Environmental quiz ,Environ 2017 prelims with answers

• 16 Questions !

• Qns. are star Qns.

1.What is the reason for this protest?

Answer

• Tiger died recently in Bandipur reserve

2.

• Which is the only man made forest in Kerala?

Answer

• Kareem’s Forest

3.

• C9H6Cl6O3S

• Most commonly known as ?

Answer

• Endosulphan

4.

• Which Indian emperor, in third century B.C, passed a law that would prevent the subjects to cut trees for personal use ?

Answer

• Ashoka

5.

• This is India’s first electric car which was launched by Mahindra. What is its name?

Answer

• Reva

6.

• A lyric on the Green Day song ‘Last of the American Girls’ reads as follows – “She wears her overcoat for the coming of the nuclear ________” What is the term used to define the weather condition that would prevail post a nuclear holocaust?

Answer

• Nuclear winter

• In 1905, a Glasgow public health official, Dr H A Des Voeux coined a term to describe a condition had impaired visibility due to the presence of air pollutants. The term was ________; and is arguably one of the most popular portmanteau words.

Answer

• Smog

7.connect

Answer

• WWF

8.

• Strobilanthes kunthiana, is a plant which lends its name to a place in India. Paliyan tribal people use it to calculate their age. Which place?

• Neelakkurinji , Nilgiri Hills

10.

• The shape of a world famous architectural marvel was inspired from a desert flower called hyamenocallis . About what are we talking about

Answer

• Burj Khalifa

11.Put Funda

Answer

• Donald trump on climate change

• Paris climate agreement

12.Identify the person in the doodle

Answer

• Vangari Maathai

13.

• Id this Indian politician, animal rights activist, environmentalist, and former model

Answer

• Maneka Gandhi

14.

• Which book, containing the details of 700 medicinal plants in 184 chapters, dating back to the 3rd or 4th century, was translated into Arabic in the 8th century CE?

• Hint: Indian author

Answer

• Sushruta Samhita

15.

• Those who are concerned with protecting the environment often use the words X and Y. These two terms are often confused and are used to mean the same thing, although differences exist. • X is the sustainable use and management of natural resources including wildlife, water, air, and earth deposits . • Y, in contrast to X, attempts to maintain in their present condition areas of the Earth that are so far untouched by humans. Y denotes a fortress-like approach to nature, walling off human influence in order to maintain pristine “wilderness”. • Identify X & Y

Answer

• Conservation and presesrvation

16.

• What was special about the cabinet meeting of Maldives Govt. held in October 2009 ? • The meeting lasted for about 30 minutes and was attended by 11 ministers (out of 14) ?

Answer

• Under Water Conference