1. A request for confirmation of compliance must be accompanied by:
(A) Only a site map
(B) Only a financial report
(C) Project budget approval
(D) An Environmental Management Plan indicating measures and procedures to manage or mitigate environmental impacts
2. The Environmental Management Plan includes provisions for:
(A) Monitoring, reporting, and auditing of the project
(B) Only financial monitoring
(C) Only labor management
(D) Only construction scheduling
3. Upon receiving a request for confirmation of compliance, the Agency may:
(A) Only verify financial records
(B) Approve the project automatically
(C) Inspect the site, plant, and machinery and seek additional information
(D) Conduct a public hearing only
4. The Agency shall make every effort to provide confirmation of compliance within:
(A) Forty-five days
(B) Seven days
(C) One month
(D) Fifteen days of receipt of complete request
5. While issuing confirmation of compliance, the Agency may:
(A) Impose additional conditions on the Environmental Management Plan, operation, maintenance, and monitoring
(B) Only approve the project without conditions
(C) Approve financial aspects only
(D) Extend the project timeline automatically
6. The four-month period for communication of the Agency's approval commences from:
(A) Date of publication in newspaper
(B) Date of project submission
(C) Completion of preliminary scrutiny under regulation 8
(D) Date of filing review fee
7. Extension of the four-month review period may be granted by:
(A) Only the project proponent
(B) Only the Director General
(C) Only public authority
(D) The Government in consultation with the Agency
8. The approval for commencement of construction is valid for:
(A) Until project completion
(B) One year
(C) Five years
(D) Three years from the date of issue
9. After confirmation of compliance, the approval for commencement of operation is valid for:
(A) One year
(B) Three years from the date of issuance of confirmation
(C) Five years
(D) Indefinitely
10. The proponent may apply for extension of validity of approval for periods not exceeding:
(A) One year
(B) Three years at a time
(C) Five years
(D) Ten years
11. If significant changes in location, design, construction, or operation occur, the Agency may require:
(A) No action
(B) Only a verbal update
(C) Submission of a fresh initial environmental examination or environmental impact assessment
(D) Only newspaper notification
12. Authorized staff of the Agency can inspect:
(A) Only project office
(B) Only financial documents
(C) Project site, factory building, plant, and installed equipment
(D) Only public areas near the project
13. The proponent must ensure:
(A) Full cooperation of project staff during inspection and provide required information
(B) Only send documents by post
(C) Ignore inspection requests
(D) Allow inspection only after completion of construction
14. After issuance of approval, the proponent must submit a report:
(A) Only before construction
(B) On completion of construction
(C) Only after 10 years
(D) Only if requested by newspaper
15. After commencement of operation, the proponent must submit:
(A) Only financial performance report
(B) An annual report summarizing operational performance and compliance with Environmental Management Plan
(C) Only employee statistics
(D) Only project completion photographs
16. To enable effective monitoring, the proponent shall:
(A) Submit reports to newspaper
(B) Only provide documents initially submitted
(C) Furnish additional information as required by the Agency
(D) Provide verbal assurances only
17. If the Agency finds non-compliance with conditions of approval, it shall:
(A) Ignore the non-compliance
(B) Immediately cancel the project
(C) Forward matter to public
(D) Issue notice to the proponent to show cause within two weeks
18. If no reply is received or reply is unsatisfactory, the Agency may:
(A) Approve project automatically
(B) Require corrective measures within specified period or cancel approval
(C) Forward project to newspaper
(D) Extend validity indefinitely
19. On cancellation of approval, the proponent must:
(A) Continue operations
(B) Cease construction or operation forthwith
(C) Only halt new construction
(D) Wait for public hearing
20. Action taken under cancellation of approval is:
(A) Only advisory
(B) Final and prevents any further action
(C) Without prejudice to any other action under the Act, rules, regulations, or other law
(D) Only financial in nature
21. Separate registers of IEE and EIA projects must be maintained:
(A) By the District Administration
(B) By the project proponent
(C) By the local council
(D) By the Agency in the form prescribed in Schedule-VIII
22. Registers can be maintained in:
(A) Hard copy or soft copy
(B) Only hard copy
(C) Only soft copy
(D) Only PDF format
23. Environmentally sensitive areas are designated by:
(A) Proponent’s request
(B) Notification in the official Gazette by the Agency
(C) Local council only
(D) Public opinion
24. To declare an area environmentally sensitive, the District Administration or concerned Agency must provide:
(A) Specific area with Khasra and Khewat numbers and reasons
(B) Only the map of the area
(C) Only local population statistics
(D) Only environmental budget
25. Projects located in environmentally sensitive areas:
(A) May avoid filing EIA
(B) Must file an Environmental Impact Assessment with the Agency
(C) Only submit financial records
(D) Only require local council approval
26. The Agency may issue guidelines for projects in environmentally sensitive areas to:
(A) Control project finances only
(B) Assist proponents in planning and preparing projects
(C) Approve projects automatically
(D) Replace the need for EIA
27. Any departure from guidelines issued for environmentally sensitive areas must be:
(A) Approved by the newspaper
(B) Ignored
(C) Justified in the Environmental Impact Assessment
(D) Not reported
28. The Environmental Assessment Advisory Committee is constituted by:
(A) The project proponent
(B) The local council
(C) The Director General
(D) The newspaper authority
29. The Chairman of the Environmental Assessment Advisory Committee is:
(A) Director (EIA)
(B) Deputy Director (EIA)
(C) Representative of Industries, Commerce, Investment and Skills Development Department
(D) Local government representative
30. Members of the Environmental Assessment Advisory Committee include:
(A) Representative of Commerce and Industries Chamber
(B) Only Director General
(C) Only local council
(D) Only newspaper authority
31. The Secretary of the Environmental Assessment Advisory Committee is:
(A) Proponent representative
(B) Director (EIA)
(C) Local council representative
(D) Deputy Director (EIA)
32. Approval under section 12 of the Act does NOT absolve a proponent from:
(A) Obtaining any other approval or consent required under any law
(B) Submitting the Environmental Management Plan
(C) Filing IEE only
(D) Paying review fee
33. Orders, notifications, or actions under the 2000 EIA/IEE regulations:
(A) Must be resubmitted
(B) Are immediately void
(C) Remain in force until amended, altered, or repealed by the 2022 regulations
(D) Require public hearing
34. Controlled poultry, livestock, stud, and fish farms exceeding which total cost require an IEE?
(A) Rs 5 million
(B) Rs 50 million
(C) Rs 100 million
(D) Rs 10 million
35. Repacking, formulation, or warehousing of agricultural products requires:
(A) Only local council approval
(B) Only EIA
(C) No filing required
(D) Initial Environmental Examination
36. Hydroelectric power generation projects between what capacities require an IEE?
(A) 50 MW to 100 MW
(B) 1 MW to 50 MW
(C) Less than 1 MW
(D) Above 100 MW
37. Transmission lines requiring IEE cover voltages from:
(A) Only 132 kV
(B) 220 kV to 500 kV
(C) Below 11 kV
(D) 11 kV to 132 kV
38. Oil and gas transmission systems require:
(A) Only local approval
(B) Only EIA
(C) No assessment
(D) Initial Environmental Examination
39. Renewable energy projects greater than ___ MW require IEE:
(A) Only 50 MW
(B) Less than 5 MW
(C) Above 100 MW
(D) 5 MW up to 100 MW
40. Biogas plants for commercial purposes require:
(A) No filing
(B) Only financial assessment
(C) Initial Environmental Examination
(D) Local council notification only
41. Waste-to-energy generation projects require:
(A) Only local government consent
(B) Only EIA
(C) No approval
(D) Initial Environmental Examination
42. Apparel, cotton, spinning mills, woolen mills, weaving mills, and manual carpet weaving units require:
(A) No approval
(B) Only EIA
(C) Initial Environmental Examination
(D) Only financial report
43. Food processing industries with total cost less than Rs 200 million require:
(A) Only public notice
(B) Only EIA
(C) No filing
(D) Initial Environmental Examination
44. Rubber products with total cost less than ___ require IEE:
(A) Rs 500 million
(B) Rs 50 million
(C) Rs 200 million
(D) Rs 100 million
45. Chemical formulation units require:
(A) No assessment
(B) Only EIA
(C) Initial Environmental Examination
(D) Only local council approval
46. Brick kilns require:
(A) Only EIA
(B) Initial Environmental Examination
(C) No filing
(D) Only Gazette notification
47. Commercial extraction of sand, gravel, limestone, clay, sulphur under Rs 500 million requires:
(A) No assessment
(B) Only EIA
(C) Initial Environmental Examination
(D) Only local council approval
48. Exploration of coal, gold, copper, sulphur, and precious stones requires:
(A) Only EIA
(B) Initial Environmental Examination
(C) No filing
(D) Only financial report
49. Crushing, grinding, and separation processes including stone crushers require:
(A) Only Gazette notification
(B) Only EIA
(C) No assessment
(D) Initial Environmental Examination
50. Federal or Provincial highways under Rs 50 million (except rebuilding existing roads) require:
(A) No filing
(B) Only EIA
(C) Initial Environmental Examination
(D) Only local council approval
51. Small dams and reservoirs require:
(A) Initial Environmental Examination
(B) Only EIA
(C) No assessment
(D) Only local approval
52. Irrigation and drainage projects require:
(A) No filing
(B) Only EIA
(C) Initial Environmental Examination
(D) Only Gazette notification
53. Water supply schemes and treatment plants under Rs 50 million require:
(A) Only EIA
(B) Initial Environmental Examination
(C) No filing
(D) Only local council approval
54. Non-hazardous scrap yard/warehouse requires:
(A) Only Gazette notification
(B) Only EIA
(C) No filing
(D) Initial Environmental Examination
55. Schedule-I projects primarily cover:
(A) Agriculture, Energy, Manufacturing, Mining, Transport, Water, Waste
(B) Only Agriculture
(C) Only Energy projects
(D) Only Transport
56. The Khasra and Khewat numbers are used for:
(A) Filing financial audit
(B) Determining project cost
(C) Identifying environmentally sensitive areas
(D) Public notification
57. Guidelines issued for environmentally sensitive areas are intended to:
(A) Reduce project cost
(B) Ensure projects are planned in accordance with environmental safety
(C) Avoid filing EIA
(D) Bypass Agency approval
58. The Environmental Assessment Advisory Committee advises on:
(A) Only construction material
(B) Only financial auditing
(C) Only project timeline
(D) Guidelines, procedures, and categorization of projects
59. Director (EIA) acts as:
(A) Observer
(B) Secretary
(C) Member only
(D) Chairman of the Environmental Assessment Advisory Committee
60. Deputy Director (EIA) acts as:
(A) Chairman
(B) Secretary of the Environmental Assessment Advisory Committee
(C) Member
(D) Observer
61. A proponent in an environmentally sensitive area must:
(A) Only notify local council
(B) Only submit financial report
(C) Avoid filing EIA
(D) File an Environmental Impact Assessment
62. Notification of environmentally sensitive areas is published in:
(A) Local newspaper only
(B) Official Gazette
(C) Agency website only
(D) Public notice boards
63. Agencies involved in recommending sensitive areas include:
(A) Only local council
(B) Wildlife and Parks Department, Forest Department, District Administration
(C) Only proponent
(D) Only public committee
64. Registers of IEE and EIA projects help in:
(A) Only public notifications
(B) Only financial reporting
(C) Tracking and managing environmental approvals and assessments
(D) Only media publications
65. Projects in Schedule-I require:
(A) Only EIA
(B) Filing of Initial Environmental Examination
(C) No filing
(D) Only Gazette notification
66. Apparel and textile mills under Schedule-I require:
(A) Initial Environmental Examination
(B) Only EIA
(C) No filing
(D) Only Gazette notification
67. Food processing units under Rs 200 million require:
(A) Initial Environmental Examination
(B) Only EIA
(C) No filing
(D) Only local council notification
68. Hydroelectric projects under 50 MW require:
(A) Only EIA
(B) Initial Environmental Examination
(C) No filing
(D) Only Gazette notification
69. Waste-to-energy projects require:
(A) Only EIA
(B) Initial Environmental Examination
(C) No filing
(D) Only financial report
70. Non-hazardous scrap yards require:
(A) Only EIA
(B) Initial Environmental Examination
(C) No filing
(D) Only Gazette notification