Select the correct statement (s) pertaining to Chipko movement.

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251.

Which one of the following combinations is incorrect?

  • Rio convention - Air pollution

  • Kyoto protocol - Climate change

  • Montreal protocol - Ozone depletion

  • Ramsar convention - Wetland conservation


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252.

Select the correct statement (s) pertaining to Chipko movement.

  • It was led by Sunderlal Bahuguna

  • It was a tree hugging movement

  • It commenced in the Tehri-Garhwal district.

  • It received global attention on environmental protection.


A.

It was led by Sunderlal Bahuguna

B.

It was a tree hugging movement

C.

It commenced in the Tehri-Garhwal district.

D.

It received global attention on environmental protection.

Chipko movement started in 1970, was a nonviolent movement aimed at protection and conservation of trees and forgests from being destroyed. It commenced in the Tehri-Garhwal district in which Uttarakhandi women hugged the trees to same them from cutting. This movement was a strong uprising against those people who were distroying the natural resources of the forests and disturbing the whole ecological balance.


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253.

Select the non-degradable pollutant (s) from the followings

  • Plastic

  • Organochlorine pesticides

  • Heavy metals

  • Domestic sewage


254.

Read the following about pollution and identify the correct matching combinations.
Column I Column II Column III
I. Chernobyl Accidental leakage Radioactive wastes
II. El nino effect Global warming Causing climatic changes
III. Chloroflurocarbons Ozone degradation Fluorine atoms released
IV. Snow blindness UV- B radiation Inflammation of cornea

  • III, II, I

  • IV, III, II

  • I, II, IV

  • I, III, IV


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255.

Water pollution is best assessed by determining

  • DO and BOD

  • BOD and turbidity

  • DO and acidity

  • Hardness and alkalinity


256.

Tectonic is the study of

  • volcanoes

  • sand dunes

  • earthquakes

  • earth's crust


257.

The maintenance of internal favourable conditions by a self-regulated mechanisms in spite of the fact that there are changes in environment, is known as

  • entropy

  • enthalpy

  • homeostasis

  • steady state


258.

Minamata disease is pollution related disease. It result from

  • oil spills in sea

  • DDT pollution

  • release of industrial waste containing mercury in fishing water

  • accumulation of arsenic


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259.

Deforestation causes

  • soil erosion

  • soil pollution

  • noise pollution

  • air pollution


260.

Ozone depletion in stratosphere would result in

  • forest fires

  • global warming

  • skin cancer incidence

  • None of the above


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