Quiz for FE 1

Service established by Congress to instruct farmers on how to prevent erosion is known as

• Soil Conservation Service

• Natural Resources Conservation Service

• Anti Soil Erosion Act

• Agriculture Promotion Service

Forest Conservation Act was enacted by Parliament of India in year

• 1970

• 1994

• 1980

• 2018

Total arable land of India in million hectares is

• 288

• 256

• 156

• 188

Between 2000 and 2018, what area of mountain forests has been vanished? (in million hectares)

• 78.1

• 66.1

• 87.1

• 59.1

The Chipko movement was originated in India in

• 1980s

• 1990s

• 1960s

• 1970s

Forest man of India

• Sunderlal Bahuguna

• Jadhav Molai Payeng

• Rajendra Singh

• Salim Ali

Name the regions highly affected by desertification

• Sahel region in Africa

• Gobi Desert

• Arabian Peninsula

• Kanazawa

The major international treaty related to combatting desertification is

• UNCCD

• UNCED

• UNCSD

• UNCBD

Initiatives that aim to address land degradation on a global scale

• United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals

• United Nations Charter

• United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

• UNEP