Environment & Biodiversity MCQs

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Bannerghatta National Park was founded in the year 1970 and it was declared as a national park in 1974. It is located near Bangalore, Karnataka. The first butterfly enclosure in India is located in this National Park. Apart from that, the park has a zoo, an animal rescue centre, a snake house, a pet corner, an aquarium, and a safari park.

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Development Alternatives is the world’s first social enterprise which is dedicated to sustainable development. It also conducts research to deliver socially equitable, environmentally sound and economically scalable development outcomes. It releases State of Environment Report in India.

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The Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer was adopted in the conference at Vienna on 22 March 1985. The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer was an international treaty which was organized in 1987.

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CITES is Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, also known as the Washington Convention signed in 1973.

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Silent Valley National Park also known as “Sairandhri Vanam” is located in the state of Kerala and is located in the Nilgiri hills. It is home to the lion-tailed macaques, an endangered species of primate. In 1973, “Save Silent Valley” campaign (environmental movement) was initiated when the Kerala State Electricity Board declared to implement the Silent Valley Hydro-Electric Project.

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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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Around 40° N and S Latitudes earth’s heat budget is most balanced. This is beacause of the moderate climate this areas has. Heat budget is the summation of heat received and lost by earth.

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Nitrate cannot be removed once it has entered the underground water system.

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The difference of mean monthly temperature of January and July is known as annual range of temperature. The highest annual range of temperature is generally recorded in sub polar region where annual ranges of temperature are about 64 degree.

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“Biological passport” has been of immense use in the field of sports, particularly in the context of anti-doping efforts and maintaining fair competition. The Biological Passport is a sophisticated and comprehensive monitoring system that tracks the physiological parameters and biomarkers of athletes over time. It is primarily used in sports to detect and deter the use of performance-enhancing drugs and doping practices.