General Knowledge
ENVIRONMENT MCQs
Total Questions : 129
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Answer: Option B. -> Individual- Population- Community- Ecosystem- Biosphere
ORGANISM ID THE LOWEST LEVEL IN THE ECOLOGICAL LEVELS AS IT IS AN INDIVIDUAL BEING HAVING THE ABILITY TO ACT AND FUNCTION INDEPENDENTLY
POPULATION IS A GROUP OF ORGANISMS USUALLY OF SAME SPECIES OCCUPYING A DEFINED AREA AT A PARTICULAR TIME.
A COMMUNITY IS A GROUP OF DIFFERENT SPECIES LIVING AND INTERACTING WITH EACH OTHER IN THE SAME GEOGRAPHICAL AREA AT THE SAME TIME.
ECOSYSTEM IS A SET OF LIVING ORGANISM LIVING TOGETHER WHILE INTERACTING WITH BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC COMPONENTS OF THEIR ENVIRONMENT. IT CONSIST OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES.
BIOSPHERE IS THE SUM OF ALL THE GLOBAL ECOSYSTEMS.
ORGANISM ID THE LOWEST LEVEL IN THE ECOLOGICAL LEVELS AS IT IS AN INDIVIDUAL BEING HAVING THE ABILITY TO ACT AND FUNCTION INDEPENDENTLY
POPULATION IS A GROUP OF ORGANISMS USUALLY OF SAME SPECIES OCCUPYING A DEFINED AREA AT A PARTICULAR TIME.
A COMMUNITY IS A GROUP OF DIFFERENT SPECIES LIVING AND INTERACTING WITH EACH OTHER IN THE SAME GEOGRAPHICAL AREA AT THE SAME TIME.
ECOSYSTEM IS A SET OF LIVING ORGANISM LIVING TOGETHER WHILE INTERACTING WITH BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC COMPONENTS OF THEIR ENVIRONMENT. IT CONSIST OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES.
BIOSPHERE IS THE SUM OF ALL THE GLOBAL ECOSYSTEMS.
Answer: Option A. -> Inverted
IN A FOREST THE PRODUCER ARE SMALL IN NUMBER FOLLOWED BY MORE HERBIVORES AND THAN NEXT LEVEL CONSUMERS. FOR EXAMPLE- LARGE TREES ARE LESS IN NUMBER FOLLOWED BY MORE BIRDS AND THAN PARASITES AND HYPER-PARASITES,
IN A FOREST THE PRODUCER ARE SMALL IN NUMBER FOLLOWED BY MORE HERBIVORES AND THAN NEXT LEVEL CONSUMERS. FOR EXAMPLE- LARGE TREES ARE LESS IN NUMBER FOLLOWED BY MORE BIRDS AND THAN PARASITES AND HYPER-PARASITES,
Answer: Option A. -> Only 1
MANGROVES GROW IN OXYGEN RICH WATER LOGGED SOIL WHICH CONSIST OF HYDROGEN SULPHIDE. SO FAR NONE OF THE MANGROVES ARE INCLUDED IN IUCN RED LIST.
MANGROVES GROW IN OXYGEN RICH WATER LOGGED SOIL WHICH CONSIST OF HYDROGEN SULPHIDE. SO FAR NONE OF THE MANGROVES ARE INCLUDED IN IUCN RED LIST.
Answer: Option A. -> Endangered
THE IUCN STATUS OF GALáPAGOS PENGUIN IS ENDANGERED. THEY RESIDE IN THE VOLCANIC ISLANDS OF THE GALáPAGOS AND ARE THE ONLY PENGUINS WHICH ARE FOUND NORTH OF THE EQUATOR.
THE IUCN STATUS OF GALáPAGOS PENGUIN IS ENDANGERED. THEY RESIDE IN THE VOLCANIC ISLANDS OF THE GALáPAGOS AND ARE THE ONLY PENGUINS WHICH ARE FOUND NORTH OF THE EQUATOR.
Question 95. Which of the following are the effects of Eutrophication?
1. Eutrophication creates a detritus layer in the ponds & lakes and produces successively shallower depth of surface water.
2. The water body is eventually reduced into marsh whose plant community is transformed from an aquatic environment to recognizable terrestrial ecosystem.
Select the correct option from the codes given below:
1. Eutrophication creates a detritus layer in the ponds & lakes and produces successively shallower depth of surface water.
2. The water body is eventually reduced into marsh whose plant community is transformed from an aquatic environment to recognizable terrestrial ecosystem.
Select the correct option from the codes given below:
Answer: Option C. -> Both 1 & 2
EUTROPHICATION CREATES A DETRITUS LAYER IN THE PONDS & LAKES AND PRODUCES SUCCESSIVELY SHALLOWER DEPTH OF SURFACE WATER. THE WATER BODY IS EVENTUALLY REDUCED INTO MARSH WHOSE PLANT COMMUNITY IS TRANSFORMED FROM AN AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT TO RECOGNIZABLE TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM.
EUTROPHICATION CREATES A DETRITUS LAYER IN THE PONDS & LAKES AND PRODUCES SUCCESSIVELY SHALLOWER DEPTH OF SURFACE WATER. THE WATER BODY IS EVENTUALLY REDUCED INTO MARSH WHOSE PLANT COMMUNITY IS TRANSFORMED FROM AN AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT TO RECOGNIZABLE TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM.
Answer: Option A. -> Only 1
THE LEVEL OF ORGANIC MATTER PRESENT IN WATER IS KNOWN AS BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND. THE GREATER THE BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND, GREATER IS THE POLLUTING POTENTIAL.
THE LEVEL OF ORGANIC MATTER PRESENT IN WATER IS KNOWN AS BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND. THE GREATER THE BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND, GREATER IS THE POLLUTING POTENTIAL.
Answer: Option C. -> Both 1 & 2
CORAL REEFS ARE THE COLONIES OF TINY LIVING CREATURES THAT ARE FOUND IN OCEANS. CORAL HAS A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP WITH ‘ZOOXANTHELLAE MICROSCOPIC ALGAE WHICH LIVES ON CORAL. CORAL REEFS ARE ALSO REGARDED AS THE TROPICAL RAINFOREST OF THE SEA.
CORAL REEFS ARE THE COLONIES OF TINY LIVING CREATURES THAT ARE FOUND IN OCEANS. CORAL HAS A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP WITH ‘ZOOXANTHELLAE MICROSCOPIC ALGAE WHICH LIVES ON CORAL. CORAL REEFS ARE ALSO REGARDED AS THE TROPICAL RAINFOREST OF THE SEA.
Answer: Option A. -> Endangered
THE IUCN STATUS OF IRRAWADDY DOLPHIN IS ENDANGERED. THEY ARE MAINLY FOUND IN THREE RIVERS — THE AYEYARWADY IN MYANMAR, THE MAHAKAM IN INDONESIAN BORNEO AND THE MEKONG — AND COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA.
THE IUCN STATUS OF IRRAWADDY DOLPHIN IS ENDANGERED. THEY ARE MAINLY FOUND IN THREE RIVERS — THE AYEYARWADY IN MYANMAR, THE MAHAKAM IN INDONESIAN BORNEO AND THE MEKONG — AND COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA.
Answer: Option D. -> Endangered
THE IUCN STATUS OF GREEN TURTLE IS ENDANGERED. IT IS A HERBIVORE AND IS ALSO THE LARGEST AMONG ITS SPECIES. GREEN SEA TURTLE CAN WEIGH UP TO 400 POUNDS. THEY ARE MOSTLY FOUND IN TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL WATERS.
THE IUCN STATUS OF GREEN TURTLE IS ENDANGERED. IT IS A HERBIVORE AND IS ALSO THE LARGEST AMONG ITS SPECIES. GREEN SEA TURTLE CAN WEIGH UP TO 400 POUNDS. THEY ARE MOSTLY FOUND IN TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL WATERS.
Answer: Option C. -> Jaguar
“PANTHERA ONCA” IS THE SCIENTIFIC NAME OF JAGUAR. ITS IUCN STATUS IS NEAR THREATENED. IT IS FOUND IN THE AMAZON AND PANTANAL. THEIR SURVIVAL IS THREATENED DUE TO HUNTING AND DEFORESTATION.
“PANTHERA ONCA” IS THE SCIENTIFIC NAME OF JAGUAR. ITS IUCN STATUS IS NEAR THREATENED. IT IS FOUND IN THE AMAZON AND PANTANAL. THEIR SURVIVAL IS THREATENED DUE TO HUNTING AND DEFORESTATION.