Environment & Biodiversity MCQs

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The Bhimbandh Wildlife Sanctuary (BWS) is located in the south west of Munger district of Bihar and covers an area of 681.99 square kilometres. The main animals found at BWS are tigers, panthers, wild boars, sloth bear, sambar deer, chitals, four-horned antelope and nilgais. Though, the sanctuary is more famous for its bird life rather than the land animals. It is home to more than 100 species of resident birds, which stay here all year around.

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The Melkote Temple Wildlife Sanctuary (MTWS) is located in Mandya district of Karnataka and is spread over 45.82 square kilometres. This sanctuary is primarily to house wolves. Other mammals found in this sanctuary include the jungle cat, leopard, bonnet macaque, langur and pangolin. Around 230 species of birds have been observed here over the years. The Sanctuary has been known for its once abundant Cycas circinalis species, which in the recent time has been over exploited by the flower decorators and local doctors.

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The White Tiger, a pigmentation variant of the Royal Bengal Tiger, is peculiar to a few Indian regions such as Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Odisha, and specifically West Bengal in the Sunderbans region, their primary habitat. This species is famous for their unique coloration, lending them a ghost-like aura. Notably, Madhya Pradesh houses the world’s first ‘White Tiger Safari’. Though white tigers are found in a few other areas as well, West Bengal is particularly recognized for these majestic big cats.

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China is the world’s top country in terms of clean energy investment with the investment of 83.4 billion U.S. dollars. China is followed by US, Japan and India (9.3 billion U.S. dollars).

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PM10 is particulate matter with 10 mm or less in diameter and PM2.5 is particulate matter with 2.5 micrometers or less in diameter. These particles are formed by burning fuel and chemical reactions that take place in the atmosphere which results environment pollution. A new study showed that PM2.5 is more harmful than PM10.

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Oxygen toxicity is a concern for underwater divers, those on high concentrations of supplemental oxygen. It is a condition resulting from the harmful effects of breathing oxygen at high pressures.

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Namdhapa National Park is the largest National park in North East India. It is located in the state of Arunachal Pradesh. It is India’s third largest National Park. It is home to the common Indian leopard, snow leopard, clouded leopard and tiger.

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The Chipko movement began in 1970s in Uttarakhand and a some part of Uttar Pradesh. It was a forest conservation movement. Sunderlal Bahuguna initiated the Chipko Movement. Notablr activists of the movement are Gaura Devi, Suraksha Devi, Sudesha Devi, Bachni Devi and Chandi Prasad Bhatt, Virushka Devi.

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A chronic occupational lung disease contracted by the prolonged breathing of coal mine dust. The silica and carbon in the coal dust cause black lung disease. About one of every 20 miners studied in the US has X-ray evidence of black lung disease, a form of pneumoconiosis. In its early stages, called simple pneumoconiosis, the disease does not prevent the miner from working or carrying on most normal activities. In some miners, the disease never becomes more severe. Pneumoconiosis is not reversible. There is no specific treatment. Black lung disease has gone by many names, including anthracosis, black lung, black spittle, coal worker’s pneumoconiosis, miner’s asthma, and silicosis.

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Temperature and precipitation are the two most important elements that differentiate weather conditions. They determine the rainfall and others.