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Question 51 : The functions of Central Board are given under which act

  1. Water Act (1974)
  2. Air Act (1981)
  3. Environment Protection Act (1986)
  4. Biodiversity Act (2002)
  

Question 52 : ISO – 14001 gives stress on

  1. Plan – Do -check -Act
  2. Environmental protection
  3. Prevention rather than detection
  4. Prevent Pollution
  

Question 53 : An orchid living on atree exhibit

  1. predator
  2. Mutualism
  3. Commensalismm
  4. Parasitic
  

Question 54 : To which government the Ministry of Environment and Forests is the nodal agency?

  1. To the State Government
  2. To the Central Government
  3. To United Nations
  4. To Union Territories
  

Question 55 : The most important organisms for an echosystem are

  1. Herbivores
  2. Producers
  3. Carnivores
  4. Protozon
  

Question 56 : Every ecosystem has____major components

  1. One
  2. Two
  3. Three
  4. Four
  

Question 57 : Energy management standards

  1. Use more energy
  2. Cut energy consumption
  3. Generate energy
  4. Focus on renewable energy
  

Question 58 : These belongs to the category of primary consumer

  1. snakes and frogs
  2. Insects and cattle
  3. Eagles and snakes
  4. Water insects
  

Question 59 : EMAS

  1. Reduce environmental impact
  2. Strengthen legal compliance
  3. Employee involvement
  4. Reduce economy
  

Question 60 : An endangered species is a species

  1. that is out of danger
  2. living in group
  3. that is in danger of becoming extinct
  4. living in dense forest
  

Question 61 : Which of the following salts is the main cause of permanent hardness of water?

  1. Magnesium sulphate
  2. Magnesium bicarbonate
  3. Magnesium carbonate
  4. None of the above
  

Question 62 : Which of the following is true about the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974: 1 .Water Act prohibits any person from knowingly causing or permitting the entry of any poisonous, noxious or polluting matter, directly or indirectly, into any stream or well or sewer or on land. 2. The Water Act establishes the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) (at the national level) and the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) or the Pollution Control Committee (at the State/Union Territory level) to carry out its objectives. 3. The function of the CPCB is plan and cause to be executed a nation-wide programme for the prevention, control or abatement of water pollution

  1. 1 and 3
  2. 1 and 2
  3. 1, 2 and 3
  4. 2 and 3
  

Question 63 : In a food chain, humans are

  1. Secondary consumers
  2. Primary consumer
  3. Producers
  4. Primary and secondary consumers both
  

Question 64 : To curb the destructive practices of unscrupulous people, forest mafia groups, poachers, polluters and over exploitation of environmental resource ............... is necessary. 1. Treaties 2. Conventions 3 Effective Legislation 4 Acts

  1. 1,2
  2. 3,4
  3. 1,3 & 4
  4. 1,2 ,3 & 4
  

Question 65 : Human is ____factor of an ecosystem

  1. Physical
  2. Chemical
  3. Biological
  4. Logical
  

Question 66 : EMS stands for

  1. Environmental management system
  2. Employees management system
  3. Engineering management system
  4. Equipment management system
  

Question 67 : __________ is an organism used to gauge the quality of an ecosystem.

  1. Decomposers
  2. Predator
  3. Bio-remediator
  4. Bioindicator
  

Question 68 : When was Factories Act introduced and amended ?

  1. 1986 and 1991
  2. 1976 and 1988
  3. 1948 and 1987
  4. 1972 and 1991
  

Question 69 : What is called for the practice of regulating forest resources to meet the needs of society and industry while preserving the forest’s health?

  1. Environmental protection
  2. Sustainable Forest Management
  3. Forest policy framework
  4. Unsustainable Forest Management
  

Question 70 : Which of the following is an extinct species

  1. Dugong
  2. Great Indian bustard
  3. Dodo
  4. Red Panda
  

Question 71 : Opportunities for social innovation are greatest when:

  1. CSR is aligned with a firm's core skills and capabilities.
  2. CSR spending of a firm is larger than that of its competitors.
  3. CSR is pursued by a firm to improve its reputation.
  4. CSR is pursued by a firm to enhance human capital.
  

Question 72 : Forest (Conservation) Act was enacted in the year

  1. 1948
  2. 1972
  3. 1974
  4. 1980
  

Question 73 : In an ecosystem, the energy flow is always

  1. Always unidirectional
  2. Always bidirectional
  3. In any direction
  4. Down direction
  

Question 74 : Which EMS model is most well known

  1. ACC
  2. EMAS
  3. ISO14001
  4. NEIC
  

Question 75 : Objective of The Environment (Protection) Act is __________

  1. Providing protection and improvement of the environment
  2. Improvement of the environment.
  3. Providing protection to the environment
  4. Punish the guilty
  

Question 76 : The technology which meets the sustainable development needs is often referred to as

  1. advanced technology
  2. appropriate technology
  3. sustainable technology
  4. adaptive technology
  

Question 77 : Public liability insurance act -1991, provide for damages to victims of an accident which occurs as a result of

  1. handling hazardous substances
  2. Natural disaster
  3. Road accidents
  4. Loss to the properties due to communal rides
  

Question 78 : The reason of Arc blast is

  1. Poor contact within electrical wire splices
  2. Radio frequency emissions from high-power transmitters
  3. Discharge of high electrical current through open air
  4. Failure to lock-out and tag-out electrical breakers
  

Question 79 : How many chapter does the water actc has

  1. 8
  2. 10
  3. 4
  4. 7
  

Question 80 : Chernobyl disater is associated with

  1. Nuclear Accident
  2. Landslide
  3. Earthquake
  4. Acid rain
  

Question 81 : Following has the maximum genetic diversity in India

  1. Tea
  2. Mango
  3. Onion
  4. Teak
  

Question 82 : When following reacted with water in the air it produces carbonic acid

  1. Carbon
  2. Carbo Mono oxide
  3. Carbon dioxide
  4. Hydrogen
  

Question 83 : Under which legilsation , EIA is made mandatory

  1. Water Act (1974)
  2. Air Act (1981)
  3. Environment Protection Act (1986)
  4. Biodiversity Act (2002)
  

Question 84 : The role of management is not to

  1. Provide Resources
  2. Define EMS
  3. Monitor the effectiveness of the system
  4. Change the quality of product
  

Question 85 : EIA stands for what?

  1. Ecological Impact assessment
  2. Environmental Impact Audit
  3. Environmental Impact Assessment
  4. Environmental Impact Area
  

Question 86 : P-D-C-A stands for

  1. Plan-Do-check-Act
  2. Plan-Do-correct-Act
  3. Proceed-Do-check-Act
  4. Proceed-Do-correct-Act
  

Question 87 : Which of the certification systems EMAS or ISO 14001 is the most challenging for

  1. EMAS
  2. ISO 14001
  3. Environment Audit
  4. Environment Standards
  

Question 88 : Which of the following was not adopted at the Rio Conference, 1992

  1. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
  2. Convention on Biological Diversity
  3. Agenda 21
  4. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
  

Question 89 : The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” was adopted at-

  1. Rio Conference
  2. Stockholm Conference
  3. Johannesburg declaration
  4. United Nations Sustainable Development Summit
  

Question 90 : Which colour is used for Radiation Hazards

  1. Red
  2. Orange
  3. Green
  4. Purple
  

Question 91 : What is the legal principle for handling waste

  1. Waste Hierarchy
  2. Precautionary Principle
  3. Duty of Care
  4. Reasonably Practicable
  

Question 92 : Cattle, sheep and termites are responsible for the release of the following greenhouse gas

  1. Methane
  2. Carbon dioxide
  3. Nitrous oxide
  4. Carbon mono oxide
  

Question 93 : Diagram that shows transfer of energy in one line is a

  1. Food line
  2. Food Web
  3. Food court
  4. Food Chain
  

Question 94 : How many chapter does the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Acthas

  1. 8
  2. 10
  3. 4
  4. 7
  

Question 95 : What is the best way to educate school kids about the environment?

  1. Teaching theory about environment in classes
  2. Showing pictures and videos of environment in projector screen
  3. Taking kids to national parks or sanctuaries
  4. Taking kids to amusement parks
  

Question 96 : According to the Biodiversty act whch of the following institute are set up 1. National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), 2. State Biodiversity Boards (SBBs) 3. Biodiversity Management Committees (BMCs)

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 and 3 only
  3. 1 and 3 only
  4. 1, 2 and 3
  

Question 97 : Many countries impose taxes on green house gas emission from fossil fuel which is known as :

  1. Industrial Tax
  2. Wealth Tax
  3. Carbon Tax
  4. Environmental Cess
  

Question 98 : Quality management standards

  1. Reduce product failures.
  2. Reduce pollution
  3. Reduce Innovation
  4. Reduce water pollution
  

Question 99 : What is the Food chain?

  1. Long chain made of food
  2. Process of preparing food
  3. Food where locked by chain
  4. Pathway that energy and nutrients flow through the ecosystem
  

Question 100 : Name the group of species which exploit the abiotic and biotic resourses in asimilar way?

  1. Guild
  2. Ecads
  3. Biomes
  4. Community
  

Question 101 : Oceans exerts a great influence of the planets

  1. Weather
  2. Climate
  3. Precipitation
  4. Weather & Climate
  

Question 102 : Which animal is not the apex predator but a predator to a mouse

  1. Rabbit
  2. Hawk
  3. snakes
  4. Grass
  

Question 103 : This is oldest key conference on environment

  1. United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, ' Stockholm
  2. United Nations conference on Environment and Developmentm,Rio de Janerio
  3. United Nations Sustainable Development Summit
  4. United Nations conference on sustainble development, Newyork
  

Question 104 : In which of the following conference following principle highlighted " polluter pays principle"

  1. Stockholm Conference,1972
  2. Rio Conference 1992
  3. World summit on sustainble Development (WSSD) 2002
  4. World Environment Conference (WEC)(1988)
  

Question 105 : Energy is released from fossil fuels when they are___________________

  1. Pumped
  2. Cooled
  3. Burned
  4. Pressurized
  

Question 106 : This not the key international conferences on environment to thedevelopment of international environmental law.

  1. Stockholm Conference,1972
  2. Rio Conference 1992
  3. World summit on sustainble Development (WSSD) 2002
  4. World Environment Conference (WEC)(1988)
  

Question 107 : What is integrated management systems

  1. When for example environmental certification is done together with quality certification.
  2. Environmental management systems that include both Life-cycle analysis and MIPS for a special product.
  3. Management systems that are applicable for all functions and services regardless of the size of production units.
  4. Ems for every project
  

Question 108 : Which is the most recent pronouncement of the government’s commitment to improving environmental conditions?

  1. National Environmental Policy
  2. National Water Policy
  3. Environment Act
  4. Air Policy
  

Question 109 : Ozone layer acts as a natural sunscreen which protects life on this earth against which rays

  1. Radio waves
  2. TV waves
  3. Microwaves
  4. Ultraviolet waves
  

Question 110 : ISO was founded in the year of ______

  1. 1945
  2. 1946
  3. 1948
  4. 1947
  
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