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(1) Accreditation of Environmental Consultant Organizations in India is done by
(1) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
(2) Central Pollution Control Board
(3) Ministry of Earth Sciences
(4) Quality Council of India
Answer: Quality Council of India
(2) Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) does not include
(1) Life Cycle Inventory of the product
(2) Quantitative improvement in the process of the product
(3) Life Cycle Impact Analysis
(4) Emergency Preparedness Plan
Answer: Emergency Preparedness Plan

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(3) A developmental project requires both environmental clearance as well as approval under
(1) Water Act, 1974
(2) Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980
(3) National Environmental Tribunal Act, 1995
(4) Air Act, 1981
Answer: Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980
(4) The best practice of disposal of construction and demolition (C & D) debris is
(1) Incineration
(2) Recycling
(3) Land fills
(4) Solidification
Answer: Land fills
(5) Pyrolysis of Solid Waste refers to
(1) High temperature aerobic incineration
(2) High temperature anaerobic distillation of waste
(3) Ambient aerobic distillation
(4) Ambient anaerobic distillation
Answer: High temperature anaerobic distillation of waste
(6) Kyoto Protocol of 1997 introduced the concept of carbon trading in the year of
(1) 2000
(2) 2004
(3) 2001
(4) 2002
Answer: 2002
(7) Citizen’s Charter on Environment in the Constitution of India is embodied in
(1) Article 48
(2) Article 48A
(3) Article 49A
(4) Article 51A
Answer: Article 51A
(8) United Nation’s Conference on Environment and Development was held in
(1) December, 1993
(2) June, 1992
(3) December, 1995
(4) November, 1996
Answer: June, 1992
(9) The geometric mean of the numbers 4, 6 and 9 is
(1) 6
(2) 8
(3) 5
(4) 7
Answer: 6
(10) A complete enumerate of all items in the population is
(1) Unrestricted sampling
(2) Non-probability sampling
(3) Census
(4) Sample survey
Answer: Census
(11) The term ‘parameter’ is an attribute associated with the data pertaining to
(1) sample
(2) population
(3) descriptive statistics
(4) sampling technique
Answer: population
(12) A solar cell of surface area = 5 cm2 delivers a current of 0.1 A at 0.6 V. If the intensity of solar radiation impinging on the solar cell is 1.0 kW/m2, the efficiency of the solar cell is
(1) 6 %
(2) 3 %
(3) 30 %
(4) 12 %
Answer: 12 %
(13) UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development is
(1) 2000 – 2009
(2) 2005 – 2014
(3) 2010 – 2019
(4) 2020 – 2031
Answer: 2005 – 2014
(14) Two kinds of the values distinguished in environmental ethics are
(1) Instrumental value and intrinsic value
(2) Direct use values and social values
(3) Social values and existence value
(4) Indirect use value and aesthetic value
Answer: Instrumental value and intrinsic value
(15) The natural sources of methyl bromide in the atmosphere is
(1) Ocean
(2) Volcanoes
(3) Landslide
(4) Vegetation
Answer: Ocean

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