Environment 84 - Green Olympiad Sample Questions

Environment 78

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1. What is the term used to refer to goods that are cast overboard and are tied too a floating buoy so as to recover them?

Jetsam
Derelict
Lagan
Flotsam

2. Which part of the human body is affected by the Paget's Disease?

Bone
Lungs
Pancrease
Kidney

3. When is first ever World Pulses Day is observed?

February 21, 2019
February 10, 2019
April 10, 2019
March 11, 2019

4. Name the gas that can be collected from landfills and used to generate energy

Oxygen
Nitrogen
Argon
Methane

5. Which one of the following is produced by the fermentation of crops such as corn, sugarcane or sweet sorghum?

Biodiesel
Ethanol
Butanol
Methanol

6. Eight of the world's ten highest mountains are found in this country. Which country?

France
India
Germany
Nepal

7. "Lake Titicaca", often referred as the "highest navigable lake" in the world, is situated on the border of two countries?

Peru and Ecuador
Bolivia and Paraguay
Chile and Peru
Peru and Bolivia

8. What does 20 indicate in B20 biodiesel?

Petroleum diesel percentage
Biodiesel percentage
Energy percentage
Purity percentage

9. "The Rams Head' is a mountain located in which one of the following countries?

Nepal
Australia
Japan
Thailand

10. Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve is the oldest and largest national park of this Indian state. Name the state

Karnataka
Assam
Andhra Pradesh
Maharashtra

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