Environmental education is needed for which of the following? Choose the correct answer from the options given below.

1.Conservation of natural resources

2.Knowledge of causes of pollution

3.Knowledge of measures to prevent pollution

4.Extensive extraction of natural resources

5.Economising on scientific invention

A1, 2 and 3 only ✓ Correct

B2, 3 and 4 only

C3, 4 and 5 only

D1, 4 and 5 only

Correct answer: (A) 1, 2 and 3 only

Explanation

Environmental education aims to build awareness and responsibility for protecting the natural world.

Statement 1 is right: conserving natural resources is a central purpose of such education.

Statement 2 is right: understanding the causes of pollution is essential to it.

Statement 3 is right: knowing the measures that prevent pollution is a key objective.

Statement 4 is wrong: extensive extraction of resources works against conservation goals.

Statement 5 is wrong: environmental education encourages, not economises on, useful scientific effort.

It was strongly promoted after the 1972 Stockholm Conference and the 1977 Tbilisi Declaration.

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