Environment Questions

1. Which book facilitated the ban of pesticide DDT in USA?

Answer :- Silent Spring

2. Silent Spring is known as environmentalist's Bible. It is authored by:  

Answer :- Rachel Carson

3.  The book 'Beyond Silent Spring' is written by:  

Answer :- H.F. Van Emden and David Pekall

4. The other famous book written by Rachel Carson related to environment is:  

Answer :- The sea around us 

5. Famous Malayalam novel 'Enmakaje' written by Ambikasuthan Mangad is depicted the life of victims of:  

Answer :- Endosulphan

6. 'An Inconvenient Truth' Is an American Academy Award winning documentary film about _______:

Answer :- Global warming and climate change

       * It is presented by Al Gore.

       * Former U.S. President Al Gore got Nobel prize for peace in 2007.

       * Al Gore shared the Nobel prize with IPCC

       * Rajendra Pachouri was the head of IPCC in 2007.

7. Famous book 'Weather makers' is written by:  

Answer :- Tim Flannerry

8. Greenpeace International is an organization of environmental activists founded in:  

Answer :- Vancouver, Canada

* Headquarters of Greenpeace is in Amsterdam

9. The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty designed to limit_____:

Answer :- Global green house emission

                         *Kyoto is in Japan

                         * It was agreed on 11 december 1997

10. World wetlands day is celeberated on:  

Answer :- February 2.

            * It marks the date of the signing of the convention on wetlands on 2  February 1971 in Ramsar.

                 * Ramsar is a Iranian city near Caspian Sea.

                 * Caspian Sea is the largest lake in the world.

                * There are three Ramsar sights in Kerala. They are Vembanad backwater, Ashtamudi backwater and Shasthamkotta lake.

11. The largest wet land system in the world is:  

Answer :- Pantanal

                           * Pantanal is in Brazil

12. The first national park in the world is?

Answer :- Yellow Stone National Park

      * It is in USA

      * First national park in India is Corbett National Park.

      * It was set up in 1936 by Sir Malcom hailey, former governor of UP

     * It was named Halley National Park

     * It was renamed as Ramganga National Park after independence.

    * In 1957, it renamed as Corbett National Park after Jim Corbett, the  naturalist.

     * 'The maneaters of Kuamaon' is a book written by Jim Corbett.

13. The first national park in Kerala is:  

Answer :- Iravikulam

                            * It is in Idukki district set up in the year 1978.

                   * Mathikettan Chola, Pambadum Chola, Anamudi Chola are the National Parks in Idukki district.

       * Pambadumchola is the smallest National Park in Kerala.

14. Silent Valley became national park on:  

Answer :- 1984

* It is in Mannarkkadu Taluk in Palakkad district.

15. The first bird sanctuary in Kerala is:

Answer :- Thattekad (Ernakulam)

* It is in Ernakulam District named after Dr. Salim Ali

16. Kanha National Park in Madhya Pradesh is the background of a famous novel written by Rudyard Kipling. It is:  

Answer :- The Jungle Book

* Rudyard Kipling is first Englishman who got Nobel Prize for Literature