Paper 1 · People, Development and Environment
UGC NET December 2023 (13.12.2023) Shift-II
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 — Environmental education aims at conservation and pollution awareness, so the answer is 1, 2 and 3.
Explanation
★Environmental education aims at conservation and pollution awareness, so the answer is 1, 2 and 3.
★Environmental education helps people care for the natural world.
★It promotes the conservation of natural resources.
★It builds knowledge of the causes of pollution.
★It teaches measures to prevent and control pollution.
★Extensive extraction of resources and cutting scientific invention work against its aims, so statements 4 and 5 are false.
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