QUESTIONNAIRE:
Part A: Personal Details
a) Name: (optional)
b) Age-Years: < 15 < 30 < 45 / <45 or more
c) Educational level: Never studied / Studying in / Studied up to
d) Gender: Male/ Female/ others
e) Place of Residence: Chawl / Building / Bungalow
f) Family income (per month): < 5, 000 / <7,000 / <15,000 / >15,000 or more
g) Total Number of Members of your family:
h) Have the basic knowledge about Environment: Yes / No / Undecided
i) Do you agree to save the environment: Yes / No / Undecided
j) If you get an opportunity, would you participate in an environmental action? Yes / No
/ Undecided.
Part B: Please select correct alternative for the following questions (tick your choice)
[Link]. Items related to saving the environment.
1. World environment day is celebrated on:
a) 5th June
b) 14th February
c) 5th April
d) 18th September
2. Due to occurrence of water on earth it is also known as:
a) White planet
b) Green planet
c) Red Planet
d) Blue planet
3. Use of polythene bags should be discouraged because:
a) It pollutes soil.
b) It is easily available and cheap
c) It is non-biodegradable
d) It is reusable
4. How interested are you in environmental problems?
a) Excessively
b) Sometimes
c) Rarely
d) Never
5. Water harvesting that has emerged as a sensible method of meeting the
water storage means
a) Collection of water from rivers
b) Collection of rain water in storage tanks
c) Harvesting of water from tube wells
d) Not aware
6. In an average home which of the following uses the most water?
a) Flushing the toilet
b) Filling the bath tub
c) Taking a 10 min. shower
d) Washing one load of clothes
7. When I go for shopping, I will use:
a) Cloth bag
b) Plastic bag
c) Paper bag
d) Bag given by shop
8. I switch off the power from the main supply point as it saves 5% power :
a) Always
b) Sometimes
c) Rarely
d) Never
9. Which of the following is good for making composting?
(a) Plastic bags, aluminum foil, dry leaves
(b) Vegetable and fruit peels, tea leaves, egg shells
(c) Polythene bags, pieces of clothes, paper
(d) Plastic paper, tin foil, egg shell, leather
10. Which one of the following is used for making vermi-composts?
(a) House flies
(b) Cockroaches
(c) Butterfly
(d) Red worms
11. A garbage collector separate items mentioned below in the garbage into red, green
and blue containers for their transfer to landfill, composting pit, and recycling
unit respectively.
(i) plastic bag (ii) newspaper and journals (iii) screw and nuts (iv) vegetable
peels (v) metal chips (vi) egg shells
Which item were transferred to which bin?
RED GREEN BLUE
a) (i) and (iv) (ii) and (iii) (v) and
(vi)
b) (i) and (iii) (ii) and (v) (iv) and
(vi)
c) (i),(iii) and (v) (iv) and (vi) (ii) only
d) (i) and (v) (ii) and (iv) (iii) only
12. Garbage from cities are dumped at :
(a) riversides
(b) inside ponds and lakes
(c) landfill areas
(d) sewage pit
13. Which one of the following will add to garbage?
(a) Syringe used by a doctor
(b) Tin of a soft drink
(c) Wrapper of food stuff
(d) All of these
14. Which of the following statements is true about global warming?
a) Global warming has led to large scale deforestation
b) Global warming has led to a rise in the sea levels
c) Global warming has led to a rapid increase in the population across
several countries
d) Global warming has led to a huge amount of waste generation
15. Which of the following statements is true?
a) Economic growth is the modern concept for development
b) Political growth is the modern concept for development
c) Sustainable growth is the modern concept for development
d) Social growth is the modern concept for development
16. What is the correct order of the 3R principle?
a) Recycle, Reuse, Reduce
b) Reuse, Reduce, Recycle
c) Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
d) None of the above
17. Which environment-specific principle provides that the environmental impacts of
any and every human activity must be evaluated and accounted for?
a) Precautionary Principle
b) Polluter Pays Principle
c) Sustainable development Principle
d) The doctrine of public trust
18. The best way to create awareness among people about environmental
sensitization is through spread the message through:
a) use the mass media to spread the message
b) word of mouth
c) forcefully insisting people
d) making treaties with other countries
19. We can achieve the prevention of environmental degradation by:
a) relying on the government to do all the jobs
b) simply talking about environment
c) Creating public awareness among people about the importance of environment
d) Killing organisms and cutting trees
20. How willing are you to change your lifestyle to reduce the damage you cause to
the environment?
a) Extremely willing
b) Very willing
c) Somewhat willing
d) Not so willing
21. Whenever possible, we must choose to cycle or walk while going
somewhere, instead of travelling by motor vehicle
a) Strongly Agree
b) Agree
c) Undecided
d) Not Agree
22. Which of the following statements about climate change is true?
a) Plantation can be a preventive measure to tackle climate change
b) The usage of cycles instead of bikes or cars for transportation can be a preventive
measure to tackle climate change
c) The usage of organic products can be a preventive measure to tackle
climate change
d) All of the above
23. I do things to reduce waste (e.g., throwing away less food and not wasting paper)
e) Always
f) Frequently
g) Sometimes
h) Never
24. Which of the following is not a measure of sustainable water management?
a. Preventing leakage from dams and canals
b. Reducing the rate of surface run-off water
c. Preventing loss of water from the municipal pipes
d. Building small reservoirs in place of a few mega projects
25. What is the objective of the National Environment Policy, 2006?
a. To mainstream environmental concerns in all development activities
b. To maintain the national commitment to a clean environment
c. To share responsibility and forge a partnership between state and the
people in realizing it
d. To be a guide to action
Part C: Evaluation of Personal Details (SAMPLE)
a) Age-Years:
< 30 -Youth
< 30 -50 -Middle Aged
<50 or more-Elderly Aged
b) Socio-Economic Status: Family Income =
Number of Members
lower income (less than 8,000) /
middle (8,000-14,000) /
higher (greater than 14,000)
c) Number of members in the family:
Small (3-4)/
Medium (5-6)/
Large (more than 6)
d) Educational level:
Never studied- illiterate /
Studying till Graduation-
Graduates/
Studied above Graduation-
Professionals
On the basis of study of profile of the respondent with reference to: Age,
Educational level, Gender, Place of Residence, Socioeconomic status, we can
say there is a Negative/ Neutral / Positive impact of previous environmental
knowledge, environmental attitude and willingness to take part in
environmental action and will take a Negative/ Neutral / Positive towards
‘Saving the Environment’.
Part D: Instructions for Scoring Key related to „Save the
Environment Project (STEP)‟ Questionnaire:
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1. a 6. c 11. c 16. c 21. a
2. d 7. a 12. c 17. b 22. d
3. c 8. a 13. d 18. a 23. a
4. a 9. b 14. b 19. c 24. b
5. b 10. d 15. c 20. a 25. a
Part E: Evaluation Key
Total Score Percentage Inference
(Part B)
0/20 to 8/20 less than Individual who is ‘Not concerned‟ about the Environment’
40%
9/20 to12/20 40 to 60% Individual who is ‘Slightly concerned‟ about the Environment
13/20 to 16/20 60 to 80% Individual who is ‘Moderately concerned‟ about the
Environment
17/20 to 20/20 80 to 100% Individual who is ‘Truly concerned‟ about the Environment
Part F: Interpretation and Conclusion:
Environmental knowledge, Environmental attitude and willingness to take part in
Environmental action has an impact on ‘Saving the Environment’. The individual
belongs to Age group. The Educational level of the individual is . The
gender of the individual is . The Place of Residence of the individual is
. The individual belongs to Socioeconomic status.
The study of profile reveals that the individual is about the
environment and will take a initiative towards
‘Saving the Environment’.
