Match List - I with List - II.
| List - I | List - II | ||
| (A) | Psychological issues pertaining to human environment interaction | (I) | Environmental design |
| (B) | Study of relation between living beings and environment | (II) | Ecology |
| (C) | All that is around us | (III) | Environment |
| (D) | Built environment | (IV) | Environmental Psychology |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(I)
(A) Psychological issues pertaining to human environment interaction — this matches (IV) Environmental Psychology. It is the branch of psychology that deals with psychological issues pertaining to the human-environment interaction in a very broad sense.
(B) Study of relation between living beings and environment — this matches (II) Ecology. Ecology is the study of the relationships between living beings and their environment.
(C) All that is around us — this matches (III) Environment. The word ‘environment’ refers to all that is around us, the physical, social, work and cultural surroundings.
(D) Built environment — this matches (I) Environmental design. Whatever human beings have created within the natural environment, such as cities, houses, dams and roads, is the built environment, and it usually involves the concept of environmental design.
Note: The section on the human-environment relationship, in the chapter ‘Psychology and Life’, was there in the pre-rationalised NCERT, which NTA followed in 2023, and is not there in the NCERT book (2025-26).
NCERT (Pre-rationalised): “Human-Environment Relationship … A branch of psychology called environmental psychology deals with various psychological issues pertaining to the human-environment interaction in a very broad sense of the term. The word ‘environment’ refers to all that is around us, literally everything that surrounds us, including the physical, social, work, and cultural environment. In general, it includes all the forces outside human beings to which they respond in some way. In the present section, the discussion will centre around the physical environment. ‘Ecology’ is the study of the relationships between living beings and their environment. In psychology, the focus is on the interdependence between the environment and people, as the environment becomes meaningful with reference to the human beings who live in it. In this context, a distinction can be made between the natural environment and the built environment. As the name itself suggests, that part of nature which remains untouched by human hand is the natural environment. On the other hand, whatever has been created by human beings within the natural environment is the built environment. Cities, houses, offices, factories, bridges, shopping malls, railway tracks, roads, dams, and even artificially created parks and ponds are some examples of the built environment which show how human beings have made changes in the environment given by nature. The built environment usually involves the concept of environmental design.…” |