झारखण्ड शैक्षिक अनुसंधान एवं प्रशिक्षण
परिषद्, राँची
Jharkhand Council of Educational
Research and Training Ranchi
PROJECT RAIL
(REGULAR ASSESSMENT FOR IMPROVED
LEARNING)
GENERAL SCHOOL (23.11.2024)
Sub-English(Core) ; Class-11
Time-90 Minute ; Marks-40
General Instructions;
1. All questions are compulsory.
2 The total no. of question is 16.
3. 2 marks are given for objective question, 2 marks for very
short answer question,
4. Marks for short answer question and 5 marks for long answer
question.
5. There is no negative marking for any wrong answer.
6. An objective question 1 to 10 has four options, choose the
correct option (A, B, C, D) and write down in the answer sheet.
7. Write the answer to very short answer question 11 to 12,
short answer question 13 to 14, and long answer question 15 to 16 in your
answer sheet.
8. No students shall be allowed to leave the examination hall
before the completion of the exam.
SECTION-A (2x10=20) (Objective Question)
(1) The first worldwide Green party was founded in -----
a) India
b) Germany
c) Australia
d) New Zealand
(2) The Green Movement started in the year-----
a) 1972
b) 1968
c) 1985
d) 1996
(3) Green Movement shifted the focus from mechanistic view to a
holistic and ---
a) Ecological view
b) technical View
c) Traditional View
d.) None of the Above
(4) According to various agencies man shares the planet with
about ------ living species.
a) 1.4 million
b) 2.4 million
c) 3.4 million
d) 6.5 million
(5) India's forests are depleting at the rate of ----- acres a
year.
a) 3.7 million
b)
2.3 million
c) 6.5 million
d) 5.3 million
(6) The author of The Ailing Planet: The Green Movement's Role
has compared the earth to a ------
a) patient
b) doctor
c) scientist
d) God
(7) The World Commission on Environment started the concept of
'Sustainable Development' in -----
a)1987
b)1997
c)1995
d)1957
(8) The World Commission on Environment and Development was
important because
a) It talked about environmental degradation.
b) It talked about increasing pollution.
c) It popularized the concept of sustainable development.
d) It formed a committee to monitor the deteriorating
environment
(9) "No generation has a freehold on this earth. All we
have is a life tenancy with full repairing lease" is said by -
a) Margaret Thatcher
b) Indira Gandhi
c) Menka Gandhi
d) Tony Brown
(10) The state shall endeavour to protect and improve the
environment and to safeguard the forests and wildlife of the country comes
under article ----
a) 46 A
b) 48A
c) 44 A
d) 45A
SECTION-B(2x2=4) (VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS)
11) What are the four principal biological systems that form the
foundation of the global economic system?
Ans- The four principal biological systems that
form the foundation of the global economic system are fisheries, grasslands,
forests and croplands.
12) What issue has been raised by the author in the chapter,
'The Ailing Planet'?
Ans- The deteriorating health of the earth has
been raised by the author in the chapter.
SECTION C (3x2=6) (SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS)
13) What is sustainable development?
Ans- Sustainable Development is the development
that meets the needs of the present, without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their needs.
14) Why did the World Commission on Environment and Development
become important?
Ans- The World Commission on Environment and
Development became important it popularized the concept of sustainable
development.
SECTIOND (5x2=10) LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS)
15) What are the four biosystems of the earth divided by Lester
R. Brown. What harm is being caused by human beings to these biosystems?
Ans- The four biosystems of the earth divided
by Lester R. Brown are fisheries, grasslands, forests and croplands. With the
increase in human population, human needs have increased thereby affecting
these biosystems to the core. Large population leads to overfishing, affecting
fisheries. Forests are being cut down for firewood, grasslands are turning into
deserts and croplands are being overused due to increase in crop production
leading to infertility of the land. Thus, all the four systems are depleted.
16) "We have not inherited this earth from our forefathers;
we have borrowed it from our children" Explain.
Ans- The author Nani Palkhiwala rightly quotes
the words of Mr. Lester Brown the earth is not our personal property that we
have inherited from our forefathers. We must not forget that we are alive only
because it's giving us all the natural resources. And it's our responsibility
to save the earth and conserve it for our children. Else we will be the
destroyers and murderers of our future generations without bloodshed.
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