Previous year MCQs

Environment & Ecology UPPSC 2024 GS-I
Question

Plants and animals that live on land are called:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option C: Terrestrial habitants

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Terrestrial habitants”.

Plants and animals that live on land are called terrestrial inhabitants. These organisms are adapted to life on land, as opposed to those living in aquatic environments. "Abiotic" refers to non-living components of an ecosystem, such as water, temperature, and soil, while "biotic" refers to living organisms, but it doesn't specifically refer to land-dwelling organisms. "Aquatic habitats" refer to organisms living in water environments.

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Who prepares/publishes the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) report?

1. World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
2. Oxford Poverty and World Health Organisation (WHO)
3. Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI)
4. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
  1. A) 2 and 4
  2. B) Only 4
  3. C) 1 and 4
  4. D) 3 and 4
Match List-I with List-II and choose the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List-I (Yojana Name) - List-II (Date of Launch)

A. Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Gramin - 1. May, 2016
B. Jal Jeevan Mission - 2. October, 2014
C. Swachh Bharat Mission – Gramin - 3. August, 2019
D. Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana - 4. November, 2016

Codes:
ABCD
  1. A) 2,3,1,4
  2. B) 4,3,2,1
  3. C) 1,2,3,4
  4. D) 3,4,1,2
Biodegradable pollutant is:
  1. A) Mercury
  2. B) Sewage
  3. C) Plastic
  4. D) Asbestos
How many agreements are there in Agenda-21 ?
  1. A) 4
  2. B) 5
  3. C) 6
  4. D) 7
Which one of the following is the largest ecosystem of the world ?
  1. A) Ocean
  2. B) Grassland
  3. C) Forest
  4. D) Mountains
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
First National Centre for Marine Biodiversity (NCMB) of India is situated at -
  1. A) Mumibai
  2. B) Jamnagar
  3. C) Bhavnagar
  4. D) Puducherry
'Green Mufler' is related to:
  1. A) Soil pollution
  2. B) Air pollution
  3. C) Noise pollution
  4. D) Water pollution
When did the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act was enacted in which of the following year?
  1. A) 1974
  2. B) 1975
  3. C) 1976
  4. D) 1977
Environment refers
  1. A) as the natural world of land, water, air, plants and animals that exist around it
  2. B) to the sum total of conditions which surround man at a given point of time
  3. C) the interacting systems of physical, biological and cultural elements which are interlinked
  4. D) all the above
The main reason for the decrease in biodiversity is:
  1. A) habitat pollution
  2. B) introduction of exotic species
  3. C) over exploitation
  4. D) natural habitat destruction
Biodiversity means:
  1. A) diverse kinds of plants and vegetation.
  2. B) diverse kinds of animals.
  3. C) diverse kinds of plants and animals in particular area.
  4. D) diverse kinds of exotic plants and animals.