1. On June 5th, 1972 the Stockholm Conference on Human Environment was held in Sweden. Since then, World Environment Day is celebrated annually on this date. 2. Maharashtra was the first Indian state to implement including environment as a separate subject in schools. 3. The Chernobyl disaster in 1986 in the erstwhile Soviet Union was the world's worst nuclear accident, killing 31 people initially and many thousands expected to die prematurely from radiation exposure.

1. 1. On this day in 1972, the Stockholm
Conference on Human Environment was
held in Sweden. Since then the _________is
celebrated on this day.

2. World Environment Day

3. 2. Fuel?

4. Solar power

5. 3. This species of bird native to North
America was considered to have been
one of the most numerous birds on
earth. Intensive shooting and the
destruction of the birds’natural
breeding ground brought about a
sudden fall in their numbers. The last of
this species on earth died in a zoo in
Circinnati in 1914. Name this bird.

6. The passenger pigeon

7. 4. Which is the first Indian state to
implement the path-breaking
proposal that environment should be
included as a separate subject in
schools?

8. Maharashtra

9. 5. In the world’s worst nuclear accident in
1986, 31 people died, 129 others suffered acute
radiation and many thousands are expected to
die prematurely as a result of exposure to
radiation released from the stricken plant. Name
the site of this mishap.

10. Chernobyl, erstwhile Soviet Union

11. 6. The ____________, which has been the subject of much
debate, proposes to build 30 major dams,
135 medium sized dams and 3000 smaller dams on the X river and its
tributaries. The major concerns regarding this project are
The project will submerge over 4000 sq. km. of
forest, cultivated land and grazing land
Between 1 & 1.5 million people will be
displaced
At least 40% of the land to be irrigated is prone
to water-logging and salination

12. Narmada Valley Project (NVP)

13. 7. Bjorn Lomborg, known to many as 'The
Skeptical Environmentalist' and named one of
the world's 100 most influential people by Time
Magazine, has criticized current expectations of
climate change and the consequences in his
book. Many leading experts on environmental
topics have commented on this. NGO's such
as ____________, an organization of which
Lomborg used to be an active member, have
attacked him on various occasions

14. Greenpeace

15. 8.

17. 9. Where was the earth summit held and when? Agenda 21 was released
here.

19. 10. The most literal meaning of blue moon is when the
moon (not necessarily a full moon) appears to a casual
observer to be unusually bluish, which is a rare event.
The effect can be caused by smoke or dust particles in
the atmosphere, as has happened after forest fires in
Sweden and Canada in 1950 and 1951, and after the
eruption of _______in 1883, which caused the moon to
appear blue for nearly two years. Other less potent
volcanos have also turned the moon blue. People saw
blue moons in 1983 after the eruption of the El
Chichon volcano in Mexico, and there are reports of
blue moons caused by Mount St. Helens in 1980
and Mount Pinatubo in 1991

20. Krakatoa

21. 11. Vashisht
Tata pani
Kaisol
Mani karan…
in himachal.
Connect.

22. Hot water springs

23. 12. ________ belong to the
first race of
environmentalists in the
world.
They are tribals from
Rajasthan.

24. Bishnois

25. 13. IDENTIFY THE MOVIE STOP AT 55 SECS

26. 14. NDTV

27. NDTV in association with Toyota launched the
nationwide environment campaign called
Greenathon in May 2008

28. 15. On her journey to the USA
from China she got into trouble
when US banned her entry calling
her ‘a communist good’. She was
kept in London for time’s sake
and became a major attraction
there. Who?

29. Chi-Chi the Panda, who became the mascot of
the WWF

30. 16. Cubatao, in Brazil
has certain epithet
because it is the
world’s most polluted
place. What
epithet(alter name)?

31. The Valley of Death

32. 17. Which popular brand takes its
name from a particular species of
deer native to South Africa?

33. Reebok

34. 18. What is the claim to fame of a body
called the Dasohli Gram Swarajya
Mandali?

35. Pioneered the Chipko movement

36. 19. The Indian television series ‘Living on
the edge’ was the first in Asia to win the
prestigious Panda Award. By what popular
name is this award known?

37. The Green Oscar

38. 20. Which animal is mentioned as the
teacher of Yudhishthira in the
Mahabharatha?

39. The Mongoose

40. 21. Which Banking and Finance corporate
major recently tied up with the WWF to
issue special WWF branded credit cards
wherein the company would donate a
certain amount of money on the
customer’s behalf to WWF everytime he
used the card?

41. Citibank

42. 22. IDENTIFY THE MOVIE STOP AT 55 SECS

43. 23. This tree was supposedly brought to
India from Sri Lanka by Hanuman when
he was carrying messages from Sita. He
felt so delighted by it that he threw the
seeds on what is presently
Maharashtra. Which tree?

44. The Mango

45. 25. Which comic achieved the
distinction of being the first to be
printed on recycled paper as early
as the mid 80s?

46. Archie Comics

47. 26. In 1992, At the Earth Summit in Rio
de Janeiro two countries, rather
incongruously announced they would
resume whale hunting. Name them.

48. Iceland and Norway

49. 27. What was E.P.Gee referring to in his
book ‘Wildlife of India’ when he wrote ‘
There are floating islands in Burma, Kashmir
and North America that I have heard of. But
I think ________ is the only floating wildlife
sanctuary in the world. Fill in the blank.

50. Keibul Lamjao floating sanctuary in Manipur

51. 28. Live Curious"
"Think again."
"Dare to Explore""
"This is Who We Are“
Slogans of what or
whom?

52. National geographic

53. 29. Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan: why is she relevant in this quiz?

55. 30. There is point denying that we put
google search engine to a lot of use in
our day to day life . We love to google
things , don’t we .
A research suggested that a black
version of the Google would save a
lot of energy.
What was created inspired by this
theory)

57. 31.

59. 32. What is the climate change
agreement aimed at stabilizing
greenhouse gas levels in the
atmosphere, named after the Japanese
city in which participating nations agreed
its framework in 1997?

60. Kyoto Protocol

61. 33. Id the movie
Big hint inside. Stop at 0200

62. 34

64. 35.

66. 36

68. 37. Publisher and inspiration

69. Amar chitra katha .. Salim ali…

70. 38. Identify the two species

71. 39. Molly the Dog, in 2008
Pigasus the Immortal in 1968
Morris the cat did it in 1988 and 1992
What recurring event connects them?

72. The U.S presidential elections. They were the
candidates

73. Id both the important gentlemen in the video
40.