1.Consider the following statements: The Environment Protection Act, 1986 empowers the Government of India to 1) State the requirement of public participation in the process of environmental protection, and the procedure and manner in which it is sought. 2) Lay down the standards for emission or discharge of environmental pollutants from various sources. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
2.The Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee is constituted under the
3.As per the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016in India, which one of the following statements is correct?
4.In India, 'extended producer responsibility' was introduced as an important feature in which of the following?
5.The National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 was enacted in consonance with which of the following provisions of the Constitution of India? 1) Right to healthy environment, construed as a part of Right to life under Article 21. 2) Provision of grants for raising the level of administration in the Scheduled Areas for the welfare of Scheduled Tribes under Article 275(1). Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
6.According to the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, which of the following animals cannot be hunted by any person except under some provisions provided by law? 1) Gharial 2) Indian wild ass 3) Wild buffalo Select the correct answer using the code given below
7. In India, if a species of tortoise is declared protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, what does it imply?
8.Under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, who shall be the authority to initiate the process for determining the nature and extent of individual or community forest rights or both?
9.Consider the following statements: 1) The definition of "Critical Wildlife Habitat" is incorporated in the Forest Rights Act, 2006. 2) For the first time in India, Biogas has been given Habitat Rights. 3) Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change officially decides and declares Habitat Rights for Primitive and Vulnerable Tribal Groups in any part of India. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
10. Consider the following statements: 1) As per recent amendment to the Indian Forest Act, 1927, forest dwellers have the right to fell the bamboos grown on the forest areas. 2) As per the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, bamboo is a minor forest produce. 3) The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2003 allows ownership of minor forest produce to forest dwellers. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
