UNIT -I ENVIRONMENTAL CONSCIOUSNESS

1. What do you understand by the term climate change?

2. What are the lessons to be learnt from the poem?
3. What do understand the term Kyoto protocol.
4. Which international organization is likely to drive the change?
5. What is the basic purpose of celebrating Earth Day?
6. What is ideal air quality recommended?
7. Write the benefits of Plastic Roads
8. What are the recommendations given to regain green cover?
9. What are the lessons to be learnt from the poem On Killing A Tree.
10. Write a letter to a publishing house, ordering books you want.
11. How was Dr Kalams assurance prophetic?
12. What are the major contributions of noise and air pollution?
13. What do you understood term urban heat land.
14. What is the ideal air quality recommended?
15. What does the expression go green mean?
16. Write a paragraph of about 150 words on environmentally safe practices
followed in your town/ village
17. Write a role play between a student eco club leader and a member emphasizing
the importance of environmental destruction and preservation.
18. Write a letter to the editor of a news paper for protecting the environment.
19. Make a poster for conservation of water
20. Write a paragraph on your school life using the simple past.
21.Why do you think the poet describes the detail of cutting a tree? What effect
does it have on you?
22. What approach do the author s feel will be most effective in dealing with
climate change
23. How has the loss in green cover affected the health of the population in
Chennai.
24. Write a paragraph in 150 words about a humorous incident happened in your
life.
25. Write a set of recommendations to reduce air and noise pollution
26. To what extent garbage culture in India has come about because of a change in
life style
27. Design a poster on road safety methods and catchy tag line
28. Do plastic cause only land pollution or they also are responsible of other types
of pollution.
29. What do you understand by the term climate change . How does it affect human
race and steps undertaken to limit the adverse effects of the climate change.
30.Write about reuse , reduce and recyle.

OBJECTIVE UNIT 1
1

Which festival in Tamil Nadu involves burning of things?

Bhogi

The poem ON Killing a Tree was written by

Gieve Patel

In the word bleeding bark identify the adjective

bleeding

Kyoto protocol was initially adopted on

11 December
1997

5
A

Rama went ________ her friends house ( identify suitable

preposition)
to
B too
C from
D

Pipe dream means

Dream which
cannot be
fulfilled

7
A

Dealing with many countries _____________ ( choose the correct

[
word)
]
Multi-national B bilingual
C biannual
D Multilingual

Once in two years _____________ ( choose the correct word)

Vinayaka
chathurthi

Shakespeare

bark

11 June 1997

Dream which
can be
fulfilled

Deepavali

William
Wordsworth

A&B

[
]
D

none
[
]

None
[
]

None
[
]

11 January
1997

Dream during
day time

none
[
]
off
[
]
Dream during
night time

[
]

Multi-national

MNC means

Mutual
national
corporation

bilingual

Main-national
corporation

biannual

Multinational
corporations

Multilingual

[
]
All the above

10 Sell-by-date means
A

Expiry date

[
]
Manufacturing
date

both

none

11 Paper, rubber metal clothes, toys, furniture are ________ products

A

reduce

reuse

recycle

none

12 The prefix mono means

A

One

two

[
]
C

three

many

13 WTO abbreviates as
A

World trade
organization

[
]
World train
observation

World tele
organization

14 One tone bitumen costs Rs

A

50000 - 60000 B

60000 - 70000 C

40000 - 50000 D

none
[
]
None of these

15 The permissible limit of RSPM is

A

100
microgram/cu
bic metre

50
microgram/cu
bic metre

[
]
C

300
microgram/cu
bic metre

None

16 NAAQ stands for

A

National
Ambient Air
quality

[
]

[
]
B

Nation
Ambient Air
quality

Natural
Ambient Air
quality

none

17 RSPM abbreviates as
A

Respirable
suspended
particulate
matter

Respiration
suspended
particulate
matter

[
]
C

Respiratory
suspended
particulate
matter

None

[
]
preposition

[
]
preposition

[
]
preposition

18 Pollution if the ________ form of part of speech

A

noun

adverb

adjective

19 Conduct is ______ form of part of speech

A

noun

adverb

adjective

20 Intensive is ______ form of part of speech

A

noun

adverb

adjective