Environment PYQs Flashcards
Gadgil and Kasturiranjan Committee
protection of western ghats
AQI gases
Carbon Monoxide
Nitogen Diaoxide
Sulphur Dioxide
chairman of NGBRA
PM
Red Sanders is endemic to
Southern Eastern Ghats and Tropical dry decidouos forests
schedule 5
vermins like crow, mice, rat, fruit ball etc can be killed
gharials’ population
chambal valley
Eastern and the western ghats meet at
Nilgiri
Nilgiri hills are in
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
TRAFFIC is a joint program of ___________ and its mission is
WWF and IUCN
ensure that trade in wild plants and animals is not a threat to the conservation of nature
BOD
Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) represents the amount of oxygen consumed by bacteria and other microorganisms while they decompose organic matter under aerobic (oxygen is present) conditions at a specified temperature.
Carbon Sequestration
pumping carbon into carbon sink -
a. natural sinks
b. artificial sinks
global climate change alliance
EU
climate and clean air coalition
UNEP + Ghana Bangladesh etc
- focuses on black carbon, methane and hydrofluorocarbons
prosopis juliflora
native of Mexico, spread in india, an invasive species, a weed
6th mass extinction
human’s overexploitation leading to loss of natural habitat
CPCB is a _________ body under water (prevention and control of pollution) act 1974
objective-
stat
promote cleanliness of streams and wells
NGT was set up in
2010
Baigas
PVGT
shifting agri
MP and Chattis
they became India’s first community to get habitat rights
Forest Rights Act district level committees
have to adjudicate the rights
Tribal ministry only issues
guidelines
PAGE (Partnership for action on green economy) was launched in
2013, in Rio +20 in 2012
Momentum for change: Climate Neutral Now is an initiative by
UNFCCC secretariat in 2015
lesser one horned rhinos
Javan rhino
cirrus cloud thinning
prevention of global warming
gangetic dolphins found in
Chambal
methane into Co2 in how many years
8 years
Central ground water authority was found under
Environment protection act
tiger with largest area under critical tiger habitat
nagarajuna srisailam
schedule 4 of the wildlife protection act 1972
a license is required to cultivate that plant
tensiometre
providing estimates of soil moisture
tal chapar wildlife sanctuary
Rajasthan
musk deer in natural habitat
ascot wildlife sanctuary
gangotri national park
construction of road by geotextile
coir