Match List-I (EIA Stage/Element) with List-I (Main purpose/focus) and select the

Question

Match List-I (EIA Stage/Element) with List-I (Main purpose/focus) and select the

correct code:

List-I

List-II

i. Screening

a. Identifying impacts to study

ii. Scoping

b. Baseline data collection

iii. Environmental inventory

c. Deciding if EIA is required

iv. EMP

d. Mitigation measures

Choose the correct match:

1. A. i-c, ii-a, iii-b, iv-d (Correct answer)
2. B. i-a, ii-c, iii-b, iv-d
3. C. i-b, ii-a, iii-c, iv-d
4. D. i-c, ii-d, iii-a, iv-b

Correct Answer

Option A — i-c, ii-a, iii-b, iv-d

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is i-c, ii-a, iii-b, iv-d.

Key Points

• The four elements map to four distinct purposes, and the sequence is the EIA process itself:
  • i. Screening - c. Deciding if EIA is required. The threshold question, answered from project type and size.
  • ii. Scoping - a. Identifying impacts to study. Which impacts and parameters the assessment must cover, producing the Terms of Reference.
  • iii. Environmental inventory - b. Baseline data collection. Measuring existing conditions before the project.
  • iv. EMP - d. Mitigation measures. The plan for managing the impacts identified.

Additional Information

• The pairing candidates most often confuse is screening against scoping. Screening asks *"is an EIA needed at all?"*; scoping asks *"what should the EIA look at?"* Fixing that distinction resolves this question and several others in the paper.
• The baseline study must precede prediction for a simple reason — an impact is a change from a known starting point, so without a baseline there is nothing to measure change against.
• Scoping is where public consultation first enters, since the concerns of affected people help define what the study must examine.
• The EMP sits last because it is the response to everything the earlier stages establish, and its commitments become the enforceable conditions of clearance.