WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY
World Environment Day (WED) is celebrated annually on 5 June with the aim of encouraging awareness and action for the protection of the environment It is a global platform for public outreach, with participation from over 143 countries annually. It was first held in 1974, it has been a platform for raising awareness on environmental issue such as marine pollution, human overpopulation, global warming, sustainable consumption, wildlife crime, air pollution, plastic pollution, illegal wildlife trade, sea-level increase, and food security etc.
The World Environment Day 2022 global campaign #OnlyOneEarth calls for transformative changes to policies and choices to enable cleaner, greener, and sustainable living in harmony with nature. It will focus on the need to live sustainably in harmony with nature, and our possibilities for shifting to a greener lifestyle through both policies and individual choices.
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Question 1 of 30
1. Question
In which year the Environmental Protection Act was passed in India?
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Question 2 of 30
2. Question
The first World Environment Day was held in which year?
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3. Question
What was the theme of World Environment Day 2020?
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World Environment Day forms which part of the United Nations?
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5. Question
Which nation hosted World Environment Day 2020?
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6. Question
What is the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch"?
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7. Question
The total set of carbon emissions caused by an individual.
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8. Question
According to the Sustainable Development Goal 13, the biggest threat towards development is:
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Question 9 of 30
9. Question
What is the greenhouse effect?
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10. Question
Which ISO standard applies to the environmental management system?
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11. Question
What is the leading cause of coral bleaching?
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Question 12 of 30
12. Question
When and where was the environment day anthem launched?
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Which of the first state to implement the Environment should be included as a separate subject in schools?
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What is the primary cause of the overall rising trend in CO2 in the atmosphere?
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15. Question
Wasting less food is a way to reduce CO2 emissions.
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What was agreed to in the "Paris Agreement" that came out of COP-21, held in Paris in 2015?
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Globally, which of the following economic sectors emits the largest percentage of greenhouse gas emissions?
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18. Question
Which layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?
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Question 19 of 30
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Biofuels- Fuels made from nonrenewable matter.
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20. Question
What can you do to help stop plastic pollution?
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21. Question
The acronym BOD stands for?
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What is the key difference between renewable and non-renewable resources?
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Which of the following is a true statement about recycling?
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What is geothermal energy?
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Reusing or recycling old items instead of buying new ones helps shrink your carbon footprint by…
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What is the full form of ESG?
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What is ESG performance closely linked to?
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28. Question
Ozone depletion in the stratosphere causes:
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29. Question
Which one of the following is the main objective of Montreal protocol?
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Question 30 of 30
30. Question
In solid waste management, waste utilization is achieved by:
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