Consider the following as factor related to environment and sustainable development issue in India.

A. The Central Pollution Control Board was set up in 1974

B. The Central Pollution Control Board has indentified seven categories of industries as significantly polluting

C. The Brundland Commission has given emphasis on protection of present generation from pollution

D. India is leading an international body called International Solar Alliance (ISA)

E. The aim of Chipko Movement was protecting forest in Karnataka

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A and D only

The correct answer is option (3) : A and D only

A. The Central Pollution Control Board was set up in 1974 : This is correct.

B. The Central Pollution Control Board has indentified seven categories of industries as significantly polluting : It is incorrect. The CPCB (Central Pollution Control Board) has identified seventeen categories of industries (large and medium scale) as significantly polluting

C. The Brundland Commission has given emphasis on protection of present generation from pollution: It is incorrect. The Brundtland Commission (formally the World Commission on Environment and Development) focused on sustainable development, which includes protecting the needs of present and future generations.

D. India is leading an international body called International Solar Alliance (ISA) : This is correct.

E. The aim of Chipko Movement was protecting forest in Karnataka : This is false. The Chipko Movement aimed at protecting forests in Uttarakhand (then part of Uttar Pradesh), not Karnataka.