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Environmental Policy and Law Questions

Multiple choice zoology environmental issues ecology and environment
Given below are the measures taken to control air pollution in India. Identify the correct statement.
A) vehicular emission norms.
B) fuel quality specification.
C) use of electrostatic precipitators in vehicles.

  1. Only A

  2. Only A and B

  3. Only B and C

  4. Only A and C

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Vehicular emission norms and fuel quality specifications are standard regulatory measures used in India to control air pollution. Electrostatic precipitators are typically used in industrial chimneys, not in vehicles.

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Bharat stage emission standards is instituted in India to regulate

  1. Air pollution

  2. Soil pollution

  3. Water pollution

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Bharat stage emission standard is instituted by the Government of India to regulate the output of air pollutants from engine equipment including motor vehicles. It ios based on the European regulation.

Multiple choice zoology environmental issues ecology and environment

Bharat norms are applicable to 

  1. Emission from industries

  2. Emission from construction

  3. Emission from automobiles

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Bharat Stage (BS) emission norms are standards instituted by the Government of India to regulate the output of air pollutants from internal combustion engine equipment, specifically automobiles.

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Issue of PUC certificate can control

  1. Noise pollution

  2. Water pollution

  3. Sound pollution

  4. Air pollution
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Pollution Under Control (PUC) Certificate is a certificate that is mandatory for every vehicle owner to carry. The certification indicates that the emissions from the vehicle meet the standard pollution norms and do not pollute the environment by determining whether the vehicle contributes to air pollution. Thus, the correct answer is option D.

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Individual can take steps such as reducing use of _________ to control pollution.

  1. petrol

  2. diseal

  3. coal

  4. all of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Non-renewable are the sources that cannot be renewed and available in limited quantities. Examples include coal, oil, and natural gas. As petrol, diesel and coal are non-renewable material we have to use them carefully. Apart from this, use of such resources increase air pollution by emitting smoke.

Hence it is always best to reduce the usage of coal, petrol and diesel. This is achieved by car-pooling or using public transport and by using bicycles to travel short distances.

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What is the full form of MPCB?

  1. Mahanagar pollution control board

  2. Maharashtra pollution control board

  3. Multiple pollutant control board

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

MPCB is the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board. It implements a range of environmental legislation in the state of Maharashtra, India. The MPCB functions under the administrative control of Environment Department of the Government of Maharashtra.

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Which of the following steps is taken by the Ministry of Environment and Forests to protect rivers from water pollution?

  1. Ganga Action Plan

  2. Narmada Action Plan

  3. Yamuna Action Plan

  4. Both (a) and (c)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The Ministry of Environment and Forests has. initiated Ganga Action Plan and Yamuna Action Plan, to save these major rivers of our country from pollution. Under these plans, it is proposed to build a large number of sewage treatment plants so that only treated water may be discharged in the rivers.

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Pollution can be checked through

  1. Reducing discharge of waste

  2. Increasing industrial development

  3. Throwing wastes in open spaces

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

With development and advancement, industries, factories and other establishments have become necessary reality, the pollution can be mitigated by adopting measures as to the treatment of waste at generating source before it is exposed in the environment, reducing the generation of waste material and recycling the waste over and again wherever possible. Preventing the discharge that contaminates the fresh drinking water source.

Hence, the correct answer is 'Reducing discharge of waste'.

Multiple choice

The Wildlife (Protection ) Act (WLPA)1972 , is the important statue which provides a legal framework for

  1. Prohibition of hunting

  2. Protection and management of wildlife habitats

  3. Regulation and control of trade in parts and products

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 is India's primary legislation for wildlife conservation. It provides legal framework for prohibiting hunting, protecting wildlife habitats, and regulating trade in wildlife products and parts.

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The government's environmental policy focuses on which of the following?

  1. To check degradation of land and water through wasteland management

  2. Restoration of river water quality programmes

  3. To monitor development through Environmental Impact Assessment Studies

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The government environmental policies are made to comprehensively check the degradation of land and water through wasteland management and to provide rules and guidelines to improve the same. Provide for programs and measures to improve the quality of river waters, and to monitor and supervise the development through Environmental Impact Assessment studies which comparatively show figures and data of work done, programs utilized and funds exhausted while drawing the attention of the government to certain neglected areas of the environment.

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How society can be kept hygienic and pollution free?

  1. Prohibition against loudspeakers

  2. Prohibition against dumping garbage

  3. Ban on felling trees, hunting and poaching

  4. All of above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Its necessary to keep our society hygienic and pollution free. This can be done by prohibiting loudspeakers in public places after 10 p.m in night and dumping garbage in the rivers and cutting trees, hunting and paoching.

Multiple choice physics sound and noise musical sound and scale pleasant, unpleasant sounds and noise pollution sound noise and pollution

Which of the following measure can be taken to control noise pollution in our surroundings?

  1. By using silencers in vehicles

  2. Planting trees

  3. Using noise mufflers

  4. All
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Noise pollution can be reduced by using silencers in vehicles, industrial machines, and home appliances reducing use of vehicle horns, running TV, radio and music systems at low volumes. Planting of trees along roads and buildings also help to reduce noise pollution.

Multiple choice physics sound and noise musical sound and scale pleasant, unpleasant sounds and noise pollution sound noise and pollution

Which of the following measure can be taken to control noise pollution in our surroundings.

  1. by using silencers in vehicles

  2. planting trees

  3. using noise mufflers

  4. all
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Noise pollution can be reduced by using silencers in vehicles, industrial machines, and home appliances reducing use of vehicle horns, running TV, radio and music systems at low volumes. Planting of trees along roads and buildings also help to reduce noise pollution

Multiple choice physics sound and noise musical sound and scale pleasant, unpleasant sounds and noise pollution sound noise and pollution

Which of the following is / are effective for preventing noise pollution?

  1. Construction of sound proof rooms for noisy machinery in industries

  2. Ban on use of horns with jarring sound

  3. Vegetation along roads in residential areas

  4. All of the Above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

All the steps mentioned are effective ways, among others, for preventing noise pollution.

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Who has passed environment protection acts ?

  1. Maharashtra pollution control board

  2. State Pollution Control Board

  3. United Nations Environment Program

  4. Government of India
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The UNEP (United Nations Environment Program) has passed many environmental conservation acts. To create awareness of the condition, to encourage participation on public level, developing International Environmental Law etc. are its objectives.