Environmental Sciences MCQs
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Last Updated: 15 Jun 2022
- The functional unit of the environment is known as:
A. Biome
B. Ecosystem
C. Food chain
D. Biosphere
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- MDGs stands for:
A. Million Development Goals
B. Millennium Development Goals
C. Maximum Development Goals
D. Minimum Development Goals
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- The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were adopted in Sep 2000. How many goals were identified in the MDGs?
A. 6
B. 8 (including 21 targets & 60 indicators)
C. 9
D. 10
AR PCD-16
In September 2000, 189 countries signed the United Nations Millennium Declaration, with a commitment to eradicate poverty by 2015.
- Which of the following was NOT an objective of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)?
A. Eradicate Poverty
B. Environment Stability
C. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
D. Reduce HIV
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- In September 2015 the United Nations replaced the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by:
A. Revised Millennium Development Goals
B. New Millennium Development Goals
C. Sustainable Development Goals
D. Sustainable Development Targets
Tax Inspector-18 (Guj)
- On 25 September 2015 for UN Sustainable Development Summit adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which included a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). How many goals have been included in the SDGs?
A. 15
B. 17 (including 169 targets & 232 indicators)
C. 19
D. 12
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The SDGs developed to succeed MDGs, were set by the UN General Assembly in 2015 for the year 2030.
- The first of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is related to:
A. Poverty Alleviation
B. No Hunger
C. Good Health and Well-Being
D. Quality Education
PMS (P) GK-16
- The article 3 of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), of UN relates to:
A. Good Health and Well-Being
B. Quality Education
C. Gender Equality
D. Clean Water and Sanitation
PMS (P) GK-20
- Which organization set the target to reduce the number of people below the poverty line and living on less than $1.90 a day, by 2030?*
A. World Bank
B. United Nations
C. Food and Agricultural Organization
D. International Monetary Fund
Asst PDMA BOR-21