World Environment Day (WED) Quiz for School Children And All/ World
Environment Day Quiz
World Environment
Day Quiz
1.When is World Environmental Day?
June 5th
2.When is World Environment Day 2014?
World Environment Day 2014 falls on Thursday, 5 June 2014.
3.The world's first commercial tidal power station was installed
in 2007 . Where was it ?
Ireland
4.Which country is the global host of this years WED ( World
Environmental day 2011)?
India
5.In which Country was Greenpeace Founded?
Canada
6.Where is the office of the Forest Survey of India (FSI)
located?
Dehradun
7.Which country is the
world leader in the number of solar power systems installed per capita?
Kenya
8.In which year was the
first world environmental day celebrated
1973
9.What is the theme of world Environment Day 2013?
Think.Eat.Save. Reduce Your Foodprint Mongolia
10.Which association runs World Environment Day
UNEP
11.Who is hosting World Enviornment Day 2013?
Mongolia
12.The GAP (Ganga
Action Plan) – a project to clean up the polluted waters of the Ganga - plans
to intercept and divert municipal sewage falling into the river from 25 large
urban conglomerates in thee states. Name them.
UP, Bihar and West
Bengal
13.70% of our
atmospheric oxygen (nearly 3 out of 4 breathes you take anywhere on the planet)
is due to:
Photosynthesizing
ocean organisms
14.There are three
kinds of deserts in India: sand desert, salt desert, and cold desert. One of
the states has a cold desert. Name it.
Jammu and Kashmir
15.We all know that
the Kaziranga sanctuary is a place where rhinos can live safely away from
hunters. What is the term used for such careful use and protection of nature?
Conservation
16.World Wildlife
Fund was founded in?
1961
17.Which country produces the most energy in
the world?
China produces
the most, about 79.1 quadrillion Btu of energy a year.
18.When is World Environment Day 2015?
World Environment Day 2015 falls on Friday, 5 June 2015.
19.Which country is the global host of this years WED?
Barbados
20. When was the
first World Environment Day organized?
1973
