Previous year MCQs

Environment & Ecology UPPSC 2019 GS-I
Question

At which of the following places is the Secretariat of the International Solar Alliance (I.S.A.) located at present?

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option C: Gurugram

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Gurugram”.
The Secretariat of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) is located in Gurugram, India.

The ISA was jointly launched by the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, and the President of France, Francois Hollande, in 2015 at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris.

The ISA is an intergovernmental organization that aims to promote solar energy and reduce the cost of technology and financing for solar energy projects in its member countries.

Similar Questions:

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.
Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): Maximum number of the species of butterflies are found in tropical countries.
Reason (R): Butterflies can not tolerate low temperatures.

Select the correct answer using 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
Methane gas producing field is:
  1. A) Wheat field
  2. B) Paddy field
  3. C) Cotton field
  4. D) Groundnut field
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
Which one of the following environments gives the least bio-mass production per year?
  1. A) Deep Sea
  2. B) Prairie
  3. C) Deciduous forest
  4. D) Taiga
India aims to achieve land degradation neutrality by the year?
  1. A) 2025
  2. B) 2030
  3. C) 2035
  4. D) 2040
The father of "ecology" is:
  1. A) Ernst Haeckel
  2. B) Charles Darwin
  3. C) A.H. Strahler
  4. D) E.P. Odum
Plants and animals that live on land are called:
  1. A) Abiotic
  2. B) Aquatic habitants
  3. C) Terrestrial habitants
  4. D) Biotic
On which date Ozone Day, is observed ?
  1. A) October 2
  2. B) September 16
  3. C) April 29
  4. D) January 30
Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): Indian Ocean has become the Military bases of many big powers.
Reason (R): There is strong geo-political benefits in Indian Ocean and adjacent countries.

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
At which of the following places is the Secretariat of the International Solar Alliance (I.S.A.) located at present?
  1. A) Paris
  2. B) New Delhi
  3. C) Gurugram
  4. D) New York
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List-I (Programme) List-II (Launch Year)

A. National Programme for Control of Blindness - 1. 1975
B. Integrated Child Development Scheme - 2. 1976
C. National Leprosy Eradication Programme - 3. 2005
D. National Rural Health Mission - 4. 1983

Codes:
A B C D
  1. A) 1 2 3 4
  2. B) 2 4 1 3
  3. C) 2 1 4 3
  4. D) 4 3 2 1