Previous year MCQs

UPPSC 2011 GS-1 Environment & Ecology
Question

The country which has the finest system of protected lands in the world is-

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option B: Costa Rica

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Costa Rica”.
Costa Rica has one of the world's best systems of protected lands, with over 25% of its land protected.

Similar Questions:

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

(a) Annie Besant - 1. Home Rule Movement
(b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad - 2. Champaran Satyagraha
(c) Jawahar Lal Nehru - 3. Lucknow Session of Indian National Congress, 1916
(d) Ambika Charan Majumdar - 4. Lahore Session of Indian National Congress, 1929

Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
  1. A) 1 2 4 3
  2. B) 1 2 3 4
  3. C) 4 3 2 1
  4. D) 3 2 1 4
The upper limit of available water in soil is determined at-
  1. A) 1/3 bar
  2. B) 1/2 bar
  3. C) 2/3 bar
  4. D) 1 bar
Invisible Export means export of-
  1. A) Services
  2. B) Prohibited goods
  3. C) Unrecorded goods
  4. D) Goods through smuggling
Which of the following is considered to be the optimum concentration of carbon dioxide for natural balance in atmosphere?
  1. A) 0.02%
  2. B) 0.03%
  3. C) 0.04%
  4. D) 0.05%
First National Centre for Marine Biodiversity (NCMB) of India is situated at -
  1. A) Mumibai
  2. B) Jamnagar
  3. C) Bhavnagar
  4. D) Puducherry
Which one of the following classes of towns are included in the category of small towns by the Census of India ?
  1. A) Class VI
  2. B) Class V and VI
  3. C) Class IV, V and VI
  4. D) Class III, IV, V and VI
Which one of the following is the most effective factor of coral bleaching?
  1. A) Marine pollution
  2. B) Increase of salinity of seas
  3. C) Rise in normal temperature of sea-water
  4. D) Outbreak of diseases and epidemics
Who among the following was the leader of the revolution of 1857 in Assam ?
  1. A) Diwan Maniram Dutta
  2. B) Kandarpeshwar Singh
  3. C) Purandar Singh
  4. D) Piali Barua
Which among the following is the secondary pollutant?
  1. A) Smog
  2. B) Carbondioxide
  3. C) Carbon mono-oxide
  4. D) Fly ash
The solar energy plays the most important role in the:
  1. A) Carbon cycle
  2. B) Oxygen cycle
  3. C) Nitrogen cycle
  4. D) Water cycle
Farming of cloves is done in-
  1. A) Kerala
  2. B) Karnataka
  3. C) Tamil Nadu
  4. D) Uttar Pradesh
The winner of Nobel Peace Prize for 2008 is-
  1. A) Al Gore
  2. B) Muhammad Yunus
  3. C) Martti Ahtisaari
  4. D) Wangari Maathai