Resources and development

Identify the action plan with regard to Sustainable Development with the help of clues given below.

• It is the declaration signed by world leaders in 1992.

• It was held at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED).

• It aims at achieving global, sustainable development.

• It was an agenda to combat environmental damage, poverty, disease through global cooperation and common interests.

• Earth Summit

• Agent 21

• 5 year plan

• Our common future

Which one of the following is the main cause of land degradation in Punjab?

• Intensive cultivation

• Overgrazing

• Deforestation

• Over irrigation

The state of Rajasthan is very well endowed with solar and _______ energy but lacks in water resources.

• Geothermal

• Wind

• Solar

• Tidal

Which one of the following is an example of Cultivable Wasteland ?

• Barren wasteland

• Net sown area

• Current fallow

• Uncultivable land

The pattern of the net sown area varies greatly from one state to another. It is over 80 per cent of the total area in _______.

• Madhya Pradesh

• Assam

• Rajasthan

• Punjab

In which one of the following states is terrace cultivation practised?

• Punjab

• Haryana

• Uttar Pradesh

• Uttrakhand

Which of the following statements about Agenda 21 is true?

• It aims at achieving global sustainable development.

• It is an agenda to combat environmental damage, poverty and disease through global cooperation.

• One of the major objectives of Agenda 21 is that every local government should not draw its own

  local Agenda 21.

• Option a and b

In June 1992, more than 100 heads of states met in ________ in Brazil, for the first International Earth Summit.

• Rio de Janeiro

• Brasilia

• Curitiba

• Sao Paulo

What was the main cause of colonization?

• Higher technological know- how in colonizing countries which helped them to exploit those resources

• Rich resources in colonies

• Both of these

• None of these

Minerals and fossil fuels are examples of non-renewable resources which take _____ for their formation.

• Hundreds of years

• Thousands of years

• Millions of years

• Just a year