Question

Environmental degradation is caused by ________.

• A. production of Hydro electricity
• B. canal irrigation
• C. plantation agriculture
• D. indiscriminate use of resources

Answer 1

The correct option is D indiscriminate use of resources

Resources are vital for human survival as well as for maintaining the quality of life. It was believed that resources are free gifts of nature. As a result, human beings used them indiscriminately. This led to the following major problems:-

1. Depletion of resources for the greed of few.
2. Accumulation of resources in a few hands which in turn, divided the society into rich and poor.
3. Indiscriminate use of resources causing various global ecological crises such as global warming, depletion of the ozone layer, environmental pollution & land degradation.