Match the LIST-I with LIST-II LIST-I (Environment laws) LIST-II (Year) A. Air…
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Match the LIST-I with LIST-II
LIST-I (Environment laws) | LIST-II (Year) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
A. | Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act | I. | 1974 |
B. | Forest Conservation Act | II. | 1981 |
C. | Environmental Protection Act | III. | 1980 |
D. | Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act | IV. | 1986 |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer: D. A B C D II III IV I — ConceptIndia's core environmental statutes were enacted in a fixed chronological sequence, and each one was framed for a distinct medium or resource rather…
- A.
A
B
C
D
I
III
II
IV
- B.
A
B
C
D
II
IV
III
I
- C.
A
B
C
D
III
II
I
IV
- D.
A
B
C
D
II
III
IV
I
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: D
Concept
India's core environmental statutes were enacted in a fixed chronological sequence, and each one was framed for a distinct medium or resource rather than for the environment as a whole.
The sequence runs water first, then forests, then air, and finally a single umbrella law that covers every environmental matter. Fixing that order in memory — water, forest, air, umbrella — is what makes any year-matching item of this family solvable.
Applying it to this list
The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act was passed in 1974. It was India’s first pollution-control statute and it created the Central and State Pollution Control Boards.
The Forest (Conservation) Act was passed in 1980 to check deforestation by requiring prior approval of the Central Government before any forest land is diverted to non-forest use.
The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act was passed in 1981, extending the Board machinery already created in 1974 to the monitoring and control of air quality.
The Environment (Protection) Act was passed in 1986 as umbrella legislation enacted under Article 253, empowering the Central Government to act on any environmental matter.
Resulting match
Law | Year | LIST-II item |
|---|---|---|
Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act | 1981 | II |
Forest Conservation Act | 1980 | III |
Environmental Protection Act | 1986 | IV |
Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act | 1974 | I |
Cross-check
Read the four years of LIST-II in ascending order — 1974, 1980, 1981, 1986 — and attach them in the order water, forest, air, umbrella. The Water Act must precede the Air Act because the pollution control boards it set up were only later given air-quality duties, and the Environment (Protection) Act must come last because an umbrella law was drafted only after the medium-specific Acts already existed.
Hence the match is A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I.