Match List - I with List - II. Act Year A. Air (Prevention and Control of…
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Match List - I with List - II.
Act | Year |
|---|---|
A. Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act | I. 1980 |
B. The National Green Tribunal Act | II. 1981 |
C. The Wildlife Protection Act | III. 2010 |
D. The Forest (Conservation) Act | IV. 1972 |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Answer: D. A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I — ConceptAn Act is dated by the year in which it was originally enacted; later amendments or renamings do not change that founding year. India's environmental…
- A.
A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I
- B.
A-I, B-IV, C-III, D-II
- C.
A-II, B-III, C-I, D-IV
- D.
A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: D
Concept
An Act is dated by the year in which it was originally enacted; later amendments or renamings do not change that founding year.
India's environmental statutes follow a recognisable sequence — protection of wild species soon after the 1972 Stockholm Conference, conservation of forest land at the start of the 1980s, medium-specific pollution-control laws built on the earlier pollution-control board machinery, and a dedicated National Green Tribunal only in 2010.
Application
The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act was enacted in 1981, extending to air quality the pollution-control board machinery created by the Water Act of 1974, so A pairs with II.
The National Green Tribunal Act was enacted in 2010 to create a specialised tribunal for the effective and expeditious disposal of environmental cases, so B pairs with III.
The Wildlife (Protection) Act was enacted in 1972 as India’s first comprehensive law for protecting wild animals and birds and for declaring national parks and sanctuaries, so C pairs with IV.
The Forest (Conservation) Act was enacted in 1980, making prior approval of the Central Government compulsory before forest land is diverted to non-forest use, so D pairs with I.
Cross-check
Act | Enactment year | List-II entry |
|---|---|---|
Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act | 1981 | II |
The National Green Tribunal Act | 2010 | III |
The Wildlife Protection Act | 1972 | IV |
The Forest (Conservation) Act | 1980 | I |
Arranged by year the four statutes run 1972, 1980, 1981 and 2010: wildlife protection is the oldest of the four and the Tribunal the most recent, and because all four years are distinct the pairing is fixed uniquely.
The 2023 amendment that renamed the Forest (Conservation) Act as the Van (Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Adhiniyam changes neither its 1980 enactment year nor this pairing.
Therefore the correct match is A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I.