1. How many people in developing countries have no access to safe water according to the Human Development Report 2016?
(a) 663 million
(b) 2.4 billion
(c) 3 million
(d) 1 billion
Answer: (a) 663 million
2. Which international agency began holding international conferences and promoting detailed studies to get a more coordinated and effective response to environmental problems?
(a) United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
(b) Greenpeace
(c) Sustainable Development Organisation
(d) World Wildlife Fund
Answer: (a) United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
3. What is the name of the global think tank that published the book Limits to Growth in 1972?
(a) United Nations
(b) Greenpeace
(c) Club of Rome
(d) World Wildlife Fund
Answer: (c) Club of Rome
4. What was the main concern highlighted in the book Limits to Growth?
(a) Depletion of the Earth’s resources
(b) Overpopulation
(c) Climate change
(d) Environmental pollution
Answer: (a) Depletion of the Earth’s resources
5. What is another name for the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992?
(a) The Brundtland Report
(b) The Earth Summit
(c) The United Nations Climate Change Conference
(d) Greenpeace Summit
Answer: (b) The Earth Summit
6.World Environment Day is celebrated each year on:
(a) 5 March
(b) 5 June
(c) 5 January
(d) 7 June.
Answer: (b) 5 June
7. According to Kyoto Protocol, the major nations abide to reduce concentration of greenhouse gases by.
(a) 2008.
(b) 2010.
(c) 2012.
(d) 2018.
Answer: (c) 2012.
8. Which conventions were produced at the Rio Summit?
(a) Conventions dealing with sustainable development, biodiversity, and Agenda 21
(b) Conventions dealing with arms race
(c) Conventions dealing with nuclear weapon, climate change, and biodiversity
(d) Conventions dealing with climate change, biodiversity, forestry, and Agenda 21
Answer: (d) Conventions dealing with climate change, biodiversity, forestry, and Agenda 21
9. What are the resources which are not owned by anyone but rather shared by a community called?
(a) Public resources.
(b) State-owned resources
(c) Private resources.
(d) Commons
Answer: (d) Commons
10. Which countries were exempted from the requirements of the Kyoto Protocol?
(a) Developed countries.
(b) Industrialized countries
(c) Developing countries.
(d) None of these.
Answer: (c) Developing countries
11 . Why were India and China exempt from the requirements of the Kyoto Protocol?
(a) Because they refused to sign the agreement
(b) Because their contribution to greenhouse gas emissions was not significant
(c) Because they were not considered important countries
(d) Because they were not affected by climate change
Answer: (b) Because their contribution to greenhouse gas emissions was not significant
12. Progress that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs is:
(a) The tragedy of global commons
(b) Sustainable development
(c) Development without Destruction
(d) The politics of the developed nations
Answer: (b) Sustainable development
13. India signed and ratified the 1997 Kyoto Protocol in :
(a) August 2002
(b) July 2006
(c) August 2000
(d) August 2005.
Answer: (a) August 2002
14. The World Council of Indigenous Peoples was formed in :
(a) 1950
(b) 1975
(c) 1990
(d) 2007
Answer: (b) 1975
15. The multinational company Western Mining Corporation (WMC) belongs to
(a) USA.
(b) Australia.
(c) UK.
(d) New Zealand.
Answer: (b) Australia.
16. The Government of India refers indigenous people as
(a) Scheduled tribes.
(b) Refugee people.
(c) Prisoners of war.
(d) Outclass people.
Answer: (a) Scheduled tribes.
17. The World Council of Indigenous people was formed in –
(a) 1975
(b) 1976
(c) 1986
(d) 1988
Answer: (a) 1975
18. According to Kyoto Protocol, the major nations abide to reduce concentration of greenhouse gases was by.
(a) 2008.
(b) 2010.
(c) 2012.
(d) 2018.
Answer : (c) 2012.
19.WWF stands for
(a) World Wild Foundation.
(b) World Wildlife Federation.
(c) World Wide Wildlife.
(d) World Wildlife Fund.
Answer : (d) World Wildlife Fund.
20.India signed and ratified the 1997 Kyoto protocol in –
(a) June 2002
(b) August 2002
(c) September 2002
(d) February 2004
Answer : (b) August 2002
21.Main cause of extinction of species from tropics is
(a) Soil erosion.
(b) Pollution.
(c) Deforestation.
(d) Afforestation.
Answer : (c) Deforestation.
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