Environment, Ecology & Biodiversity MCQs

Environment, Ecology & Biodiversity Multiple choice questions for GK paper in SSC, NDA, CDS, UPSC, UPPSC and State PSC Examinations. These questions are part of GKToday’s 35000+ MCQs Bank Course in GKToday Android App

11. Which of the following schedules of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 includes the animals which may be hunted?

[A] Schedule III
[B] Schedule IV
[C] Schedule V
[D] Schedule VI

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12. Ramsar convention is related to which of the following-

[A] Limiting the desertification
[B] Conservation of wetlands
[C] Conservation of Snow Leopard
[D] Conservation of Tigers

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13. Sometimes the number of species and the population density of some of the species is much greater in the ecotone than either community. What is this phenomenon known as?

[A] Edge effect
[B] Edge condition
[C] Edge population
[D] Edge species

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14. The differences between the various aquatic zones are a result of which of the following factors?
1. Salinity
2. Levels of dissolved nutrients
3. Water temperature
4. Depth of sunlight penetration
Select the correct option from the codes given below:

[A] Only 1 & 2
[B] Only 2, 3 & 4
[C] Only 1, 2 & 4
[D] 1, 2, 3 & 4

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15. Which of the following statements are correct with respect to food chain?
1. A food chain starts with producers and ends with top carnivores.
2. The sequence of eaten and being eaten involves transfer of food energy from trophic level to another.
3. An ecosystem may consist of several interrelated food chains.
Select the correct option from the codes given below:

[A] Only 1 & 2
[B] Only 2 & 3
[C] Only 1 & 3
[D] 1, 2 & 3

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16. Which of the following statements are correct?
1. Gaseous Cycles are those where the reservoir is the atmosphere or the hydrosphere.
2. Sedimentary Cycle are those where the reservoir is the earth’s crust.
Select the correct option from the codes given below:

[A] Only 1
[B] Only 2
[C] Both 1 & 2
[D] Neither 1 & 2

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17. Which of the following statements are correct?
1. Certain microorganisms are capable of fixing atmospheric nitrogen into ammonium ions like aerobic azotobacter and anaerobic clostridium.
2. Nitrosomonas bacteria promote transformation of ammonia into nitrite.
3. Nitrite is then further transformed into nitrate by the bacteria Nitrobacter.
Select the correct option from the codes given below:

[A] Only 1 & 2
[B] Only 2 & 3
[C] Only 1 & 3
[D] 1, 2 & 3

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18. Acacia catechu and Mimosa Zizyphus are found in which of the following climatic zone?

[A] Semi-arid zone
[B] Dry sub humid zone
[C] Moist sub humid zone
[D] Humid montane regions

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19. Teak is the dominant species of which of the following forests?

[A] Tropical Evergreen Forests
[B] Tropical Deciduous Forests
[C] Temperate Evergreen Forests
[D] Mangrove Forests

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20. Which of the follwoing statements are correct regarding aphotic zone in a water body?
1. Light penetration and plant growth are restricted in the aphotic zone.
2. Only respiration activity takes place in the aphotic zone.
3. Aphotic zone is positioned below the littoral and photic zones to bottom of the lake where light levels are too low for photosynthesis.
Select the correct option from the codes given below:

[A] Only 1 & 2
[B] Only 2 & 3
[C] Only 1 & 3
[D] 1, 2 & 3

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