Environment Quiz 51

Environment Quiz 51

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1. Where is the world’s largest fuel cell park, Gyeonggi Green Energy Fuel cell park, located?

Japan
China
United States of America
South Korea

2. Name the Nobel Prize winner who conceived the idea of World Food Prize

Martti Ahtisaari
Elie Wiesel
Norman Borlaug
Linus Pauling

3. With which one of the following will you associate William S. Gaud, a former administrator of the Agency for International Development?

White Revolution
Green Revolution
Red Revolution
Pink Revolution

4. The vaccines created by reducing the virulence of a pathogen, but still keeping it live are called

Inactivated vaccine
Activated vaccine
Virulent vaccine
Attenuated vaccine

5. Which country was ranked on top in the 2016 Environmental Performance Index that was released at the World Economic Forum in January 2016?

Iceland
Finland
Sweden
Denmark

6. Akinwumi Adesina, winner of World Food Prize 2017, was the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of an African country and has served as the President of African Development Bank. Name the country

Morocco
Kenya
Nigeria
Ethiopia

7. Which one of the following environmental non-governmental organization focused on the planting of trees, environmental conservation, and women's rights was founded by Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai?

Green Belt Movement
Anti-nuclear Movement
ECOPEACE
Earthlife Africa

8. Litmus, the water-soluble mixture of different dyes used to produce the litmus paper, is extracted from

Lichens
Bacteria
Fungus
Yeast

9. When is International Day for Disaster Reduction celebrated?

13 November
13 September
13 December
13 October

10. Name the King of England who banned the burning of sea-coal by proclamation in London in 1307, after its smoke became a problem.

Henry III
Edward I
Edward II
Richard II

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