Chapter - 5 Social Issues and Environmental Education

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Questions Answer
No.

Maharashtra Pollution
1 The Acronym MPCB stands for
Control Board

Centarl Pollution Control

2 The acronym CPCB stands for
Borad

Non Government
3 The Acronym NGO stands for
Organisation

Environmental Impact
4 The Acronym EIA stands for
Assessment

The Development that meets the needs of the present

5 generation without compromising the life quality of future Sustainable Development
generation is

"to protect and improve the natural environment including

6 forests, lakes, rivers and wild life, and to have compassion for 51A (g)
living creatures" this statement belongs to article
"Protection and improvement of environment and safeguarding
of forests and wild life The State shall endeavor to protect and
7 48A
improve the environment and to safeguard the forests and wild
life of the country" is statement of which article in constitution

8 Rain water harvesting will increase _____________ Ground water level

9 The Brundtland Commission is related to Sustainable Development

The Roof top rainwater harvesting features which of the Collection of rain water
10
following activities? falling on roof
 __________________ are the components of roof top Catchment, Transportation
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rainwater harvesting. ,First flush , Filter

12 Sand and Gravel Filter is used to Purify Water

Recharge is the primary method through which water enters

13 ground
__________

Which of the following activities cause Ground water table is over pumping of ground
14
depletion? water

15 Damanganga-Pinjal Link is a Interlinking of rivers

Par-Tapi-Narmada Link Project is associated with following

16 Maharashtra and Gujarat
states

National Water
17 The River interlink projects in India are managed by _____
Development Agency

____________ Maintains the balance between social and

18 Sustainable Development
economic development along with protection pf nature .

The Geographic feature that collects , stores and releases water

19 Watershed
is

_________ is widely recognized study of environmental impact Environmental Impact

20
on developmental projects. Assessment

21 The Acronym ORS in connection with human health stands for Oral Re hydration Solution
 application of IT in
22 Telemedicine and weather forecasting are examples of
environment and healthcare

Watershed protection and land erosion control can be achieved

23 growing forest
through

24 The equitable use of resources is necessary for sustainable development

should be made compulsory

25 Environmental Impact Assessment EIA for starting a developmental
project

The control over air pollution in India is supported by which of Environmental Pollution
26
the following Acts ? control act

Air Prevention and Control of Pollution Act came in existence

27 1981
in

Water Prevention and Control of Pollution Act came in

28 1974
existence in

29 Water Pollution Cess Act came in existence in 1977

Which of the following Acts has the provision of levying Cess Water (Prevention and
30 on water consumption by Industries and local authorities in control of Pollution) Cess
India( Act, 1977

The Environment (Protection) Act was last amended in

31 1991
_________

Endangered species of animals like Royal Bengal Tiger is Wildlife Protection Act of
32
protected under 1972.
 Green belts in and around urban and industrial areas are
33 Ecological health
important to the _______________ of given region.

Which of the following activities are treated as development of

34 Planting trees
Green belt?

35 Information technology can be used to forecast weather using Computer based modelling

36 Environmental morality is an indicator of Environmental Ethics

As per national ambient air quality standards, the concentration

37 of Sulphur Dioxide in industrial area should be within 50
__________ micro gram/cubic metre.

As per national ambient air quality standards, the concentration

38 of Nitrogen Dioxide in industrial area should be within 40
__________ micro gram/cubic metre.

Dissolved oxygen content in drinking water should be more

39 6
than_____ mg/lit

40 Waste from hospital is called as Medical waste

41 Renewable energy is part of_____________ development . Sustainable

____________ scheme will give concession in property tax in

42 Rainwater harvesting
metro cities.

The computer driven system that permits storing and retrieving

43 GIS
environmental information is
44 The data for generation of Environmental inventory is Primary and Secondary Data

Which among the following terms is coined as utmost

45 significance in the dynamics of resource management in the Sustainable development
Brundtland Commission Report

46 World water day is observed on _______ every year. 22/Mar

Which process among the following refers to accumulation and

47 Rainwater harvesting
storage of rain water for reuse?

An area of high ground which divides two or more river

48 Watershed
systems is called _____________

Which is the first state in India to make roof top rain water
49 Tamilnadu
harvesting compulsory to all the houses?

National River Conservation

50 What is the full form of NRCP?
Plan

Which act was enacted in 1972 to protect of plants and animal

51 Wildlife Protection Act
species in India?

Name the state in India where Wildlife protection Act is not

52 Jammu and Kashmir
applicable?

Which domain of the 7th five year plan made the provision of Environment Protection Act,
53
the protection of environment? 1986

Bombay Natural History

54 The NGO with which Dr. Salim Ali is associated with is
Society (BNHS)
55 CPCB comes under the ministry of Environment and forest

56 Target group for formal education is Children and youth

57 The feature of informal education is Part time education

Geographical Information
58 The Acronym GIS stands for
System

59 Bore well is an access to _____________ Ground water

Recharge ground water by

Which of the following is an example of Environmental
60 rainwater harvesting at your
Morality?
home without compulsion

Watershed management in simplest terms refers to

61 Watershed protection
__________

62 Water quality in the watershed can be affected by use of soap and detergents

The area in which the PAANI Foundation in Maharashtra Drought prevention and
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works is Watershed Management

64 Celebrity Film star Aamir Khan is associated with Paani Foundation

65 The founder of Vanarai foundation is Dr. Mohan Dharia

 If some one notices polluted water coming from industry in
66 MPCB
Maharashtra, he/she can approach to

Use of __________________ energy will be helpful in

67 Soalr
protection of environment and sustainable development.

68 The equitable use of resources is necessary for sustainable development

An area surrounding a body of water in which that body of

69 Watershed
water is subject to is called__________.

As per national ambient air quality standards, the concentration

70 of Sulphur Dioxide in industrial area should be within 50
__________ micro gram/cubic metre.

As per national ambient air quality standards, the concentration

71 of Nitrogen Dioxide in industrial area should be within 40
__________ micro gram/cubic metre.
As per national ambient air quality standards, the concentration
of Particulate Matter (size less than 10 micro gram) in
72 60
industrial area should be within __________micro gram/cubic
metre.
As per national ambient air quality standards, the concentration
of Particulate Matter (size less than 2.5 micro gram) in
73 40
industrial area should be within __________ micro gram/cubic
metre.
As per national ambient air quality standards, the concentration
74 of lead in industrial area should be within __________ micro 0.5
gram/cubic metre .

As per national ambient air quality standards, the concentration

75 of CO in industrial area should be within __________ 2
mg/cubic metre.

The permissible limit on concentration of ammonia in ambient

76 100
air for industrial area is __________ micro gram/cubic metre .
 As per national ambient air quality standards, the concentration
77 of benzene in industrial area should be within __________ 5
micro gram/cubic metre .

As per national ambient air quality standards, the concentration

78 of Sulphur Dioxide in ecologically sensitive area should be 20
within __________ micro gram/cubic metre.

As per national ambient air quality standards, the concentration

79 of Nitrogen Dioxide in ecologically sensitive area should be 30
within __________ micro gram/ cubic metre.
As per national ambient air quality standards, the concentration
of Particulate Matter (size less than 10 micro gram) in
80 60
ecologically sensitive area should be within __________ micro
gram/cubic metre.
As per national ambient air quality standards, the concentration
of Particulate Matter (size less than 2.5 micro gram) in
81 40
ecologically sensitive area should be within __________ micro
gram/cubic metre .
As per national ambient air quality standards, the concentration
82 of lead in ecologically sensitive area should be within 0.5
__________ micro gram/cubic metre .

As per national ambient air quality standards, the concentration

83 of CO in ecologically sensitive area should be within 2
__________ mg/cubic metre .

As per national ambient air quality standards of India, the

84 concentration of ammonia in ecologically sensitive area should 100
be within __________ micro gram/cubic metre .

As per national ambient air quality standards, the concentration

85 of arsenic in Residential area should be within __________ 6
nano gram/cubic metre .

As per national ambient air quality standards, the concentration

86 of nickel in ecologically sensitive area should be within 20
__________ nano gram/cubic metre.

Dissolved oxygen content in drinking water should be more

87 6
than_____ mg/lit