Question:
The first Earth Day was celebrated on:
The first Earth Day was celebrated on:
Updated On: Mar 28, 2025
- 20 April,1970
- 22 April, 1970
- 05 June,1970
- 20 April,1972
Hide Solution
Verified By Collegedunia
The Correct Option is B
Solution and Explanation
The first Earth Day was celebrated on 22 April, 1970.
Additional Context:
- Historical Significance:
- Founded by Senator Gaylord Nelson
- Mobilized 20 million Americans (10% of US population then)
- Key Outcomes:
- Led to creation of EPA (December 1970)
- Passage of Clean Air/Clean Water Acts
- Global Expansion:
- Went international in 1990 (141 countries)
- Now observed in 192 countries
Correct Answer: (2) 22 April, 1970.
Was this answer helpful?
0
0
Top Questions on Conservation of forest
- Which of the following is not a major goal of WWF?
- CUET (UG) - 2024
- Environmental Studies
- Conservation of forest
- The ecological thought that believes in saving the forests as trees give oxygen, better rainfall, and air quality, but not for its intrinsic values, belongs to:
- CUET (UG) - 2024
- Environmental Studies
- Conservation of forest
- The concept of Joint Forest Management does not include:
- CUET (UG) - 2024
- Environmental Studies
- Conservation of forest
- Match List-I with List-II:
List-I(Forest Act/Policy)
List-II(Year)
(A) Forest Act (I) 1927 (B) National Forest Policy (II)1980 (C) Forest Conservation Act (III) 1980 (D) Wildlife Protection Act (IV) 1972 Choose the correct answer from the options given below:- CUET (UG) - 2024
- Environmental Studies
- Conservation of forest
- Match Column I with Column II and choose the correct option.
\(\text{Column I (National Park)}\) \(\text{Column II (State)}\) i. Kaziranga b. Assam ii. Jim Corbett c. Uttarakhand iii. Sunderbans d. West Bengal iv. Bandhavgarh a. Madhya Pradesh - CBSE Class X - 2024
- Social Science
- Conservation of forest
Questions Asked in CUET exam
- Match the words in List-I with their definitions in List-II :
List-I (Words) List-II (Definitions) (A) Theocracy (I) One who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions (B) Megalomania (II) One who collects and studies objects or artistic works from the distant past (C) Apothecary (III) A government by divine guidance or religious leaders (D) Antiquarian (IV) A morbid delusion of one’s power, importance or godliness Choose the correct answer from the options given below :- CUET (UG) - 2024
- Vocabulary
- Complete the sentences given in List-I with the appropriate prepositions given in List-II:
- The corner points of the feasible region determined by $x + y \leq 8$, $2x + y \geq 8$, $x \geq 0$, $y \geq 0$ are $A(0, 8)$, $B(4, 0)$, and $C(8, 0)$. If the objective function $Z = ax + by$ has its maximum value on the line segment $AB$, then the relation between $a$ and $b$ is:
- CUET (UG) - 2024
- Linear Programmig Problem
- Identify the correct sequence of the Selection process:
(A) Selection decision
(B) Employment interview
(C) Selection tests
(D) Reference checking- CUET (UG) - 2024
- Staffing
- If \(\tan^{-1}\left(\frac{2}{3 - x + 1}\right) = \cot^{-1}\left(\frac{3}{3x + 1}\right)\), then which one of the following is true?
- CUET (UG) - 2024
- Inverse Trigonometric Functions
View More Questions