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Sustainable development

Sustainable development is a Aptitude concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 30 past MPSC questions across 13 exam years between 2013 and 2025. Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.

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30
Years tested
13 · 2013–2025
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What you need to know first

Basic concepts of economic growth vs developmentBasic environmental awarenessBasic EconomicsEnvironment and development conceptsEarth Summit 1992Basic environmental economicsBasic UN principlesSustainable Development GoalsResource managementBasic Economics and EnvironmentEnvironmental Economics basicsBasic Indian Polity and UN basicsEnvironmental EconomicsBasic Environment Concepts

What mastering this unlocks

Human DevelopmentEnergy and environment trade-off

Real questions that test this

आपण स्वतःला ऊर्जा संकटातून कसे सोडवू शकू ? / How should we extricate ourselves of the energy crisis ?

(a)अनंत वाढणाऱ्या आपल्या संख्येस रोखून / by containing our teeming millions.

(b)अधिकाधिक नवीकरणीय स्त्रोताच्या उपयोगाने / by finding ways of using more and more renewable sources of energy.

(c)औद्योगिकीकरणांचा वेग कमी करून / by slowing the pace of industrialisation.

(d)अधिक तेल व वायूची आयात करून / by importing more of oil and gas.

1)(a) व (b) / (a) and (b)✓ Correct
2)(a) व (c) / (a) and (c)
3)(c) व (d) / (c) and (d)
4)(a) व (d) / (a) and (d)

To solve the energy crisis, humanity must control population growth (a) and shift toward renewable energy sources (b) to reduce dependence on exhaustible resources.

पुढीलपैकी कोणते विधान योग्य आहे ? Which of the following statements is/are correct ?

(a)अ. सर्वंकष विकासासाठी आपण गरीबी व लोकसंख्येवर लक्ष केंद्रित करायला हवे. / a. For an all-round development we should concentrate on our poverty and population.

(b)ब. कमीत कमीतून अधिकाधिक उत्पादनाचा आपण प्रयत्न केला पाहिजे. / b. We should try to produce more and more with less and less.

1)(1) फक्त अ / a only
2)(2) फक्त ब / b only
3)(3) कोणतेही नाही / Neither
4)(4) दोन्ही अ व ब / Both a and b✓ Correct

For comprehensive national development, addressing poverty and population issues is fundamental, alongside striving for higher productivity with efficient resource utilization.

पुढीलपैकी कोणते विधान चुकीचे आहे ? / Which one of the following statements is incorrect ?

(a)आत्ता पर्यंत आपण नवताकडे पुरेसे लक्ष पुरवीत नव्हतो. / We have not been adequately innovative so far.

(b)लोकांच्या सहभागानेच आपण शाश्वत विकास गाठू शकू. / Unless the people join in, we cannot have sustainable development.

1)फक्त अ / a only✓ Correct
2)फक्त ब / b only
3)कोणतेही नाही / Neither
4)दोन्ही अ व ब / Both a and b

Statement a is incorrect because India has focused on innovation, whereas statement b is correct as people's participation is vital for sustainable development.

बाराव्या पंचवार्षिक योजनेचे (2012 – 17) मुख्य उद्दिष्ट कोणते होते ? Which of the following was the aim of the Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012 – 17) ?

1)आर्थिक वृद्धी व स्थिर विकास साधणे / To achieve economic growth and stable development
2)जलद वृद्धी व विकास साधणे / To achieve faster growth and development
3)जलद व अधिक सर्वसमावेशक वृद्धी साधणे / To achieve faster and more inclusive growth
4)जलद, शाश्वत आणि अधिक सर्वसमावेशक वृद्धि साधणे / To achieve faster, sustainable and more inclusive growth✓ Correct

The Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012–17) had the main objective of achieving 'faster, sustainable and more inclusive growth'.

2020 च्या मानवी विकास अहवालात ( युएनडीपी तर्फे प्रसिद्ध झालेला) मानवी विकास आणि ____________ यांच्यामधील संबंधांवर भर दिलेला आहे. Human Development report 2020 (Published by UNDP) emphasises the relations between Human Development and ____________.

a)होलोसीन / Holocene
b)अँथ्रोपोसीन / Anthropocene✓ Correct
c)मायोसीन / Miocene
d)इओसीीन / Eocene

The Human Development Report 2020 by UNDP introduced a new experimental index adjusting HDI for planetary pressures, focusing on the Anthropocene—the geological age defined by human dominance over Earth's climate and ecosystems.

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