Environment & Ecology MCQs - 2026-07-11

While nuclear power is a non-fossil fuel source and contributes to clean energy, it is generally categorized separately from renewable energy sources like solar, wind, and hydro in India's energy targets and policies. Renewable energy typically refers to sources that are naturally replenished.

India has committed to meeting 50% of its energy requirements from renewable energy by 2030, as part of its enhanced Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).

India has pledged to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by the year 2070, as announced at COP26 in Glasgow.

The Sundarbans faces significant challenges including human-wildlife conflict due to proximity of human settlements and the unique threat of rising sea levels and increased salinity due to climate change, which impacts the mangrove ecosystem.

The Sundarbans is the largest single block of tidal halophytic mangrove forest in the world, shared by India and Bangladesh, and is home to the Royal Bengal Tiger.

Project Tiger was launched in 1973 with the objective of ensuring a viable population of Bengal tigers in their natural habitats and to protect them from extinction.

The NGT enforces a wide range of environmental rules, including the Solid Waste Management Rules, Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, Plastic Waste Management Rules, and E-Waste (Management) Rules, all of which are crucial for industrial zones.

The NGT's mandate is specifically to handle cases relating to environmental protection and conservation of forests and other natural resources, including enforcement of any legal right relating to the environment.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) was established in 2010 under the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010, for effective and expeditious disposal of cases relating to environmental protection and conservation of forests and other natural resources.