Unit 5: Social Issues and Environmental Education

1. The UN conference on the human environment held in:

(a) Stockholm (b) Paris (c) London (d) Japan
2. The UN conference on the human environment held in:
(a) 1972 (b) 1985 (c) 1986 (d) 1981
3. The Environment Protection Act (EPA) came into force from:
(a) 1972 (b) 1985 (c) 1986 (d) 1981
4. The Air Prevention and control Act came into force from:
(a) 1972 (b) 1985 (c) 1986 (d) 1981
5. The pollution level in atmosphere is measured in:
(a) Parts per million (b) milligram
(c) Microgram per cubic meter (d) All of the above
6. The motor vehicle act was passed in:
(a) 1972 (b) 1948 (c) 1939 (d) 1981
7. The Water Prevention and control Act came into force from:
(a) 1974 (b) 1964 (c) 1984 (d) 1994
8. The Wildlife Protection Act came into force from:
(a) 1972 (b) 1982 (c) 1952 (d) 1981
9. The Amendment to the Wildlife Protection Act came into:
(a) 2000 (b) 2002 (c) 2001 (d) 2003
10. The Amendment to the Wildlife Protection Act prevents the use of resources:
(a) Naturally (b) Artificially (c) Commercially (d) All of the above
11. The Wildlife Protection Act is adopted by all except:
(a) Jammu (b) Kashmir(c) Nagaland (d) All the above
12. The Forest Prevention and control Act came into force from:
(a) 1960 (b) 1948 (c) 1980 (d) 1990
13. Family welfare program (FWP) came in:
(a) 1961 (b) 1981 (c) 1951 (d) 1990
14. According to FWP, one family should not have children more than:
(a) One (b) Two (c) Three (d) Four
15. Today’s need suggest having:
(a) Only one child (b) Many children (c) Two children (d) Four children
16. A group of individuals of a particular area at a specific time is referred as:
(a)Population (b) Pollution (c) Community (d) Society
17. The level of birth defined as an index is called
(a) Migration (b) Emigration (c) Natality (d) Mortality
18. The level of death defined as an index is called
(a) Migration (b) Emigration (c) Natality (d) Mortality
19. The movement of inhabitants from one place to another is called
(a) Migration (b) Emigration (c) Transmigration (d) Remigration
20. The movement of inhabitants back to their home country is called
(a) Migration (b) Emigration (c) Transmigration (d) Remigration
21. The movement of inhabitant’s entry a new country to settle permanently is:
(a) Migration (b) Emigration (c) Transmigration (d) Immigration
22. The movement of inhabitant’s leaving a country to settle in another country:
(a) Migration (b) Emigration (c) Transmigration (d) Immigration
23. The movement of inhabitants from densely populated area into an area with
lesser population is called
(a) Migration (b) Emigration (c) Transmigration (d) Immigration
24. The movement of inhabitants from villages to cities is called
(a) Migration (b) Emigration (c) Transmigration (d) Immigration
25. The Indian tradition believes in __________ of nature.
(a) Destruction (b) Extraction (c) Pollution (d) Preservation
26. In India several Acts were passed from:
(a) 1970-1980 (b) 1969-1989 (c) 1972-1986 (d) None of the above
27. Environmental laboratories are established by:
(a) State Government (b) Central Government
(c) Municipal Corporation (d) None of the above
28. EIA stand for:
(a) Environmental Impact Assessment (b) Economical Investment Assessment
(c) Evaluation Important Assessment (d) None of the above
29. CPCB stand for:
(a) Control of pollution by Central Bureau
(b) Central pollution control board
(c) Central Population Control Bank (d) None of the above
30. SPCB stand for
(a) State of pollution by Central Bureau
(b) State pollution control board
(c) State Population Control Bank (d) None of the above
31. The chairman of CPCB is nominated by:
(a) Central Government (b) State Government
(c ) Prime Minister of India (d) Chief Justice of supreme court
32. The chairman of SPCB is nominated by:
(a) Central Government (b) State Government
(c ) Prime Minister of India (d) Chief Justice of supreme court
33. The chairman of Wildlife Advisory board is nominated by:
(a) Central Government (b) State Government
(c ) Prime Minister of India (d) Chief Justice of supreme court
34. National Human Rights commission in India is headed by:
(a) Central Government (b) State Government
(c ) Prime Minister of India (d) Chief Justice of supreme court
35.As per EPA 1986, environment does not include:
(a) Air (b) Space (c) Water (d) Land
36. Carbon credit is meant for ________
(a) Deforestation (b) Protection of environment
(c) Rural infrastructure (d) Diamond trading
37. Which state has made it compulsory to harvest rain water
for all buildings?
(a) Rajasthan (b) West Bengal (c) Tamilnadu (d) Maharashtra
38. In Mumbai what is the minimum plot area for which rain water
harvesting is mandatory?
(a) 2000 Sq.m (b) 500 Sq.m (c) 1000 Sq.m (d) 1500 Sq.m
39. Noise pollution has been inserted in the Air Prevention and
Control Act in:
(a) 1987 (b) 1977 (c) 1967 (d) 1957
40. WWF international is located in _______
(a) India (b) America (c) Canada (d) Switzerland
41. Runoff water from surface is conserved by:
(a) Rain water Conservation (b) Rain water harvesting
(c) Water storage (d) none of the above
43. Shortage of water faced can be solved by:
(a)Well digging (b) Rain water harvesting
(c) Water storage (d) none of the above
44. The main advantage of water shed approach is _____
(a) High cost (b) Time consuming
(c) Environmental friendly (d) none
45. The prime objective of watershed management is focus on water:
(a) Utilization (b) Conservation (c) Analysis (d) None of the above
46. _________of rivers help to redistribute water logging:
(a) Interlinking (b) Dam (c) Diverting water (d) none of the above
47. Article _______of India Constitution deals with fundamental duties:
(a) 48-A (b) 5-A (g) (c) 21 (d) 19
48. ________technology is highly useful for Environment and health
(a) Digital (b) Chemical (c) Information (d) Computational
49. An organization that works outside government ____
(a) NGO (b) Nature lovers (c) Activists (d) Antisocial
50. NGO has freedom to take issues in _____
(a) Society (b) Parliament (c) Municipality (d) None of the above