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One Mark Questions for Class 12 Political Science Chapter 8 Environment and Natural Resources

Question 1.
Why is it said that history of : Nffhlj Petroleum is also the history of war | and struggle ? (C.B.S.E. 2016)
Answer:
Petroleum is very useful and valuable element in this Modern-World. One can not think of any life and working without this essential element. Due to its essentiality and importance history of Petroleum is the history of war and struggle.

Question 2.
Who are considered as ‘indigenous people’ in India? (C.B.S.E. 2019)
Answer:
In India, scheduled tribes are considered as Indigenous people.

Question 3.
Write the U.N. definition of Indigenous populations. (C.B.S.E. 2019)
Answer:
According to U.N. “Indigenous people are comprising the descendants of people who inhabited the present territory of a country at the time when persons of a different culture or ethnic origin arrived there from other parts of the world and overcame them.”

Question 4.
What aroused a sense of common concern among the indigenous communities of the world during the 1970s? (C.B.S.E. 2019)
Answer:
Capitalist and M.N.C are draining their natural resources by illegal means and sometimes people are also compelled for immigration from their native places.

Question 5.
Why are India and China exempted from Kyoto Protocol? (C.B.S.E. 2008 Outside Delhi)
Answer:
India and China were exempted from the requirement of Kyoto Protocol because their contribution to the emission of greenhouses gases during the industrialisation period was insignificant.

Question 6.
Highlight the major objective of UNFCCC. (C.B.S.E. Sample Q.P. 2017)
Answer:
Protection of climate system on the basis of equality and in accordance with their common but differentiated.

Question 7.
Why should the ‘environmental concern’ be a part of Contemporary Global Politics ? (C.B.S.E. 2009)
Answer:
Environmental concern must be a part of Contemporary Global Politics because traditional patterns of economic growth are not sustainable in the long term. A balance has to be created between economic growth and ecological conservation.

Question 8.
The Earth Summit was held at :
(a) London
(b) New York
(c) New Delhi
(d) Rio-de-Janeiro.
Answer:
(d) Rio-de-Janeiro.

Question 9.
World Environment Day is celebrated each year on :
(a) 5 March
(b) 5 June
(c) 5 January
(d) 7 June.
Answer:
(b) 5 June

Question 10.
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change was held in:
(a) 2004
(b) 1997
(c) 2001
(d) 1992.
Answer:
(d) 1992.

Question 11.
India signed and ratified the 1997 Kyoto Protocol in :
(a) August 2002
(b) July 2006
(c) August 2000
(d) August 2005.
Answer:
(a) August 2002

Question 12.
The World Council of Indigenous Peoples was formed in :
(a) 1950
(b) 1975
(c) 1990
(d) 2007.
Answer:
(b) 1975

Question 13.
Earth Summit was attended by :
(a) 170 states
(b) 59 states
(c) 191 states
(d) 184 states.
Answer:
(a) 170 states