Environment & Biodiversity MCQs

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Clouded Leopard National Park is located in Tripura. The park is located in the Sepahijala Wildlife Sanctuary, which is in the West Tripura district. The park was established in 2007 and is known for its captive Clouded Leopard enclosures.
The park covers an area of about 5.08 square kilometers. The terrain is green year-round and the weather is temperate, except for the humid summer months of March and April. The best time to visit is November to May.

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The Gorumara National Park (GNP) is located in Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The park is located in the Dooars region of the Himalayan foothills, it is a medium-sized park with grasslands and forests. It is primarily known for its population of Indian rhinoceros. The park has been declared as the best among the protected areas in India by the Ministry of Environment and Forests for the year 2009. It has recorded 50 species of mammals, 194 species of birds, 22 species of reptiles, 7 species of turtles, 27 species of fish, and other macro and micro fauna. The park is rich in large herbivores including Indian rhinoceros, gaur, Asian elephant, sloth bear, chital and sambar deer.

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The Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WWS) is located in Wayanad, Kerala and covers an area of 344 square kilometers. It is home to elephants, tigers, panthers, jungle cats, civet cats, monkeys, wild dogs, bisons, deer, bears, etc. The sanctuary is one of the safest havens for different species of vultures like the White-rumped Vultures and the Red-headed Vultures. It is part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve.

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The Adichunchanagiri Wildlife Sanctuary (AWLS) is located in Nagamangala Taluk of Mandya district of Karnataka and is spread over 0.88 square kilometres. This was created mainly for the conservation of peacocks. It also houses nearly 250 species of birds.

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The Intergovernmental Panel which is an intergovernmental body of the United Nations, was founded in the year 1988 by Bert Bolin. Its headquarter is located in Geneva, Switzerland. Its objective is to provide scientific information that is relevant to understanding the scientific basis of the risk associated with climate change and its natural, political, economic impacts and possible remedies.

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Fish meal is made from fish that are not suitable for human consumption. It is used to feed farm animals. It is also a nutrients rich organic fertilizer with a NPK ratio of 10-2-2.

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In a Grassland, the number of producers i.e. plants and grasses is more than the herbivore and number of carnivores is more than the herbivores. The same is valid for Ponds. In Forests, the Pyramid of Number is a broad shaped. The producers are more, herbivores are less but carnivores are again more. In Parasitic food chain, the Pyramid of Numbers is always inverted

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The world’s largest CO2 emitter country is China and per capita emission is highest in Qatar with 49 tonnes per person. Qatar is followed by Tobago, Kuwait, UAE.

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Henderson Island is located between New Zealand and Chile in the Pacific Ocean. Recently, researchers have tagged the island as the most polluted and remotest island of the world after they spotted the highest density of plastic debris on the island than anywhere else on the planet. The earth system called south pacific gyre, a large system of circulating ocean current has been held responsible for the collection of waste over the island. The waste dumped in oceans by various countries is carried by the sea currents and this waste congregates on the island.

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Short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) are those climate pollutants that remain in the atmosphere for a much shorter period of time than longer-lived climate pollutants, such as carbon dioxide (CO2). They include methane, fluorinated gases including hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), and black carbon. Their relative potency, when measured in terms of how they heat the atmosphere, can be tens, hundreds, or even thousands of times greater than that of CO2.