Environmental Law Questions and Answers Part-5

1. How much percentage of pollution accounts by sewage and municipal effluents?
a) 25
b) 50
c) 75
d) 100

Answer: c

2. When India did launched the Ganga Action plan (GAP)?
a) In 1983
b) In 1984
c) In 1985
d) In 1986

Answer: c

3. What is the full form of NRCP?
a) National Railway Corporation Pipeline
b) National Rivers Cleaning Phase
c) National Roads Cleaning Phase
d) National River Conservation Plan

Answer: d

4. To which of the following subjects ‘Repair, Renovation and Restoration’ (RRR) comes under?
a) Water bodies
b) Soil structures
c) Buildings
d) Forests

Answer: a

5. Which is the Longest River in India?
a) Ganges
b) Indus
c) Brahmaputra
d) Godavari

Answer: a

6. Leakage of oil from underground tanks can pollute groundwater
a) FALSE
b) TRUE
c) BOTH
d) NONE OF THE ABOVE

Answer: b

7. How to minimize the pollution of water pollution due organic chemicals that release to water bodies?
a) To remove all the aquatic organisms from the water
b) To purify water manually after released to the water bodies
c) Purify the water before enter the water directly from industries
d) Leave the water bodies without using it

Answer: c

8. What is the main reason for thermal pollution?
a) Increase in the temperature of the ecosystem
b) Increase in the chemical contains in water
c) Hot water released by power plants and industries
d) Pollution causing by vehicles

Answer: c

9. What is smog?
a) Mixture of smoke and particulates
b) Mixture of smoke and oxygen
c) Mixture of smoke and fog
d) Mixture of soot and fog

Answer: c

10. Natural causes also results in air pollution.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE
c) BOTH
d) NONE OF THE ABOVE

Answer: a