MCQs – The National Environmental Quality Standards (Self-Monitoring and Reporting by Industry) Rule, 2001

1. What is the short title of the rules made under S.R.O. 528 (1)/2001?

(A) Environmental Protection and Monitoring Rules, 2001

(B) Pollution Control and Self-Reporting Rules, 2001

(C) National Environmental Quality Standards (Self-Monitoring and Reporting by Industry) Rules, 2001

(D) Industrial Environmental Reporting Rules, 2001

2. Under which Act were the Self-Monitoring and Reporting by Industry Rules, 2001 made?

(A) Companies Ordinance, 1984

(B) Pakistan Environmental Protection Act, 1997

(C) Industrial Regulation Act, 1989

(D) Environmental Laboratories Certification Act, 2000

3. What is the meaning of “Act” according to these rules?

(A) The Companies Ordinance, 1984

(B) The Environmental Protection Ordinance, 1992

(C) The Pakistan Environmental Protection Act, 1997

(D) The Federal Environmental Regulation, 2000

4. Who is referred to as the “Director-General” in these rules?

(A) Head of the Federal Agency

(B) Head of the Provincial EPA

(C) Secretary of the Ministry of Environment

(D) Chairman of the Environmental Council

5. What does the term “Certified environmental laboratory” mean?

(A) A laboratory recognized by the Ministry of Science and Technology

(B) A laboratory approved by provincial government

(C) A laboratory registered under the Industrial Regulation Act

(D) A laboratory certified under the Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Certification of Environmental Laboratories) Regulations, 2000

6. What is meant by “Environmental monitoring report”?

(A) A report submitted by the Federal Agency to industries

(B) A report about environmental standards of provinces

(C) A report submitted by an industrial unit to the Federal Agency about priority parameters

(D) A report on pollution levels in the public sector

7. How is “pollution level” determined according to these rules?

(A) By laboratory testing of emissions

(B) By number of units per unit of production under Pollution Charge for Industry Rules, 2001

(C) By inspection by environmental officers

(D) By measuring waste water discharge volume

8. What does “priority parameters” refer to?

(A) Parameters selected for submission of Environmental Monitoring Reports

(B) All parameters listed under National Environmental Quality Standards

(C) Parameters set by industries for internal monitoring

(D) Parameters decided by provincial agencies

9. What does the term “industrial unit” mean in these rules?

(A) Any manufacturing or production entity

(B) Any legal entity carrying on industrial activity

(C) Any government department dealing with industry

(D) Any company listed on the stock exchange

10. Where are detailed provisions or parameters mentioned under these rules found?

(A) In the Environmental Protection Act, 1997

(B) In the Companies Ordinance, 1984

(C) In the Pollution Charge Rules, 2001

(D) In the Schedule to these rules