Environment MCQs
1.
In the context to India’s wild life, the flying fox is a __?
[A] Bat
[B] Vulture
[C] Stork
[D] Kite
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Correct Answer: A [Bat]
Notes:
Bats of the genus Pteropus are commonly known as the fruit bat or flying foxes among other colloquial names.
2.
The most potent greenhouse gas among the following is __?
[A] Carbon dioxide
[B] Methane
[C] Water Vapor
[D] Ozone
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Correct Answer: C [Water Vapor]
Notes:
The most potent greenhouse gas is water vapour, which causes about 36-70% of the greenhouse effect. Carbon dioxide (9-26%), methane (4-9%) and Ozone (3-7%) are other major greenhouse gases.
3.
Which among the following is the World’s largest Wetland System?
[A] Camargue (France)
[B] Okavango (Botswana)
[C] Everglades (USA)
[D] Pantanal (South America)
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Correct Answer: D [Pantanal (South America) ]
Notes:
The world’s largest wetland is the Pantanal, which covers 200,000 square kilometres (during the wet season) through Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia, although 80% of it is in Brazil. It is a land of flooded grasslands, savannas and tropical forests.
4.
Which of the following Environmentalists first gave the concept of Biodiversity ‘hotspots’ ?
[A] Gaylord Nelson
[B] Norman Myers
[C] John Muir
[D] Julia “Butterfly” Hill
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Correct Answer: B [Norman Myers ]
5.
All species of ‘Lemur’ are endemic to which among the following places of the world?
[A] Seychelles Islands
[B] Galapagos Islands
[C] New Caledonia
[D] Madagascar
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Correct Answer: D [Madagascar ]
Notes:
Endemism is the ecological state of being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation or other defined zone, or habitat type.
6.
Which among the following terms of utmost significance in the dynamics of resource management was coined in the ‘Brundtland Commission Report’?
[A] Polluter-Pays Principle
[B] Sustainable development
[C] Inclusive Growth
[D] Carrying Capacity
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Correct Answer: B [Sustainable development ]
7.
With which of the following, the Agenda 21’ of Rio Summit, 1992 is related to?
[A] Sustainable development
[B] Combating the consequences of population explosion.
[C] Mitigation norms of Green House Gases (
