Question

Long answer type questions:

What are the different problems associated with indiscriminate use of resources?

Answer 1

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

• Depletion of resources for satisfying the greed of individuals.
• Accumulation of resources in few hands, which, in turn, divided the society into two segments i.e. rich and poor.
• Indiscriminate exploitation of resources has led to global ecological crises such as, global warming, ozone layer depletion, environmental pollution and land degradation.

If the present trend of resource depletion by a few individuals and countries continues, the future of our planet will be in danger.