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UN climate change conference held between $30^{th} Nov, 2015$ to $12^{th} Dec, 2015$ led to the ___________.

  1. Paris Agreement

  2. French Agreement

  3. EU Agreement

  4. Climate Agreement


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Global warming refers to increase in the average temperature of the globe due to heat that gets trapped in the atmosphere because of which the surface of the earth is heated. Global warming has caused global climatic changes that has hampered the food security as a result of soil erosion and reduced rainfall on agricultural production. There was a United nations climate change conference that was held in the year 2015 in Paris, France which is known as Paris agreement. 

Global climatic changes will affect ___________ in many places, due to affects of soil erosion and reduced rainfall, on agricultural production.

  1. incomes of people

  2. food security

  3. employment level

  4. demand of goods


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Global warming refers to an increase in the average temperature of the globe due to heat that gets trapped in the atmosphere because of which the surface of the earth is heated. Global warming has caused global climatic changes that have hampered food security as a result of soil erosion and reduced rainfall, or events of extreme rainfall. 

The key element of the Paris Agreement is to set a goal of limiting _________ to less than 2 degree celsius compared to pre-industrial level. 

  1. global warming

  2. urban temperature

  3. rural temperature

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: A

UN climate change conference was held in the year _________ in Paris, France.

  1. 2015

  2. 2012

  3. 2009

  4. 2013


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Global warming refers to increase in the average temperature of the globe due to heat that gets trapped in the atmosphere because of which the surface of the earth is heated. Global warming has caused global climatic changes that has hampered the food security as a result of soil erosion and reduced rainfall on agricultural production. There was a United nations climate change conference that was held in the year 2015 in Paris, France which is known as Paris agreement. 

Global warming refers to increase in the average ___________ globally.

  1. income

  2. standard of living

  3. temperature

  4. population


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Global warming refers to increase in the average temperature of the globe due to heat that gets trapped in the atmosphere because of which the surface of the earth is heated.

The Paris Agreement was signed to take action to curb ____________.

  1. population

  2. greenhouse gas emissions

  3. trade restrictions

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: B

Which among the following is a cause of environmental degradation?

  1. Population growth

  2. Technological progress

  3. Industrialisation

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Environmental degradation refers to the depletion of the environment and its resources by the acts of human beings that include population growth, technological progress, and industrialization.

How many countries signed the Paris Agreement, which is a global agreement for the reduction of climate change?

  1. 125

  2. 196

  3. 188

  4. 157


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Global warming refers to increase in the average temperature of the globe due to heat that gets trapped in the atmosphere because of which the surface of the earth is heated. Global warming has caused global climatic changes that have hampered food security as a result of soil erosion and reduced rainfall. There was a United Nations Climate Change Conference that was held in the year 2015 in Paris, France which is also known as the Paris agreement. It was signed by around 196 countries. 

Which among the following can be stated to be a cause of global warming?

  1. Urbanisation

  2. Industrialisation

  3. Both A & B

  4. Neither A nor B


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Global warming refers to an increase in the average temperature of the globe due to heat that gets trapped in the atmosphere because of which the surface of the earth is heated. Both urbanization and industrialization have resulted in a large amount of pollution that has caused global warming. 

Industrialization has led to the depletion of which among the following natural resources?

  1. Agricultural resources

  2. Mineral resources

  3. Both A & B

  4. Either A or B


Correct Option: C

With reference to the usefulness of the by-products of sugar industry, which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. Bagasse can be used as biomass fuel for the generation of energy.
2. Molasses can be used a source of the feed stocks for the production of synthetic chemical fertilizers.
3. Molasses can be used for the production of ethanol. 

  1. Only 1

  2. 2 and 3

  3. 1 and 3

  4. 1, 2 and 3


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Synthetic chemical fertilizer don't use molasses as their stocks.

____________ marks the beginning of international cooperation to protect the health of our planet.

  1. Paris Agreement

  2. Climate Control Cooperation

  3. Association for Control of Global Warming

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A

Greenhouse gases resulting in global warming of environment include which of the following gases?

  1. CO2

  2. CH4

  3. Nitrous oxide

  4. All the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

  • Trapping of sun’s heat in the lower atmosphere due to increase in the pollution causing gases like carbon dioxide is called greenhouse effect.
  • Greenhouse gases are water vapour, carbon dioxide, methane and ozone, nitrous oxide etc.
  • Sun’s radiation is partly absorbed by earth and rest of the radiations are reflected back to the atmosphere which is escaped. But the greenhouse gases form a blanket in the atmosphere and traps the radiation from escaping. This causes an increase in earth’s temperature resulting in Global warming.

A pollutant which is directly released into the environment is called __________.

  1. primary pollutant

  2. secondary pollutant

  3. tertiary pollutant

  4. none of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Introduction of substances that are harmful to the environment is called environmental pollution and the substance is called pollutant. A pollutant which is directly released into the environment is called primary pollutant. Examples of primary pollutants are Carbon mono oxide, particulate matter like dust, ash, salt particles etc.

Which of the following is true regarding the 'Compendium on Human Rights and the Environment'?

  1. It describes multilateral environmental agreements

  2. It describes international human rights treaties

  3. It describes international resolutions and declarations

  4. All the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

'Compendium on Human Rights and the Environment' is released by United Nation’s Environment Program. All the given options are true regarding this, because it describes multilateral environmental agreements, it describes international human rights treaties, it describes international resolutions and declarations.

A chemical substance which is not a pollutant but becomes a pollutant on reaction with other substance is called ___________.

  1. primary environmental pollutant

  2. secondary environmental pollutant

  3. tertiary environmental pollutant

  4. none of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Introduction of substances that are harmful to the environment is called environmental pollution and the substance is called pollutant. A chemical substance which is not a pollutant but becomes a pollutant on reaction with other substance is called secondary pollutant. Example, secondary pollutant include ozone, which is formed when hydrocarbons (HC) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) combine in the presence of sunlight, acid rain, which is formed when sulphur dioxide or nitrogen oxides react with water etc.

The policy of forest conservation in which the government and local communities strive for the conservation of forests to protect the environment is called ______________.

  1. Joint Forest Management

  2. Beej Bachao Andolan

  3. Chipko Movement

  4. All the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

  • Joint forest management is originated in West Bengal accidentally in 1971. According to this policy, there exists partnership between state and local communities in safeguarding forests.
  • Forests are protected from illegal harvesting and exporting of timber. Forests are also protected from fire and grazing, in exchange, people get non-timber products and a share of revenue from the sale of timber.

Aarhus convention which provided right to access information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters took place in ____________.

  1. France

  2. Denmark

  3. Russia

  4. India


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Arhus convention which provided right to access information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters took place in Denmark. This was signed on 25 June 1998

Branch of science dealing with the relation between organisms and surrounding environment is ____________.

  1. Biology

  2. Zoology

  3. Sociology

  4. Ecology


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Ecology is the branch of science dealing with the relation between organisms and surrounding environment.

It is always necessary to maintain ecological balance for sustainable development. Over exploitation and mismanagement of water resources will impoverish this resource and cause ecological crisis that may have profound impact on our lives.

Abiotic environment does not include ________.

  1. air

  2. water

  3. soil

  4. plants


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Based on the object possessing life or not, the objects are classified as biotic and abiotic.

Abiotic: these are the objects that do not possess life. Among the given options only plants are included under biotic category and rest which includes air, water and soil belong to abiotic objects.

Equity is the central ethical principle behind sustainable development. What does equity here mean?

  1. Everybody should have equal property

  2. Everyone should have equal commodities

  3. Everyone should have equal access to community resources and opportunities

  4. None


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

  • Sustainable development is the process of utilizing natural resources for human development without completely depleting them but by sustaining the ability of nature to continue to provide its resources.
  • Equity is the central ethical principle behind sustainable development. Equity here means everyone should have equal access to community resources and opportunities.

Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs is called __________.

  1. National development

  2. Sustainable development

  3. Cultural development

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs is called sustainable development. Sustainable development is the process of utilising natural resources for human development without completely depleting them but by sustaining the ability of nature to continue to provide its resources.

Which of the following movements was carried out by people against degradation of forests to safeguard environment?

  1. Chipko movement

  2. Boodan movement

  3. Both A and B

  4. None


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Chipko movement or chipko andolan was primarily a forest conservation movement in India that began in 1973 and went on to become a rallying point for many future environmental movements all over the world; it created a precedent for non-violent protest started in India.

Biotic environment include __________.

  1. Producers

  2. Consumers

  3. Decomposers

  4. All the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Based on the object possessing life or not, the objects are classified as biotic and abiotic.

Biotic: These are living organisms that possess life and carry on metabolism accordingly. Biotic environment includes:

  • Producers prepare food by themselves like plants.
  • Consumers feed on plants and other organisms like herbivores, carnivores etc.
  • Decomposers convert dead and decayed matter into simpler organic matter. Examples are microorganisms.

Which of the following declarations show the link between human rights and the environment?

  1. Stockholm Declaration

  2. Rio Declaration

  3. United States Declaration of Independence

  4. Both A and B


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Stockholm Declaration and Rio Declaration show the link between human rights and the environment.

  • Stockholm Declaration was adopted June 16, 1972, by the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment. In the declaration, the nations agreed to accept responsibility for any environmental effects caused by their actions.
  • Rio Declaration on Environment and Development emphasizes the need to integrate environment and development in order to achieve sustainable development.

The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development emphasizes the need to integrate environment and development in order to achieve ____________.

  1. Nationalism

  2. Sustainable development

  3. Federalism

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Rio Declaration on Environment and Development emphasizes the need to integrate environment and development in order to achieve sustainable development. Sustainable development is the process of utilising natural resources for human development without completely depleting them but by sustaining the ability of nature to continue to provide its resources.

Social, economic and ecological equity is the necessary condition for achieving ___________.

  1. Social development

  2. Economical development

  3. Sustainable development

  4. Ecological development


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs is called sustainable development.

Social, economic and ecological equity is the necessary condition for achieving sustainable development. Equity is the central ethical principle behind sustainable development. Equity here means everyone should have equal access to community resources and opportunities.

Which one of the following characteristics is widely regarded as being an important aspect of sustainable development? 

  1. Increasing consumption expenditure

  2. Intra-generational inequity

  3. Increased levels of saving

  4. Inter-generational equity


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Important aspect of sustainable development is the intergenerational equity. This concept tells that the present natural environment is same for the generations of present and future. Hence nature has to be utilised in a way such that it do not compromise the needs of future generations.

Sustainable Development Goals and targets of the United Nations are to be achieved by ___________.

  1. 2020

  2. 2030

  3. 2040

  4. 2050


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs is called sustainable development. About 17 sustainable developmental goals have been published by United Nations. These goals are to be achieved by 2030.

Sustainable development focuses more on _____________.

  1. Renewable resources

  2. Biotic resources

  3. Artificial resources

  4. Natural resources


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs is called sustainable development. Sustainable development is the process of utilising natural resources for human development without completely depleting them but by sustaining the ability of nature to continue to provide its resources. In order to achieve this, one must focus on utilizing renewable sources of energy which can be utilised again and again.

The basis of international trade is _________.

  1. Only absolute advantage

  2. Only comparative advantage

  3. Both A and B

  4. Exchange Rate


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 International Trade refers to the exchange of products and services from one country to another. Differences in cost form the basis of trade. Differences in cost may be two types: (i) absolute cost difference, and (ii) comparative cost difference. In 1776, Adam Smith argued that absolute cost difference or absolute advantage is the basis of trade.

Which of the following are a part of the 17 new Sustainable Development Goals?

1. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.

2. Eliminate poverty by 80%.

3. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.

  1. 1, 2

  2. 1, 3

  3. 2, 3

  4. All the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

  • About 17 sustainable development goals have been published by United Nations. Goals of sustainable development among the given options are following:
  • Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable, ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages. Though elimination of poverty is one of the goals, it does not talk about eliminating 80% of poverty.

Which of the following is the most indigenous atomic power plant in India?

  1. Kalapakkam

  2. Tarapur

  3. Kota

  4. Trombay


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Madras Atomic Power Station located at Kalpakkam about 80 kilometres south of Chennai, India, is a comprehensive nuclear power production, fuel reprocessing, and waste treatment facility that includes plutonium fuel fabrication for fast breeder reactors.

Match the following.

List-I List-II
A. Kalpakkam $1$. Steel plant
B. Salem $2$. Site of Atomic blast
C. Pokhran $3$. Rocket launching centre
D. Thumba $4$. Atomic power project
  1. A-$1$, B-$2$, C-$3$, D-$4$

  2. A-$2$, B-$3$, C-$4$, D-$1$

  3. A-$4$, B-$3$, C-$2$, D-$1$

  4. A-$4$, B-$1$, C-$2$, D-$3$


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct March

List-I List-II
A. Kalpakkam 11. Atomic power project
B. Salem 22. Steel plant
C. Pokhran 33. Site of Atomic blast
D. Thumba 44. Rocket launching centre

Crop rotation implies _____________________.

  1. The growing of crops one after the other successively to maintain soil fertility

  2. Shifting cultivation

  3. Growing commercial and food crops by rotation

  4. Growing more than one crop at a time


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Crop rotation is the practice of growing a series of dissimilar or different types of crops in the same area in sequenced seasons. It is done so that the soil of farms is not used for only one set of nutrients. It helps in reducing soil erosion and increases soil fertility and crop yield

'India Brand Equity Fund' was established in ___________.

  1. $1996$

  2. $1997$

  3. $1995$

  4. $1992$


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The IBEF was set up in 1996 by the ministry of commerce and industry to build the Made in India brand in the overseas market. It is working to increase the corpus available by attracting contributions from large corporate houses in the country.

The country that is not a developing country but has not yet achieved the status of the advanced country is __________.

  1. Malaysia

  2. South Korea

  3. Singapore

  4. none of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The country which is neither a developing company nor it has achieved the status of an advanced or developed country is known as a transitional country which is out of the range of development and neither is it fully developed. Example of such a country is Malaysia. 

Under 'One Village one product' scheme launched in North East states, plantation of which of the following is being promoted as an inaugural product of the scheme?

  1. Lemon

  2. Banana

  3. Apple

  4. Orange


Correct Option: A

The forest survey of India was established in __________.

  1. 1980

  2. 1981

  3. 1982

  4. 1983


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Forest Survey of India (FSI), founded in June 1981 and headquartered at Dehradun in Uttarakhand, is a Government of India Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change organisation for conducting forest surveys, studies and research to periodically monitor the changing situation of land and forest resources.

________ resources are those which can be used without the possibility of the resource becoming depleted or exhausted.

  1. Non-renewable

  2. Renewable

  3. Unlimited

  4. Abundant


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A renewable resource is a natural resource which will replenish to replace the portion depleted by usage and consumption, either through natural reproduction or other recurring processes in a finite amount of time in a human time scale. Renewable resources include biomass energy such as ethanol, hydropower, geothermal power, wind energy, and solar energy. Biomass refers to organic material from plants or animals. This includes wood, sewage, and ethanol (which comes from corn or other plants).

Which of the following is an example of non-renewable resource?

  1. Petroleum

  2. Wind

  3. Solar energy

  4. Fossil fuel


Correct Option: A,D
Explanation:
Non-renewable resources are those which get exhausted with extraction and use, for example, fossil fuel and petroleum. Wind and solar energy are renewable resources.

A new scheme has been announced in the Budget 2012-13, giving tax exemptions to first-time equity market investors. The scheme as titled as ____________.

  1. Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme

  2. Rashtriya Equity Saving Scheme

  3. National Equity Saving Scheme

  4. Indira Gandhi Equity Saving Scheme


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme was a scheme that was announced in the budget 2012-13 which aimed at giving tax exemptions to the first time retail investors in the securities market as to encourage the savings of small investors in the domestic capital market. 

The IMF and the World Bank were conceived for ?

  1. Strengthening international economic co-operation and to help create a more stable and prosperous global economy

  2. IMF promotes international monetary cooperation

  3. The World Bank promotes long term economic development and poverty reduction

  4. All of $1, 2$ and $3$


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank are institutions in the United Nations system.
They share the same goal of raising living standards in their member countries.
Their approaches to this goal are complementary, with the IMF focusing on macroeconomic and financial stability issues and the World Bank concentrating on long-term economic development and poverty reduction.

ISO 14000 deals with quality standard for _________________.

  1. Environmental Management

  2. Technology Management

  3. Knowledge Management

  4. Information Management


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

ISO 14000 is a series of environmental management standards developed and published by the International Organisation for Standardisation ( ISO ) for organisations.
The ISO 14000 standards provide a guideline or framework for organisations that need to systematise and improve their environmental management efforts.

What are the functions of environment?

  1. It supplies resources

  2. It assimilates waste

  3. It sustains life by providing genetic and biodiversity

  4. Supports life without human actions

  5. All of the above


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

The environment consists of the air, water, land, and all the conditions that surround living organisms. It is important to note that all the systems in the environment are interrelated such as the interactions of animals and humans on the ecosystems. Environmental functions refer to environmental services, including spatial functions, waste disposal, natural resource supply and life support.

The environment is an important issue even when society is faced with economic crises, wars, and unending social problems. It matters because Earth is the only home that humans have, and it provides air, food, and other needs.

The environment is able to perform its functions without any interruption as long as their demand is within its _______.

  1. absorptive capacity

  2. carrying capacity

  3. production capacity

  4. regeneration capacity


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The carrying capacity is a measure of how many individuals can a given ecosystem provide for. An individual and its population is dependent on various components of its ecosystem for necessities such as food, habitat, etc. An ecosystem can only successfully support a given population

The priority environmental issues identified in India are _________________.

  1. land degradation

  2. biodiversity loss

  3. air pollution with special reference to vehicular pollution in urban cities

  4. all of the above


Correct Option: D

_________ means the ability of the environment to absorb degradation

  1. Absorptive capacity

  2. Load bearing

  3. Carrying capacity

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Absorptive capacity is a firm's ability to identify, assimilate, transform, and apply valuable external knowledge. Put another way, absorptive capacity is a limit to the rate or quantity of scientific or technological information that a firm can absorb. Absorptive capacity, the ability of a firm to recognize the value of new, external information, assimilate it, and apply it to commercial ends is critical to its innovativecapabilities. Its a function of the firm's prior knowledge

_________ resources are those which get exhausted with extraction and use

  1. Renewable

  2. Non-renewable

  3. Limited

  4. Wasting


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Non-renewable resources are those which get exhausted with extraction and use, for example, fossil fuel, petroleum etc.

Some of the longer-term results of global warming are ______________.

  1. melting of polar ice with a resulting rise in sea level

  2. disruption of drinking water supplies dependent on snow melts

  3. extinction of species as ecological niches disappear

  4. all of these


Correct Option: D

What are some of the most pressing environmental concerns of India?

  1. Air pollution

  2. Water contamination

  3. Soil erosion

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

What leads to an environmental crisis?

  1. Extinction of animals

  2. When Resource extraction > rate of regeneration

  3. Waste generated is not within assimilating capacity

  4. Death of marine life

  5. All option are correct


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

An Environmental Crisis as a dramatic, unexpected, and irreversible worsening of the environment leading to significant welfare losses.

So according to me, all the options lead to environmental crisis

_______  is a gradual increase in the average temperature of the earth's lower atmosphere as a result of the increase in greenhouse gases since the _____.

  1. Ozone depletion, Industrial Revolution

  2. Global warming, Industrial revolution

  3. Global warming, Green revolution

  4. Ozone depletion, Green revolution


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Industrial Revolution spanned the 18th and early 19th Century. Over this period, global CO2 emissions were a fraction of current levels. During the 18th Century, global CO2 emissions were around 3 to 7 million tonnes per year. During the early 19th Century, CO2 emissions steadily rose reaching 54 million tonnes per year by 1850. Currently we are emitting over 8000 million tonnes per year.

Global warming is the consequence of the over proportional activities of the humans on the earth such that what the earth stored and built in very long time is to be consumed in a very short time. This disturbs much the dynamic balance on the earth leading to huge production of substances and gases such as the carbon dioxide that can not be reprocessed again by the earth and remains in the environment. 
The recent  industrial civilization is based on machines driven by energy taken from fossil fuels. It has good achievements but the cost is very serious. The cost is the environmental pollution especially CO2 as it leads to global warming which can has unseen serious effects on our climate.

 Land in India suffers from varying degrees and types of degradation stemming mainly from ______ and _______.

  1. improper use, inappropriate management practices

  2. terrace farming, crop rotation

  3. deforestation, land pollution

  4. none of these


Correct Option: A

The two resources that the environment provides are _____ and ____.

  1. Air, Water

  2. Flora and fauna

  3. Renewable, Non-renewable

  4. Tangible, intangible


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Clean land, air, and water are environmental resources, as are the abilities of land, air, and water to absorb society's waste products. Food from plants and animals, wood for cooking, heating, and building, metals, coal , and oil are all environmental resources.

Which of the following is the full form of the 'WMF'?

  1. Web Mutual Fund

  2. World Mutual Fund

  3. World Monuments Fund

  4. World Music Fund


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

World Monuments Fund (WMF) is a private, international, non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of historic architecture and cultural heritage sites around the world through fieldwork, advocacy, grantmaking, education, and training.

Which of the following is an international forum to discuss and implement supervisory norms in all the banks of the world?

  1. Basel Committee

  2. UN Charter on Commercial Laws

  3. International Board of Banks and Finance

  4. World Trade Organisation


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) is a committee of banking supervisory authorities that was established by the central bank governors of the Group of Ten countries in 1974. It provides a forum for regular cooperation on banking supervisory matters.

Opening the savings bank account of a minor girl will be called as which of the following in banking terminology?

  1. Retail Banking

  2. Merchant Banking

  3. Institutional Banking

  4. Social Banking


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Retail banking, also known as consumer banking, is the provision of services by a bank to the general public, rather than to companies, corporations or other banks, which are often described as wholesale banking.

Hence saving the bank of a minor girl under the retail banking.

Land degradation is caused by _____.

  1. unsustainable extraction of fuel, wood and fodder

  2. shifting cultivation

  3. encroachment into forest lands

  4. all of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Some of the factors responsible for land degradation are (i) loss of vegetation occuring due to deforestation (ii) unsustainable fuel wood and fodder  extraction (iii) shifting cultivation (iv) encroachment into forest lands (v) forest fires and over grazing (vi) non-adoption of adequate soil conservation measures (vii) improper crop rotation (viii) indiscriminate use of agro-chemicals such as fertilisers and pesticides (ix) improper planning and management of irrigation systems (x) extraction of ground water in the competing uses of land for forestry, agriculture, pastures, human settlements and industries

CPCB  has identified _______ categories of industries (large and medium scale) as significantly polluting.

  1. 16

  2. 15

  3. 17

  4. 20


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Central Pollution Control Board enlisted 17 categories of highly polluting industries and grossly polluting industries discharging their effluents into the rivers and lakes.

What is an Indian Depository Receipt?

  1. A deposit account with a Public Sector Bank

  2. A depository account with any of the Depositories in India

  3. An instrument in the form of depository receipt created by an Indian depository against underlying equity shares of the issuing company

  4. An instrument in the form of deposit receipt issued by Indian depositories


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

An IDR is an instrument denominated in Indian Rupees in the form of a depositoryreceipt created by a Domestic Depository (custodian of securities registered with theSecurities and Exchange Board of India) against the underlying equity of issuingcompany to enable foreign companies to raise funds from the Indian securities Markets.

'Equity schemes managed strong NAV gains, which boost their assets' was a news in some financial newspapers. What is the full form of the term NAV as used in above head lines?

  1. Nil Accounting Variation

  2. Net Accounting Venture

  3. Net Asset Value

  4. New Asset Venture


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Net asset value (NAV) represents a fund's per share market value. It is the price at which investors buy ("bid price") fund shares from a fund company and sell them ("redemption price") to a fund company

CPCB was set up in ___.

  1. 1975

  2. 1974

  3. 1965

  4. 1970


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) of India is a statutory organisation under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Mo. E.F.C). It was established in 1974 under the Water (Prevention and Control of pollution) Act, 1974.

Factors responsible for land degradation are _______________.

  1. improper planning and management of irrigation systems

  2. improper crop rotation

  3. indiscriminate use of agro-chemicals such as fertilisers and pesticides

  4. All of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Land degradation is characterized as the transitory or changeless decrease in the gainful limit of the land, and the lessening of the beneficial potential, including its significant land utilizes, its cultivating frameworks, and its incentive as a financial asset.
Hence, option D is correct.

In order to address two major environmental concerns,  ______ and _______ pollution, the government set up the Central Pollution Control Board.

  1. air, land

  2. water, land

  3. air, water

  4. land, water


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 It was established in 1974 under the Water (Prevention and Control of pollution) Act, 1974. The CPCB is also entrusted with the powers and functions under the Air Act, 1981 

In the pre-liberalization period, dominant position was given to Sector in India.

  1. Private

  2. Public

  3. Both (a) and (b)

  4. Neither (a) nor (b)


Correct Option: B

The first International Earth Summit was held in ___________.

  1. 1991

  2. 1992

  3. 1993

  4. 1995


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

First Earth summit which is also called as United Nations conference on environment and development was held in the year 1992 on 14th June. It was held in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.

The definition of sustainable development as meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs is given by ______________.

  1. Brundtland

  2. Mahatma Gandhi

  3. Maathai

  4. Sunderlal Bahugana


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) is also called as Brundtland Commission. The Brundtland commission published its report in October 1987, a document which coined, and defined the meaning of the term "Sustainable Development". The definition of sustainable development as meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs is given by Brundtland.

Environmental balance is implied in the term _________.

  1. economic development

  2. economic growth

  3. industrialisation

  4. none of these


Correct Option: A

Environment Scanning is careful monitoring of an organization's _______ environments for detecting early signs of opportunities and threats that may influence its current and future plans. 

  1. internal and social

  2. external and business

  3. internal and external

  4. internal and business


Correct Option: C

Example/s of the secondary environmental pollutant is _________.

  1. Smog

  2. Ozone

  3. PAN

  4. All of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Introduction of substances that are harmful to the environment is called environmental pollution and the substance is called pollutant. A chemical substance which is not a pollutant but becomes a pollutant on reaction with other substance is called secondary pollutant All the given options are examples of secondary pollutants which include Smog, Ozone, Peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN).

Which of the following Stock Exchanges is in a stage of advanced negotiations to pick up a strategic equity stake in Bombay Stock Exchange?

  1. London Stock Exchange

  2. Tokyo Stock Exchange

  3. New York Stock Exchange

  4. Hong Kong Stock Exchange


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In 2014, more than 75 percent of the stock shares traded on United States exchanges (including the NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE ) originated from automated trading system orders.

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