NPTEL Online Certification
Course
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Course Name: Environment Impact Assessment
Instructor: Prof. Harshit Sosan Lakra `
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WEEK 1: ASSIGNMENT 1
Each question carries equal marks-2
Total Nos. of Questions-10
Total Marks-20
Lecture-1
1. State True or False:
The Great Smog of London covered the city of London for 5 days from December 5th to 9th in 1952. Its
consequences, prompted, the pass of Clean Air Act four years later, which marked the turning point in the
history of environmentalism.
a) True
b) False
Correct Answer: a) True
2. State True or False:
As per the IPCC-2014., human activities have caused climate change and impacted ecosystems. They
have transformed the earth's natural system exceeding its capacity and disrupting their self-regulatory
mechanism, with irreversible consequences for global humanity
a) True
b) False
Correct Answer: a) True
Lecture-2
3. State True or False:
The normal extinction of species rate is assumed to be between 0.1 and 1 species per 10,000 species per
10 years. This is known as a background rate of extinction.
a) True
b) False
Correct Answer: b) False
4. State True or False:
Biomes are defined as a major ecological community of organisms adapted to a particular climatic or
environmental condition across a large geographical area.
a) True
b) False
Correct Answer: a) True
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Lecture-3
5. State true or false.
India is the third largest fish producing and second largest aquaculture fish producing country in the
world.
a) True
b) False
Correct Answer: a) True
6. Which among the options does the coral triangle region includes?
a) Indonesia
b) Philippines
c) Vietnam
d) Malasia
Correct Answer: a) and b)
Lecture-4
7. Which four Sustainable Development Goals are connected with Land Resource?
a) Zero Hunger, Reduced Inequalities, Good Health and well-being, Life on Land
b) Life on Land, Zero Hunger, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Climate Action
c) Reduced Inequalities, Clean Water and Sanitation, Life on Land, Zero Hunger
d) Good Health and well-being, Life on Land, Reduced Inequalities, Clean Water and Sanitation
Correct Answer: a)
8. What are the key drivers of the Land Change?
I. Urbanization
II. Climate Change
III. Economic Development
IV. Technology and Innovation
Answer
a) I, III, IV only
b) II, I, IV only
c) IV, I, III only
d) All of the above
Lecture-5
9. Which Sector consumes the most amount of water?
a) Manufacturing
b) Agriculture
c) Construction
d) Technology and Information
Correct Answer: b)
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10. Match the theme in group A with the description in group B
Group A Group B
Microbial decomposition of liquid manure, sewage effluents
and sewage treatment sludge and others deplete oxygen
P Eutrophication I
concentrations in water bodies.
Impact on plant growth, degradation of water, groundwater
contamination with arsenic, cadmium, nickel, mercury,
Q Organic pollutants II
chromium, zinc, and lead.
Increase in quantity of dissolved minerals in freshwater from
the land-use changes, agricultural irrigation drainage, lake
R Heavy metals III
evaporation and seawater intrusion, sea level rise, water
abstraction.
Natural ageing process of lakes and wetlands, wherein they
become enriched with nutrients and sediments, becoming
S Salinity IV
more biologically productive, usually over a long period.
a) P-III, Q-I, R-II, S-IV
b) P-IV, Q-II, R-I, S-III
c) P-IV, Q-I, R-II, S-III
d) P- IV, Q-III, R-I, S-II
Correct answer: c) P-IV, Q-I, R-II, S-III
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