Previous year MCQs

Environment & Ecology UPPSC 2013 GS-I
Question

Which of the following group of gases contribute to the "Green House Effect"?

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option D: Carbon dioxide and Methane

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Carbon dioxide and Methane”.
The main green houses are gases – water-vapor, CFCs, CO2, Nitrous Oxide, methane, ozone.

Similar Questions:

Which of the following conditions indicate the impact of global warming?

1. Melting of glaciers
2. Rise in sea level
3. Changes in weather conditions
4. Rise in global temperature

Select the correct answer from the codes given below.
Codes:
  1. A) 1 and 2
  2. B) 1, 2 and 3
  3. C) 2, 3 and 4
  4. D) All the four
Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
  1. A) Bolivia - Tin
  2. B) Brazil - Iron Ore
  3. C) Mexico - Silver
  4. D) Peru - Nitrate
In which of the following States, High Courts have been setup in March, 2013?

1) Arunachal Pradesh
2) Meghalaya
3) Mizoram
4) Tripura

Select the correct answer from the codes given below: Codes:
  1. A) 1 and 3 only
  2. B) 2 and 4 only
  3. C) 1, 2 and 3 only
  4. D) 1, 2, 3 and 4
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.
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists:
List-I (Biosphere sites) - List-II (Year of setting up)

A. Nilgiri - Year 2000
B. Nanda Devi - Year 1989
C. Sunderban - Year 1988
D. Kanchanjunga - Year 1986

A B C D
  1. A) 1 2 3 4
  2. B) 4 3 2 1
  3. C) 3 4 1 2
  4. D) 2 3 1 4
To meet Euro-II emission standards, what should be the sulphur content in the ultra low sulphur diesel?
  1. A) 0.05 percent or less than this
  2. B) 0.15 percent
  3. C) 0.10 percent
  4. D) 0.20 percent
The "Dakshinamurti" idol of Shiva depicts him in which from?
  1. A) Teacher
  2. B) Dancing
  3. C) Reclining
  4. D) Meditating
When was India's first National Action Plan on Climate Change released?
  1. A) 2000
  2. B) 2008
  3. C) 2012
  4. D) 2015
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists:
List-I (Biosphere Reserve) - List-II (Location)

A) Nokrek - 1) Kerala
B) Manas - 2) Assam
C) Dehang Debang - 3) Meghalaya
D) Agasthyamalai - 4) Arunachal Pradesh
  1. A) A-2 B-3 C-1 D-4
  2. B) A-3 B-2 C-4 D-1
  3. C) A-4 B-1 C-3 D-2
  4. D) A-1 B-4 C-2 D-3
The Adam's Bridge begins from
  1. A) Dhanuskodi
  2. B) Mandapam
  3. C) Pamban
  4. D) Rameswaram
The mirror used by a dentist to examine the teeth of patients is
  1. A) Concave
  2. B) Convex
  3. C) Plane
  4. D) Cylinderical
The Uttar Pradesh Zamindari abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950 is included in the:
  1. A) Fifth Schedule
  2. B) Seventh Schedule
  3. C) Ninth Schedule
  4. D) Eleventh Schedule