Previous year MCQs

Environment & Ecology UPPSC 2019 GS-I
Question

Which of the following is not correctly matched ?

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option D: Kyoto Protocol - Save Water

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Kyoto Protocol - Save Water”.
Protocol/Convention Related to
Cartagena Protocol (2003) Biosafety
Stockholm Convention (2004) Persistent Organic Pollutants
Montreal Protocol (1989) Ozone Layer Protection
Kyoto Protocol (2005) Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Similar Questions:

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

National Parks States
A) Indravati 1) Jharkhand
B) Mollem 2) Haryana
C) Kalesar 3) Goa
D) Betla 4) Chhattisgarh
  1. A) 4, 3, 2, 1
  2. B) 4, 2, 3, 1
  3. C) 4, 1, 3, 2
  4. D) 3, 4, 2, 1
Which of the following is NOT correctly matched?
  1. A) Public Health and Sanitation - State List
  2. B) Census - Union List
  3. C) Allocation of seats in the Council of States - Second Schedule
  4. D) Anti-Defection - Tenth Schedule
With reference to the National Calendar, which of the statements is/are correct?

1. The National Calendar of India is based on Vikram Era.
2. The National Calendar is adopted from January 26, 1950.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
  1. A) 1 only
  2. B) 2 only
  3. C) Both 1 and 2
  4. D) Neither 1 nor 2
Which of the following is an example of anthropogenic biome?
  1. A) Fresh water
  2. B) Grassland
  3. C) Rain forest
  4. D) Cropland
Which of the following is associated with biological nitrogen fixation ?
  1. A) Red Algae
  2. B) Brown Algae
  3. C) Green Algae
  4. D) Blue-Green Algae
In India Project Elephant was launched in the year-
  1. A) 1968
  2. B) 1970
  3. C) 1972
  4. D) 1992
Which one of the following is not correctly matched? Green House Gas – Source
  1. A) Carbon dioxide – Thermal Power Stations
  2. B) Chloro Fluro carbon – Automobile
  3. C) Nitrous Oxide – Waterlogged Paddy fields
  4. D) Sulphur dioxide – Brick Kilns
Which one of the following trees is considered to be an environmental hazard?
  1. A) Babul
  2. B) Amaltas
  3. C) Neem
  4. D) Eucalyptus
Which of the following species is the largest of the "toothed-whales"?
  1. A) Finback whale
  2. B) Blue whale
  3. C) Sperm whale
  4. D) Humpback whale
Who said 'India is a Quasi-Federal State'?
  1. A) Lord Bryce
  2. B) Ivor Jannigs
  3. C) H.J. Laski
  4. D) K.C Wheare
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): Akbar, like Shershah, tried to regulate the currency of the state.
Reason (R): As in Shershah's currency, the chief copper coin of Akbar's time was the Dam.

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
Which of the following statements are true?

1. Natural disasters cause maximum damage in developing countries.
2. Bhopal gas tragedy was man-made.
3. India is a disaster free country.
4. Mangroves reduce the impact of cyclones.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
  1. A) 1, 2 and 3
  2. B) 2, 3 and 4
  3. C) 1, 2 and 4
  4. D) 1, 3 and 4