{"id":59506,"date":"2024-04-16T01:38:27","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T01:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=59506"},"modified":"2024-04-16T01:38:27","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T01:38:27","slug":"the-first-environmental-law-in-india-was-enacted-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/the-first-environmental-law-in-india-was-enacted-in\/","title":{"rendered":"The first Environmental Law in India was enacted in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;1947&#8243; option2=&#8221;1950&#8243; option3=&#8221;1972&#8243; option4=&#8221;1982&#8243; correct=&#8221;option3&#8243;]<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The correct answer is: <strong>C. 1972<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first Environmental Law in India was the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974. It was enacted in response to the growing concern about the pollution of water resources in India. The Act established the Central Pollution Control Board and the State Pollution Control Boards to regulate water pollution. It also made it a punishable offense to pollute water resources.<\/p>\n<p>The other options are incorrect because:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Option A is the year when India gained independence from British rule.<\/li>\n<li>Option B is the year when the Indian Constitution was adopted.<\/li>\n<li>Option D is the year when the Environment (Protection) Act was enacted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;1947&#8243; option2=&#8221;1950&#8243; option3=&#8221;1972&#8243; option4=&#8221;1982&#8243; correct=&#8221;option3&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environmental-science","no-featured-image-padding"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The first Environmental Law in India was enacted in<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/the-first-environmental-law-in-india-was-enacted-in\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The first Environmental Law in India was enacted in\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;1947&#8243; 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