Environment GK

1. The utilization of microorganism digestion system to evacuate poisons, for example, oil slicks in the water bodies is known as :

[A]Bio magnification

[B]Bio remediation

[C]Biomethanation

[D]Bio reduction

   Bio remediation

2. The biggest number of Tiger Reserves are situated in :

[A]Karnataka

[B]Andhra Pradesh

[C]Madhya Pradesh

[D]West Bengal

  Madhya Pradesh

3. The Siberian Crane, an imperiled transient feathered creature is a consistent guest of which of the accompanying national park/flying creature asylums:

[A]Ranganathittu flying creature haven

[B]Keoladeo national park

[C]Vedanthangal winged animal haven

[D]Sultanpur fledgling haven

   Keoladeo national park

Keoladeo National Park in Bharatpur, Rajasthan is a celebrated avifauna haven that plays host to a great many flying creatures particularly amid the winter season. It is additionally a pronounced World Heritage Site. The Sanctuary is one of the wealthiest winged creature ranges on the planet. It is known for settling of its inhabitant feathered creatures and going by transient flying creatures including water winged creatures. The uncommon Siberian cranes visit the spot in winter season.

4. Which of the accompanying Indian States/UT has the most extreme rate of mangrove spread in the nation ? [A]Gujarat

[B]West Bengal

[C]Andaman and Nicobar

[D]Orissa

West Bengal

West Bengal took after by Gujarat and Andaman and Nicobar.

5. In an ecotone, the species which get to be inexhaustible are called:

[A]Edge species

[B]Keystone species

[C]Endemic species

[D]Foster species

Edge Species

An ecotone is a move range between two biomes yet distinctive patches of the scene, for example, backwoods and prairie. The ecotone contains not just species regular to the groups on both sides; it might likewise incorporate various very versatile species that have a tendency to colonize such transitional ranges. This can create an edge impact along the limit line, with the zone showing a more noteworthy than common differences of species. The marvel of expanded assortment of plants and also creatures at the group intersection is known as the “edge impact” and is basically because of a locally more extensive scope of suitable natural conditions or biological corners.

6. “Ecology” (Ökologie) was begat in 1866 by :

[A]Charles Darwin

[B] Robert Whittaker

[C]Arthur Tansley

[D]Ernst Haeckel

Ernst Haeckel “biology” (“Ökologie”) was instituted in 1866 by the German researcher Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919).

7. Which of the accompanying articulations is NOT genuine?

[A]Photochemical exhaust cloud dependably contains Ozone.

[B]The poisonous impact of Carbon Monoxide is because of its more noteworthy liking for hemoglobin when contrasted with oxygen.

[C]Lead is the most dangerous metal contamination of car fumes.

[D]None of the above

Option [D]

All the Statements are valid.

8. Recognize the non Green-House Gas(GHG) from the accompanying :

[A]Methane

[B]Nitrous Oxide

[C]Sulphur Hexafluoride

[D]Carbon Monoxide

Carbon Monoxide

9. The most astounding per capita emitter of Carbon dioxide on the planet is :

[A]US

[B]China

[C]Qatar

[D]Saudi Arabia

Qatar is the most noteworthy per capita emitter of CO2 on the planet positioned by metric huge amounts of emanations from the blazing of fossil powers and bond fabricate, yet not discharges from area utilize, for example, deforestation.

10. Which of the accompanying is not among the four coral reef locales of India distinguished by the Government for escalated protection and administration?

[A]Gulf of Mannar

[B]Gulf of Khambat

[C]Lakshadweep Islands

[D]Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Gulf of Khambat

Gulf of Kutch is the distinguished area.

11. The relationship between water greenery Azolla and cyanobacterium Anabaena is :

[A]Symbiotic

[B]Mutualistic

[C]Commensalism

[D]Proto-Cooperation

Symbiotic

12. Which one of the accompanying is a helpful organic marker of Sulfur-dioxide contamination ?

[A]Bryophytes

[B]Algal blossoms

[C]Pseudomonas

[D]Lichens

Lichens

13. In Nitrogen Cycle, soil nitrates are changed into free nitrogen by:

[A]Nitrifying microscopic organisms

[B]Denitrifying microbes

[C]Ammonifying microorganisms

[D]Both[A] and[C]

Denitrifying Bacteria

14. An oceanic plant acquainted from America with look at contamination swung to be a troublesome weed in Indian water bodies. The name of this ‘obtrusive outsider species’ is :

[A]Opuntia

[B]Aegilops

[C]Eichhornia

[D]Pistia

Eichhornia

crassipes, usually known as Common Water Hyacinth, is an amphibian plant local to the Amazon bowl, and is regularly viewed as an exceptionally risky intrusive animal varieties outside its local extent. The plant was acquainted by Belgian pioneers with Rwanda to enhance their possessions and after that best in class by normal intends to Lake Victoria where it was initially located in 1988. There, with no normal adversaries, it has turned into an environmental disease, choking out the lake, lessening the fish store, and harming the neighborhood economies.

15. ‘Lion-tailed macaque’ is the key faunal types of which Biosphere Reserve?

[A]Nilgiri

[B]Dehang-Debang

[C]Dibru-Saikhowa

[D]Nokrek Nilgir

Nilgiri