MPSC Combined 2023 GS Paper 1 — Question 22

“पर्यावरण म्हणजे सजीवांच्या किंवा जीवसमूहांच्या जीवन, वाढ, विकास व मृत्यूवर परिणाम करणारी सर्व परिस्थिती, तिची कारके व त्यांचा प्रभाव होय'' . पर्यावरणाची ही व्याख्या कोणी केली ? “Environment means the sum total of all conditions agencies and influences which affect the development, growth, life and death of an organism, species or race”. Who created this definition of environment ?

This is a classic standard definition of environment often cited in academic literature and encyclopedias to explain the total sum of external conditions affecting organisms.