Identify the promotive actions to protect environment from pollution.…

Identify the promotive actions to protect environment from pollution.

A. By keeping vehicles in good condition.
B. Managing disposal of garbage sensibly.
C. Using non-biodegradable packaging.
D. Planting trees and ensuring their care.
E. Using more plastics.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

The correct answer is Option (1) → A, B, D only

Pro-environmental behaviour includes actions meant to protect the environment from problems and to promote a healthy environment.

A. By keeping vehicles in good condition. Correct. Air pollution is reduced by keeping vehicles in good condition, by changing to non-fuel driven vehicles and by stopping smoking.

B. Managing disposal of garbage sensibly. Correct. Garbage is managed sensibly by separating biodegradable from non-biodegradable waste and composting kitchen waste, at home and in public places.

C. Using non-biodegradable packaging. Incorrect. Non-biodegradable packaging does not rot away and stays as waste for a long time. The promotive action is the opposite: reducing the non-biodegradable packaging of consumer goods.

D. Planting trees and ensuring their care. Correct. Planting trees and ensuring their care protects the environment, keeping in mind that trees with adverse health effects should not be planted.

E. Using more plastics. Incorrect. Plastics add toxic wastes that pollute water, air and the soil; the promotive action is saying ‘no’ to plastics in any form.

Note: The promotive actions to protect the environment from pollution were there in the chapter ‘Psychology and Life’ of the pre-rationalised NCERT, which NTA followed in 2023, and are not there in the NCERT book (2025-26). Hence this question has been picked from the pre-rationalised NCERT.

NCERT (Pre-rationalised): “Promoting Pro-environmental Behaviour … Pro-environmental behaviour includes both actions that are meant to protect the environment from problems, and to promote a healthy environment. Some promotive actions to protect the environment from pollution are :

Reducing air pollution by keeping vehicles in good condition, or changing to non-fuel driven vehicles, stopping the practice of smoking.
Reducing noise pollution by ensuring that noise levels are low, for example, discouraging needless honking on the road, or making rules regarding noisy music at certain hours.
Managing disposal of garbage sensibly, for example, by encouraging separation of biodegradable garbage from non-biodegradable waste, or composting of kitchen waste. These practices need to be adopted both at home and in public places. Special attention has to be paid to the management of industrial and hospital waste.
Planting trees and ensuring their care, keeping in mind that those plants and trees should not be planted that have adverse health effects.
Saying ‘no’ to plastics in any form, thus reducing toxic wastes that pollute water, air and the soil.
Reducing the non-biodegradable packaging of consumer goods.
Laws related to construction (especially in urban areas) that violate optimal environmental design.”