Previous year MCQs

Environment & Ecology UPPSC 2014 GS-I
Question

Which one of the following is the largest ecosystem of the world ?

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option A: Ocean

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Ocean”.
Oceans cover about 71% of the Earth's surface and contain a diverse range of marine life, making them the largest and most extensive ecosystems.

Similar Questions:

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

A. Growth in Food Production - 1. Green Revolution
B. Milk Production - 2. Blue Revolution
C. Fisheries - 3. White Revolution
D. Fertilizers - 4. Grey Revolution

Codes:
A B C D
  1. A) 1 3 2 4
  2. B) 3 1 4 2
  3. C) 2 4 3 1
  4. D) 3 2 4 1
In a food chain, man is:
  1. A) producer
  2. B) only primary consumer
  3. C) only secondary consumer
  4. D) primary as well as secondary consumer
The largest Union Territory of India is:
  1. A) Daman and Diu
  2. B) Puducherry
  3. C) Delhi
  4. D) Chandigarh
In which of the following three states were held the Vidhan Sabha Elections along with Lok Sabha Election, 2014 ?
  1. A) Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Nagaland
  2. B) Chhattisgarh, Sikkim and Odisha
  3. C) Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim
  4. D) Meghalaya, Mizoram and Sikkim
'Green Mufler' is related to:
  1. A) Soil pollution
  2. B) Air pollution
  3. C) Noise pollution
  4. D) Water pollution
During the 12th Five Year Plan, the growth rate of agriculture, forestry and fish farming has been estimated to be:
  1. A) 3.5%
  2. B) 4.0%
  3. C) 5.0%
  4. D) 5.5%
Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List - I - List - II

A. Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan - 1. 1987
B. Sakshar Bharat - 2. 1988
C. Operation Blackboard - 3. 2001
D. National Literary Mission - 4. 2009

Codes:
  1. A) 1 2 3 4
  2. B) 4 3 2 1
  3. C) 2 1 3 4
  4. D) 3 4 1 2
Acid rain is due to air pollution by
  1. A) Carbon dioxide
  2. B) Carbon monoxide
  3. C) Methane
  4. D) Nitrous oxide and Sulphur dioxide
Identify the correct chronological order in which the following States were created in India from the codes given below:

1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Himachal Pradesh
3. Haryana
4. Sikkim

Codes:
  1. A) 1, 2, 3, 4
  2. B) 1, 3, 2, 4
  3. C) 4, 3, 1, 2
  4. D) 3, 4, 1, 2
Which of the following statement is NOT true?
  1. A) Species diversity increases from equator towards poles.
  2. B) Tropics harbour more species than temperate areas.
  3. C) Greatest biodiversity occurs in Amazon rain forest.
  4. D) Species diversity decreases from temperate areas towards poles.
Methane gas producing field is:
  1. A) Wheat field
  2. B) Paddy field
  3. C) Cotton field
  4. D) Groundnut field
In coronary artery by-pass surgery the blood vessel to be used as graft has to be:
  1. A) vein from the leg
  2. B) artery from the fore arm
  3. C) artery from mammary region of chest
  4. D) Any of these