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Environment UPSC PYQ 1996

5 questions from the UPSC 1996 examination. Showing a preview of 3 below — generate a full practice test to solve the rest.

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1Mediumprelims2 marks
Water & Wetland Conservation
Assertion (A): Mangroves are very specialised forest ecosystems of tropical and subtropical regions bordering certain sea coasts.
Reason (R): They stabilise the shoreline and act as bulwark against encroachments by sea. In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct?
ABoth A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
BBoth A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
CA is true but R is false
DA is false but R is true
2Easyprelims2 marks
Water & Wetland Conservation
Physico-chemical characteristics of water in water sources undergo changes due to
Aaquatic macrophytes
Baquatic fungi
Ceffluents
Devapotranspiration
3Easyprelims2 marks
Biodiversity & Conservation
Which one of the following regions of India is now regarded as an 'ecological hot spot'?
AWestern Himalayas
BEastern Himalayas
CWestern Ghats
DEastern Ghats

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