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This document contains a NPTEL course assignment on environmental impact assessment. It includes 15 multiple choice questions testing knowledge on topics like standards for drinking water quality in India, UNESCO Geoparks, sustainable development goals, contaminated land, biodiversity conventions, and roles of various agencies related to coastal zone management, noise pollution guidelines, and performance standards for environmental and social risk assessments.

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This document contains a NPTEL course assignment on environmental impact assessment. It includes 15 multiple choice questions testing knowledge on topics like standards for drinking water quality in India, UNESCO Geoparks, sustainable development goals, contaminated land, biodiversity conventions, and roles of various agencies related to coastal zone management, noise pollution guidelines, and performance standards for environmental and social risk assessments.

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NPTEL COURSE: EIA

ASSIGNMENT 4

1. State True or False. Standard “IS -10500: 2012” in India provides permissible and desirable
limits for various parameters of drinking water.
a) True
b) False
Correct Answer: a) True

2. State True or False. UNESCO Global Geoparks are important for the conservation, protection
and management of their fossils, stratigraphy, minerals or other geological interest.
a) True
b) False

Correct Answer a) True

3. Match the SDGs mentioned in Group A with their respective themes in Group B:

Group A Group B
(Sustainable (SDG Themes)
Development Goals)
P SDG2 I End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and
promote sustainable agriculture.
Q SDG12 II Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial
ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification,
and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.
R SDG15 III Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.

a) P-III, Q-I, R-II


b) P-II, Q-I, R-III
c) P- I, Q-III, R-II
d) P-II, Q-III, R-I

Correct Answer: c) P-II, Q-III, R-I


4. State True or False. Development has the potential to convert contaminated land to
uncontaminated land and vice versa without actually changing the chemistry of the
ground at depth.
a) True
b) False

Correct Answer a) True

5. State True or False. India is NOT a signatory of the Convention on Biological Diversity
(CBD).
a) True
b) False

Correct Answer b) False

6. Which of the following provide key codes of practices related to ecology?


i. Performance Standards (IFC)
ii. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
iii. Asian Development Bank (ADB)
iv. African Development Bank (AfDB)

a) Only i
b) Only i and ii
c) Only i, iii, and iv
d) All of the above
Correct Answer d) All of the above

7. State True or False. Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) in the UK is an
example of special interest group.
a) True
b) False

Correct Answer a) True


8. Match the Indian Institutions mentioned in group A with their responsibilities in
Coastal Areas in group B:

Group A Group B
P Ministry of Environment I Offshore installations, Coastal refineries, pipelines.
and Forests
Q Ministry of Agriculture II Pollution response measures, including oil pollution.

R Ministry of Petroleum III Development of fisheries, aquaculture, fish processing.


and Natural Gas
S Ministry of Defense IV Management of resources in the coastal water, nodal
(Indian Coast Guard) ministry with major responsibility for protecting marine
environment, includes implementation of legislative
measures.

a) P-I, Q-IV, R-II, S-III


b) P-III, Q-I, R-II, S-IV
c) P- IV, Q-III, R-I, S-II
d) P-II, Q-I, R-IV, S-III
Correct Answer: c) P-IV, Q-III, R-I, S-II

9. Match the terms in Group A with their description in Group B

Group A Group B
Sanctuaries Areas of ecological, faunal, floral, geomorphological or zoological
P I association or importance may be declared for protecting,
propagating or developing wildlife, or its environment.
Q National Protected areas, privately owned land either by an individual or
Parks II the entire community which includes wildlife resources.
Conservation For the purpose of protecting, propagating or developing wildlife
R reserve III or its environment the areas having ‘adequate ecological, faunal,
floral, geomorphological, natural or zoological significance’.
S Community IV Areas which are owned by the state government and are adjacent
Reserve to, or link, to protected areas.
a) P-I, Q-IV, R-II, S-III
b) P-III, Q-IV, R-I, S-II
c) P- IV, Q-I, R-II, S-III
d) P-III, Q-I, R-IV, S-II

Correct Answer: d) P-III, Q-I, R-IV, S-II

10.State True or False. World Health Organization (WHO) gives Noise guidelines based on
health parameters for specific environment.
a) True
b) False
Correct Answer: a) True

11.Match the IFC Performance Standards (PS) mentioned in group A with their themes in
group B:

Group A Group B
(Performance Standards)
P Performance Standard 1 Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Management
I
of Living Natural Resources.
Q Performance Standard 3 II Assessment and Management of Environmental and
Social Risks and Impacts.
R Performance Standard 6 III Resource Efficiency and Pollution Prevention.

a) P-II, Q-III, R-I


b) P-III, Q-I, R-II
c) P- I, Q-III, R-II
d) P-II, Q-I, R-III

Correct Answer: a) P-II, Q-III, R-I


12.Under Environment Protection Act, 1986 which of the following Rules/standards CPCB
provides for Noise:
i. Noise Limits for Vehicles & Airport
ii. Noise Limits for Generator
iii. Fire Crackers noise rules
iv. WHO

a) Only i and ii
b) Only i, ii and iii
c) Only ii, iii and iv
d) Only iv

Correct Answer: b) Only i, ii and iii

13.Match the theme in group A with their description in group B

Group A Group B
Gross Ecosystem Product System in which genetic resources may be accessed,
P (GEP) I and benefits resulting from their use shared by users
with countries that provide them.
Access and Benefit Sharing Market‐based approaches used to incentivize
Q (ABS) II conservation‐related activities.
Payment for ecosystem Total value of final ecosystem goods and services
R services (PES) programs III supplied to human well-being in a region annually, and
can be measured in terms of biophysical value and
monetary value.

a) P-I, Q-III, R-II,


b) P-II, Q-I, R-III,
c) P-III, Q-I, R-II,
d) P- I, Q-II, R-III

Correct Answer: c) P-III, Q-I, R-II


14.State True of False. The Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) aims at
fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources
including by appropriate access to genetic resources and by appropriate transfer of
relevant technologies.
a) True
b) False
Correct Answer: a) True

15. Aichi Targets are related to ……..


a) Conservation of Energy
b) Conservation of Water
c) Conservation of Biodiversity
d) None of the Above

Correct Answer: c) Conservation of Biodiversity

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