Miscellaneous Flashcards
The First Naturally Fluorescent Frog had been discovered in which country?
Argentina
The Great Backyard Bird Count 2017 was conducted by which state?
Himachal Pradesh. Forest Department.
Name the village in Odisha where Sparrow conservation efforts had been successful.
Puranabandh
Kappataguda forests are located in which state?
Gadag District of Karnataka
Name the community in the forefront of wildlife conservation in Western Rajasthan.
Bishnoi
Oldenlandia Vasudevanii is the name of a plant species discovered in which hills?
Nelliampathy hills in Kollangode Range of forests.
Green Iguanas are native to which continent?
South America
Green Iguanas are procured by which Zoo in India?
Chennai Snake Park
Name the National Park in which Ecotourism project is proposed.
Mrugavani National Park
Mrugavani National Park is located in?
Hyderabad
Name the new bird species discovered in Arunachal Pradesh.
Himalayan Forest Thrush
Himalayan Forest Thrush is scientifically named after?
Zoothere Salimalii - Dr. Salim Ali.
Dr. Salim Ali was a?
Ornithologist
The world’s northernmost coral reef is located in?
Tsushima Island in Japan
Coral species that build coral reefs are called?
Hermatypic or hard corals
Hard corals extract ______ from seawater to create a hard, durable exoskeleton, that protects their soft, sac-like bodies.
Calcium Carbonate
Each individual coral is referred to as a?
Polyp
New diesel and petrol cars will be banned by ______, in Britain?
2040
Norway announced plans to phase out new petrol and diesel vehicles by?
2025
France will end the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles by?
2040
Egyptian Vulture is classified as ______ by the IUCN?
Endangered
The Egyptian Vulture is also known as _____ in Hindi?
Safed Giddh or White Vulture
The Egyptian Vulture is being bred in a human habitat at?
Punjab University, Patiala
Egyptian Vultures usually build their nests on?
Cliffs of mountains, roofs of buildings and on tree tops
India’s apex regulator for genetically modified seeds is?
GEAC - Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee under Ministry of Environment.
The hybrid variety of mustard seed approved by GEAC is called?
DMH-11
DMH-11 is developed by crossing a traditional vareity of mustard, known as ______ with an _____ vareity.
Varuna, East European
List the chemicals banned by the SC in the manufacture of firecrackers.
Antimony, Arsenic, Lead, Lithium, Mercury
The SC entrusted the responsibility of ensuring compliance with its ban on chemicals in the manufacture of firecrackers with?
Petroleum and Explosive Safety Organization (PESO)
Barium nitrate, used in firecrackers, emits _____ light?
Green
Strontium Nitrate, used in firecrackers, emits _____ light.
Red
The system developed by ISRO for the early warning of floods is called?
Flood Early Warning System(FLEWS)
Name the wing of ISRO which developed the Flood Early Warning System FLEWS.
North Eastern Space Application Center(NESAC)
A model for anticipating floods in Godavari floodplains in Andhra Pradesh is developed by?
National Remote Sensing Centre(NSRC) of ISRO.
A model to issue heavy rainfall, cloud burst alerts is developed by?
Space Application Center (SAC) of ISRO
The alerts data is available on which site of ISRO?
Meteorological and Oceanographic Satellite Data Archival Centre (MOSDAC)
Name the two satellite missions on which ISRO worked with the French National Space Agency (CNES).
Meghatropiques(propelled in Oct 2011) and SARAL(propelled in Feb 2013)
Name the satellite mission on which ISRO is working with NASA?
NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR)
Jal Swavalamban Abhiyan (JSA) is a programme of which state government?
Rajasthan
JSA was successful in which area of Rajasthan?
Pratapgarh district
JSA has been successful in?
Ground water recharge and expansion of green agricultural fields.
JSA has been hailed as a massive climate change adaption programme by the?
National Green Tribunal in its Bhopal Declaration
Name the new banana species disccovered in Andaman Islands.
Musa Paramjitiana
Musa Paramjitiana has been named after?
Paramjit Singh, Director of Botanical Survey of India (BSI)
Musa Paramjitiana was discovered in?
Krishnapuri forests of North Andaman Islands
The conservation status of Musa Paramjitiana is?
Critically Endangered
Name the new ant species disccovered in Western Ghats.
Tyrannomyrmex Alii
T. Alii, the new ant species disccovered in the Western Ghats, is named after?
Eminent Myrmecologist Mustak Ali.
Myrmecology is the study of?
Ants
Which area in India is recognised as one of the hottest hotspots of biodiversity?
Western Ghats
Name the National Park in which the new ant species, T. Alii has been discovered.
Periyar National Park
Periyar National Park is located in which state?
Kerala
Periyar National Park is also known as?
Thekkady
Name the districts of Kerala in which Periyar National Park is present.
Idukki, Kottayam and Pathanamthitta
Periyar National Park is located in which hills of Western Ghats?
Cardamon Hills and Pandalam Hills
Periyar National Park is a major watershed for which rivers of Kerala?
Periyar and Pamba
The first official action towards the conservation of wildlife was taken in Kerala by?
Maharaja of Travancore, Chitira Thirunal Balarama Varma in 1934
Name the typhoon which hit Vietnam
Typhoon Damrey
Silent Valley National Park is located in?
Palakkad, Kerala
It is now mandatory to blend ______ with petrol.
10% Ethanol
