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Environment, Science and Technology

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  1. In which year was the Wildlife (Protection) Act enacted in India?
  2. In which year was Project Tiger launched?
  3. Which agreement of 1987 aims to protect the ozone layer?
  4. Which international agreement adopted in 2015 aims to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius?
  5. Which convention is concerned with the protection of wetlands?
  6. Which movement in Uttarakhand was a community effort to protect trees by hugging them?
  7. Which statutory body was established in 2010 to handle environmental cases?
  8. Which was India's first satellite, launched in 1975?
  9. In which year was the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) established?
  10. Which Indian mission became the first Asian mission to reach Mars orbit, in 2014?
  11. Which mission landed near the lunar south polar region in August 2023?
  12. Which gas is mainly responsible for the greenhouse effect among the following?
  13. Which vitamin is produced in the skin on exposure to sunlight?
  14. Which disease is caused by the deficiency of Vitamin A?
  15. Consider the following statements:
    1. The Montreal Protocol deals with substances that deplete the ozone layer.
    2. The Kyoto Protocol set binding emission targets for developed countries.
    Which of the…
  16. Consider the following statements about Chandrayaan missions:
    1. Chandrayaan-1 was launched in 2008.
    2. Chandrayaan-3 was India's first lunar mission.
    Which of the statements given above is/are correc…
  17. Consider the following statements:
    1. Project Tiger was launched in 1952.
    2. The Wildlife (Protection) Act was enacted in 1986.
    Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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