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Environment UPSC Prelims Objective Questions for Students
What is important for Sustainable Development?
(a) Conservation of biological diversity
(b) Prevention and control of pollution
(c) Decreasing poverty
(d) All of the above
Option d – All of the above
The term “sixth mass extinction/Sixth extinction” is often mentioned in the news in the context of the discussion of
(a) widespread monoculture practices in agriculture and large-scale commercial farming with indiscriminate use of chemicals in many parts of the world may result in the loss of good native ecosystems.
(b) fears of a possible collision of a meteorite with the earth in the near future in the manner it happened 65 million years ago that caused the mass extinction of many species including those of dinosaurs.
(c) large-scale cultivation of genetically modified crops in many parts of the world and promotion of their cultivation in other parts of the world which cause the disappearance of good native crop plants and the loss of food biodiversity.
(d) mankind’s over-exploitation/misuse of natural resources, fragmentation/ loss of natural habitats, destruction of ecosystems, pollution, and global climate change.
Option d – mankind’s over-exploitation/misuse of natural resources, fragmentation/ loss of natural habitats, destruction of ecosystems, pollution, and global climate change
Environment refers to
(a) The natural world of land, water, air, plants, and animals that exist around it.
(b) The sum total of conditions that surround human beings at a given point in time.
(c) The interacting system of physical, biological, and cultural elements which are interlinked.
(d) All of the above
Option d – All of the above
The environment is a composite state of
(a) Biotic factors
(b) Physiographic factors
(c) Abiotic factors
(d) All of the above
Option d – All of the above
Environmental degradation means
(a) Overall degradation of environmental attributes.
(b) Adverse changes brought in by human activities.
(c) Ecological imbalance because of ecological diversity.
(d) All of the above
Option d – All of the above
(a) Sustainable Development
(b) Poverty Alleviation
(c) Air Conditioning
(d) Use of Paper Bags
Option b – Poverty Alleviation
A country’s natural capital included all of the following except
(a) Forest
(b) Water
(c) Roads
(d) Minerals
Option c – Roads
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