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  1. Leader of "Narmada Bachao Andolan"

  2. A.

     Vandana Siva

    B.

     Medha Patkar

    C.

     Menaka Gandhi

    D.

     Mayilamma


  3. Who wrote the book "Violence of Green Revolution"

  4. A.

     Vandana Siva

    B.

     Sheela Dikshit

    C.

     Menaka Gandhi

    D.

     Arundhathi Roy


  5. Ozonosphere seen in

  6. A.

     ionosphere

    B.

     thermosphere

    C.

     mesophere

    D.

     stratosphere


  7. Plants adapted to open, sunny habitats are

  8. A.

     Sciophytes

    B.

     Heliophytes

    C.

     Mesophytes

    D.

     Epiphytes


  9. Almost all of the earth's weather occurs in the:

  10. A.

     Exosphere

    B.

     Stratosphere

    C.

     Mesosphere

    D.

     Thermosphere

    E.

     Troposphere


  11. Ozone layer is present in

  12. A.

     Troposphere

    B.

     Stratosphere

    C.

     Mesosphere

    D.

     Ionosphere


  13. Ozone Umbrella is located in which layer of atmosphere

  14. A.

     Troposphere

    B.

     Stratosphere

    C.

     Mesosphere

    D.

     Ionosphere


  15. One greenhouse gas contributes 14% to total global warming and another contributes 6%. These are respectively identified as

  16. A.

     N2O and CO2

    B.

     CFCs and N2O

    C.

     Methane and CO2

    D.

     Methane and CFCs

    E.

     CFCs and CO2


  17. The cause of Bhopal disaster is

  18. A.

     Methyl Alcohol

    B.

     Methyl Carbonate

    C.

     Methyl Isocyanate

    D.

     Methyl Sulphate


  19. At which city might you be able to observe cirrus clouds at an altitude of 3,000 m (10,000 feet) above the surface?

  20. A.

     Barrow, Alaska

    B.

     Honolulu, Hawaii

    C.

     Miami, Florida

    D.

     Chicago, Illinois