CPCB stands for:

1. Controller of Pollution Correction Board.
2. Central Pollution Control Board.
3. Control, Prevention and Correction Board.
4. Control Pollution Central Board.

The numbers of motor vehicles have increased from _____ in 1951 to ______ in 2003.

1. 3 lakh, 67 crores.
2. 67 lakh, 3 crores.
3. 30 lakhs, 67 crores.
4. 67 lakhs,, 30 crores.

In areas where speed of wind is usually high, wind mills can provide electricity without any adverse impact on the environment but it's not yet been explored on a large scale. What is the correct reason out of the following?

1. Lack of technological devices.
2. High cost.
3. Non-availability of land.

1. Only 2
2. Both 1 and 2
3. Both 2 and 3
4. All of these.

Which are the catch phases in the following UNCED definition of Sustainable Development:
 "Development that meets the need of the present generation without compromising the ability of the future generation to meet their own needs".

1. Need.
2. Future generation.
3. Need and present generation.
4. Need and future generation.

Banning the use of chlorofluorocarbon compounds and other chlorine and bromine compounds is called:

1. Chipko Movement.
2. Apiko Movement.
3. Montreal Protocol.
4. None of the above.

India heavily depends on ______ and ______ power plants.

1. Solar, gobar gas.
2. Thermal, hydro.
3. CNG, solar.
4. None of the above.

When was a UN Conference on climate change held in Kyoto in Japan?

1. 1993
2. 1996
3. 1997
4. 1998

In Delhi, the use of ______ as fuel in public transport system has significantly lowered air pollution.

1. CNG
2. Petrol
3. LPG
4. None of these.

World's total iron-ore reserves accounted by India are nearly:

1. 10%
2. 20%
3. 30%
4. 40%

The environment performs four vital functions and the environment is able to perform these functions without any interruption as long as the demand on these functions is within its carrying capacity. 'In the given statement carrying capacity' implies to:

1. The resource extraction is not above the rate of regeneration.
2. Wastes generated are beyond the absorptive capacity of the environment.
3. The resource extraction is not below the rate of regeneration.
4. The resource and the wastes generated are within the assimilating capacity of the environment.

1. 1, 2 and 4
2. Both 2 and 4
3. Both 1 and 4
4. All of these.