Environment & 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

21. Which of the following statements are correct regarding community?
1. A community is fixed or rigid.
2. Communities may be large or small.
3. Communities in most instances are named after the dominant plant species.
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[A] Only 1 & 2
[B] Only 2 & 3
[C] Only 1 & 3
[D] 1, 2 & 3

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22. Which of the following statements are correct about bioaccumulation?
1. Building up of toxins in the food chain is referred to as bioaccumulation.
2. The most severely affected are the animals at the top of the food chain.
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[A] Only 1
[B] Only 2
[C] Both 1 & 2
[D] Neither 1 & 2

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23. Which of the following statements are correct regarding tropical dry deciduous forests?
1. These forests represent a transition from moist deciduous on the wetter side and thorn forests on the drier side.
2. They have a closed and even canopy.
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[A] Only 1
[B] Only 2
[C] Both 1 & 2
[D] Neither 1 & 2

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24. Which of the following statements are correct regarding mangroves in India?
1. Mangroves occur along the intertidal region of estuaries and creeks in Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka.
2. Small tidal estuaries, neritic inlets and the lagoons support a dense and diverse undisturbed mangrove flora on Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
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[A] Only 1
[B] Only 2
[C] Both 1 & 2
[D] Neither 1 & 2

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25. What is buffy-tufted marmoset?

[A] A Monkey
[B] A Snake
[C] A Chimapnzee
[D] None of the above

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26. Which of the following statements are correct about Central American spider monkey?
1. It is a species of is a species of spider monkey.
2. It is found in Central America and parts of Mexico and Colombia.
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[A] Only 1
[B] Only 2
[C] Both 1 & 2
[D] Neither 1 & 2

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27. Which of the following statements are correct regarding Table mountain ghost frog?
1) Its scientific name is Heleophryne rosei.
2) It is listed as critically endangered by IUCN.
3) It is endemic to the western slopes of Table Mountain in Cape Town.
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[A] Only 1
[B] Only 2 & 3
[C] Only 3
[D] 1, 2 & 3

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28. Which of the following were the consequences of Earth Submit held in 1992?
1. Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
2. Agenda 21
3. Forest Principles
4. Environmental laws
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[A] Only 1 & 2
[B] Only 1, 2 & 3
[C] Only 1, 3 & 4
[D] 1, 2, 3 & 4

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29. United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) was established by which of the following?

[A] CITES
[B] ECOSOC
[C] IUCN
[D] CMS

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30. Which of the following statements are correct regarding Echinoderms?
1. They are marine animals that live in the ocean.
2. Most of the echinoderms have arms or spines that radiate from the center of their body.
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[A] Only 1
[B] Only 2
[C] Both 1 & 2
[D] Neither 1 & 2

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