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GREEN PROJECTS IN INDIA

              The environment friendly projects that aim to reduce pollution, fossil fuel consumption or some other positive effects
              on the environment are called Green Projects. India is making rapid progress in various areas of clean and green
              technologies. Many profit and non-profit organisations and startups have joined hands with the Government of India
              to help the country progress in terms of promoting and protecting the environment. Some of the Green Projects of
              India are:

              •  Digital Green: It is a multimedia solution for rural education, Digital Green is a not-for-profit organisation partnered
                with local public, private and civil society organisations to build innovative platforms to enable rural communities
                to create and share knowledge on improved agricultural practices, livelihoods, health, and nutrition using locally
                produced videos.
              •  Solid Waste Management by ‘Swachh Cooperative’: This green project is wholly owned by waste pickers. The
                Cooperative has members who are engaged in door step collection of waste in Pune. This integrates informal waste            Exercise
                pickers into Pune city’s Solid Waste Management System.
              •  Bio-toilet by ‘Green Solution Foundation’: GSF (Green Solution Foundation) has created a bio-toilet solution for
                hygienic sanitation in villages and slums that lacked sewage systems.                                                                                                          Solved
              •  Feeding India: This green project takes leftover food to the poor. This is done by helping the needy get access to
                excess cooked food from restaurants and caterers.                                                                                                             SECTION A (Objective Type Questions)
              •  HelpUsGreen: This green project recycles waste flowers. Kanpur-based HelpUsGreen makes 'flowercycled' natural
                and certified organic products from flowers. They collect flower waste from places of worship and even the Ganges           A.  Choose the correct option.
                river and repurpose it into vermicompost, incense sticks and bathing bars through proprietary methods.                          1.               aims at achieving economic growth that is socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable.
              •  SayTrees: This green project conducts tree plantation drives, SayTrees is a professionally-run group of people that is           a. Green growth                                    b. Ecosystem
                determined to protect the environment by sensitising others towards the importance of environment conservation.                   c. Green jobs                                      d. Green Environment
              •  Fourth  Partner Energy:  This  green  project  makes  solar  energy  accessible.  It  was  founded  in  2010  by  Vivek
                Subramanian, Saif Dhorajiwala and Vikas Saluguti. Fourth Partner Energy (4PEL) focuses on financing and building                2.  Which of the following is Abiotic?
                rooftop solar projects for commercial, industrial, and residential clients. It recently raised $125 million in equity             a. Living components of the ecosystem              b. Non-living components of the ecosystem
                funding from Norwegian investment fund Norfund and existing shareholder, The Rise Fund.                                           c. Living and Non-living both                      d. Only animals of the ecosystem

                                                                                                                                                3.  Which of the following is a type of natural resource?
                                                                                                                                                  a. Renewable                                       b. Non-renewable
                     REVISIT                                                                                                                      c. Exhaustible                                     d. All of these

                                                                                                                                                4.  Which of the following is used to conserve our natural resources?
                   ▶ Environment refers to our surrounding consisting of physical, chemical, and biological elements that maintain
                  a balance between the living and non-living components.                                                                         a. Furniture Conservation                          b. Water Conservation
                   ▶ An Ecosystem is defined as a community where living and non-living organisms interact with each other and                    c. Money Conservation                              d. Clothes Conservation
                  their surrounding environment to form a balanced system.                                                                      5.  The term “Green Economy” was first coined by which of the following?

                   ▶ The resources that exist without any intervention of humans and are present in abundance in our surroundings                 a. Government of India                             b. Government of United Kingdom
                  are called natural resources.                                                                                                   c. Government of America                           d. Government of China
                   ▶ Earthworms are considered as a farmer's best friend. By introducing more earthworms, we can increase the                   6.  Environmentally Sustainable development  has become the  main goal of all the  countries  across the  globe since the
                  fertility of the soil.                                                                                                                        .

                   ▶ The modern waste management techniques using 5R's—Repurpose, Refuse, Reduce, Reuse and Recycle will                          a. All Nations Summit in 2000
                  definitely help in managing our waste sensibly.                                                                                 b. All Nations Conference in 1998
                   ▶ Global warming refers to the increase in the average temperature of the earth mainly due to greenhouse gases                 c. America Conference in 1998
                  (mainly carbon dioxide) produced by a lot of human activities.                                                                  d. UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in 1992


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