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▶ Promoting well-being and prosperity for all people by providing good education, decent livelihoods and jobs is
                     one of the characteristics of Green Economy.

                      ▶ There are six basic components of green economy are: Renewable Energy, Green Buildings, Green Transport,
                     Water Management, Waste Management, and Land Management.
                      ▶ The specialised skills which are important for developing Sustainable Green Economy are called Green Skills.
                      ▶ Green Jobs protect and restore our ecosystems.

                      ▶ The environmentally friendly projects that aim to reduce pollution, fossil fuel consumption or some other
                     positive effects on the environment are called Green Projects.




                Exercise





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                                                   SECTION A (Objective Type Questions)

                 A.  Choose the correct option.

                    1.               aims at achieving economic growth that is socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable.
                       a. Green growth                                   b. Ecosystem
                       c. Green jobs                                     d. Green Environment

                    2.  Which of the following is Abiotic?
                       a. Living components of the ecosystem             b. Non-living components of the ecosystem

                       c. Living and Non-living both                     d. Only animals of the ecosystem
                    3.  Which of the following is a type of natural resource?
                       a. Renewable                                      b. Non-renewable

                       c. Exhaustible                                    d. All of these
                    4.  Which of the following is used to conserve our natural resources?

                       a. Furniture Conservation                         b. Water Conservation
                       c. Money Conservation                             d. Clothes Conservation
                    5.  The term “Green Economy” was first coined by which of the following?

                       a. Government of India                            b. Government of United Kingdom
                       c. Government of America                          d. Government of China

                    6.  Environmentally Sustainable development  has become the  main goal of all the  countries  across the  globe since the
                                    .

                       a. All Nations Summit in 2000
                       b. All Nations Conference in 1998
                       c. America Conference in 1998
                       d. UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in 1992


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