Previous year MCQs

Environment & Ecology UPPSC 2002 GS-I
Question

Which of the following tree, once very popular in social forestry, is now taken to be environmental hazard:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option D: Eucalyptus

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Eucalyptus”.
Eucalyptus trees, once popular in social forestry programs, are now considered an environmental hazard.

Similar Questions:

The concept of ecosystem was propounded by:
  1. A) A.G.Tansley
  2. B) C.C. Park
  3. C) A.H. Strahler
  4. D) E.P Odum
Match the following list-I with list-II and select, the correct answer from the code given below the Lists:
List-I (States) - List-II (National parks)

A. Uttar Pradesh - 1. Bandipur
B. Assam - 2. Rajaji National Park
C. Orissa - 3. Similipal
D. Karnataka - 4. Manas

Code:
A B C D
  1. A) 1 2 3 4
  2. B) 2 4 3 1
  3. C) 4 3 2 1
  4. D) 2 3 1 4
Which of the following is the most significant factor in coral bleaching?
  1. A) Mining of coral rocks
  2. B) Outbreak of coral diseases
  3. C) Siltation of seawater
  4. D) Global warming
Which of the following is not correctly matched:
  1. A) autotroph–producer
  2. B) heterotroph–consumer
  3. C) saprotroph–decomposer
  4. D) herbivore–secondary consumer
A BOD in a water body, the excess of BOD indicates that its water is:
  1. A) Gaining minerals
  2. B) Getting gaseous
  3. C) Is polluted with sewage
  4. D) Atrophic
Which one of the following air pollutants can affect blood stream leading to death?
  1. A) Asbestos dust
  2. B) Cadmium
  3. C) Lead
  4. D) Carbon monoxide
Which of the following is not a sustainable development goal targeted to be achieved by 2030?
  1. A) Gender Equality
  2. B) Good health and well being
  3. C) Zero Hunger
  4. D) Space Research
Which one of the following is the correct definition of "Agenda 21" ?
  1. A) It is an action plan of U.N.O. for protecting human rights.
  2. B) It is a book of 21 chapters on nuclear disarmament.
  3. C) It is an action plan for the conservation of global environment in 21st century.
  4. D) It is an agenda for the election of the President in the next meeting of SAARC.
As per the report of the State Directorate of Economics and Statistics (2000) Uttar Pradesh is indebted to the World Bank other lending agencies (excluding interest) to the tune of:
  1. A) Rs. 30,000 crore
  2. B) Rs. 50,000 crore
  3. C) Rs. 75,000 crore
  4. D) Rs. 90,000 crore
As per the 2001 census, which one of the following has a lower density of population than the other three:
  1. A) Manipur
  2. B) Meghalaya
  3. C) Mizoram
  4. D) Nagaland
Who said, "The Congress is tottering to its fall and one of my greatest ambition while in. India is to assist it to a peaceful demise.":
  1. A) George Hamilton
  2. B) Lord Curzon
  3. C) Lord Dufferin
  4. D) Lord Minto
Assertion (1): The Green Belt represents a planning concept for controlling the physical expansion of large cities.

Reason (R): It is an integral component of a city.
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