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SUSTAINO CURATIVE (QUIZ)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which organization was set up in 1997 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions?

a)

Transmission Control Protocol

b)

Protocol of Weather

c)

Kyoto Protocol

d)

Climate Protocol

2.

Who is the founder of earth day?

a)

M S Swaminathan

b)

Gaylord Nelson

c)

Ali Mohamad

d)

Acoder Kenn

3.

Who is responsible for the safe disposal of the generated hazardous waste?

a)

Receiver

b)

Generator

c)

Waste facility

d)

Treatment, Storage & Disposal Facility

4.

Tracking of the hazardous waste is done to prevent ___

a)

Export

b)

Import

c)

Midnight dumping

d)

Traffic

5.

Which among the following have a large amount of installed grid interactive renewable power capacity in India?

a)

Biomass power

b)

Solar power

c)

Small Hydropower

d)

Wind power

6.

Which of the following is not under the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy?

a)

Large hydropower plant

b)

Solar energy

c)

Wind energy

d)

Tidal energy

7.

Earth is currently experiencing

a)

an ice age

b)

a period of unchanging climate

c)

a warming trend

d)

a cooling trend

8.

A river with inflow of domestic sewage rich in organic waste may result____

a)

Drying of the river very soon due to algal bloom

b)

Increased population of fish due to biodegradable nutrients

c)

Increased population of aquatic food web organisms

d)

Death of fish due to lack of oxygen

9.

Which of the following is the most suitable indicator of SO2 pollution in the environment_____

a)

Conifers

b)

Lichens

c)

Algae

d)

Fungi

10.

When did The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, come into force?

a)

01 April 1986

b)

01 March 1986

c)

01 May 1986

d)

19 November 1986

11.

What is salinisation?

a)

It is a process of accumulation of soluble minerals in upper soil horizons.

b)

It is a process of accumulation of soluble base in upper soil horizons.

c)

It is a process of accumulation of soluble acid in upper soil horizons.

d)

It is a process of accumulation of soluble salts in upper soil horizons.

12.

An indicator species of polluted water is

a)

Tubifex

b)

Phytoplankton

c)

Zooplankton

d)

Prawn

13.

Which country does India helping to reach the country’s Sustainable Development Goals?

a)

Singapore

b)

Vietnam

c)

Indonesia

d)

Thailand

14.

The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy is headed by?

a)

Bhagwanth Khuba

b)

Raj Kumar Singh

c)

Narayan Tatu Rane

d)

Parshottam Rupala

15.

Which of these is not key achievement of Nagar Van Scheme?

a)

The work for Vidarbha's first urban forest on Koradi Road in Nagpur has started.

b)

Panaji to get an urban forest in Goa along the Miramar-Caranzalem beachfront.

c)

Skilled trainees successfully as Biodiversity Conservationists

d)

Ranchi to get two urban forests.

16.

What is the mission of “The Nature Conservancy”?

a)

to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends.

b)

to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on Earth

c)

Influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable.

d)

to ensure that the Earth is capable of sustaining and nurturing life not just for the present generation but for future generations as well.

17.

Which environmental disaster was a catalyst for the first Earth Day?

a)

Chernobyl nuclear disaster

b)

The Dust Bowl

c)

Santa Barbara oil spill

d)

Love Canal disaster

18.

Which of the following is true?

a)

In 2009, NASA planted a “moon tree” to celebrate Earth Day.

b)

Some early critics of Earth Day suggested it might be a thinly veiled Communist plot.

c)

The United Auto Workers union was a prominent supporter of the first Earth Day.

d)

All of the above

19.

What watershed literary work published in 1962 jumpstarted the environmental movement and helped inspire the first Earth Day?

a)

Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson

b)

Walden, by Henry David Thoreau

c)

Gorillas in the Mist, by Dian Fossey

d)

A Sand County Almanac, by Aldo Leopold

20.

It is estimated that more than ___ percent of species on Earth are still undiscovered.

a)

20%

b)

40%

c)

60%

d)

80%