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Environmental Issues
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Which one of the following combinations is incorrect?

  • Rio convention - Air pollution

  • Kyoto protocol - Climate change

  • Montreal protocol - Ozone depletion

  • Ramsar convention - Wetland conservation

Answer

A.

Rio convention - Air pollution

The historic convention on Biological Diversity (The Earth Summit) held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, called upon all nations to take appropriate measures for sustainable utilisation of its benefits.

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The cause of acid rain is :

Which one of the following causes ozone depletion ?

What disease is caused due to consumption of fishes captured from water contaminated with mercury ?

Which one of the following is not a green-house gas ?

Which gas contributes the maximum in global warming ?

Fill in the blanks with suitable words :

1. Increase in concentration of soluble salts in the soil is called.........

2. Aforestation can check the advancement of......... .

3. DDT is a serious pollutant as it is a.........pollutant and undergoes......... .

4 .........plant has become a troublesome weed in agricultural fields.

5 .........are major aerosol pollutant present in jet aircraft emission.

Write “True” or “False” :

Coin one word for the following statements :

Discarded computer parts like monitors, key boards, mouse etc.

Coin one word for the following statements :
Degradation of organic waste by worms like red wigglers, white worms and earthworms.

Coin one word for the following statements :
Cleaning of vast areas covered by forests.