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Social Science · 2026 · 3 marks
CBSE 2026 · Region 1 · Set 1 · Q37
Why is sustainable development essential? Explain with examples.
Why is sustainable development essential ? Explain with examples.
Marking-scheme solution
(i) Sustainable development is environment friendly economic development.
(ii) It is essential to conserve resources for future generation.
(iii) Resources are to be utilized in consonance with their availability.
(iv) Present requirements are to be managed in sustainable and judicious manner.
(v) Scientists, economists, philosophers and other social scientists are working together for sustainable development.
(vi) Groundwater is an example of renewable resources. These resources are replenished by nature as in the case of crops and plants.
(vii) Our future is linked with essential resources are getting depleted at a fast rate.
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