131. Which is the first state to implement the path-breaking proposal that environment should be included as a separate subject in schools ?

1. 1. Delhi

   
   
   

   2. Maharashtra

   
   
   

   3. Kerala

   
   
   

   4. Tamil Nadu

   
   
   

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   Correct Option: B

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132. The CERES Principles are

1. 1. Codes for protection of salmon fisheries.

   
   
   

   2. A set of voluntary environmental standards for business.

   
   
   

   3. Anti-pollution codes that were adopted at the first Earth Summit in 1992.

   
   
   

   4. Designed to eliminate the production of greenhouse gases

   
   
   

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133. By 2100 AD, global temperature is expected to rise by about 2^°C and consequently, the sea level by about 50 cm from the present level. How is a rise in temperature expected to increase the level of the sea ?

1. 1. By expanding ocean water

   
   
   

   2. By melting mountain glaciers

   
   
   

   3. By causing ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland to melt and slide into the oceans

   
   
   

   4. All of the above

   
   
   

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   Correct Option: D

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134. Which is of the following does not fit into a preservation ehtic attitude towards the environment ?

1. 1. Nature has intrinsic value

   
   
   

   2. Continual change and human progress is good in itself

   
   
   

   3. A reverence for life and respect for the rights of all creatures

   
   
   

   4. Human species depends on, and learn from nature

   
   
   

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135. The rate of growth of a natural population

1. 1. Always reaches the carrying capacity of the ecosystem

   
   
   

   2. Is limited by the carrying capacity of the ecosystem

   
   
   

   3. When graphed, always has a positive slope

   
   
   

   4. Is calculated by subtracting death rate from birth rate

   
   
   

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   Correct Option: B

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