Environment and Ecology – MCQ Questions

Contents

Environment & Ecology

▸4 articlesChapter 1 – Climate Change & Global Initiatives

▸4 articlesClimate Change and Global Initiatives

Climate Change, EIA and Renewable Energy
Global Opinions and Response to Climate Change
International Initiatives on Climate
Ozone Layer Protection

▸13 articlesChapter 2 – Environmental Concepts & Challenges

▸9 articlesEnvironmental Concepts and Challenges

Conservation of Natural Resources
Depletion of Natural Resources
Energy Resources
Environmental Degradation
Forest Fires in the Himalayan Regionenveco0048
Noise Pollution
Pollution, Ecosystems and Biodiversity
Sustainable Development
Types of Drought in India: One Drought, Four Faces

▸4 articlesDisaster Management

Disaster Management: Concepts and India's Legal Framework
Emergency Response and Post-Disaster Recovery
Flood Management in India
Nuclear and Biological Disasters: India's Major Case Studies

▸17 articlesChapter 3 – Biodiversity & Wildlife Conservation

▸10 articlesWildlife and Biodiversity Conservation

Allographa Lichen Discovery, Western Ghatsenveco0047
Blue Flag Certificationenveco0050
Chemical Threats to Biodiversity
Coral Reefs and Marine Biodiversity Conservation in India: Four Reef Zones
Human-Wildlife Conflict in India
Mangrove Forests of India: Beyond the Sundarbans
Project Dolphinenveco0049
Project Tiger and NTCAenveco0038
Silent Valley
Wildlife in India

▸7 articlesEnvironmental Activists and Conservationists

Amrita Devi Bishnoimedhist0059
Anil Agarwal: The Journalist Who Built India's Environmental Movementenveco0043
Gaura Devi: The Woman Who Led the Reni Chipko Standenveco0040
Kailash Sankhala: The Tiger Man of Indiaenveco0041
Medha Patkar and the Narmada Bachao Andolanenveco0036
Purnima Devi Barman: The Hargila Army's Founderenveco0042
Sunderlal Bahuguna: Ecology is Permanent Economyenveco0035

▸13 articlesChapter 4 – Schemes, Bodies & Environmental Law

▸6 articlesGovernment Schemes and Missions

Catch the Rain: India's Jal Shakti Water Conservation Campaignenveco0044
India's Afforestation and Plantation Campaignsenveco0045
Namami Gange Programme
PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana
Swachh Sagar, Surakshit Sagarenveco0037
The National Green Hydrogen Mission

▸7 articlesStatutory Bodies and Regulatory Frameworks

CAMPAenveco0051
CAQM: From Advice to Enforcementenveco0046
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)enveco0052
Forest (Conservation) Amendment Act, 2023
India's Conservation Framework: Forests, Laws and Debates
National Biodiversity Authority
National Board for Wildlife (NBWL)enveco0039

▸6 articlesChapter 5 – Waste Management & Pollution

▸6 articlesWaste Management and Recycling

E-Waste Recycling in India
Fly Ashenveco0029
Metal Recycling in India
Plastic Waste Recycling in India
Recycling in India
Solid and Hazardous Waste

▸22 articlesChapter 6 – Pollution & Air Quality

▸22 articlesPollution & Air Quality

Aerial Metagenomics: Reading a Habitat from Its Airborne DNAenveco0200
Climate Action Tracker: Who Grades Countries' Emission Pledgesenveco0103
Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC)enveco0130
Coal Ash and Indian Coal Quality (See IndEco0111 for Full Coverage)enveco0096
Coal Thermal Power Plants: Three  None of Them  Claims, All Falseenveco0198
Common Air Pollutants from Fuel and Waste Burning: Five PYQ Facts Comparedenveco0099
Direct Air Captureenveco0066
Furnace Oil: Why This Refinery Byproduct Causes Sulphur Emissionsenveco0097
Impacts of Excessive Nitrogenous Fertilizer Useenveco0131
Magnetite Particles: The Real Sources of This Neurotoxic Pollutantenveco0098
Mercury Pollutionenveco0079
Microbeads and Marine Plastic Pollutionenveco0162
National Clean Air Programme (NCAP): Key Features and Progressenveco0213
Nitrogen-Fixing Plants: Which of the Six Actually Qualifyenveco0193
Oil Pollution and Marine Impacts: A Threat to India's Coastsenveco0210
Photochemical Smog and the 1999 Gothenburg Protocolenveco0212
Sulphur Dioxide Emissions: Sources and Effects
The Climate Group, EP100, and the Under2 Coalition Explainedenveco0104
The Common Carbon Metric: Standardizing Building Emissions Worldwideenveco0102
WHO Air Quality Guidelines: PM2.5, Ozone, and What Actually Enters the Bloodstreamenveco0190
What Really Causes Benzene Pollution Exposureenveco0095
Which Gases India's Air Quality Index Tracksenveco0143

▸19 articlesChapter 7 – Climate Science & Carbon

▸19 articlesClimate Science & Carbon

Activated Carbonenveco0070
Article 6 of the Paris Agreement: Carbon Markets and Cooperative Approachesenveco0072
Blue Carbon: How Coastal Ecosystems Store More Carbon Than Forestsenveco0100
CCAFS, CGIAR, and ICRISAT: Who Runs India’s Climate-Smart Villagesenveco0185
Carbon Capture Methods: Basalt, Ocean Alkalinity, and Mine Injectionenveco0199
Carbon Fertilization Effectenveco0154
Carbon Marketsenveco0078
Carbon Sequestration Sitesenveco0126
Cirrus Cloud Thinning and Stratospheric Aerosol Injectionenveco0127
Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture (GACSA)enveco0088
Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA)enveco0148
High Clouds vs Low Clouds: Warming or Coolingenveco0129
India's Climate Change Policy: LT-LEDS, NDCs, and the Path to Net-Zeroenveco0053
Methane Hydrate Deposits and the Climate Risk They Poseenveco0166
Rice: The Crop Behind Both Methane and Nitrous Oxideenveco0187
Sea-Level Rise and the Indian Ocean: Impact on Indiaenveco0208
Social Cost of Carbon: Putting a Price on Climate Damageenveco0105
System of Rice Intensification: Less Seed, Less Methaneenveco0188
Why Dew Does Not Form on a Cloudy Nightenveco0168

▸39 articlesChapter 8 – Species, Wildlife & Biodiversity

▸39 articlesSpecies, Wildlife & Biodiversity

Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserveenveco0160
Animal Tool Useenveco0080
Biorock Technology: Growing a Reef Its Mineral Skeletonenveco0194
BirdLife Internationalenveco0083
Birds of India: Lesser-Known Speciesenveco0172
Community Reserves: Locally Governed, Not State-Governedenveco0177
Consequences of Butterfly Population Declineenveco0147
Coral Reefs: Tropical Waters and Animal Phylaenveco0156
Golden Mahseer: The River Fish, Not a Birdenveco0174
Gucchi: The Morel Mushroom Nobody Can Farmenveco0191
Herbivorous Turtles, Fish, Marine Mammals, and Viviparous Snakesenveco0164
IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature)enveco0073
IUCN and CITES: Two Different Conservation Bodiesenveco0204
Indian Elephants: Matriarchal Herds and the 22-Month Gestationenveco0170
Indian Squirrelsenveco0079
Indian Wildlife Law: Protection Inside and Outside Reservesenveco0175
Lichen and Moss: The Pioneers That Survive Without Soilenveco0106
Madhav National Parkenveco0058
Maharashtra's Blue Mormon: India's First State Butterflyenveco0086
Musk Deer Habitat: Why Altitude Decides the Answerenveco0118
Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam: India's Largest Tiger Reserveenveco0119
New Banana Species Discovered in the Andaman Islandsenveco0136
Pakhui Wildlife Sanctuary: The Reserve With Two Namesenveco0120
Palm Oil: The African Plant Asia Now Dominatesenveco0184
Parasitoid Speciesenveco0062
Plant Growth Formsenveco0068
Protected Areas in the Cauvery Basin: Which Ones Really Qualifyenveco0117
Rhynchostylis retusa (Foxtail Orchid)enveco0056
Sambar Deerenveco0076
Schedule VI of the Wildlife Protection Act: Regulating Plant Cultivationenveco0173
Seshachalam Biosphere Reserveenveco0144
TRAFFIC Wildlife Trade Monitoring Networkenveco0145
The Gooty Tarantulaenveco0067
The Indian Flying Fox and the WPA 1972 Schedulesenveco0063
The Western Hoolock Gibbon: India's Only Apeenveco0054
Waggle Dance of Honeybeesenveco0077
What Spreads Plant Diseasesenveco0158
Which Animals Roll Into a Ball to Escape Predatorsenveco0108
Why Copper Smelting Plants Concern Environmental Regulatorsenveco0093

▸9 articlesChapter 9 – Ecology & Ecosystems

▸9 articlesEcology & Ecosystems

Allelopathy: Role in Irrigated Cropping Systemsenveco0211
Biodiversity Management Committees: Local Power Over Genetic Resourcesenveco0202
Critical Wildlife Habitat and Baiga Habitat Rightsenveco0157
Detritivores: Earthworms, Millipedes, and Woodlice at Workenveco0110
Great Indian Hornbill's Natural Habitatenveco0133
Mountain Ecosystems   Ecotourism: Restoring Fragile Highlandsenveco0206
Prosopis Juliflora and Biodiversity Lossenveco0155
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB)enveco0084
What Is an Ecosystem? The Precise Definitionenveco0205

▸8 articlesChapter 10 – Agriculture, Soil & Farming

▸8 articlesAgriculture, Soil & Farming

Biochar in Farming: Three Real Uses in Vertical Farmingenveco0123
Conservation Agriculture: The Three Real Principlesenveco0089
Eco-Friendly Agriculture Practices Recognized in Indiaenveco0125
Fertigation in Agricultureenveco0090
Permaculture Farming: How It Differs From Conventional Chemical Farmingenveco0091
Water Conservation Practices in Agricultureenveco0087
Why Burning Crop Residue Releases Four Distinct Pollutantsenveco0094
Zero Tillage: How It Changes Wheat and Rice Farmingenveco0179

▸11 articlesChapter 11 – Water, Marine & Oceans

▸11 articlesWater, Marine & Oceans

Acid Rain: Which Gases Actually Cause Itenveco0197
Amur Falcons and the Doyang Lake Turnaroundenveco0055
Central Ground Water Authority: Powers, Origins, and Limitsenveco0180
Desert Leaf Modifications Against Water Lossenveco0151
India's Groundwater Withdrawal: The Real Reason Behind the 26%enveco0201
NIRANTAR: Coordinating India's Environmental Research Institutionsenveco0203
National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA)enveco0134
Ocean Primary Producers: Cyanobacteria, Diatoms, and What Isn't Oneenveco0107
Sand Mining in Riverbeds: The Real Environmental Consequencesenveco0122
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)enveco0085
Wetlands as Earth’s Kidneys: How the Filtration Worksenveco0189

▸6 articlesChapter 12 – Waste, Recycling & Circular Economy

▸6 articlesWaste, Recycling & Circular Economy

Extended Producer Responsibility: Where It Started in Indiaenveco0115
Membrane Bioreactorsenveco0064
Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET): What It Can and Cannot Safely Doenveco0192
Pyrolysis and Plasma Gasification in Waste-to-Energyenveco0159
R2 Code of Practices: Certifying Responsible Electronics Recyclingenveco0181
Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 (See EnvEco0011 for Full Coverage)enveco0113

▸5 articlesChapter 13 – Green Tech & Renewable Energy

▸5 articlesGreen Tech & Renewable Energy

Bamboo Under the Forest Act and the Forest Rights Actenveco0112
Deciduous vs. Evergreen Trees of India: Teak, Mahua, and Jackfruit
Green India Mission (GIM)enveco0139
Hydrogen-Enriched CNG (H-CNG) for Busesenveco0128
India Solar Records: Which State Actually Holds Each Titleenveco0196

▸12 articlesChapter 14 – International Bodies & Treaties

▸12 articlesInternational Bodies & Treaties

Agenda 21 and the Rio Earth Summitenveco0141
Asiatic Lion Translocation to Kuno Palpurenveco0150
CAMPA: What the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act Actually Requiresenveco0114
Copper Slag, Geotextiles, and Sustainable Rural Road Constructionenveco0178
District Mineral Foundations: Compensation, Not Explorationenveco0116
FAO's Blue Transformation and the Four Bettersenveco0057
Filter Feeders: Why the Oyster Doesn't Need to Huntenveco0109
Khasi Hills Community REDD+ Projectenveco0059
Leafcutter Ants: Farmers of Fungusenveco0176
New York Declaration on Forests: A Pledge, Not a Treatyenveco0183
Symbiotic Relationships: Cnidarians, Fungi, and Protozoaenveco0111
UN-REDD+ Programme Benefitsenveco0140

▸28 articlesChapter 15 – More Topics

▸28 articlesOther Topics

Advantages of the Bioremediation Techniqueenveco0146
Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD)enveco0149
Blue-finned Mahseer, Irrawaddy Dolphin, and the Chambal Trapenveco0161
Carbofuran, Methyl Parathion, Phorate, and Triazophosenveco0167
Earth's Magnetic Field and Early Atmosphereenveco0152
Earth's Oxygen Productionenveco0069
Forest Cover Percentage: Chhattisgarh, MP, Maharashtra, Odishaenveco0165
Gadgil vs Kasturirangan Reports on the Western Ghatsenveco0137
Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC)enveco0132
Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS)enveco0138
Himalayan Nettle and Its Sustainable Textile Fibreenveco0163
Kharai Camel: The Swimming Camel of Kutchenveco0135
Lemongrass: The Grass Behind Natural Mosquito Repellentsenveco0182
Lion-tailed Macaqueenveco0074
Malabar Civetenveco0075
Minor Minerals: Who Regulates Sand, Gravel, and Stone Miningenveco0169
Moringa and Tamarind: Two Common Myths, Correctedenveco0186
National Policy on Biofuels: Which Raw Materials Are Approvedenveco0124
Neem-Coated Urea: Why Slower Release Was the Pointenveco0121
PFAS: The  Forever Chemicalsenveco0061
Shale Gas Resources in Indiaenveco0142
The Congo Basin Peatlands (Cuvette Centrale)enveco0060
The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986: Powers and Bodies It Createdenveco0092
The Miyawaki Method: Fast, Dense Mini Forests in Citiesenveco0195
The Phosphorus Cycle: Why It Depends on Rock Weatheringenveco0101
Wet-Bulb Temperatureenveco0065
What the Sixth Mass Extinction Refers Toenveco0153
Why India Has No Marsupialsenveco0072