Previous year MCQs

Environment & Ecology UPPSC 2017 GS-I
Question

Rani Jhansi maritime National Park was founded in:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option C: 1996

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “1996”.
Rani Jhansi Marine National Park is located in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. It was established in 1996 to protect and conserve the marine biodiversity of the region.

Similar Questions:

Consider the following statements:

(a) The early chaityagrihas and viharas of Guntuphalli in West Godavari district are rock cut.
(b) The chaityas and viharas of Eastern deccan are usually rock cut.

Of these statements:
  1. A) Only a is correct
  2. B) Only b is correct
  3. C) Both a and b are correct
  4. D) Neither a nor b is correct
Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Country - Capital

(a) Guinea Bissau - Bissau
(b) Taiwan - Taipei
(c) Nicaragua - Managua
(d) Maldives - Malabo
  1. A) Guinea Bissau - Bissau
  2. B) Taiwan - Taipei
  3. C) Nicaragua - Managua
  4. D) Maldives - Malabo
On increase of Percentage of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which one of the following will not happen?
  1. A) Earth will be warmer
  2. B) Ice at poles will melt
  3. C) Sea level will be lowered
  4. D) Temperature of air will rise
The main purpose of "Ganga Action Plan" project, launched in 1985, was
  1. A) Make its water pollution free only
  2. B) Utilize the river water for irrigation only
  3. C) Build new dams over the Ganga river valley
  4. D) None of the above
Which of the following iron and Steel plants is not close to the raw material area?
  1. A) Jamshedpur
  2. B) Rourkela
  3. C) Durgapur
  4. D) Salem
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
A non-renewable source of energy is:
  1. A) Solar energy
  2. B) Petroleum
  3. C) Wind energy
  4. D) Biogas
With effect from 1 April, 2017 the minimum wage for unskilled labour in Uttar Pradesh has been fixed at:
  1. A) 7000 per month
  2. B) 7400 per month
  3. C) 7800 per month
  4. D) 8200 per month
India's deepest port is:
  1. A) Cochin
  2. B) Kandla
  3. C) Paradip
  4. D) Krishnapatnam
The gas, which is emitted in the paddy fields and increases the earth's temperature is
  1. A) Nitrogen
  2. B) Carbon dioxide
  3. C) Carbon monoxide
  4. D) Methane
Which of the following is not a cold ocean current?
  1. A) Canaries
  2. B) Humboldt
  3. C) Oyashio
  4. D) Agulhas
Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): Sustainable development is important for well being of human society.

Reason (R): Sustainable development is a kind of development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

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