Which of the following is NOT true?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → The Central Pollution Control Board has identified seventeen categories of small and medium scale industries as significantly polluting.
The CPCB has named seventeen categories of large and medium scale industries as significantly polluting, not small and medium ones.
Option (1) The Central Pollution Control Board was set up in 1974 to address water and air pollution. — True. The CPCB was set up in 1974 for water and air pollution.
Option (2) The Central Pollution Control Board has identified seventeen categories of small and medium scale industries as significantly polluting. — False. The categories are of large and medium scale industries.
NCERT (2026-27): “7.3 State of India’s Environment … India is one of the ten most industrialised nations of the world. But this status has brought with it unwanted and unanticipated consequences such as unplanned urbanisation, pollution and the risk of accidents. The CPCB (Central Pollution Control Board) has identified seventeen categories of industries (large and medium scale) as significantly polluting (See Box 7.4).” “Box 7.4 : Pollution Control Boards In order to address two major environmental concerns in India, viz. water and air pollution, the government set up the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in 1974. This was followed by states establishing their own state level boards to address all the environmental concerns. …” |