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Multiple choice business organisation and correspondence issues of the environment international efforts for conserving biodiversity effects of pollution on environment government efforts in pollution control

Government of India has adopted auto fuel policy to effectively cut down _________ in the automobiles exhausts.

  1. Sulphur

  2. Nitrogen oxides

  3. Both A and B

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

Government of India has adopted auto fuel policy to effectively cut down sulphur and nitrogen oxides in the automobiles exhausts.

Multiple choice business organisation and correspondence issues of the environment international efforts for conserving biodiversity effects of pollution on environment government efforts in pollution control

Officer A. K. Banerjee is related with

  1. Silviculture

  2. Chipko movement

  3. Appiko movement

  4. Save Ganga movement
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

A. K. Banerjee is well-known for his work in social forestry and the revival of degraded forests through silviculture practices in India.

Multiple choice business organisation and correspondence issues of the environment international efforts for conserving biodiversity effects of pollution on environment government efforts in pollution control

Establishment of forest is called as

  1. Cultivation

  2. Breeding

  3. Silviculture

  4. Agriculture
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Silviculture is the branch of forestry concerned with the theory and practice of controlling the establishment, growth, composition, health, and quality of forests.

Multiple choice business organisation and correspondence issues of the environment international efforts for conserving biodiversity effects of pollution on environment government efforts in pollution control

Government of India has adopted auto fuel policy to effectively cut down _____ in the automobiles exhausts.

  1. Sulphur

  2. Nitrogen oxides

  3. Both A and B

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

Government of India has adopted auto fuel policy to effectively cut down sulphur and nitrogen oxides in the automobiles exhausts.

Multiple choice business organisation and correspondence issues of the environment international efforts for conserving biodiversity effects of pollution on environment government efforts in pollution control

Which of the following is not considered a method of abatement of pollution?

  1. Planting trees along roadsides

  2. Greater use of chemical fertilizers

  3. Treating industrial effluents before discharging them in water bodies

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

Greater use of compost (organic matter) instead of chemical fertilisers and judicious use of pesticides.

Multiple choice business organisation and correspondence issues of the environment international efforts for conserving biodiversity effects of pollution on environment government efforts in pollution control

Which of the following is considered as a method of abatement of pollution?

  1. Greater use of compost

  2. Use of CNG

  3. Recycling of plastics

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

Recycling of metals ,plastics and glass materials and incineration (burning)of non recyclable waste are some of the methods uses for abatement of pollution.

Multiple choice business organisation and correspondence issues of the environment international efforts for conserving biodiversity effects of pollution on environment government efforts in pollution control

Which of the following is/are methods used in the factories for abatement of pollution ?

  1. Installation of tall chimneys

  2. Electrostatic precipitates

  3. Scrubbers

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

Installation of tall chimneys in factories and fitting them with fitters and electrostatic precipitators.

Multiple choice business organisation and correspondence issues of the environment international efforts for conserving biodiversity effects of pollution on environment government efforts in pollution control

Which of the following is decreased to reduce the air pollution by automobiles.

  1. Potassium

  2. Sulphides

  3. Maganese

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

Government of India has adopted auto fuel policy to effectively cut down sulphur and nitrogen oxides in the automobiles exhausts.

Multiple choice business organisation and correspondence issues of the environment international efforts for conserving biodiversity effects of pollution on environment government efforts in pollution control

Government of India has adopted auto fuel policy to effectively cut down.

  1. Sulphur

  2. Nitrogen oxides

  3. Both A and B

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

Government of India has adopted auto fuel policy to effectively cut down sulphur and nitrogen oxides in the automobiles exhausts.

Multiple choice business organisation and correspondence issues of the environment international efforts for conserving biodiversity effects of pollution on environment government efforts in pollution control

Which Act was formulated in the year 1986?

  1. The Insecticide Act

  2. The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act

  3. The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act

  4. The Noise (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act

  5. The Environment (Protection) Act
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

Environment (protection) Act, 1986, is the most comprehensive law meant for prevention, control and abetment of environmental pollution by laying down emission norms and setting up of central and state pollution control boards.