Previous year MCQs

Environment & Ecology UPPSC 2009 GS-I
Question

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:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option D: All the four

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “All the four”.
All of the listed conditions - melting of glaciers, rise in sea level, changes in weather conditions, and rise in global temperature - indicate the impact of global warming.

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While India's Human population is growing at an astounding pace, the bird population is shrinking fastly mainly because:

1. there has been an abnormal increase in the number of hunters.
2. bio-pesticides and organic manure are being used on an large scale.
3. there has been a large scale reduction in the habitats of the birds.
4. there has been a large scale used of pesticides, chemical fertilizers and mosquito repellents.

Select your answer correctly using the codes given below:
Codes:
  1. A) 1 and 2 are correct
  2. B) 2 and 3 are correct
  3. C) 3 and 4 are correct
  4. D) 1 and 4 are correct
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  1. A) sons
  2. B) daughters
  3. C) sons's sons
  4. D) daughter's sons
Which one of the following agriculture practices is eco friendly?
  1. A) Cultivation of high yielding varieties
  2. B) Growing plants in glass houses
  3. C) Shifting cultivation
  4. D) Organic farming
In U.P. the Kharif crop is sown during:
  1. A) January - February
  2. B) April - May
  3. C) June-July
  4. D) October - December
The first National Park established in India is:
  1. A) Namdapha National Park
  2. B) Corbett National Park
  3. C) Dudhwa National Park
  4. D) Guinady National Park
Nutraceuticals are products having:
  1. A) Nutrient vitamin and minerals
  2. B) Nutrient protein and fatty acids
  3. C) Nutritional and toxic effects
  4. D) Nutritional and medicinal effects
Which one of the following countries is credited with the establishment of "Uranium city"?
  1. A) Australia
  2. B) Canada
  3. C) Russia
  4. D) U.S.A.
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  1. A) Fern
  2. B) Lichen
  3. C) Money plant
  4. D) Dodder
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  2. B) R.F. Curl
  3. C) R.E. Smalley
  4. D) Feyman
What do we call balancing the need to use resources and also conserve them for the future?
  1. A) Sustainable development
  2. B) Resource conservation
  3. C) Future resources
  4. D) Reducing consumption
Which of the following statements are true for bionomics? Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

A. It literally means 'management of life'
B. It is a synonym for ecology
C. It stresses on the value of natural system which influence human systems

Codes:
  1. A) A is correct
  2. B) A and B are correct
  3. C) B and C are correct
  4. D) All are correct
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1. The objective resolution proposed by Pt. Nehru Ultimately became the Preamble.
2. It is not justiciable in nature.
3. It cannot be amended.
4. It cannot override the specific provisions of the Constitution.
  1. A) Only 1 and 2
  2. B) Only 1,2 and 4
  3. C) Only 1,2 and 3
  4. D) Only 2, 3 and 4