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1. “Vadose water” remains in between, a. Ground surface and tropopause, b. Crust und mantle, , c. Ground surface and water table, d. Mantle and core, , 2 The place where an organism or community of organisms lives is called, a. Atmosphere, , b. Society, c. Environment, d. Habitat, , 3. The Environmental Protection Act in India was passed when the government was headed, by, , a. Late Mr. V. P. Singh, , b. Late Mr. Lal Bahadur Shastri, , c. Late Mrs. Indira Gandhi, , d. Late Mr. Rajiv Gandhi, , 4 Which one of the following is the first convention to limit greenhouse gases?, a. Rio-Summit, b. Toronto Conference, c. Montreal Protocol, d. Kyoto Protocol, , §. According to the international ecotourism society's definition of 2015, which of the, following is not direct component of the ecotourism’?, , a. Preservation of the environment, , b. Conservation of the environment, , c. Responsible travel, , d. Well-being of the local people, , 6 The area around the sub-Saharan agricultural regions is being adversely affected by what, environmental problem?, , a. Global warming, , b. Desertification, , c. Increased earthquake activity, , d. El Nifio, , 7. Man and the Biosphere Programme, an Intergovernmental Scientific Programme aimed at, improving man environment relationship was launched by whom?
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a. European Union, b. UNEP, , c. USA, , d. UNESCO, , & The concept of ‘deep ecology” was proposed by, a. Naess, , b. Darwin, , c. Meadows, , d. Lovelock, , 9 Joint implementation and clean development mechanism are very important component in, which agreement?, , a. Montreal protocol, , b. CITES, , c. Kyoto protocol, , d. Earth Summit, , 0. Which one of coming up next isn't the element of sustainable development?, a. Inter-regional Transferability, , b. Inter-regional Transferability, , c. Intergeneration transferability, , d. Non-optimal resource utilization, , TL. Which one of the following is the leading cause of animal extinction since 1600 A. D. ,, according to the World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1995) ?, , a. Habitat destruction, , b. Hunting, , c. Species introduction, , d. Lumbering, , 12. India emphasised that the removal of poverty is an integral part of the goal of an, environmental strategy of the world in, , a. The Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, 1985, , b. U.N. Conference on Human Environment at Stockholm, 1972, , c. Preparatory Committee Meeting, Geneva 1991, , d. U, N. Conference on Environment and Develoapment. Nairobi, 1992, , 13. The Sustainable Development Goals comprises how many goals and targets?, a. 17 goals and 132 targets, b. 17 goals and 169 targets, c. 15 goals and 123 targets, d. 10 goals and 115 targets
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14, Which one of the following countries intend to withdraw from the Paris Agreement?, a. Netherlands, , b. United States of America, , c. United Kingdom, , d. Canada, , 15, Deep ecology does not support:, , a. Conservation and restoration of ecosystems, , b. Continuing inquiry into the appropriate human roles on our planet, c. Enhancement of human consumption, , d. Root cause analysis of unsustainable practices, , 16. The pyramid of biomass is inverted in case of, a. Grassland ecosystem, , b. Marine ecosystem, , c. Fresh water ecosystem, , d. Both c. and b. are correct, , 17. The transition zone between two ecosystems is called, a. Habitat, , b. Biome, , c. Ecotone, , d, Biotope, , Assertion(A), The regional boundaries of biomes are some-what arbitrary. (November Paper 3), , Reason(R), All kinds of major biomes are existing both in ocean and land., , 4. Both A and R. are false, b. A is false but Ris true, ¢. A is tue but R is false, d. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
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Assertion(A), , Energy flow shifts from production to respiration in the eutrophic stage, with oxygen demand, exceeding oxygen availability. July Paper I), , Reason(R), Stratospheric ozone layer depletion causes skin diseases., , 4. Both A and Rare true but Ris NOT the correct explanation of A, b. A is true but R is false, ©. Ais false but R is true, d. Both A and R are false, , 20. Which one of the following is the most important element of ecosystem?, a. Food web, , b. Ecological succession, , c. Food chain, , d. Energy flow, , 21. What is true of Ecosystem?, , a. Primary consumers out number producers, , b. Secondary consumers are largest and powerful, , c. Producers are more than primary consumers, , d. Primary consumers are least dependent upon producers, , @ The specific place of an organism in an ecosystem is called:, , a. Trophic level, , b. Autotroph, c. Niche, , d. Food pyramid, , 23. Which one of the following is NOT matched correctly? (June), , Homeostatic Mechanism - Inbuilt ecosystems to mechanism in the natural ecosystem to counterbalance any change in the ecosystem to maintain ecological stability, , b. | Synecology - Study of complex interrelationships between biological communities, , Net Primary Production - Amount of energy or organic matter stored at trophic, level one, , d. | Deep Ecology — Environmentalism based on anthropocentric point of view
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ma All the ecosystems taken together in a geographical area form a bigger unit called, a. Biosphere, , b. Territory, , c. Biome, , d. Community, , Assertion(A), , The animals at the end of the food chain have to roum over large areas to obtain their food., , Reason(R), The quantity of energy increases down the chain away from the plants., , @. Both A and R. are true but Ris NOT the correct explanation of A, b. A is truc but R is false, ©. Ais false but R is true, «. Both A and R are false, , 2%. A study dealing with the relation of individual species with the environment is known as, a. Autecology, , b. Community, , c. Synecology, , d, Population
