2nd Puc English "Everything I need to know I Learned in the Forest" , One Mark Important Question and Answers 2022

One Mark Important Question and Answers .

1. Where according to Vandana Shiva did her ecological journey start?

Ans. In the forests of himalaya's .

2. Who according to Vandana Shiva composed songs and poems about trees and forests?

Ans. Vandana Shiva's Mother .

3. What according to the women is the real value of forest as mentioned by Vandana Shiva?

Ans. Springs and streams ,food for their cattle and fuel for their hearths .

4. What surprised Vandana Shiva when she went to swim in her favorite stream?

Ans. The forests were gone and the stream was reduced to a trickle .

5. Name the woman who led resistance against her own husband according to Vandana Shiva ?

Ans. Bachni Devi .

6. Mention any one of the things produced by forests according to the forester in ‘Everything I need to know I Learned in the Forest’ ?

Ans. Resin and timber .

7. Mention any one of the things that forests bear according to the women in ‘Everything I need to know I Learned in the Forest’?

Ans. Soil,water and pure air .

8. Name the the author of ‘Monocultures of the Mind’ mentioned in ‘Everything I need to know I Learned in the Forest’?

Ans. Vandana Shiva .

9. When was Navdanya Farm started according to Vandana Shiva ?

Ans. In 1994 .

10. Where was Navdanya Farm started by Vandana Shiva ?

Ans. In th Doon valley ,located in the lower elevation Himalayan region of Uttarakhand Province .

11. What is the only answer to the food and nutrition crisis in India according to Vandana Shiva ?

Ans.The conservation of biodiversity .

12. Who has been her teacher of abundance and freedom, of co-operation and mutual giving according to Vandana Shiva ?

Ans. Biodiversity .

13. What has Ecuador according to Vandana Shiva recognized in its constitution ?

Ans. Rights of Nature .

14. What did the UN General assembly organize in April 2011 according to Vandana Shiva ?

Ans.Organised a conference on harmony with nature as part of Earth Day Celebrations .

15.In which essay Tagore speaks of distinct nature of Indian civilization ?

Ans. Tapovan .

16. Name the country that has initiated the universal declaration of rights of Mother Earth in ‘Everything I need to know I Learned in the Forest’ ?

Ans. Bolivia .

17. According to the prominent South African environmentalist Cormac Cullinan, apartheid means

a) separateness

b) monoculture

c) diversity

Ans. a) Separateness .

18. What has replaced biodiversity according to Dr. Vandana Shiva ?

Ans. Monocultures .

19. Mention any one of the things that has replaced vibrant earth according to Vandana Shiva ?

Ans. Raw Materials and dead matter .

20. What according to Vandana Shiva is ‘Terra Madre’?

Ans. Mother Earth .

21. What does Vandana Shiva term the empty land ready for occupation ?

Ans. Terra Nullius .

22. Whom does Vandana Shiva refer to as father of modern science ?

Ans. Francis Bacon .

23. Where is the Earth University started by Vandana Shiva located ? 

Ans. Navdanya .

24. What does the Earth University teach according to Vandana Shiva ?

Ans. Earth Democracy .

25. Name any one of the popular courses offered by Vandana Shiva’s Earth University ?

Ans. "The A-Z of Organic Farming and Agro-ecology " and " Gandhi and Globalization" .

26. By whom is the Earth University started by Vandana Shiva inspired ?

Ans. Rabindranath Tagore .

27. Name the learning centre started by Tagore mentioned in ‘Everything I need to know I Learned in the Forest’?

Ans. Shantiniketan in West Bengal .

28. When according to Vandana Shiva did the war against the earth begin ?

Ans. With the Idea of Separateness .

29. Who is the author of ‘Tapovan’ mentioned in ‘Everything I need to know I Learned in the Forest’ ?

Ans. Rabindranath Tagore .

30. What has helped the intellectual evolution of man according to Tagore?

Ans. The peace of the forest .

31. Where do we get ecological sustainability and democracy according to Vandana Shiva?

Ans. In the forest .

32. In Tagore’s writings, the forest symbolizes

a) a university

b) the universe

c) a union

Ans. b) the universe .

33. Every species sustains itself in __________ with others according to Vandana Shiva.

a) peace

b) co-operation

c) freedom

Ans. b) co-operation .

34. What becomes the source of conflict and contest according to Vandana Shiva ?

Ans. The conflict between greed and compassion,consquest and co-operation ,violence and harmony becomes the source of conflict and contest .

35. Mention any one conflict that Vandana Shiva mentions in her essay ?

Ans. The conflict between greed and compassion,consquest and co-operation ,violence and harmony .

36. When do people discover the joy of living according to Vandana Shiva?

Ans. Th end of consumerism and accumulation is the beginning of the joy of living .

 

37. What are the consequences of loging ?

Ans. Logging leads to landslides,floods ,scarcity of fodder,water and fuel .