This document contains an eco quiz with multiple choice questions about environmental topics. There are 16 questions covering various topics related to climate change, wildlife, conservation, and environmental issues. The questions are formatted with possible answer choices but no overall answers are provided. The quiz is divided into sections with different point values for correct or passed answers.
6. 2 This is a procedure used as a means of sealing an oil well that is experiencing an uncontrolled eruption of crude oil or natural gas. The process involves pumping heavyweight drilling mud into the manifolds connected to the top of the well. What is it known as? (C) Jayant Karn
26. 3 He was mentioned as himself in Anita Desai's best selling novel "Village by the Sea"He wrote the Foreword to the Sixth Edition of "Flowering Trees and Shrubs in India" by D V Cowen? (C) Jayant Karn
38. CHAPORA + 10 for correct +5 on a pass Clockwise (C) Jayant Karn
39. 1 CFCs (chloro-fluro-carbons) are greenhouse gases that have caused a rise of 0.3 ÂșC in the global temperatures in the past century. Name the CFC that is used in refrigerators. (C) Jayant Karn
44. You and your friends sharing a ride (C) Jayant Karn
45. 3 Which disease is caused by high nitrate contamination in ground water resulting in decreasedoxygen carrying capacity of hemoglobin in babies leading to death? (C) Jayant Karn
63. 9 ______ is a name given to the periodic development of a warm ocean current along th e coast of Peru as a temporary replacement of the cold peluvian current.______ in Spanish means 'the child' and refers to the 'baby Christ'. (C) Jayant Karn
66. 10 PUC certificates are issued to all vehicles, they serve as a guide to the performance of the vehicle and the maintenance needed. What does PUC stand for? (C) Jayant Karn
88. 6 This tiger reserve lies in Lakhimpur Kheri district in North Uttar Pradesh with its northern edge running along the Indo-Nepal border. Which Tiger reserve? (C) Jayant Karn
91. TEREKHOL + 10 for correct +5 on a pass Clockwise (C) Jayant Karn
92. 1 Which phenomenon was discovered by Joseph Fourier in 1824, first reliably experimented on by John Tyndall in 1858, and first reported quantitatively by Svante Arrhenius in 1896? (C) Jayant Karn
98. 3 Wetlands are very rich and diverse ecosystems. Of the wetlands of international importance in the world, a large number are subject to moderate or high threat. Which convention signed in Iran protects this specific ecosystem (wetlands) on a global basis?  (C) Jayant Karn
104. 5 The _________ was initially adopted on 11 December 1997 . As of November 2009, 187 states have signed and ratified the _______but a country has refused to ratify the ___________. Which treaty and which country? (C) Jayant Karn
149. 2 The phrase Big Five game was coined by big-game hunters and refers to the five most difficult animals in Africa to hunt on foot? Which animals comprise of Big Five? (C) Jayant Karn
152. 3 The GAP (Ganga Action Plan) â a project to clean up the polluted waters of the Ganga - plans to intercept and divert municipal sewage falling into the river from 25 large urban conglomerates in thee states. Name them (C) Jayant Karn
155. 4 Some plants are able to assess the levels of pollution and even soak it. (peepal, arjuna, neem, banyan tree etc. are the examples of such trees) What are these trees called? (C) Jayant Karn
191. 16 The last documented sighting of _______ in India was in 1947 when the Maharaja of Surguja, ruler of a state in what is now eastern Madhya Pradesh, killed three during a hunting trip. The species was declared extinct in 1952. Which animal? (C) Jayant Karn