Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Contemporary World Politics: Environment and Natural Resources

Question:

Which of the following statements is correct?

Statement 01 : The Club of Rome, a global think tank, published a book in 1972 entitled "Limits to Growth".

Statement 02 : the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in San Francisco, USA in June 1992.

Options:

Both the Statements are true

Both Statements are false

Only Statement 01 is true

Only Statement 02 is true

Correct Answer:

Only Statement 01 is true

Explanation:

Although environmental concerns have a long history, awareness of the environmental consequences of economic growth acquired an increasingly political character from the 1960s onwards. The Club of Rome, a global think tank, published a book in 1972 entitled Limits to Growth, dramatising the potential depletion of the Earth’s resources against the backdrop of rapidly growing world population.

The growing focus on environmental issues within the arena of global politics was firmly consolidated at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in June 1992. This was also called the Earth Summit.