Environmental Questions

1. Which sector is the single-largest consumer of fresh water in India?

a) Industry

b) Power

c) Domestic

d) Agriculture

2. What happens when you answer our Nature questions?

a) You will have fun and train your brain

b) You can lower your monthly bills

c)  You will remember things you once learned

d)  You will know more facts about Earth and Nature

3. The GAP (Ganga Action Plan) – a project to clean up the polluted waters of the Ganga - plans to intercept and divert municipal sewage falling into the river from 25 large urban conglomerates in these states. Name them.

a) UP, Haryana and Punjab

b) UP, Bihar and West Bengal

c) Himachal Pradesh, UP, and Haryana

d) Orissa, Bihar and West Bengal

4.70% of our atmospheric oxygen (nearly 3 out of 4 breathes you take anywhere on the planet)    is due to:

a) Rainforests

b) Boreal forest

c) Photosynthesizing ocean organisms

d) None of these

5. There are three kinds of deserts in India: sand desert, salt desert, and cold desert. One of the states has a cold desert. Name it.

a) Jammu and Kashmir

b) Himachal Pradesh

c) Rajasthan

d) Gujarat

6. Garbage can be put under four categories: organic, toxic, soiled, and recyclable. Of the organic waste, this forms an important part.

a) Plastic bags

b) Vegetable peels

c) Glass

d) Metal

7. World Wildlife Fund was founded in :

a) 1961

b) 1965

c) 1969

d) 1992

8. Which one of the following is not a 'renewable' energy source?

a) Solar

b) Coal

c) Wave

d) Wind

9. Which is the most common non-commercial biological fuel in a large number of developing countries?

a) Animal dung

b) Crop residue

c) Coal

d) Fuel wood