Question

Government of India had launched the Eco Mark scheme administered by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in partnership with the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), what is the logo of Eco Mark?

• A. An Earthen pot
• B. A green star
• C. A green circle
• D. Two leaves/A twig

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

Concept:

• Eco Mark is India's own ecolabel scheme for environment-friendly products, launched in 1991.
• It is run jointly by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).
• Its logo is a simple earthen pot, chosen because a plain clay pot is a traditional, biodegradable, low-impact object, it stands for minimal harm to the environment.
• Green star, green circle and the two-leaves twig are logos used by other labelling systems in other countries or for other Indian marks, not for Eco Mark.

Step 1: Identify the scheme correctly.
The question names the Eco Mark scheme run by CPCB with BIS, so we need that scheme's specific logo, not any generic eco-label.

Step 2: Recall what the Eco Mark logo actually looks like.
The Eco Mark logo is an earthen pot, picked deliberately because it is a common, everyday, fully biodegradable object that symbolises eco-friendliness in the simplest way.

Step 3: Rule out the distractor logos.
A green star and a green circle belong to other countries' eco-labelling systems, and the two-leaves/twig symbol is used for India's organic certification mark, not for Eco Mark, so all three are wrong here.

Final Answer: An Earthen pot