Energy and environment quiz 28th feb 2012

Energy and
Environment Quiz

National Science Day Celebration,
Pandit Deendayal Petroleum
University,Gandhinagar

CONDUCTED BY MIND RIPPLE 1

CONTENT TEAM

ANMOL GARG
ROHAN DESAI
SOURAB PANCHANAN


Rules
• 15 questions, 1 mark for each question, no negatives
• 4 questions are starred(*) ,they carry more weightage and would
be considered in case of a tie.
• 6 teams would qualify for the finals
• Quizmaster’s discretion would be final.
• Use of mobile phones and internet (Googling etc.) during the
prelims is strictly prohibited and will lead to disqualification.
• Participants are expected to quiz in the spirit of quizzing
• Audience is requested not to litter the auditorium
• No food/drinks are allowed inside the venue
• Smoking and consumption of Alcohol/Tobacco/Illegal Drugs is
strictly prohibited in the campus/auditorium/canteen/buses
• ALL THE BEST TO EVERYONE!
• Happy Quizzing!


1. Which phenomenon was
discovered on Feb 28, 1927 which
resulted in a Nobel Prize in 1930 for
the scientist who discovered it?


2. Who is the Minister for
Environments and Forests of India?


3. What is the name given to a
vehicle which uses two or more
power sources to run?


4. If a 3 star appliance and a 5 star
electrical appliance is available to
me at the same price with the same
specifications, then which appliance
should I buy to have a lower
electricity bill?


*5. To mark the birthday of which
scientist did Google come up with this
doodle?


6. Proximate analysis of fuel is
determination of percentage of
a. Carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, sulphur, moisture
b. Fixed carbon, ash, volatile matter, moisture
c. Higher calorific value
d. Lower calorific value


7. The nodal agency for coordinating
the energy conservation activities
under EC act in India is
a) Bureau of Indian Standards
b) Bureau of Energy Efficiency
c) Bureau of Energy Education
d) Bureau of Energy and Environment


8. What minerals are found in the run-off from
agricultural land and treated and untreated
sewage effluents, which are highly responsible
for eutrophication of water bodies?
a. Phosphorous and carbon
b. Nitrogen and phosphorus
c. Potassium and arsenic
d. Iron and manganese


9. This method of farming reduces soil erosion in hilly
regions. It also creates hundreds of small
dams, slows down water flow, and increases
infiltration, which reduces erosion and promotes
better water quality. What is this beneficial method
known as?

a. Contour farming
b. Multiple cropping
c. Crop rotation
d. Jhum cultivation

10. Following a nuclear holocaust what
season do scientists believe will engulf
the earth and have even coined a term
for it?


*11. In which unit is the ozone
layer thickness measured?


*12. What is the difference between the
countries in brown and blue in relation to a
historic climate agreement change treaty?


13. Who gave the following slogan
for the Chipko movement
‘Ecology is permanent economy’?


nuclear reactor capable of
generating more fissile material
than it consumes?


*15. X refers to a structure and using
process that is environmentally
responsible and resource-efficient
throughout a building's life-cycle: from
sitting to design, construction,
operation, maintenance, renovation,
and demolition. What is X?


Energy and Environment Quiz
National Science Day Celebration,
Pandit Deendayal Petroleum
University,Gandhinagar


1. Which phenomenon was
discovered on Feb 28, 1927 which
resulted in a Nobel Prize in 1930 for
the scientist who discovered it?


Raman effect


2. Who is the Minister for
Environments and Forests of India?


Jayanthi Natarajan


vehicle which uses two or more
power sources to run?


Hybrid vehicle


4. If a 3 star appliance and a 5 star
electrical appliance is available to
me at the same price with the same
specifications, then which appliance
should I buy to have a lower
electricity bill?


A 5 star appliance


5. To mark the birthday of which
scientist did Google come up with this
doodle?


Heinrich Hertz


6. Proximate analysis of fuel is
determination of percentage of
a. Carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, sulphur, moisture
b. Fixed carbon, ash, volatile matter, moisture
c. Higher calorific value
d. Lower calorific value


b. Fixed carbon, ash, volatile matter,
moisture


7. The nodal agency for coordinating
the energy conservation activities
under EC act in India is
a) Bureau of Indian Standards
b) Bureau of Energy Efficiency
c) Bureau of Energy Education
d) Bureau of Energy and Environment


Bureau of Energy Efficiency


8. What minerals are found in the run-off from
agricultural land and treated and untreated
sewage effluents, which are highly responsible
for eutrophication of water bodies?
a. Phosphorous and carbon
b. Nitrogen and phosphorus
c. Potassium and arsenic
d. Iron and manganese


Nitrogen and Phosphorus


9. This method of farming reduces soil erosion in hilly
regions. It also creates hundreds of small
dams, slows down water flow, and increases
infiltration, which reduces erosion and promotes
better water quality. What is this beneficial method
known as?

a. Contour farming
b. Multiple cropping
c. Crop rotation
d. Jhum cultivation

Contour farming


10. Following a nuclear holocaust what
season do scientists believe will engulf
the earth and have even coined a term
for it?


Nuclear winter


11. In which unit is the ozone
layer thickness measured?


Dobson


12. What is the difference between the
countries in brown and blue in relation to a
historic climate change agreement?


Countries in blue have not ratified the
Kyoto Protocol while the countries in
brown have ratified the Kyoto Protocol


13. Who gave the following slogan
for the Chipko movement
‘Ecology is permanent economy’?


Sunderlal Bahuguna


nuclear reactor capable of
generating more fissile material
than it consumes?


Fast breeder reactor


15. X refers to a structure and using
process that is environmentally
responsible and resource-efficient
throughout a building's life-cycle: from
sitting to design, construction,
operation, maintenance, renovation,
and demolition. What is X?


Green Building


Famous Indian Scientists

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Rules
• 6 Questions, 1 direct question per team
• +10 for direct,+5 for a pass
• No negatives, feel free to guess
• If no team is able to answer then question would
pass on to the audience
• Audience is requested not to prompt
• Quizmaster’s decision would be final and binding
• Good Luck to all Teams! Happy Quizzing!

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1.
• X was knighted in 1941 by the British
Government and his research area included
emulsions, colloids and industrial chemistry.
• He became the first director general of CSIR
and is known as ‘The Father of Research
Laboratories’
• An annual award for recognition of
outstanding scientists has been institutes by
CSIR in his honour

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2.
• X was an Indian polymath: a physicist,
biologist, botanist, archaeologist, as well as an
early writer of science fiction.
• He is hailed for the introduction of
experimental science in the Indian
subcontinent and is also considered the father
of Bengali science fiction.
• He was the first person from the Indian
subcontinent to receive a US patent, in 1904.

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3.
• X was the founding director of India’s two well
known research institutions including TIFR.
• He gained prominence for deriving the correct
expression for the probability of scattering
positrons by electrons and his major
contributions are in the field of Compton
scattering and nuclear physics
• He died in a plane crash near Mont Blanc in
1966.

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4.
• X was an Indian astronomer and mathematician
and his works on calculus predates those of
Newton and Leibnitz by nearly 500 years
• His contributions include principles of quadratic
equations, proof of Pythagorean theorem,
concepts of differential calculus and Rolle’s
theorem among many others
• Legend has it that his book on arithmetic was
written for his daughter Lilavati
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5.
• X’s work on particle statistics clarified the
behaviour of photons and created a new field in
quantum mechanics which has resulted in
multiple Nobel Prize winners
• He worked with the likes of Einstein and
Bohr and has given his name to a sub atomic
particle
• He could speak several languages, play esraj and
was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 1954
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6.
• X is widely regarded as the father of
experimental fluid dynamics research in India
• He was one of the most eminent researchers
in the field of turbulence and boundary layers
and is credited for setting up the first
supersonic wind tunnel in India
• X succeeded Dr Vikram Sarabhai as the
chairman of ISRO and was instrumental in the
development of PSLV and INSAT

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Audience question
• X is remembered for his contributions in the field
of number theory, infinite series, continued
fractions and mathematical analysis.
• Although he had no formal education, he
compiled 3900 results and English mathematician
G H Hardy reveres him in the same league as
Euler and Gauss
• In recognition of his contributions, the GOI has
decided to celebrate his birthday 22nd Dec as
‘National Mathematics Day’
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1. Initially discovered by the chemists Frank
Rowland and Mario Molina in 1973, this
hypothesis was strongly opposed by the
aerosol industries. Rowland, Molina and
Crutzen were awarded the 1995 Nobel Prize
in Chemistry for this work. Which famous
theory did they propose?

Depletion of ozone layer by CFCs

2. Known as danti in hindi and Ratanjyot in
Gujarati, this plant is resistant to a high
degree of aridity and its oil is used for energy
purposes after treatment with ethanol and
NaOH. Identify this energy plant.

3. The second Earth summit was
held in Johanessburg in 2002. It was
held 10 years after the first Earth
Summit was held at X. The first Earth
Summit resulted in an agreement on
Climate Change Convention and
Agenda 21. Id X

Rio de Janeiro. The summit at Jo’burg
was also known as ‘Rio+10’

4. Which international standard for
energy efficient consumer products
was created in the early 1990s by
the United States Environmental
Protection Agency to reduce
greenhouse gas emission and energy
consumption?

5. Ratified by 196 countries and the
European Union, it has been hailed by
Kofi Annan as “perhaps the single
most successful international
agreement to date”. Identify this
landmark agreement which celebrates
25 years this year.

6. This proposed project has been in
news for protests after the Fukushima
disaster. If built it would become the
world’s largest nuclear power plant by
net electrical power rating. Which
power plant is being discussed?

Mixed Bag -2


Rules


1.
• The earliest known form of X was invented in the
late 1890s by Peter Cooper Hewitt. The Cooper
Hewitt lamps were used for photographic studios
and industries. The helical (three-dimensional
spiral) form of X was invented in 1976 by Edward
Hammer, an engineer with General Electric
• Because of their higher efficiency, X uses
between one-quarter to one-third of the power
of an equivalent incandescent lamp. Id X


Compact fluorescent lamp(CFL)


2. What is the significance of this car?


REVA,India’s first electric powered car


3.Name the theory which is explained
using the graph as shown below


Hubbert’s Peak Oil Theory


4. Connect


Bhopal Gas Tragedy


5.
• Which manmade disaster in the 1991
accounted for 2% global CO2 emissions, daily
emissions of SO2 which was 57 % that of those
in USA and 3400 metric tons of soot per day?


Kuwaiti Oil Fires(1991)


6.
• After seven years of extensive research work TERI
developed an easy and cost-effective
bioremediation process. Providing great
significance to bioremediation in the worldwide
effort to tackle incidents of oil spills, TERI has
developed X– a consortium of crude oil and oily
sludge degrading bacteria – deriving from various
bacterial cultures existing in the natural
environment. X is multiplied under laboratory
conditions, mixed with carrier materials, and
packed into reusable polybags for convenient
transportation .Id X

Oil Zapper(Bioremediation of Oil spills,
oily sludge and cuttings)


Audience Question
• A measure of the total amount of carbon dioxide
(CO2) and methane (CH4) emissions of a defined
population, system or activity, considering all
relevant sources, sinks and storage within the
spatial and temporal boundary of the population,
system or activity of interest. Calculated as
carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) using the
relevant 100-year global warming potential
(GWP100).
Definition of what?


Carbon Footprint


Visuals


Rules


1.


2.


2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill


3.


4.


5.


On the occasion of Earth Hour in 2008


6.


Meeting of the Cabinet of Maldives to
raise awareness about climate change


7.


Sunderlal Bahuguna


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RULES
• Last round of the Quiz!!!
• 4 questions to each team
• 60 seconds
• +10 for a correct ans, -5 for a wrong ans,0 for
pass
• Bonus 20 points if all 4 questions are correctly
answered
• The first answer given by the team will be
accepted by the Quizmaster
• Quizmaster’s decision is final and binding


1.
• What is the energy obtained by using heat from Earth’s
interior known as?

• With which environmental activist would you associate
The Green Belt Movement?

• With which natural phenomenon would you associate
the change in frequency of siren of an approaching
vehicle ?

• ‘For a Living Planet’ is the motto of which very famous
international conservation organisation?


• Geothermal energy

• Wangari Mathai

• Doppler effect

• World Wide Fund for Nature


2.
• What is the name given to the natural light display in sky in
the high latitude regions caused by the collision of the
energetic charged particles with atoms in the thermosphere?

• India’s 63 % energy needs are met from which fossil fuel?

• With which former American Vice President would you
associate the 2006 documentary An Inconvenient Truth?

• Which World Heritage Site in India is home to two thirds of
the world’s one horned rhinoceros?


• Aurora

• Coal

• Al Gore

• Kaziranga National Park


3.
• Which commonly observed natural phenomenon is exploited
in the study of size and density of particles in aerosols and
colloids?

• On the vehicle of which Indian wildlife conservationist would
you find the words ‘Snakes are not as poisonous as human
beings’?

• ‘Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or use for
entertainment’ is the motto of which organisation?

• Athabasca deposit in Canada is the world’s largest source of
which unconventional energy resource?

• Tyndall effect

• Snake Shyam

• PETA

• Oil tar/tar sands/


4.
• Which movement began in September 1983 when people led
by Panduranga Hegde hugged the trees in Kalase forest?

• The optical fibers used in telecommunication utilise which
optical phenomenon?

• Which Indian politician started the organisation ‘People for
Animals’ in 1992, the largest organisation for animal welfare
in India?

• What is the general name given to fuels derived from
vegetable oils, biomass, corn, soyabean etc?


• Appiko Movement

• Total internal reflection

• Maneka Gandhi

• Biofuels


5.
• Which Australian television personality and wildlife
expert was nicknamed The Crocodile Hunter?

• What is the global sum of ecosystems known as ?

• Which term refers to methane adsorbed in the solid
matrix of coal?

• Which natural phenomenon causes ionisation of air
leading to the formation of nitric oxide?


• Steve Irwin

• Biosphere

• Coal bed methane

• Lightning


6.
• Who is the Chief of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change and shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore in
2007?

• Which phenomenon first observed by Hertz results due to the
absorption of energy from EM radiation of very short
wavelength?

• The degree of variation of life within a given ecosystem ,
biome or planet is known as ________

• With which unconventional energy source would you
associate methane clathrate?

• RK Pachauri

• Photoelectric effect

• Biodiversity

• Gas hydrates


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