Environmental Dichotomy in India
The threat to India's environment poses a dichotomy — it faces:
- Only poverty-induced degradation
- Only pollution from affluence
- Both poverty-induced degradation and pollution from affluence — Correct Answer
- Neither poverty nor affluence-based threats
Explanation:
Correct Answer Explanation
India faces a dichotomy — the threat of poverty-induced environmental degradation and, at the same time, the threat of pollution from affluence and a rapidly growing industrial sector.
Key Points:
- Pressing concerns include air pollution, water contamination, soil erosion, deforestation, wildlife extinction.
- Development activities have put pressure on finite natural resources.
- Both the poor and the rich contribute to environmental degradation in different ways.
Why Other Options Are Wrong
- A, B: India faces both types of threats, not just one.
- D: India clearly faces both threats.
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