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Environment UPSC PYQ 1998

9 questions from the UPSC 1998 examination.

9 questions

1Easyprelims2 marks
Water & Wetland Conservation

Estuaries possess distinct blooms of excessive growth of a pigmented dinoflagellate. These blooms are called

Ared tides
Bsea tides
Cblack tides
Dsea flowers
2Easyprelims2 marks
International Environmental Treaties & Summits

According to Meadows (1972), if the present trends in world population, industrialisation, pollution, food production and resource depletion continue unchanged, the “Limits to Growth” on our planet will be reached in the next

A50 years
B100 years
C150 years
D200 years
3Easyprelims2 marks
Environmental Governance & Legislation

‘Eco mark’ is given to the Indian products that are

Apure and unadulterated
Brich in proteins
Cenvironment friendly
Deconomically viable
4Easyprelims2 marks
International Environmental Treaties & Summits

World Environment Conference to discuss global warming was held in 1997 in

AStockholm
BRio de Janeiro
CParis
DKyoto
5Mediumprelims2 marks
Sustainable Agriculture & Forestry

Forest areas have been labelled as 1, 2, 3 and 4 in the rough outline map given. Among these, those which were threatened in 1997 by a serious epidemic include

ATeak forests of 3 and 4
BOak forests of 1 and sal forests of 2
CSal forests of 3
DSandalwood forests of 4
6Easyprelims2 marks
Water & Wetland Conservation

Some people in Manipur live in houses built on floating islands of weeds and decaying vegetation held together by suspended silt. These islands are called

ATipis
BBarkhans
CPhumdis
DIzba
7Easyprelims2 marks
Sustainable Agriculture & Forestry

Indonesian forest fire in 1997 was caused by

Agreenhouse effect
Bdepletion of the ozone layer
CEl Niño effects
DNone of the above
8Easyprelims2 marks
Water & Wetland Conservation

The water pollution in river is measured by the dissolved amount of

AChlorine
BOzone
CNitrogen
DOxygen
9Easyprelims2 marks
Biodiversity & Conservation

A tree species in Mauritius failed to reproduce because of the extinction of a fruit-eating bird. Which one of the following was that bird?

ADove
BDodo
CCondor
DSkua
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