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Q.1 |
Which act of the Indian Constitution
makes it a fundamental duty to protect our environment? |
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(a) |
Article 49 |
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(b) |
Article 51A |
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(c) |
Article 52 |
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(d) |
Article 53
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Q.2
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Who would be
affected by the "black lung disease" |
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(a) |
Refinery workers |
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(b) |
Stone quarry workers |
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(c) |
Coal miners |
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(d) |
Technicians in
nuclear power stations
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Q.3
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Where are the 13 species of Darwin’s
finches found ? |
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(a) |
Canary islands |
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(b) |
Virgin islands |
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(c) |
Sandwich islands |
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(d) |
Galapagos islands
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Q.4 |
Which animal in Indian mythology is
considered to be an incarnation of Lord Vishnu? |
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(a)
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Tortoise |
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(b)
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Tiger |
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(c)
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Bear |
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(d)
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Fox
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Q.5 |
On which day is the World Forestry
Day celebrated? |
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(a) |
21st March |
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(b) |
31st March |
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(c) |
21st April |
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(d) |
30th April
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Q.6 |
What is a gila monster ? |
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(a) |
A snake |
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(b) |
A lizard |
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(c) |
A crocodile |
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(d) |
A fish
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Q.7 |
Where in India will you
find the largest nesting site of the Olive Ridley turtle? |
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(a) |
Gahirmatha beach,
Bhitarkanika, in Orissa |
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(b) |
Sundarbans, in West
Bengal |
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(c) |
Port Blair, in the
Andamans |
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(d) |
Panaji, in Goa
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Q.8 |
What does one measure with the Beaufort
Scale? |
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(a) |
Cloud cover |
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(b) |
Salinity in oceans
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(c) |
Rainfall intensity |
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(d) |
Wind strength
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Q.9 |
On which day is the "Earth Day" celebrated? |
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(a) |
16th January |
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(b) |
22nd April |
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(c) |
5th June
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(d) |
22nd December
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Q.10 |
Where is the National Institute of
Environmental Engineering located? |
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(a) |
New Delhi |
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(b) |
Nagpur |
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(c) |
Bhopal |
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(d) |
Patna
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Q.11 |
On which day is the World Environment Day
celebrated? |
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(a) |
22nd April |
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(b) |
1st May |
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(c) |
5th June |
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(d) |
4th July
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Q.12 |
Which Indian Environment Television Serial
was awarded the Panda Award in 1996 ? |
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(a) |
Great Escapes |
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(b) |
Living on the Edge |
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Vinaash Ki Katha |
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(d) |
The India Show
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Q.13 |
"Whistling Hunters",
a film by the
Bedi Brothers, features the following animal: |
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(a) |
Dhole or the Indian
Wild Dog |
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(b) |
Hyena |
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(c) |
Leopards |
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(d) |
Lions
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Q.14 |
Which element is associated with the term
"mad as a hatter"? |
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(a) |
Cadmium |
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(b) |
Radium |
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(c) |
Mercury |
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(d) |
Plutonium
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Q.15 |
The bird in ST Coleridge’s
"Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner" is a... |
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(a) |
Falcon |
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(b) |
Gull |
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(c) |
Tern |
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(d) |
Albatross
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Q.16 |
"Silent Spring",
a book by
Rachel Carson, talks about the impact of the following on the
environment.... |
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(a) |
DDT |
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(b) |
Plutonium |
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(c) |
Benzene |
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(d) |
Toulene
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Q.17 |
Which meterological
phenomenon helps build up levels of pollutants in the atmosphere
instead of dispersing them? |
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(a) |
Cloud-burst |
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(b) |
Thermal inversion |
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(c) |
Lightning |
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(d) |
Rain
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Q.18 |
Joey is the young of
a: |
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(a) |
Tiger |
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(b) |
Crow |
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(c) |
Kangaroo |
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(d) |
Panda
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Q.19 |
A recent conference on Climate Change was
held at: |
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(a) |
Paris |
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(b) |
New York |
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(c) |
Kyoto |
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(d) |
New Delhi
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Q.20 |
The Bhopal Gas Tragedy took place in: |
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(a) |
1984 |
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(b) |
1986 |
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(c) |
1988 |
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(d) |
None of the above |
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DEAN Mela - Core Team
K Vijaya
Lakshmi, Aditi Haldar, Maneesha G, EBV Kumar, Subhash
Marcus
Sanjya Kumar, Pramod Kumar, S N Prasad, Manoj Khare
We
acknowledge the support given by the Development
Alternatives
staff members in organising and conducting the DEAN Mela
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