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• 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
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