environmental quiz

2. • 16 Questions !
• Qns. are star Qns.

3. 1.What is the reason for this protest?

4. Answer
• Tiger died recently in Bandipur reserve

5. 2.
• Which is the only man made forest in Kerala?

6. Answer
• Kareem’s Forest

7. 3.
• C9H6Cl6O3S
• Most commonly known as ?

8. Answer
• Endosulphan

9. 4.
• Which Indian emperor, in third century B.C,
passed a law that would prevent the subjects
to cut trees for personal use ?

10. Answer
• Ashoka

11. 5.
• This is India’s first electric car which was
launched by Mahindra. What is its name?

12. Answer
• Reva

13. 6.
• A lyric on the Green Day song ‘Last of the
American Girls’ reads as follows – “She wears
her overcoat for the coming of the nuclear
________” What is the term used to define
the weather condition that would prevail post
a nuclear holocaust?

14. Answer
• Nuclear winter

15. • In 1905, a Glasgow public health official, Dr H
A Des Voeux coined a term to describe a
condition had impaired visibility due to the
presence of air pollutants. The term was
________; and is arguably one of the most
popular portmanteau words.

16. Answer
• Smog

17. 7.connect

18. Answer
• WWF

19. 8.
• Strobilanthes kunthiana, is a plant which lends
its name to a place in India. Paliyan tribal
people use it to calculate their age. Which
place?

20. • Neelakkurinji , Nilgiri Hills

21. 10.
• The shape of a world famous architectural
marvel was inspired from a desert flower
called hyamenocallis . About what are we
talking about

22. Answer
• Burj Khalifa

23. 11.Put Funda

24. Answer
• Donald trump on climate change
• Paris climate agreement

25. 12.
Identify the person in the doodle

26. Answer
• Vangari Maathai

27. 13.
• Id this Indian politician, animal rights activist,
environmentalist, and former model

28. Answer
• Maneka Gandhi

29. 14.
• Which book, containing the details of 700
medicinal plants in 184 chapters, dating back
to the 3rd or 4th century, was translated into
Arabic in the 8th century CE?
• Hint: Indian author

30. Answer
• Sushruta Samhita

31. 15.
• Those who are concerned with protecting the
environment often use the words X and Y. These
two terms are often confused and are used to
mean the same thing, although differences exist.
• X is the sustainable use and management of
natural resources including wildlife, water, air,
and earth deposits . • Y, in contrast to X, attempts
to maintain in their present condition areas of
the Earth that are so far untouched by humans. Y
denotes a fortress-like approach to nature,
walling off human influence in order to maintain
pristine “wilderness”. • Identify X & Y

32. Answer
• Conservation and presesrvation

33. 16.
• What was special about the cabinet meeting
of Maldives Govt. held in October 2009 ? •
The meeting lasted for about 30 minutes and
was attended by 11 ministers (out of 14) ?

34. Answer
• Under Water Conference