QUESTION 1

1. Choose the right option - The question may have more than one correct answer
Biological hazards at the point of worker can be controlled by personal protective equipment such as
------- and -------
1. Helmets

2. Gloves

3. Caps

4. Masks

2 points   
QUESTION 2
1. Choose the right option - The question may have more than one correct answer
A very large release of toxic chemical such as ------- or ------- under the most unfavourable conditions is
usually regarded as having a disaster potential greater than that of fires and explosions.
1. Hydrogen Sulphide

2. Cadmium

3. Nitrogen

4. Chlorine

2 points   
QUESTION 3
1. Select the most appropriate option
-------- was defined as "hostile behaviour on the part of one or more persons in the work environment that
aim continually and repeatedly to offend, oppress, maltreat, or to exclude or isolate over a long period of
time."
1. Workplace Culture

2. Workplace Attitude

3. Workplace Bullying

4. Workplace Competition

2 points   
QUESTION 4
1. Choose the right option - The question may have more than one correct answer
Chemical hazards can be of insidious nature arising from --------- and --------
1. Dusts

2. Fumes

3. Sulphur

4. Potassium

2 points   
QUESTION 5
1. Choose the right option - The question may have more than one correct answer
An important function of disaster management is to review and adjust normal development programs so
that they help mitigate or prevent future disasters by:
 1. Forestry Projects

2. Water Harvesting

3. Drainage

4. Rangeland Management

2 points   
QUESTION 6
1. Choose the right option - The question may have more than one correct answer
------- and ------- give people hope and encourage them to take positive actions themselves to help meet
their needs.
1. Rapid Response

2. Delayed Response

3. Timely Aid

4. Delayed Aid

2 points   
QUESTION 7
1. Choose the right option - The question may have more than one correct answer
Heat stress can lead to ------- and -------
1. Fever

2. Cramps

3. Dehydration

4. Exhaustion

2 points   
QUESTION 8
1. Choose the right option - The question may have more than one correct answer
The hand and portable power tools used in the installation of a power plant are:
1. Emergency Alarms

2. Hammer

3. Fire Extinguishers

4. Pliers

2 points   
QUESTION 9
1. Choose the right option - The question may have more than one correct answer
If the workstation is properly designed, the worker should be able to maintain a correct and comfortable
body posture. This is important because an uncomfortable work posture can cause a variety of problems,
such as:
1. Back Injury

2. Vision Loss

3. Migraines
 4. Circulatory Problems in Legs

2 points   
QUESTION 10
1. Choose the right option - The question may have more than one correct answer
A positive safety culture is characterized by ------- and -------
1. Competency

2. Competitiveness

3. Information Sharing

4. Information Assessment

2 points   
QUESTION 11
1. Choose the right option - The question may have more than one correct answer
Disaster plans include preparedness plans such as ------- and -------
1. Warning and Evacuation Plans

2. Sheltering Plans

3. Housing Plans

4. First Aid Plans

2 points   
QUESTION 12
1. Choose the right option - The question may have more than one correct answer
In order to prevent major accidents and mishaps and to win confidence of general public the most
important requirements from the management side are:
1. Honesty

2. Leadership

3. Empathy

4. Commitment

2 points   
QUESTION 13
1. Choose the right option - The question may have more than one correct answer
Most acute hazardous incident starts with a discharge of ------- or ------- material from normal containment.
1. Radiated

2. Toxic

3. Flammable

4. Irradiated

2 points   
QUESTION 14
1. Choose the right option - The question may have more than one correct answer
The essence of workplace bullying is to twist -------- and -------- power to inflict psychological abuse on a
carefully chosen target.
1. Psychological

2. Psychosocial

3. Political

4. Social

2 points   
QUESTION 15
1. Choose the right option - The question may have more than one correct answer
An organization whose management system incorporates an Environmental Management System has a
framework to balance and integrate economic and environmental interests and can achieve significant
competitive advantages as listed below:
1. Maintaining good public/community relations

2. Obtaining insurance at reasonable cost

3. Enhancing image and market share

4. Meeting vendor certification criteria

5. Improving cost control

4 points   
QUESTION 16
1. Choose the right option - The question may have more than one correct answer
Apart from personal protective equipment there are several steps that need to be taken for the safety of
the workers. The management needs to take into account and assume responsibility for the well being of
its employees. Some of the steps which can be taken in this pursuit are:
1. Machine guards

2. Work area barriers

3. Ventilation

4. Lighting

5. Signs and warnings

4 points   
QUESTION 17
1. Choose the right option - The question may have more than one correct answer
Direct consequences are the immediate damage or injury that happens immediately after the accident.
The basic cause of accidents to happen in a work place is the poor management safety policy and
environmental factors. There are two types of causes:
1. Permanent

2. Direct

3. Indirect

4. Temporary
 4 points   
QUESTION 18
1. Choose the right option - The question may have more than one correct answer
Industrial accidents are the result of unsafe practices adopted in an industry. It is a neglect on the part of
worker, management and supervisors. The factors which are the cause of industrial accidents are:
1. Neglect by supervisor

2. Unsafe equipment

3. Poor designing

4. Inexperience

5. Attitude

4 points   
QUESTION 19
1. Select the most appropriate option
It is necessary for every --------- installation to maintain a minimum inventory of various emergency
consumables and equipment for fire fighting, medical, pollution control and safety.
1. Power

2. Oil

3. Petroleum

4. Wind

4 points   
QUESTION 20
1. Select the most appropriate option
------- are the source of soil and water pollution.
1. Sewers

2. Landfills

3. Garbage Dumps

4. None of the above

1 points   
QUESTION 21
1. Fit the best option
Mitigation
 or reduction, of the scope of a disaster is the most important function in bringing disasters
under control.
1 points   
QUESTION 22
1. Select the most appropriate option
The on-the-job training for an auditor should be for a total of ------- equivalent workdays of environmental
auditing, and for a minimum of four environmental audits.
1. Twenty

2. Fifteen
 3. Thirty

4. Forty

1 points   
QUESTION 23
1. State whether the given statement is true or false
The Indian Boilers Act was legalised in the year 1923.
1. true

2. false

1 points   
QUESTION 24
1. Select the most appropriate option
The Environmental Clearance of Project Notification was cleared in -------
1. 1992

2. 1993

3. 1995

4. 1994

1 points   
QUESTION 25
1. Select the most appropriate option
------- and hepatitis B are blood borne and are not transmitted through the air.
1. AIDS

2. Tuberculosis

3. Jaundice

4. Asthma

1 points   
QUESTION 26
1. Fit the best option
Internal
 causes of industrial accidents can involve equipment or other work related tangibles,
harmful materials, toxic chemicals, and human error.

1 points   
QUESTION 27
1. Select the most appropriate option
A ------- is a situation that poses a level of threat to life, health, property, or environment.
1. Risk

2. Danger

3. Fault

4. Hazard
 1 points   
QUESTION 28
1. Select the most appropriate option
The landfill tax on waste disposal was introduced by ------- as its first green tax.
1. US

2. France

3. Japan

4. UK

1 points   
QUESTION 29
1. State whether the given statement is true or false
A big power complex may have 10-15 safety districts.
1. false

2. true

1 points   
QUESTION 30
1. Select the most appropriate option
Environmental ------- is an objective and documented verification of process to obtain evidence to
determine whether EMS of an organisation conforms to the criteria laid down by the organisation.
1. Study

2. Audit

3. Assessment

4. None of the above

1 points   
QUESTION 31
1. Select the most appropriate option
Risk management is multispectral and refers to the ------- analysis and management of risks.
1. Systematic

2. Augmented

3. Regulated

4. None of the above

1 points   
QUESTION 32
1. Select the most appropriate option
Three billion litres of waste are pumped into Delhi's Yamuna each day.
1. Two

2. One

3. Three
 4. Five

1 points   
QUESTION 33
1. Select the most appropriate option
Risks of ------- are particularly high during storage, handling and commissioning of equipment with
flammable materials during overloads.
1. Fires

2. Shocks

3. Overload

4. None of the above

1 points   
QUESTION 34
1. Fit the best option
Air
 pollution is the state of environment in which the outer ambient atmosphere contains gases
and other materials in concentration which are harmful to man and environment.

1 points   
QUESTION 35
1. Select the most appropriate option
------- lenses offer additional protection if working condition involves bright light or glare.
1. Cylindrical

2. Absorptive

3. Contact

4. Lenticular

1 points   
QUESTION 36
1. Fit the best option

 can help extend the life of man made constructions by performing repairs at regular
intervals.

1 points   
QUESTION 37
1. Select the most appropriate option
Disposal of wastes or the management of wastes is an uphill task for any government, their agencies or
organizations.
1. Disposal

2. Reduction

3. Transfer

4. None of the above

1 points   
 QUESTION 38
1. Select the most appropriate option
All disaster assistance should be provided in an equitable and ------- manner.
1. Fair

2. Just

3. Safe

4. None of the above

1 points   
QUESTION 39
1. State whether the given statement is true or false
Human errors are not due to ineffective information processing, lack of attention, memory loss, etc.
1. false

2. true

1 points   
QUESTION 40
1. Select the most appropriate option
Structure and Responsibility Roles, responsibilities and authorities shall be defined, documented and
communicated in order to facilitate -------environmental management.
1. Efficient

2. Smooth

3. Effective

4. None of the above

1 points   
QUESTION 41
1. Select the most appropriate option
A change in environment, wholly or partially resulting from an organisation's activities, services or
products is referred to as Environmental -------
1. Impact

2. Control

3. Change

4. None of the above

1 points   
QUESTION 42
1. Select the most appropriate option
The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, was passed in -------
1. 1970

2. 1975

3. 1974
 4. 1972

1 points   
QUESTION 43
1. Select the most appropriate option
------- power plants and installation have many risk zones of fires and explosives.
1. Industrial

2. Nuclear

3. Electrical

4. None of the above

1 points   
QUESTION 44
1. Select the most appropriate option
Disaster management should ------- rather than follow, public action.
1. Control

2. Lead

3. Regulated

4. None of the above

1 points   
QUESTION 45
1. Select the most appropriate option
The Public Liability Insurance Act was enacted in -------
1. 1990

2. 1992

3. 1991

4. 1995

1 points   
QUESTION 46
1. Select the most appropriate option
------- Emergency Plan or a Disaster Management Plan is a master plan containing the emergency
response, responsibilities of key members, communication means and response strategies to control a
range of major incidents.
1. Off-site

2. On-site

3. Onsight

4. None of the above

1 points   
QUESTION 47
1. Select the most appropriate option
Environmental Impact Assessment 's most significant inportance is that it helps in maintaining and
improving the ------- of environment.
1. Quality

2. Quantity

3. Nature

4. Beauty

1 points   
QUESTION 48
1. Select the most appropriate option
Management should be increasingly concerned with the need to control and ------- the risks at all stages in
the life cycle of an installation.
1. Manage

2. Amplify

3. Reduce

4. Assess

1 points   
QUESTION 49
1. Fit the best option
Injured
 workers may also be able to seek compensation for their injuries from the makers of faulty
or dangerous industrial products.

1 points   
QUESTION 50
1. Select the most appropriate option
Welding helmets provide ------- face and eye protection.
1. Nor

2. Neither

3. Both

4. None of the above

1 points   
QUESTION 51
1. State whether the given statement is true or false
Repetitive Strain Injury is a short term repetitve injury.
1. true

2. false

1 points   
QUESTION 52
1. State whether the given statement is true or false
If a job requires muscularskeletal strain then it may be a potential ergonomic hazard.
 1. true

2. false

1 points   
QUESTION 53
1. Select the most appropriate option
Water extinguishers or APW extinguishers (air-pressurized water) are suitable for ------- fires only.
1. Class B

2. Class C

3. Class D

4. Class A

1 points   
QUESTION 54
1. State whether the given statement is true or false
Severe accidents at workplace can be so fatal so as to cause, occupational fatality.
1. true

2. false

1 points   
QUESTION 55
1. State whether the given statement is true or false
Boilers Act provides a safety to workplace and its surrounding.
1. true

2. false

1 points   
QUESTION 56
1. Select the most appropriate option
Eyewash stations should be located within ------- feet from work area.
1. 50

2. 75

3. 200

4. 100

1 points   
QUESTION 57
1. State whether the given statement is true or false
Risk assessments are mostly quantitative.
1. true

2. false

1 points   
 QUESTION 58
1. Select the most appropriate option
------- per cent of waste water discharged daily in developing countries is untreated, contributing to the
deaths of some 2.2 million people a year from diarrheal diseases caused by unsafe drinking water and
poor hygiene.
1. 60

2. 70

3. 80

4. 90

1 points   
QUESTION 59
1. Select the most appropriate option
Risk assessment is the ------- examination of an actual or proposed industrial installation to identify and to
form an opinion on potentially serious hazardous occurrences and their possible consequences to assist
decision making on risk avoidance or risk reduction to an acceptable level.
1. Systematic

2. Chronic

3. Judicious

4. None of the above

1 points   
QUESTION 60
1. Choose the right option - The question may have more than one correct answer
Toxic liquids such as -------, -------- and -------- can irritate and burn the eyes and skin.
1. Citrus

2. Acids

3. Caustics

4. Molten metals

3 points   
QUESTION 61
1. Choose the right option - The question may have more than one correct answer
Risks of fires are particularly high during -------, ------- and -------of equipment with flammable materials
during overloads.
1. Storage

2. Handling

3. Commissioning

4. Auditing

3 points   
QUESTION 62
1. Choose the right option - The question may have more than one correct answer
EIA study is a detailed analysis of the -------, -------- and -------- impact of a proposed project on
environment.
1. Social

2. Natural

3. Economic

4. Legal

3 points   
QUESTION 63
1. Choose the right option - The question may have more than one correct answer
The chief sources of pollutants both of ground water and surface water like rivers, lakes and ponds, are
from:
1. Agriculture

2. Radioactive wastes

3. Domestic wastes

4. Cotton Industry