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Study the following image… (Class 12 Economics 2026, Q30)

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EconomicsCBSE Class 12 · Board exam 2026, set 58/5/1 · 4 marks · Long answer

CBSE Class 12 Economics 2026: question 30

Set in the CBSE Class 12 board exam of 2026, paper 58/5/1, section B, question 30, for 4 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q30 · 4 marks · Long answerCompetency-basedEnvironment and Sustainable Development

Study the following image carefully :

Interpret the given image and comment upon the phenomenon of environmental crisis as a result of changed production and consumption patterns.

Figure in the paper: Infographic titled 'TRIPLE PLANETARY CRISES' with three icons: CLIMATE CHANGE (globe with rising arrows and thermometer), BIODIVERSITY LOSS (bare trees, birds, an elephant), POLLUTION (factory emitting smoke). See it in the official paper.

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2026 board paper, set 58/5/1.

Hints

Open one hint at a time and try again before the next.

Hint 1

Name the three problems shown in the image.

Hint 2

Compare the rate of resource use with the rate of regeneration.

Step-by-step solution

Each step shows the marks it earns, as an examiner would award them. Checked by an independent re-solve from the question paper.

  1. The image shows the "triple planetary crisis": climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution.

    1 mark

  2. With the population explosion and the industrial revolution, the demand for resources for production and consumption has gone beyond the rate at which they regenerate, and wastes are generated faster than the environment can absorb them.

    2 marks

  3. This strain on the environment's supply and absorptive capacity has intensified climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution, causing today's environmental crisis.

    1 mark

Answer: The image shows climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution: rising production and consumption have exceeded the environment's regenerative and absorptive capacity, causing the crisis.

Where the marks are

  • Interpretation of the image and explanation of the crisis (marked as a whole, 4)

Revise the chapter

Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from Environment and Sustainable Development, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paper2026 board paper, set 58/5/1: every question, by section.

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