1. The Tragedy of the Commons is a theory put forth by
Correct : A. Garrelt-Hardin
2. Environmental economics attempts to study the inter relationship between
Correct : B. Economic agents and environment
3. Ecology deals with the household of nature while economics deals with
Correct : C. Household of man
4. Which of the following is environment theory that has developed with the integration of economics
Correct : A. Environment resource planning
5. Market failure occurs when market do not maximize
Correct : C. Welfare
6. Environment good is
Correct : C. Air, water, sunlight
7. Environmental Economics is
Correct : B. Positive & normative science
8. Public goods are
Correct : A. Non-excludables
9. There is rivalry and exclusiveness in the use of
Correct : B. Private good
10. If A imposed externality on B and B has not imposed externality on A, thent the externality is
Correct : A. Unidimensional
11. Which one is not the cause of market failure
Correct : D. Pareto optimality
12. The Paretian condition for a public good is that
Correct : C. its MSB should be equal to MSC
13. An increase in the consumption of a good or service which affects favourably the consumption
patterns and desires of other consumers is
Correct : A. An externality of consumption
14. If A imposed an externality on B and if B imposed externality on A as well
Correct : B. It is reciprocal
15. Which is not a measure for solution of market failure
Correct : D. Negative Externalities
16. Which is not amomg the three types of Property Rights
Correct : B. Human Rights
17. What is the Tragedy of the Common
Correct : A. It results from an inherent tension between collective and individual responsibility
18. In case of negative externality, the social marginal cost will
Correct : A. Exceed the private marginal cost
19. In case of positive externality social marginal cost
Correct : D. fall short of private marginal cost
20. Common property
Correct : D. Refers to goods owned by society at large and freely used by anyone
21. When consumption of a good is non-rival and non-excludable the good is
Correct : A. public good
22. An example of a public good is
Correct : B. national defence service
23. Public goods are those goods for which consumption is
Correct : C. Non-rival
24. Non-rivalry is a feature of
Correct : A. Public good
25. Non-excludability is a feature of
Correct : C. Public goods
26. Pure private goods are those for which consumption is
Correct : B. Rival and excludable
27. When consumption is rival and excludable, the product is
Correct : A. Private good
28. A good or service or a resource is non-rival if
Correct : D. Its use by one person does not decrease the quantity available for someone else
29. If consumption of a good A by one person does not decrease the consumption of good A by
another person, then the good is said to be
Correct : C. Non-rival
30. If I increase my consumption of a good and this has no impact on your ability to consume the same
good, then the good is
Correct : B. Non-rival
31. If one person’s consumption of a good decreases other people’s use of a good, the good is said to be
Correct : A. Rival
32. A public good is
Correct : A. Neither rival nor excludable
33. A private good is
Correct : C. Both rival but excludable
34. A common resource is
Correct : D. Neither rival nor excludable
35. Public goods are difficult for a private market to provide due to
Correct : D. The free rider problem
36. A free rider is a person who
Correct : A. Receives the benefits of a good but avoids paying for it
37. Which of the following is an example of a public good
Correct : D. Apples on a tree in a public park
38. A positive externality affects market efficiency in a manner similar to a
Correct : B. Public good
39. A negative externality affects market efficiency in a manner similar to
Correct : C. A common resource
40. Which of the following is an example of a common resource
Correct : D. A national park
41. In which stage of demographic transition is the population growth rate highest?
Correct : B. Second
42. The author of the book An Essay on Principles of Population is
Correct : A. Malthus
43. Consider the following statements and identify the right ones.
i. According to the Malthusian theory, supply of food grains increase in geometric progression
ii. The population grows in arithmetic progression.
Correct : D. none
44. Consider the following statements and identify the right ones.
i. According to the theory of demographic transition, in the first stage, birth rate is low but death rate is high
ii. The difference between them is high
Correct : D. none
45. Consider the following statements and identify the right ones.
i. In the second stage of demographic transition, death rates declines.
ii. The difference between birth rate and death rate decreases
Correct : C. both
46. Consider the following statements and identify the right ones.
i. The third stage is the period of declining growth rates.
ii. The second stage of demographic transition witnesses population explosion
Correct : C. both
47. Arrange the birthrates of the states in the highest to lowest order.
Correct : A. UP, Bihar, Rajasthan, Karnataka
48. .The demographic transition model was developed primarily to explain the:
Correct : D. effect of changing death and birth rates on total population.
49. Which of the following is a method to measure relative poverty?
Correct : D. Poverty line
50. Which of the following is associated with poverty estimation ?
Correct : A. Tendulkar committee
51. Consider the following statements and identify the right ones.
i. Poverty line is defined as the mid-point of monthly per capita expenditure class having a daily calorie intake of 2400 calorie per person in urban areas.
ii. In rural areas, it is 2100 calories a day
Correct : D. none
52. Which of the following is the nodal Ministry to identify BPL families in urban areas?
Correct : C. Ministry of Housing and Poverty Alleviation
53. When poverty is taken in relative term and is related to the distribution of income consumption expenditure its called:
Correct : C. Relative poverty
54. ______ are often used for measuring poverty in relative sense:
Correct : A. HDI
55. Poverty is a
Correct : A. Social problem
56. EKC is
Correct : D. A bell shaped relationship between concentration of certain pollution emission and per capita real GDP
57. Demographic Transition states that as a country becomes industrialed
Correct : D. The BR declines and then the DR declines
58. In which stage in the demographin transition theory do death rates fall while birth rates remain high
leading to rapid population growth?
Correct : D. Stage 2
59. Which year is called the demographic divide in India?
Correct : C. 1921
60. Which period is referred to as period of population explosion
Correct : C. 1951-1981
61. The second stage of Demographic Transition Theory is characterized by
Correct : B. High BR and low DR
62. Economic development is characterized by
Correct : C. Both a) and b)
63. Which of the following explain the term economic development?
Correct : D. All of the above
64. World Population Day is observed on
Correct : B. 11th July
65. The number of deaths per 1000 people in a year is called
Correct : C. Crude death rate
66. The maximum number of individuals that can be supported by a given environment is called
Correct : C. Carrying capacity
67. Who are responsible for the public consultation process of Environmental Impact Assessment
Correct : B. SPCB and District Collector
68. GIS is applied to study
Correct : B. EIA
69. EIA stands for what?
Correct : A. Environmental Impact Area
70. EIA is mandatory under which one of the following India’s legislation
Correct : D. Environment Protection Act
71. EIA is necessary because
Correct : C. Environmental impacts of development are of public interest
72. The primary reason for EIA is to
Correct : D. Identify the environmental consequences of development in advance
73. The Hartwick Rule depends on
Correct : A. The sustainability of physical capital and natural capital
74. In EIA study, enterpretation and evaluation should consider
Correct : D. All of the above
75. Economic development refers to
Correct : C. Sustainable increase in GNP
76. What was the Bruntland Commision?
Correct : A. The world commission on economic growth
77. A stationary population is when population growth is
Correct : C. Zero
78. Sustainable development means
Correct : B. Meeting the needs of the present generation without compromising the needs of the future generation
79. Ecological Foot Prints Approach is associated with
Correct : D. Rees & Wackernagel
80. According to MGD Report, what is the percentage of extreme poverty in India in 2011?
Correct : B. 24.7%
81. According to MGD report what is the criterion for extreme poverty?
Correct : C. Less than $ 1.25
82. What is the deadline to achieve MGD?
Correct : D. 2015
83. Which was the venue for millennium summit?
Correct : B. New York
84. Who was UN Secy- General during declarationof MGD?
Correct : D. Kofi Annan
85. Which of the following diseases are covered under MDG?
Correct : D. All
86. Which of the following areas are emphasized by MGD?
Correct : D. All
87. Infrastructure related objectives of MDG does not include
Correct : D. Development of road infrastructure
88. Which among the following method of environmental valuation involves finding a link between environmental change and a production condition for some marketed goods
Correct : D. Production function
89. Which of the following is correct, if we only achieve two out of three pillars of Sustainable Development?
Correct : D. All of the above
90. When was the term Sustainable Development came into existence?
Correct : B. 1980
91. An impact assessment whether health impact assessment, environmental,social,environmental
technology assessment should be
Correct : C. Subjective
92. Which of the following items are included within the definition of Total Economic Value
Correct : A. Existence Value
93. Which of the following is often referred to as the hedonic price method for valuing environmental assets?
Correct : C. Using linkages between variationin house prices and geographical proximityto an environmental asset
94. The name given to a tax which makes the firm pay for all the pollution damage it creates with each extra unit of output
Correct : D. Piguvion tax
95. Which of the following is/are not an objective (s) of sustainable development?
Correct : D. To bring about a gradual and sometime catastrophic transformation of environment
96. Consider the following statement (s) related to the parameters of sustainable development refer to the guiding principles.
I. Help in understanding the concept of sustainable development
II. Point the problems associated with it
III. Help to take active policy measures
Correct : D. I,II &III
97. Social, economical and ecological equity is the necessary condition for achieving
Correct : C. Sustainable development
98. The maximum number of individuals that can be supported by a given environment is called
Correct : B. Carrying capacity
99. pporting capacity and asssdd9
25. Supporting capacity and assimilative capacity are the components of
Correct : A. Carrying capacity
100. 3 Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generation to meet
their own need’ is given by: