Environment – GK Questions

ESD empowers learners to make informed decisions and take responsible actions for environmental integrity, economic viability, and a just society.

NGC-Eco clubs engage students in environmental activities, fostering eco-consciousness and community participation in conservation efforts.

Established by the UN in 1973, World Environment Day mobilizes action through campaigns, events, and policy advocacy worldwide.

Environmental education aims to foster awareness, knowledge, attitudes, skills, and participation to address environmental challenges effectively.

PAT, under the National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency, sets specific energy consumption targets and allows trading of energy savings certificates.

The three pillars of sustainability—economic, social, and environmental—must be integrated to meet present needs without compromising future generations.

Services like pollination, climate regulation, or cultural values lack market prices, requiring complex methods like contingent valuation for estimation.

PES schemes incentivize conservation by paying providers for services like watershed protection, carbon sequestration, or biodiversity conservation.

Coal is a fossil fuel formed over millions of years; its extraction and use deplete finite reserves, classifying it as non-renewable.

This concept, illustrated by overgrazing of common land, highlights the need for collective action, property rights, or regulation to manage common-pool resources.

Cap-and-trade sets an overall emissions limit and allows trading of permits, achieving reductions at lowest cost through market flexibility.

Carbon taxes internalize the social cost of carbon emissions, incentivizing reduction through market mechanisms and generating revenue for green investments.

Green GDP adjusts conventional GDP by subtracting the costs of environmental damage and resource depletion, promoting sustainable development metrics.

Negative externalities like pollution impose costs on society not reflected in market prices, justifying policy interventions like taxes or regulations.

NCAP, launched in 2019, targets 132 non-attainment cities with tailored strategies for air quality improvement through multi-sectoral interventions.

Citizen science engages volunteers in scientific research, expanding data collection capacity and raising environmental awareness among communities.

Drones provide cost-effective, high-resolution aerial data for biodiversity monitoring, anti-poaching efforts, and habitat assessment.

India Water Portal, supported by Arghyam and managed by TERI, serves as a knowledge platform for water-related information and best practices.

Water quality monitoring assesses physical, chemical, and biological parameters to evaluate pollution levels and ecosystem health.

GIS integrates spatial data with attribute information, enabling visualization, analysis, and decision-making for environmental management and planning.