Business and Sustainable Development Week 1 Answers
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Business and Sustainable Development Week 1 Answers (July-Dec 2025)
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Question 1. Sustainable development is the one that takes care of present generation without compromising
A. past generation
B. old generation
C. future generations
D. all human beings
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Question 2. The term social capital means
A. money with individuals
B. social connections / networking
C. a decent life style
D. shared fund of cooperatives
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Question 3. The Economic dimension of sustainability includes
A. using resources efficiently
B. ensuring consumption at a sustainable rate
C. managing the balance of supply and demand
D. managing social well being
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Question 4. Which of these is not the “leg” of sustainability stool
A. economic leg
B. environmental leg
C. social leg
D. empathy leg
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Question 5. What do we mean by Ecological footprint?
A. maximum limit of consumption per person as per earth’s ecological capacity
B. maximum limit of consumption per person as per age
C. maximum limit of consumption per person as per religion
D. maximum limit of consumption per person as per a nation’s guideline
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Question 6. Which of these is NOT an outcome of rising sea levels?
A. low lying islands may get drowned
B. Huge displacement of people
C. unemployment problems in North east India
D. more than 36 million Indians at risk
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Question 7. Most of the gas emission is coming from which sector?
A. agriculture
B. energy
C. manufacturing
D. services
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Question 8. What is true sustainability?
A. Social + Economic Sustainability
B. Social + Economic + Environmental Sustainability
C. Social + Environmental Sustainability
D. Economic + Environmental Sustainability
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Question 9. Apart from sustainability, which of the following is not an example of mega trend
A. use of computers in business
B. quality movement
C. use of CDs in music industry
D. social media
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Question 10. In case of Environmental Kuznets Curve, the quality of environment begins to improve
A. after the turning point of the curve
B. at alternate tangential point of the curve
C. at the lowest point of the curve
D. adjacent to left side of the curve
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