Environment, Ecology & Biodiversity MCQs

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Green water footprint is not related to industries and household. It is related to agriculture.

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Both are correct statements

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Sea horse comes under ray-finned fishes categories and Great white shark comes under cartilaginous fishes
 

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The targets for the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol cover emissions of the six main greenhouse gases, namely:
• Carbon dioxide (CO2);
• Methane (CH4);
• Nitrous oxide (N2O);
• Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs);
• Perfluorocarbons (PFCs); and
• Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6)

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There are no records of Dugongs to be found on the east coast of India or the Sundarban region.

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With a few exceptions, all mammals and birds are warm-blooded, and all reptiles, insects, arachnids, amphibians and fish are cold-blooded.

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Indian agriculture, with two-third rainfed area remains vulnerable to various vagaries of monsoon, besides facing occurrence of drought and flood in many parts of the country. Natural calamities such as drought and flood occur frequently in many parts of the country. Climate change will aggravate these risks and may considerably affect food security through direct and indirect effects on crops, soils, livestock, fisheries, and pests. Building climate resilience, therefore, is critical. Potential adaptation strategies to deal with the adverse impacts of climate change are developing cultivars tolerant to heat, moisture, and salinity stresses; modifying crop management practices; improving water management; adopting new farm practices such as resource-conserving technologies; crop diversification; improving pest management; making available timely weather-based advisories; crop insurance; and harnessing the indigenous technical knowledge of farmers. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research has initiated a scheme on National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture. This initiative has been planned as a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional effort covering crops, livestock, and fisheries and focusing mainly on adaptation and mitigation of climate change in agriculture. It also has a component for demonstration of climate-coping technologies on farmers’ fields in 100 most vulnerable districts. State-of-the-art infrastructure is being set up at key research institutes to undertake frontier research on climate change adaptation and mitigation.

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As of now, 4 Tiger Protection Force and 1 Rhino Protection Force have been sanctioned.

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The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is a new global fund which was created to support the efforts of developing countries to respond to the challenge of climate change. GCF helps developing countries limit or reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and adapt to climate change. It seeks to promote a paradigm shift to low-emission and climate-resilient development, taking into accounts the needs of nations that are particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts. Most beneficiary countries of Green Climate Fund are in Africa, Asia and small island nations.

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Coliform bacteria is one of the microbial indicators of water contamination as it behaves like most pathogenic bacteria. Mixing of sewage with ground water may lead to increase of nitrate level.