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Multiple choice social studies environment in its totality alternatives for minimising depletion of natural resources components of environment effects and successes of environment conservation environmental risks of economic development tundra climatic region

The full form of UNCED is ________.

  1. United Nations Committee on Environment and Development

  2. United Nations Conference on Environment and Development

  3. United Nations Club on Energy and Development

  4. United Nations Committee on Entertainment and Development

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

United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), byname Earth Summit, was a conference held at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (June 3–14, 1992), to reconcile worldwide economic development with protection of the environment

Multiple choice social studies environment in its totality alternatives for minimising depletion of natural resources components of environment effects and successes of environment conservation environmental risks of economic development tundra climatic region

Developed countries must slash their use of HFC's by 10 percent by _____.

  1. 2015

  2. 2019

  3. 2024

  4. 2026
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Kigali Amendment under Montreal Protocol relating to the phase-down of the production and consumption of HFCs provided for Ambitious Phase-down. This phase down divided countries into groups one of which is that the developed countries were required to slash their use of HFCs by 10% by 2019.

Multiple choice social studies environment in its totality alternatives for minimising depletion of natural resources components of environment effects and successes of environment conservation environmental risks of economic development tundra climatic region

The tribes Gonds, Kolami, Pradhan and Thoti live in __________.

  1. Visakhapatnam

  2. Adilabad

  3. West Godavari

  4. East Godavari
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Adilabad is the heavily forested district of Telengana state and it is located in the basin of Godavari river. It occupied an are of 4,153 square km. The main tribal groups in region are Gonds, Kolami, Pradhan and Thoti.

Multiple choice social studies environment in its totality alternatives for minimising depletion of natural resources components of environment effects and successes of environment conservation environmental risks of economic development tundra climatic region

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.

Multiple choice social studies environment in its totality alternatives for minimising depletion of natural resources components of environment effects and successes of environment conservation environmental risks of economic development tundra climatic region

When was the Montreal Protocol finalized? 

  1. 1985

  2. 1987

  3. 1991

  4. 1996
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete ozone layer is a landmark international agreement held under the aegis of United Nations for protection of stratospheric ozone layer. It was signed and finalized in 1987 and subsequently amended in 1990 and 1992. It stipulates phasing out the production of substances that are responsible for ozone depletion. It was ratified by almost all countries globally and came into force on 26 August 1987. 197 countries who were the member of UN ratified this protocol.

Multiple choice social studies environment in its totality alternatives for minimising depletion of natural resources components of environment effects and successes of environment conservation environmental risks of economic development tundra climatic region

State whether the sentence is true(T) or false(F).
The Garo hills are located in south of India.

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

 

The Garo Hills are part of the Garo-Khasi range in Meghalaya, India. They are inhabited mainly by tribal dwellers, the majority of whom are Garo people. It is one of the wettest places in the world. The range is part of the Meghalaya subtropical forests ecoregion. 

Multiple choice geography pollution - types and sources environmental risks of economic development tundra climatic region effects and successes of environment conservation

Environment degradation can be checked by _______________________.

  1. Treating hot water and affluent before releasing them into water bodies

  2. Recycling and reusing the waste water

  3. Using oil or gas instead of coal in factories

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

Environmental degradation is the process of polluting natural environment. Different methods are being followed to conserve nature. Some of them include:

(i) minimising use water for processing by reusing and recycling it in two or more successive stages 

(ii) harvesting of rainwater to meet water requirements 

(iii) treating hot water and effluents before releasing them in rivers and ponds. Treatment of industrial effluents can be done in three phases 

(a) Primary treatment by mechanical means. This involves screening, grinding, flocculation and sedimentation. 

(b) Secondary treatment by the biological process.

(c) Tertiary treatment by biological, chemical and physical processes. This involves recycling of wastewater. 

Multiple choice geography pollution - types and sources environmental risks of economic development tundra climatic region effects and successes of environment conservation

The main cause of environmental degradation in the developing countries of Asia and Africa is _____.

  1. Overpopulation

  2. Mining activity

  3. Monoculture

  4. Enrichment plantation
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
  1. Mining activity is the main cause of environmental degradation.
  2. Both legal and illegal mining activities has resulted in soil contamination, groundwater contamination, surface water contamination and loss of bio-diversity.
  3. It also led to destruction of habitat and soil erosion.
Multiple choice geography pollution - types and sources environmental risks of economic development tundra climatic region effects and successes of environment conservation

Organic and inorganic industrial wastes and effluents discharged into rivers and water bodies causes ______.

  1. water pollution

  2. air pollution

  3. noise pollution

  4. land pollution
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Organic and inorganic industrial wastes and effluents discharged into rivers and water bodies causes water pollution.