National Clean Air Programme (NCAP)

Question 1

It was launched by the

Answer 1

MoEFCC in January 2019

Question 2

Which is the first-ever effort in the country to frame a national framework for air quality management with a time-bound reduction target.

Answer 2

NCAP

Question 3

___ with the goal to meet average ambient air quality standards at all location in the country.

Answer 3

National Clean Air Programme (NCAP)

Question 4

____ is a state of the art modelling system which will forecasts the following day’s air quality.

Answer 4

Air Quality Forecasting System or AQFS

Question 5

Who will be responsible for data analysis, interpretation, dissemination including through GIS platform.?

Answer 5

Air Information Centre

Question 6

Who is an accounting of the amount of pollutants discharged into the atmosphere. ?

Answer 6

National Emission Inventory

Question 7

Who will evaluate the technologies having significance in reference to prevention, control and abatement of pollution?

Answer 7

Technology Assessment Cell- TAC

Question 8

___ are the standards for ambient air quality with reference to various identified pollutant notified by the Central Pollution Control Board

Answer 8

National Ambient Air Quality Standards
* under the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981

Question 9

List of pollutants under NAAQS:

Answer 9

PM10, PM2.5, SO2, NO2, CO, NH3, Ozone, Lead, Benzene, Benzo-Pyrene, Arsenic and Nickel

Question 10

____ is a specialised body set up for effective and expeditious disposal of cases relating to environmental protection and conservation of forests and other natural resources

Answer 10

National Green Tribunal

under the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010

Question 11

NGT is mandated to make disposal of applications or appeals finally ___ months of filing the same.

Answer 11

within 6

Question 12

The NGT has ____ places of sittings

Answer 12

Five
* New Delhi is the Principal place of sitting
* Bhopal,
* Pune,
* Kolkata
* Chennai

Question 13

The Right to Clean Air stood recognized as part of Right to Life and failure to address air pollution is a denial of Right to Life under

Answer 13

Article 21

Question 14

The Central government has launched a five-year action plan with a tentative target of ____ in concentrations of PM10 and PM2.5 by (?)

Answer 14

20-30% reduction , 2024

Question 15

In the ___ case (2013), the NGT suspended a ₹6,400-crore hydro project, to save the habitat of a bird.

Answer 15

Save Mon Federation Vs Union of India

Question 16

In 2012____case, NGT gave judgment of complete prohibition on open burning of waste on lands, including landfills – regarded as the single biggest landmark case dealing with the issue of solid waste management in India.

Answer 16

Almitra H. Patel vs. Union of India

Question 17

the Centre has set a new target of a____ in particulate matter concentration in cities covered under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) by (?) , updating the earlier goal of 20 to 30% reduction by 2024

Answer 17

40% reduction , 2026

Question 18

Which is a tool for effective communication of air quality status to people in terms which are easy to understand.?

Answer 18

National Air Quality Index (AQI)

Question 19

___ is a national initiative introduced by the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) to measure the air quality of a metropolitan city, by measuring the overall pollution level and the location-specific air quality of the city

Answer 19

SAFAR (System of Air Quality and Weather Forecast and Research)

Question 20

Who has recognized SAFAR as a prototype activity on the basis of the high-quality control and standards maintained in its implementation?

Answer 20

World Meteorological Organization

Question 21

Which is an integral part of India’s first Air Quality Early Warning System operational in Delhi?

Answer 21

SAFAR

Question 22

Who is a statutory organisation which was constituted in September, 1974 under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974?

Answer 22

Central Pollution Control Board