Arrange the following publications in a chronological order :
(A) Agenda - 21 Report
(B) Our Common Future
(C) Limits to Growth
(D) Small is Beautiful
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (C), (D), (B), (A)
(C) Limits to Growth — first. The Club of Rome Report came out in 1972.
(D) Small is Beautiful — second. Schumacher’s book came after Limits to Growth and before Our Common Future.
(B) Our Common Future — third. The Brundtland Commission gave this report in 1987.
(A) Agenda - 21 Report — last. It is the report of the Rio Conference, held after the Brundtland Report.
Note: Items (A) and (D) are taken from the pre-rationalised NCERT book. The latest edition (2026-27) does not have these two items. An extract of the pre-rationalised NCERT book is given below for the benefit of students.
NCERT (2026-27): “The notion of sustainable development emerged in the wake of general rise in the awareness of environmental issues in the late 1960s in Western World. It reflected the concern of people about undesirable effects of industrial development on the environment. The publication of ‘The Population Bomb’ by Ehrlich in 1968 and ‘The Limits to Growth’ by Meadows and others in 1972 further raised the level of fear among environmentalists in particular and people in general.” “Concerned with the growing opinion of world community on the environmental issues, the United Nations established a World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) headed by the Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland. The Commission gave its report (also known as Brundtland Report) entitled ‘Our Common Future’ in 1987.”
Pre-rationalised NCERT: “Indian culture and civilisation have been very sensitive to the issues of population, resource and development for a long time. … His views were also re-echoed in the Club of Rome Report “Limits to Growth” (1972), Schumacher’s book “Small is Beautiful” (1974), Brundtland Commission’s Report “Our Common Future” (1987) and finally in the “Agenda-21 Report of the Rio Conference” (1993).” |