Arrange the following in chronological order of their publication:
A. Limits to Growth
B. Our Common Future
C. Small is Beautiful
D. Agenda-21
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → A, C, B, D
A. Limits to Growth — first, a Club of Rome Report of 1972.
C. Small is Beautiful — second, Schumacher’s book of 1974.
B. Our Common Future — third, the Brundtland Commission’s Report of 1987.
D. Agenda-21 — last, the Report of the Rio Conference of 1993.
Note: Two of these publications (Small is Beautiful and Agenda-21) are taken from the pre-rationalised NCERT book. The latest edition (2026-27) does not have them. 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).” |