Environmental Management and Sustainable Development - Environmental Science & Engineering Previous Year Questions

As per the United Nations agenda for sustainable development adopted in September 2015, the number of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are ______ and the proposed target year to achieve them is ______.

Match the following and choose the correct option from the following

The following block diagram highlights the typical phases of the life cycle of a product. In the figure, ‘P’, ‘Q’, and ‘R’ represent various possible scopes of analyses in life cycle assessment. Which of the following statements is true?

Which one of the following statements correctly defines the concept of ‘Extended Producer’s Responsibility’?

Consider the following waste categories
i) Domestic Hazardous Waste
ii) Nuclear Waste
iii) Sludge from wet scrubbers of hazardous waste treatment processes
iv) Chromium bearing residue and sludge from leather tanneries
Which one of the options correctly represents the waste categories NOT covered under Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016 of Government of India?

Consider the following statements regarding the pressure measured at a point in a fluid.
S1: Absolute pressure is gauge pressure plus atmospheric pressure.
S2: Gauge pressure is measured by considering absolute zero pressure as datum.
S3: Absolute pressure is measured by considering atmospheric pressure as datum.
S4: Vacuum pressure is negative pressure obtained by subtracting absolute pressure from atmospheric pressure.
Which ONE of the following options lists all the TRUE statements?