Environment

Question 1

‘It has a distinct look with its male species bestowed with magnificent antlers and long hair on their neck. It is the only Asiatic sub-species of the European red deer. In the beginning of the 20th century, it existed in thousands but its populations had dwindled to a few hundred’. This is the most likely description of:

Answer 1

Kashmir stag

Question 2

Recently Sustainable Development Impact Summit 2021, was hosted under the aegis of:

Answer 2

World Economic Forum (WEF)

Question 3

world.
The Convention on Biological Diversity (a multilateral treaty) was opened for signature at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 and entered into effect in 1993. It has two supplementary agreements…..

Answer 3

the Cartagena Protocol and Nagoya Protocol.

Question 4

At present, two wetlands of India are in Montreux Record:

Answer 4

Keoladeo National Park (Rajasthan) and Loktak Lake (Manipur).

Question 5

The Emissions Gap Report is an annual report on greenhouse gas emissions and climate change published by the….

Answer 5

United Nations Environment Program.

Question 6

Ozone-depleting potential is a measure of how much damage a chemical can cause to the ozone layer compared with a similar mass of….

Answer 6

trichlorofluoromethane (CFC-11).

Question 7

On the first day of the climate change conference, COP26, India launched an online dashboard called the…….’ for assessing equity in climate action, inequalities in emissions, energy and resource consumption across the world, and ongoing climate policies of several countries from the perspective of developing countries at the international level.

Answer 7

‘Climate Equity Monitor

Question 8

A…. species is a plant species that is the first to colonize disturbed lands

Answer 8

ruderal

Question 9

This National Park lies between the Vindhya mountain hill range and the eastern flank of Satpura hill range. Major vegetation is dry mixed deciduous forest, dry grassland, and west Gangetic moist mixed deciduous forest. In the deep forest of it, 1000 years old recline Lord Vishnu Statue is situated, The major fauna found here includes Tiger, Elephant, Leopard, Wild dog, Hyena, Chital, Sambar, Black Buck.

Answer 9

Bandhavgarh national Park

Question 10

In the context of environment, the term ‘Triple Planetary Crisis’ sometimes seen in news refers to which one of the following?

Answer 10

(b) Crisis of Climate change, nature and pollution

Question 11

This National Park was established in the year 1936 as Hailey National Park and is India’s oldest National Park. It was the place where Project Tiger was first launched in 1973. The park encompasses the Patli Dun valley formed by the Ramganga river. Which of the following National Park has been described in the passage given above?

(a)

(b

Answer 11

) Jim Corbett National Park

Question 12

Bacterial and fungal enzymes degrade detritus into simpler inorganic substances. This process is called…

Answer 12

Catabolism

Question 13

Detritivores (e.g., earthworm) break down detritus into smaller particles. This process is called…..

Answer 13

Fragmentation

Question 14

The humus is further degraded by some microbes and the release of inorganic nutrients occurs by the process known as……

Answer 14

Mineralisation

Question 15

Breakdown of complex organic matter into inorganic substances like carbon dioxide, water and nutrients and the process is called…..

Answer 15

Decomposition

Question 16

Among the States,… has the highest number of elephant corridors (14), followed by Tamil Nadu with 13 and Uttarakhand with 11.

Answer 16

West Bengal

Question 17

Barasingha, or swamp deer, is deer species found in many parts of the Indian subcontinent. The swamp deer differs from all other Indian deer species in that the antlers carry more than three times. Barashingha is the state animal of which of the following states?

Answer 17

(a) Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh

Question 18

It is the net change in the energy balance of the Earth system due to climatic deviations.

Answer 18

Aerosol radiative forcing

Question 19

Resin Identification Code’ is related to

Answer 19

Recycling of plastic bags

Question 20

…..is an innovative solution that has gained traction in the water treatment industry in recent years. It is a waste water treatment technique that uses electrical charge for changing the particle surface charge, allowing suspended matter to form aggregates. This method does not use Reverse Osmosis.

Answer 20

Electrocoagulation

Question 21

……is a wastewater treatment process defined as the separation of suspended particles from water using gas bubbles generated during electrolysis of water. It separates suspended particles from water using hydrogen and oxygen bubbles generated by passing electricity through water

Answer 21

Electroflotation

Question 22

It is a waste-treatment technology that uses a combination of electricity and high temperatures to turn municipal waste (garbage or trash) into usable by-products without combustion (burning). It converts organic matter into gas

Answer 22

Plasma Arc Gasification

Question 23

The ‘Common Carbon Metric’, supported by UNEP, has been developed for

(a)

Answer 23

assessing the carbon footprint of building operations around the world

Question 24

…is the largest tiger reserve in India .

Answer 24

Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve

Question 25

The term “,,,,,,” refers to the observation that when a small group of individuals breaks off from a larger population and establishes a new population, chance plays a large role in determining which alleles (a variant form of a gene) are represented in the new population.

Answer 25

founder effect

Question 26

It is a National Park as well as a Biosphere Reserve situated on the south bank of the river Brahmaputra. It is located at the confluence where three of India’s eastern-most rivers, Siang, Dibang and Lohit, meet the mighty Brahmaputra river. This park is a complex of wetlands, grasslands, littoral swamps and semi-evergreen forests, including the largest salix swamp forest in Northeast India. It is also an identified Important Bird Area (IBA).

Answer 26

Dibru-Saikhowa National Park

Question 27

Which legally binding agreement is designed to gradually reduce the consumption and production of hydrofluorocarbons

Answer 27

Kigali amendment to the Montréal protocol