
Mr. Lester Brown
3. The world’s ancient tropical forests are now eroding very fast at the rate of –
Answer
50 million acres a year
4. “We have not inherited this earth from our forefathers, we have borrowed it from our children” who said this?
Answer
Mr. Lester Brown
5. The concept that the earth and other planets revolved around the sun was first introduced by-
6. The concept of sustainable development was popularised in-
7. The Green Movement started in …
8. The author has compared the earth to a …
9. Green Movement shifted the focus from a mechanistic view to a holistic and …..
10. The World’s first nationwide Green Party was founded in ……..
11. The President of the World Resource Institute is …
12. The book “The Global Economic Prospect” is written by –
13. “The world’s most dangerous animal” is written on a cage in the zoo at Lusaka……
14. Overfishing is common because the world is conscious about …
15. A movement which started nearly twenty-five years ago was known as –
16. Why should we introduce voluntary family planning –
Answer
To control population
17. Every four days the world population increases by ……………..”
18. What forms the foundation of the global economic system according to Lester Brown?
Answer
” fisheries, forests, grasslands, and croplands ”
19. “Scientists have catalogued about ………….. living species with which mankind shares the earth”
20. Where was the first nationwide Green party founded?
