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Environmental Policy and Law

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Environmental Policy and Law Questions

Multiple choice

Find out the incorrect statement.

  1. It is not necessary to have a separate performance audit mandate to conduct environmental audit.

  2. Environmental audit is not significantly different from other audits practiced by SAI.

  3. The mandate of SAI to undertake environmental audit is w.r.to the provision of the constitution and not the CAG’s DPC Act.

  4. None of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

(3) The mandate of SAI to undertake environmental audit is w.r.to the provision of the constitution and not the CAG’s DPC Act.

Multiple choice

The type of organisations and institutions which are subject to environment audit are organisations

  1. whose operations directly or indirectly affect the environment positively or negatively

  2. with powers to make or influence environment policy formulation and regulation

  3. with powers to monitor and control the environmental actions of the others

  4. All of the above
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Organisations with operations that directly or indirectly affect the environment positively or negatively, those with powers to make or influence environment policy formulation and regulation and those with powers to monitor and control the environmental actions of the others are the type of organisations and institutions which are subject to environment audit. 

Multiple choice

Central and state pollution control boards have been established by the

  1. Environment (Protection) Act, 1986

  2. Air (Pollution and control of Pollution) Act, 1986

  3. Water (Prevention and control of Pollution) Act, 1974

  4. None of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

(3) Central and state pollution control boards have been established by the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974.

Multiple choice

Which among the following is correct as to Environmental audit?

  1. Environmental audit is different from the audit approach practiced by the SAI

  2. The criteria is based on local and national standards, but not on global standards

  3. It is a systematic process of obtaining and evaluating information about environmental aspects.

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

(2) Environmental audit is the criteria based on local and national standards, but not on global standards.

Multiple choice

The main objective of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act is

  1. to provide for the prevention, control and abatement of air pollution

  2. to provide for ensuring standards for emission from automobiles

  3. to put restrictions on the establishment of certain industrial plants

  4. to establish an air laboratory for air quality standards
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The main objective of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act is to provide for the prevention, control and abatement of air pollution.

Multiple choice

The definition of ‘environmental pollution’ under the Environment (Protection) Act is

  1. any pollution of air, water and soil

  2. the presence of any solid, liquid or gaseous substance in the environment that causes injuries to man

  3. the presence in the environment of any environmental pollutant

  4. any pollution in land, sea and air
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The definition of ‘environmental pollution’ under the Environment (Protection) Act is the presence in the environment of any environmental pollutant.

Multiple choice

Which of the following measures is not useful in checking noise pollution?

  1. Restriction on loud speakers

  2. Planting trees by the roadside

  3. Prohibiting<font size="2"> the</font> burning of fire crackers

  4. <font size="2">Restriction on</font> watching TV or listening to radio inside houses
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Watching TV or listening to radio at a controlled volume does not contribute to noise pollution.

Multiple choice

Which one of the following is a strategy to fight against Global warming?

  1. Regulation must be applied to polluting industry

  2. Reduction and prohibition of CFC and greenhouse gases

  3. Street formulation and enactment of antipollution laws

  4. Restriction on process of urbanisation

  5. Public awareness
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Reduction and prohibition of CFC and greenhouse gases is one of the strategies to deal with Global warming. Due to increase of emission of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, ethane, methane, sulphur dioxide, CFC11(chlorofluoro carbon), CFC12, CFC113, and CFC114,  the amount of heat that could be radiated back into space at night is reduced considerably and as a result the temperature of earth is increased.

Multiple choice

Environmental protection requires

  1. curative measures

  2. preventive measures

  3. both curative and preventive measures

  4. None of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Environmental protection requires both curative and preventive measures. 

Multiple choice

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
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B Correct answer
Explanation

When an act constitutes an offence under the Environment (Protection) Act and also under any other Anti-Pollution Act, the offender shall be punished under the Anti-Pollution Act.

Multiple choice

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
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Radioactive waste management in our country is governed under Hazardous Waste (Management, Handling and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2008.

Multiple choice

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
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The Central Government under the Environment (Protection) Act has powers as follows: (i) Planning and execution of plan for the prevention, control and abatement of environmental pollution (ii) Restriction of areas in which any industries, operations or processes shall not be carried out (iii) Laying down standards for the quality of environment in its various aspects, etc.