Environment Quiz: Day 35

December 11, 2022

Which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched?
1. Basel Convention: Protection of Ozone layer
2. Rotterdam Convention: Regulation of Persistent Organic Pollutants
3. Stockholm Convention: Trans-boundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes

(A) 1 only
(B) 1 and 2 only
(C) 1, 2 and 3
(D) None

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Answer : D

The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal was adopted in 1989 and it came into force in 1992. It is the most comprehensive global environmental agreement on hazardous wastes and other wastes. With 175 Parties (as at 31 March 2011), it has nearly universal membership.

Rotterdam Convention: was adopted on 10th September 1998 by a Conference of Plenipotentiaries in Rotterdam, Netherlands and entered into force on 24th February 2004.

It covers pesticides and industrial chemicals that have been banned or severely restricted for health or environmental reasons by Parties and which have been notified by Parties for inclusion in the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) procedure. The Convention creates legally binding obligations for the implementation of the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) procedure.

The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants is a global treaty to protect human health and the environment from chemicals that remain intact in the environment for long periods, become widely distributed geographically, accumulate in the fatty tissue of humans and wildlife, and have harmful impacts on human health or on the environment.

Decomposers In grassland ecosystem the pyramid of energy is

(A) Inverted
(B) Upright
(C) Inverted or upright
(D) None of the above

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Answer : B

Which of these conventions is/are Rio conventions?
1. UN Framework convention on Climate change
2. Convention on Biological diversity
3. Vienna Convention on Ozone Depleting substances
4. Stockholm Convention on President organic pollutants
5. UN Convention to combat Desertification

(A) 1, 2 and 4 only
(B) 1, 2 and 3 only
(C) 1, 2 and 5 only
(D) All of the above

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Answer : C

The three Rio Conventions—on Biodiversity, Climate Change and Desertification—derive directly from the 1992 Earth Summit.

Which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched?
Wetlands - State
1. Nalsarovar - Himachal Pradesh
2. Point Calimere - Punjab
3. Ashtamudi - Gujarat
4. Chandertal - Andhra Pradesh

(A) 1 and 4 only
(B) 1, 2 and 4 only
(C) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(D) None

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Answer : D

Consider the following statements about invasive species:
1. Invasive species are plants only
2. These species may disrupt by dominating a region, wilderness areas or wild land-urban interface land
Which of these statements is/are correct?

(A) 1 only
(B) 2 only
(C) 1 and 2
(D) None.

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Answer : B

Consider the following
1. Biodiversity hotspots are located only in tropical regions.
2. India has four biodiversity hotspots i.e., the Himalayas, the Western Ghats, the Indo-Burma region and the Sundaland (Includes Nicobar group of Islands).
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(A) 1 only
(B) 2 only
(C) Both 1 and 2
(D) None

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Answer : B

A biodiversity hotspot is a biogeographic region with significant levels of biodiversity that is threatened with destruction.

To qualify as a hot spot, a region must meet two strict criteria:

Species endemism: the region must contain at least 1,500 species of vascular plants (> 0.5% of the world’s total) as endemics, and

Degree of threat: the region has to have lost at least 70% of its original habitat.

In which one among the following categories of protected areas in India are local people not allowed to collect and use the biomass?

(A) Biosphere Reserves
(B) National Parks
(C) Wetlands declared under Ramsar Convention
(D) Wildlife Sanctuaries

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Answer : B

No human activity is permitted inside the national park except for the ones permitted by the Chief Wildlife Warden of the state under the conditions given in CHAPTER IV, WPA 1972.

Which of these species is/are found in the Western Ghats?
1. Lion-tailed Macaque
2. Balloon frog
3. NilgiriTahr
4. Giant squirrel

(A) 2 only
(B) 2 and 3 only
(C) 2, 3 and 4 only
(D) All of these species are found in the Western Ghats

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Answer : D

Which of the following convention aims to regulate international trade of wildlife samples?

(A) Bonn Convention
(B) Ramsar Convention
(C) CITES Convention
(D) Vienna Convention

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Answer : C

CITES, which stands for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, is a global agreement among governments to regulate or ban international trade in species under threat.

Which of these is not one of the three main objectives of the Convention on biodiversity?

(A) To share the benefits of biodiversity fairly and equitably
(B) To discover more species and assess their global conservation status
(C) To conserve biodiversity
(D) To use biodiversity in a sustainable way

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Answer : B

Conservation of Biological Diversity

Sustainable use of the components of the Biodiversity

Fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the genetic resources

Consider the following:
1. Carbon dioxide
2.Oxides of Nitrogen
3. Oxides of Sulphur
Which of the above is/are the emission/ emissions from coal combustion at thermal power plants?

(A) 1 only
(B) 2 and 3 only
(C) 1 and 3 only
(D) 1, 2 and 3

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Answer : D

Which of the following can accelerate the global warming?
1. Rice cultivation.
2. Cattle breeding.
3. Melting of permafrost in the Arctic region.

(A) 1 & 3 only.
(B) 1 & 2 only.
(C) 2 & 3 only.
(D) 1, 2 & 3.

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Answer : D

Consider the following kinds of organisms
1) Bat
2) Bee
3) Bird
Which of the above is/are pollinating agent/agents?

(A) 1 and 2 only
(B) 2 only
(C) 1 and 3 only
(D) 1, 2 and 3

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Answer : D

If a tropical rain forest is removed, it does not regenerate quickly as compared to a tropical deciduous forest. This is because

(A) The soil of rain forest is deficient in nutrients
(B) Propagules of the trees in a rain forest have poor viability
(C) The rain forest species are slow-growing
(D) Exotic species invade the fertile soil of rain forest.

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Answer : A

Which one of the following terms describes not only the physical space occupied by an organism, but also its functional role in the community of organisms?

(A) Ecotone
(B) Ecological niche
(C) Habitat
(D) Home range

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Answer : B