Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Poverty-induced environmental degradation is one side of the threat to India’s environment.
Statement II: The other side of this threat is pollution from affluence and a rapidly growing agricultural sector.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
Statement I: Poverty-induced environmental degradation is one side of the threat to India’s environment. — True. This is one side of the dichotomy.
Statement II: The other side of this threat is pollution from affluence and a rapidly growing agricultural sector. — False. The other side is pollution from affluence and a rapidly growing industrial sector.
NCERT (2026-27): “7.3 State of India’s Environment … However, the developmental activities in India have resulted in pressure on its finite natural resources, besides creating impacts on human health and well-being. The threat to India’s environment poses a dichotomy —threat of poverty-induced environmental degradation and, at the same time, threat of pollution from affluence and a rapidly growing industrial sector. …” |