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Environmental Law - 1

Tests knowledge of environmental law including the Environment (Protection) Act, Water Pollution Act, constitutional provisions, pollution control boards, environmental impact assessment, waste management rules, and landmark Supreme Court cases.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

EIA stands for

  1. Economic Investment Association
  2. Environment and Internet Association
  3. Environmental Impact Assessment
  4. None of these
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Environmental protection requires

  1. curative measures
  2. preventive measures
  3. both curative and preventive measures
  4. None of these
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

  1. The Nobel Peace Prize, 2004 was awarded to Wangari Maathai. She belonged to Kenya.
  2. Maathai gave the slogan that "when we plant new trees, we plant the seeds of peace".
  3. Maathai died on September 25, 2011.
  4. All of the above
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The State Pollution Control Board is constituted by

  1. the Central Government
  2. the State Government
  3. the Central Government on request of the concerned State Government
  4. a resolution passed by the Legislative Assembly
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The Parliament enacted the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 for the control of water pollution

  1. on the request from states
  2. on its own
  3. on the direction of United Nations
  4. on the direction of Supreme Court
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Under Article 51 A of the Constitution of India, the duty to conserve the natural environment is on the

  1. citizens
  2. persons
  3. government
  4. citizens, persons and government
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

When an act constitutes an offence under the Environment (Protection) Act and also under any other anti-pollution act, the offender is punished

  1. under the Environment (Protection) Act
  2. under the other Anti-Pollution Act
  3. under both the acts
  4. subject to the choice of the offender
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is true?

  1. Head of the Department under the pollution laws shall be guilty of the offence.
  2. Head of the Department under the pollution laws shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence.
  3. Head of the Department under the pollution laws shall not be guilty of the offence.
  4. Head of the Department under the pollution laws shall not be deemed guilty of the offence.
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

E-wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011 came into force on

  1. 1st January, 2001
  2. 1st January, 2012
  3. 1st May, 2011
  4. 1st May, 2012
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which of the following cases did the Supreme Court create an absolute liability on the polluter to pay compensation to the victims?

  1. M. C. Mehta v. UOI, AIR 1987 SC 1086
  2. M. C. Mehta v. UOI, AIR 1988 SC 1037
  3. M. C. Mehta v. UOI, AIR 1988 SC 1115
  4. None of these
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Radioactive waste management in our country is governed under

  1. Hazardous Waste (Management, Handling and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2008
  2. Biomedical Waste (Management & Handling) Rules 1998
  3. Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
  4. Hazardous Waste (Management, Handling and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2007
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The Central Government under the Environment (Protection) Act has

  1. power to protect and improve the quality of environment
  2. power to close the industry
  3. power to prevent and control environmental pollution
  4. All of the above
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

National Forest Commission, in its report published in 2006, has recommended that there is

  1. no need to change the National Forest Policy, 1988
  2. an urgent need to change the National Forest Policy, 1988
  3. a need to change the National Forest Policy, 1988 after five years
  4. None of these
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

"The supreme reality of our time is the vulnerability of our planet" was said by

  1. John F. Kennedy
  2. Gil Stern
  3. Yvon Chouinard
  4. AI Gore
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