World Environment Day 2023: The United Nations celebrates this day to spread awareness around the world and take action to improve the environment. Each year, a country is assigned the responsibility of hosting an event and providing a forum for discussion of the Sustainable Development Goals.
World Environment Day focuses on solving environmental problems so that new programs can be implemented to make the environment cleaner and safer for the future. This is the day when people from many countries come together to protect our planet.
1. Consider the following statements.
1. World Environment Day was first celebrated in 1974 with the slogan “One Earth”.
2. Since 1972, World Environment Day is celebrated annually on June 5 every year.
Which of the following assertion is true?
A. Only 1
B. Only 2
C. Both 1 and 2
D. Both 1 and 2
Ans. AND
Explanation: World Environment Day was first celebrated in 1974 with the slogan “One Earth”. Since 1974, World Environment Day is celebrated every year on 5 June.
2. Which of the following countries will celebrate World Environment Day in 2021?
A. Germany
B.Pakistan
C. India
D. Canada
answer b
Explanation: Pakistan will celebrate World Environment Day 2021 this year.
3. What is the theme of World Environment Day 2021?
A. Ecosystem Restoration
B. Restoring Our Earth
C. Connecting people with nature
D. Seven billion dreams
Ans. AND
Explanation: The theme of World Environment Day 2021 is “Ecosystem Restoration”.
4. In what year was the first World Environment Day celebrated?
A. 1971
B. 1974
C. 1976
D. 1978
Ans. b
Explanation: Since 1974, World Environment Day is celebrated every year on June 5.
5. What is the theme of World Environment Day 2020?
A. Air pollution
B. Seven billion people. One planet. Use carefully.
C. Speak out not equal to the sea
D. Biodiversity
Ans. D.
Explanation: The theme for World Environment Day 2020 is Biodiversity. Air pollution is the theme of 2019, Seven billion people. One planet. Beware of Consumption is the theme of 2015 and Raise Your Voice, Not Sea Levels is the theme of 2014.
6. With what theme does India celebrate World Environment Day 2018?
A. Beat plastic pollution
B. Me with nature
C. Thinking. Eat. Rescue
D. The Green Economy: Does It Include You?
Ans. AND
Explanation: The 45th World Environment Day celebration was held in India with the theme “Beat Plastic Pollution”. On this day, around 6,000 people gathered at Mumbai’s Versova Beach to join the United Nations Global Champion for the Environment, Afroz Shah, in cleaning up the beach and collecting more than 90,000 kilograms of plastic.
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7. Which country will host World Environment Day 2020?
A.Colombia
B. Mongolia
C. China
D. Canada
answer AND
Explanation: Colombia will celebrate World Environment Day 2020 and focus on the theme of biodiversity. It will be made in cooperation with Germany.
8. When was the first major conference on environmental issues held under the auspices of the United Nations?
A. 1970
B. 1971
C. 1972
D. 1973
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Explanation: The first major conference on environmental issues convened under the auspices of the United Nations was held in 1972 from 5 to 16 June in Stockholm, Sweden. Suppose the conference is called the Human Environment Conference or the Stockholm Conference.
9. World Environment Day was first celebrated with what slogan?
A. There is only one future for our children
B. There is only one Earth
C. The Bridge of Peace
D. A gift to the earth
Ans. b
Clarification: World Environment Day was first celebrated in 1974 with the slogan “Only One Earth”.
10. In what year was the first Global 500 award given to environmental advocates, including Wangari Mathai?
A. 1982
B. 1985
C. 1987
D. 1989
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Explanation: United Nations Environment Day was marked at its headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya by presenting the first of 500 Global Awards to environmental champions, including Wangari Maathai in 1987. By 2003, the award had become a mainstay of World Environment Day celebrations.
- Which country will host World Environment Day 2023?
One. Zimbabwe
b. Denmark
c. Ivory Coast
D. Netherlands
Ans. OLD
Explanation: Côte d’Ivoire will be celebrating World Environment Day this year, with support from the Netherlands, and the main focus will be on solutions to plastic pollution.
12. Who coined the word ‘ecology’?
One. Ernst Haeckel
b.Charles Darwin
c. Gregory Mendel
D. Sea sauna
Answer: one
Explanation: German zoologist, naturalist, eugenicist, philosopher, physician, professor, marine biologist and artist Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel.
13. Who is the ethicist?
One. Scientists study ethics
b. Scientists study the behavior of wild animals
c. person who studies the behavior of domestic animals
D. Scientists study a particular ecosystem.
Answer: b
Explanation: A zoologist who studies the behavior of animals in their natural habitat is an ethologist.
14. What is the theme of World Environment Day 2023?
One. Reduce plastic use
b. Say no to plastic
c. Solution to plastic pollution
D. beat plastic
Answer: c
Explanation: This year’s event will focus on Solutions to Plastic Pollution under the theme of the #BeatThePlastic campaign
15. Which country will host World Environment Day in 2023?
One. Pakistan
b. Denmark
c. Czechoslovakia
D. Ivory Coast.
Answer:
Explanation: Côte d’Ivoire will celebrate World Environment Day 2023 in partnership with the Netherlands.
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