Topic 1: Nature of Environmental Studies

The unlimited exploitation of nature by humans primarily results in which outcome?

• Environmental pollution increases widely

• Health problems rise significantly

• Biodiversity decreases noticeably

• All of the given outcomes

In ancient India, the conservation of natural resources was generally:

• Not encouraged in ancient times

• Encouraged in ancient India

• Only recently encouraged in India

• None of these statements

The conservation of natural resources in India today is:

• Not encouraged in ancient times

• Encouraged only in modern India

• Recently being used in India

• None of these statements

The Global Action Plan adopted at the 1992 Rio Earth Summit is also known as:

• Agenda 20

• Agenda 22

• Agenda 23

• Agenda 21

Environmental issues are primarily discussed and addressed within which academic field?

• Sociology as the main field

• Economics as the main field

• Environmental Studies (EVS)

• None of the above fields

The French-rooted word "environment" most closely means:

• Atmosphere and gases

• Earth and sun together

• To encircle and surround

• Earth and energy mix

USCB is correctly expanded as:

• United States Census Bureau

• United States Community Bureau

• United Society for Communist Bureaucrats

• None of the above

Earth Day is observed annually on:

• January 22 each year

• February 22 each year

• March 22 each year

• April 22 each year

Environmental Studies is best described as a field that:

• Is an interdisciplinary academic field

• Methodically studies human–environment interaction

• Includes natural and built environments

• All of the above statements

Which of the following is NOT typically involved in Environmental Studies?

• Psychology and behavior

• Demography and populations

• Ethics and values

• Literature and fiction