Previous year MCQs

Environment & Ecology UPPSC 2016 GS-I
Question

Smallest man-like ape is:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option A: Gibbon

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Gibbon”.
The smallest man-like ape is Gibbon.

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
In the 64th Miss Universe Competition, the winner Pia Alonzo Wurtzback belongs to:
  1. A) Philippines
  2. B) Columbia
  3. C) U.S.A
  4. D) France
The transitional zone between two distinct communities is known as
  1. A) Ecotype
  2. B) Ecade
  3. C) Ecosphere
  4. D) Ecotone
The cycling of elements in an ecosystem is called
  1. A) Chemical cycles
  2. B) Biogeochemical cycles
  3. C) Geological cycles
  4. D) Geochemical cycles
Match List-I with List-Il and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists:
List-I (Industrial Region) - List-II (Country)

(A) Kinki - (1) China
(B) Canton - (2) Japan
(C) Lorraine - (3) Brazil
(D) Belohorizontle - (4) France
  1. A) A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3
  2. B) A-3, B-2, C-1, D.4
  3. C) A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4
  4. D) A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1
Hangul-deer is found in which part of India?
  1. A) Kerala
  2. B) Rajasthan
  3. C) Assam
  4. D) Jammu and Kashmir
Given below are two statements:

Assertion (A): Natural vegetation is the true index of climate.
Reason (R): Water-loving plants are found in moist climate.

In the context of the above, which one of the following is correct?
  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) (B) is false, but (R) is true
Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Decade - Decadal growth rate of population (in percent)

(A) 1971-81 - (1) 24.66
(B) 1981-91 - (2) 23.87
(C) 1991-2001 - (3) 21.54
(D) 2001-2011 - (4) 19.05
  1. A) A
  2. B) B
  3. C) C
  4. D) D
Which one of the following is an artificial ecosystem?
  1. A) Rice field
  2. B) Forest
  3. C) Grassland
  4. D) Lake
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 of the following is NOT responsible for increase in the biodiversity of an ecosystem?
  1. A) Productivity of the ecosystem
  2. B) Intermediate-disturbance
  3. C) Age of the ecosystem
  4. D) Less number of tropic levels
As per the "India State of Forest Report – 2021" which of the following States has registered maximum increase in the forest cover during the last two years?
  1. A) Kerala
  2. B) Assam
  3. C) Arunachal Pradesh
  4. D) Andhra Pradesh