Previous year MCQs

Environment & Ecology UPPSC 2019 GS-I
Question

The environment modified by human activities is called:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option B: Anthropogenic environment

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Anthropogenic environment”.
The environment modified by human activities is called the Anthropogenic environment.

The term "anthropogenic" refers to any effect or activity that is a result of human influence on nature or the environment.

The anthropogenic environment includes human-made structures, urban areas, pollution, and other changes to natural ecosystems caused by human activities such as deforestation, industrialization, and transportation.

Similar Questions:

Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): The Asiatic Society of Bengal was established in the period of Warren Hastings and he modestly declined the offer of Presidentship of that learned body in favour of Sir William Jones.

Reason (R): Warren Hastings was himself a great scholar and an ardent orientalist who used to encourage the study of Sanskrit, Persian and Arabic.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
  1. A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
  2. B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
  3. C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
  4. D) (A) is false, but (R) is true
Smog is essentially caused by the atmospheric presence of:
  1. A) Oxygen and ozone
  2. B) Ozone and nitrogen
  3. C) Oxygen and nitrogen
  4. D) Oxide of nitrogen and sulphur
Which one of the following is the well known example of bioindicator of air pollution?
  1. A) Lichens
  2. B) Methyl mercury
  3. C) Rose plant
  4. D) Sunflower
The number of persons who remained unemployed for a major part of the year is called:
  1. A) Usual status unemployment
  2. B) Daily status unemployment
  3. C) Weekly status unemployment
  4. D) None of the above
Which of the following is NOT correctly matched?
(Wind) (Country)
  1. A) Santa Ana - California
  2. B) Haboob - Sudan
  3. C) Yamo - Japan
  4. D) Mistral - Australia
The concept of ecosystem was propounded by:
  1. A) A.G.Tansley
  2. B) C.C. Park
  3. C) A.H. Strahler
  4. D) E.P Odum
Multidimensional poverty index includes:

i. Health
ii. Education
iii. Living Standard

Select correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
  1. A) only i is correct
  2. B) only ii and iii are correct
  3. C) only i and ii are correct
  4. D) i, ii and iii are correct
Which of the following is indicator of air pollution ?
  1. A) Puffballs
  2. B) Algae
  3. C) Lichen
  4. D) Moss
Which one of the following is not a secondary pollutant ?
  1. A) PAN
  2. B) Smog
  3. C) Sulphur dioxide
  4. D) Ozone
The Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) shows the relationship between per capita GDP and environmental loss. What is the shape of Environmental Kuznets Curve?
  1. A) Inverted 'U' shaped
  2. B) Inverted 'V' shaped
  3. C) Onverted 'L' shaped
  4. D) None of these
Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): Sugarcane and sugar production in U.P. is more than Maharashtra but productivity is less.
Reason (R): Most of the sugar factories in Maharashtra are in cooperative sector.

Codes:
  1. A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
  2. B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
  3. C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
  4. D) (A) is false, but (R) is true
Which of the following Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) will target to water availability for all and its permanent management upto 2030 in India?
  1. A) SDG – 6
  2. B) SDG – 7
  3. C) SDG – 8
  4. D) SDG – 9