The Environment Quiz conducted by me as part of The Welfare Week 2013.

1. Green Minded
The Environment
Quiz
The Answers
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2. X?
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 In 2006, Melissa Etheridge received the 2006
Academy Award for Best Original Song for "I Need to
Wake Up." Upon receiving the award, she noted in
her acceptance speech:
“Mostly I have to thank X, for inspiring us, for
inspiring me, showing that caring about the Earth is
not Republican or Democrat; it's not red or blue, it's
all green”
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3. X - Al Gore
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4. X?
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 The X is an international agreement linked to the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change, which commits its Parties by setting
internationally binding emission reduction targets.
 The X was adopted in ___, Japan, on 11 December
1997 and entered into force on 16 February 2005.
The detailed rules for the implementation of the
agreement were adopted at COP 7 in
Marrakesh, Morocco, in 2001, and are referred to as
the "Marrakesh Accords."
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5. X- The Kyoto Protocol
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6. Identify
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• According to African popular belief (mainly in the Zambian/Zimbabwean
region), this animal is also known as the sun angel, as it protects villages
from the moon devil or the werewolf which is believed to attack stray
cattle or lone tribesmen.
• Hint: This animal was a part of a recent Hollywood flick
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7. The Meerkat
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8. Which Incident?
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 One of the reports regarding this incident said:
“During the night of 2–3 December 1984, water entered
Tank E610 containing 42 tons of MIC. A runaway
reaction started, which was accelerated by
contaminants, high temperatures and other factors. The
reaction was sped up by the presence of iron from
corroding non-stainless steel pipelines. The resulting
exothermic reaction increased the temperature inside
the tank to over 200 °C (392 °F) and raised the pressure.
This forced about 30 metric tons of methyl isocyanate
(MIC) to escape from the tank into the atmosphere in 45
to 60 minutes”
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9. The Bhopal Gas Tragedy.
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10. Identify this organization.
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• This organization has been working to promote harmony
between human beings and nature for more than four
decades.
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11. WWF- World Wildlife Fund
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12. State the Date.
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 On this day in 1972, the Stockholm Conference on
Human Environment was held in Sweden.
 Since then the World Environment Day is celebrated
on this day.
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13. The 5th of June
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14. Name this gas.
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 This gas is released from landfills, decaying organic
matter under shallow water in marshes and
bogs, flooded paddy fields, by ruminant animals &
termites, and by the burning of biomass.
 A molecule of this gas has 21 times more global
warming potential than a molecule of CO2
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15. Methane
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16. Name the site of this mishap.
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 In the world’s worst nuclear accident in 1986, 31
people died, 129 others suffered acute radiation and
many thousands are expected to die prematurely as a
result of exposure to radiation released from the
stricken plant.
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17. Chernobyl
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18. Name this metal.
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 This metal is contained in broken fluorescent
bulbs, tube lights and dead batteries.
 It gets transported with common municipal solid
waste and can be easily swallowed, inhaled or
absorbed through the skin and can cause damage to
the kidneys and nervous system.
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19. Mercury
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20. Name the three states.
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 Realizing the magnitude of the problem with regard
to the pollution of the river Ganga, Government of
India launched the Ganga Action Plan(GAP) in 1985
to clean this holy river.
 The GAP plans to intercept and divert municipal
sewage falling into the river from 25 large urban
conglomerates in three states.
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21. Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal
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22. X?
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 X essentially means collecting rainwater on the roofs
of building and storing it underground for later use
or ensuring that the water flows back into the
ground.
 Not only does this recharging arrest groundwater
depletion, it also raises the declining water table and
can help augment the water supply
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23. X-Rainwater Harvesting
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24. X?
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• This is the aerial
view of X.
• X was described
by CNN as one of
the 7 natural
wonders of the
world
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25. X- The Great Barrier Reef
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26. X?
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 X gave the following slogan for the Chipko
movement:
‘„Ecology is permanent economy‟‟
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27. X- Sunderlal Bahuguna
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28. *X?
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 X is an international standard for energy efficient
consumer products that was created in the early
1990s by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency to reduce green house gas
emission and energy consumption.
 These days, X is seen on a lot of daily use
appliances
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29. X- The Energy Star
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30. Put Funda/Give Reason.
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• This car(REVA) is
famous in India
for a particular
reason.
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31. India’s First Electric Powered Car
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32. Definition of what?
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 A measure of the total amount of carbon dioxide
(CO2) and methane (CH4) emissions of a defined
population, system or activity, considering all
relevant sources, sinks and storage within the spatial
and temporal boundary of the population, system or
activity of interest. Calculated as carbon dioxide
equivalent (CO2e) using the relevant 100-year global
warming potential (GWP100).
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33. The Carbon Footprint
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34. Identify this organization.
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 The motto of this organization is:
‘‘Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or
use for entertainment’’
 It is famous for its outrageous(and sometimes
scandalous) campaigns against cruelty to animals.
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35. PETA
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36. X?
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 Initially discovered by the chemists Frank Rowland
and Mario Molina in 1973, this hypothesis regarding
X was strongly opposed by the aerosol industries.
 Rowland, Molina and Crutzen were awarded the
1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for this work on X
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37. X- Ozone Layer Depletion
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38. X?
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 The earliest known form of X was invented in the
late 1890s by Peter Cooper Hewitt. The Cooper
Hewitt lamps were used for photographic studios
and industries. The helical (three-dimensional
spiral) form of X was invented in 1976 by Edward
Hammer, an engineer with General Electric.
 Because of their higher efficiency, X uses between
one-quarter to one-third of the power of an
equivalent incandescent lamp.
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39. X- The Carbon Fluorescent Lamp(CFL)
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40. X?
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 X refers to a structure and using process that is
environmentally responsible and resource-efficient
throughout a building’s life-cycle: from sitting to
design, construction, operation, maintenance, renov
ation, and demolition.
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41. X- Green Building
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42. Select The Correct Option.
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 This species of bird native to North America was
considered to have been one of the most numerous birds
on earth. Intensive shooting and the destruction of the
birds 'natural breeding ground brought about a sudden
fall in their numbers. The last of this species on earth
died in a zoo in Cincinnati in 1914. Name this bird.
a) The passenger pigeon
b) The Bald Eagle
c) The Egret
d) The Falcon
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43. a) The Passenger Pigeon
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44. Select The Correct Option.
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 Name the Jammu & Kashmir born environmental activist
and advocate who was awarded the renowned ‘Goldman
Environmental Prize’ in 1996 and the ‘Magsaysay Award’
for Public Service in 1997. He/She has played a substantial
role in the cleanup of the Taj Mahal & the Ganges and in
promoting unleaded fuel in the 4 metros?
a) Mahesh Chandra Mehta
b) Medha Patkar
c) Chandiprasad Bhatt
d) Maneka Gandhi
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45. a) Mahesh Chandra Mehta
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46. Select The Correct Option.
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 Of the following indications of the health of a water
body, which is the most widely accepted means of
measuring how polluting an effluent is?
a) COD (chemical oxygen demand)
b) BOD (biological oxygen demand)
c) Chloroform content
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47. b) BOD(Biological Oxygen Demand)
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48. Select The Correct Option.
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 Composting is one of the oldest forms of disposal of
waste. It is the natural process of decomposition of
organic waste that yields manure or compost. One of
the following is added to the compost to get better
results.
a) Ants
b) Bugs
c) Snakes
d) Worms
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49. d) Worms
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50. Select The Correct Option.
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 Which landmark global conference was the FIRST
major step towards a global agreement on
greenhouse gas emissions reduction and the first to
recognize the atmosphere as a natural resource?
a) The Vienna Convention in 1985
b) The Montreal Protocol in 1987
c) The 'Earth Summit' in Rio in 1992
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51. c) The Earth Summit
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