Ekatvam 2023 - Quiz - Round 2 (Sustainable Development)

In 2015, United Nation member states adopted how many Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?

• 15

• 17

• 20

• 25

Where was the United Nations COP26 Climate Change Conference held?

• Scotland

• Poland

• Switzerland

• Sweden

Social, economical and ecological equity is the necessary condition for achieving

• Social Development

• Ecological Development

• Sustainable Development

• Economical Development

Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generation to meet their own need’ is given by:

• Brundtland

• Mahatma Gandhi

• Nelson Mandela

• Mother Teresa

Which of the following was started in 1973 to save the evergreen tropical forest in the Palakkad district of Kerala, India from being flooded by a hydroelectric project?

• Chipko Movement

• Silent Valley Movement

• Appiko Movement

• Narmada Bachao Andola

The first International Conference on Environment was held in

• Rio de Janeiro

• Stockholm

• New Delhi

• Johannesburg

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan meets which of the following Sustainable Development goals

• Clean Water and Sanitation

• Life below Water

• Sustainable Cities

• All of the above

Which of the following is not a Sustainable Development Goal?

• Zero Hunger

• Zero Crime

• Good health and well-being

• Decent work and economic growth

Which of the following is a measure of sustainable water management?

• Preventing leakage from dams and canals

• All of the above

• Preventing loss in the municipal pipes.

• Using sprinkler system in irrigation

What is the estimated percentage of forest land that any country should ideally have for sustainable environment?

• 15%

• 33%

• 50%

• 44%