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The Green Diwali Campaign 2026 focused on how many cities covered under the National Clean Air Programme?

  1. A.102 cities
  2. B.115 cities
  3. C.130 cities
  4. D.150 cities

Correct answer

C. 130 cities

Explanation

The correct answer is 130 cities. The nationwide Green Diwali Campaign was run from the twentieth of October to the eighth of November under Mission LiFE, which stands for Lifestyle for Environment, and its special focus was the cities covered by the National Clean Air Programme. Those cities number one hundred and thirty and are spread across twenty four states and union territories. The campaign was taken up by the EIACP Programme Centre and Resource Partner of WWF-India with support from the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, and its appeal asked the people of Delhi and the National Capital Region to keep the festival free of crackers. The other three counts do not match the number of cities named for the programme, so options A, B and D are wrong.

Read the full article: Green Diwali Campaign 2026 Covers 130 NCAP Cities

Q3.EnvironmentMedium

Which body implements the Graded Response Action Plan in the National Capital Region?

  1. A.Central Pollution Control Board
  2. B.Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas
  3. C.WWF-India
  4. D.Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
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Correct answer: B. Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas

The correct answer is the Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas, known by its short form CAQM, which was applying measures under the Graded Response Action Plan across the region to prevent any further decline in air quality, and citizens were urged to support those efforts…

Q4.EnvironmentHard

Since ethanol supply year 2014-15, how much foreign exchange has the ethanol blending programme saved?

  1. A.More than Rs 62,000 crore
  2. B.More than Rs 1.01 lakh crore
  3. C.More than Rs 1.66 lakh crore
  4. D.More than Rs 1.97 lakh crore
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Correct answer: D. More than Rs 1.97 lakh crore

The ministry listed four cumulative outcomes of the blending programme since ethanol supply year 2014-15: foreign exchange savings above that amount, substitution of about 316 lakh metric tonnes of crude oil, avoidance of about 952 lakh metric tonnes of carbon dioxide, and transfers of more than Rs 1.66 lakh crore…