Green Olympiad Demo Sample Paper

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1. Which of the following answers applies to renewable natural

resources?
(a) Once the renewable natural resource is used, it is gone forever.
(b) Renewable resources can be replenished.
(c) Renewable resources are costly to extract.
(d) Renewable resources can be harvested at any rate without harming
future supplies.

2. What did Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, the Love Canal, and
Bhopal, India all have in common?
(a) They were all nuclear disasters.
(b) The respective companies made significant environmental
improvements.

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(c) They were environmental problems that were quickly fixed.

(d) They qualify as technological disasters.

3. Which one of the following statements on biosphere reserves is not

correct?
(a) In 1973, UNESCO launched a worldwide programme on man and
biosphere
(b) Biosphere reserves promote research on ecological conservation
(c) Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve is located in Madhya Pradesh
(d) Biosphere reserves are multipurpose protected areas to preserve
the genetic diversity in ecosystems

4. Two important rivers - one with its source in Jharkhand (and

known by a different name in Odisha), and another, with its source in
Odisha - merge at a place only a short distance from the coast of Bay
of Bengal before flowing into the sea.

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This is an important site of wildlife and biodiversity and a protected

area. Which one of the following could be this?
(a) Bhitarkanika
(b) Chandipur-on-Sea
(c) Gopalpur-on-Sea
(d) Simlipal

5.
Assertion (A): Deforestation is one main factor contributing to global
warming.
Reason (R): Besides CO2, two other gases: methane and CFCs are
also included under green-house gases.
(a) Both A and R true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R true but R is not a correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true

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6. Match the following:

Wetlands / Bird Sanctuary State
A. Keoladeo 1. Rajasthan
B. Point Calimere 2. Tamil Nadu
C. Ratan Mahal 3. Gujarat
D. Ghatprabha 4. Karnataka
E. Ashtamudi, Vembanad 5. Kerala

Choose the correct answer

A B C D E
(a) 1 2 3 4 5
(b) 2 3 4 5 1
(c) 3 4 5 1 2
(d) 4 5 1 2 3

7. Who proposed the idea of Debt-for-Nature swap, which is fast

catching up all over the world?
(a) Deborah Burand
(b) Thomas E. Lovejoy
(c) Maurice Strong
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(d) None

8. Match Column I with Column II and choose the correct answer

using the codes given below.

Column I Column II
(Summit) (Held on)
A. Copenhagen Summit 1. 27 May 2010
(COP- 15)
B. Cancun Summit (COP- 16) 2. 1997
C. Kyoto Protocol 3. 29 Nov – 10 – Dec. 2010
D. Global Deforestation Conference at 4. 18 Dec. 2009
Oslo

Codes
A B C D
(a) 1 2 3 4
(b) 4 3 2 1
(c) 1 4 3 2
(d) 2 3 4 1

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9. Perhaps the single biggest problem that is associated with

managing marine fisheries resources is the difficulty of negotiating
international treaties.
(a) True
(b) False

10. Consider the following flexible Mechanisms in Kyoto Protocol:

1. Emission trading.
2. Clean development mechanism.
3. Joint Implementation
The project based mechanisms which allow developed country to
meet their Green house gas emission reduction commitments by
acquiring Green house gas emission reduction ‘credits’, The credits
are acquired by a developed country financing projects that reduce
emissions in developing countries (CDM) or by purchasing credits
from developed countries (JI).
The project based mechanisms are
(a) Only 1
(b) Only 2

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(c) 1 and 2
(d) 2 and 3

11. What is a green data centre?

(a) A data centre created by environmentalists to keep record of green
technology, clean production techniques
(b) A repository for the storage, management and dissemination of
mechanical lighting, electrical and computer systems developed to
optimize energy efficiency and environmental impact
(c) A data centre for green building for optimizing of power
consumption using energy efficient technology
(d) A repository providing information about details of small scale
industries adopting energy efficiency measures

12. Which endangered animal is the source of the world’s finest,

lightest, warmest and most expensive wool—the shahtoosh?
(a) Nilgai
(b) Cheetal
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(c) Kashmiri goat

(d) Chiru

13. Consider the following statements:

(i) Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) did not allow for company
projects in developing countries, with no mandated emission
reduction targets, to trade in Certified Emission Reductions (CERs)
with the countries having such targets.
(ii) One Certified Emission Reduction (CER) is equivalent to a
reduction of ten tonne of carbon.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) Only i
(b) Only ii
(c) Both i and ii
(d) Neither i nor ii

14. Recycling of waste is an important method of conservation.

Which one of the following statements about recycling is incorrect?

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(a) Garden waste can be recycled by composting.

(b) It is not economic to recycle metals.
(c) Glass bottles do not biodegrade in the environment.
(d) Biodegradable plastic bags are good for the environment.

15. The three R’s are:

(a) Recycle, reuse, reduce
(b) Recycle, reboot, reuse
(c) Reduce, remove, recycle
(d) Reuse, remove, recycle

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Answers
1 b 2 d 3 c 4 a 5 b 6 a 7 b
8 b 9 a 10 d 11 b 12 d 13 d 14 b
15 a

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