Environmental Science

Environmental Studies

• Important Environment Days

World Ozone Day	September 16
World's Scenery Day	February 2
Coventry Forest Day	March 21
World Water Day	March 22
International Earth Day	April 22
World Turtle Protection Day	May 23
World Environment Day	June 5
World  Hydrography Day	June 21
Sunderbun Day	August 21

• The description of the various elements found in Earth's crust as under: 

• Most abundant Element in the universe

            Hydrogen

            Helium

            Oxygen

            Neon

            Nitrogen

            Carbon

            Silicon

            Magnesium

            Iron

            Sulphur

Summits & Conference of  Environment

United nations Framework climate change conferences (UNFCCC)

Conferences of parties

COP	COUNTRY	YEAR
1 COP 1	Berlin, Germany	1995
2 COP 2	Geneva, Switzerland	1996
3 COP 3-	Kyoto, Japan	1997
4 COP 4-	Buenos Aires, Argentina	1998
5 COP 5-	Bonn, Germany	1999
6 COP 6 -	Hague, Netherlands	2000
7 COP 6	Bonn, Germany	2001
8 COP 7-	Marrakech , Morocco	2001
9 COP 8-	New Delhi, India	2002
10 COP 9-	Milan , Italy	2003
11 COP 10	Buenos Aires, Argentina	2004
12 COP 11_/CMP 1	Montreal, Canada	2005
13 COP 12- /CMP 2	Kenya , Nairobi	2006
14 COP 13- /CMP 3	Indonesia ,Bali	2007
15 COP 14- /CMP 4	Poland , Poznań	2008:
16 COP 15 /CMP 5	Denmark ,Copenhagen	2009
17 COP 16 /CMP 6	Cancún,  Mexico	2010
18 COP 17- /CMP 7	Durban South, Africa	2011
19 COP 18- /CMP 8	Doha, Qatar	2012
20 COP 19- /CMP 9	Warsaw , Poland	2013
21 COP 20- /CMP 10	Lima, Peru	2014
22 COP 21- /CMP 11	Paris, France	2015
23 COP 22/CMP 12/CMA 1-1	Marrakech, Morocco	2016
24 COP 23-/CMP 13/CMA 1-2	Bonn, Germany	2017
25 COP 24- /CMP 14/CMA 1-3	Katowice, Poland	2018:
26 COP 25-/CMP 15/CMA 2	Madrid, Spain	2019

Convention of biodiversity (Biological diversity)

COP	COUNTRY	YEAR
COP 1	Nassau , Bahamas	1994
COP 2	Jakarta,  Indonesia	1995
COP 3	Buenos Aires, Argentina	1996
COP 4	Bratislava Slovakia	1998
EXCOP1	Cartagena , Colombia	1999
COP 5	Nairobi Kenya	2000
COP 6	The Hague , Netherlands	2002
COP 7	Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia	2004
COP 8	Curitiba , Brazil	2006
COP 9	Bonn , Germany	2008
COP 10	Nagoya , Japan	2010
COP 11	Hyderabad , India	2012
COP 12	Pyeongchang , Republic of Korea	2014
Cop 13	Cancun,  Maxico	2016
Cop 14	Sharm EI. Sheikh. Egypt	2018

Q. 1) Which of the following is related to an agenda 21?

a) Montreal Treaty

b) Rio Conference

c) Kyoto Treaty

d) POSOL-5 Summit

Q. 2) World forest day is celebrated-

a) 10th January

b) 21nd March

c) 23rd May

d) 7 December

Q. 3) How many percentages of CO2 and argon are found in the atmosphere?

a) 0.03 and 0.93 percent respectively

b) 1 and 2 percent respectively

c) 0.23 and 0.97 percent respectively

d) None of these

Q. 4) In which Indian state is the thickness of the ozone layer is highest and where is lowest

a) Uttarkanchal-Assam

b) Srinagar-Trivandrum

c) Rajasthan -Kerala

d) Arunachal-Karnataka

Q. 5) Which gas emitted from supersonic jets, dilutes the ozone layer?

a) Carbon monoxide

b) Sulfur dioxide

c) Carbon dioxide

d) Nitrogen oxide

Q. 6) The highest carbon dioxide emitting country is-

a) China

b) India

c) Russia

d) United States of America

Q. 7) According to the WHO list released on May 2, 2018, is the world's most polluted city?

a) Delhi (India)

b) Shanghai (China)

c) Tokyo (Japan)

d) New York (United States)

Q. 8) What percentage of the amount of sulphur in the green diesel is found?

a) 0.001

b) 0.01

c) 0.1

d) 1.00

Answers:-

               Q 1) b, Q 2) b, Q 3) a, Q 4) b, Q 5) d, Q 6) a , Q 7) a, Q 8) a.