Insights Revision Plan for Prelims 2016: Test – 2

Consider the following statements:

1. Under the Wildlife (protection) Act 1972, Nilgai and Wild Pig have been declared as vermins
2. If an animal is declared as vermin state authorities can carry out an extermination of such animals on a large scale without attracting penal provisions of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

The binturong, also known as bearcat, is a small mammal native to South and Southeast Asia and has been assessed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. In which of the following National Parks, you are likely to find them?

The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has constituted 30 state/UT level environment assessment authorities under which of the following laws?

Consider the following statements:

1. PM 10 poses greater threat to health than PM 2.4 particles
2. According to WHO, PM10 particles can lodge deeply into the lungs, hence pose greater threat to health

Which of the above statements is/are INCORRECT?

With reference to Fly ash, consider the following statements:

1. It is is one of the coal combustion products
2. Due to stringent rules, in India, thermal power plants have achieved 100% fly ash utilization target

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

The pollution caused by burning fossil fuels can be somewhat reduced by

1. Increasing the efficiency of the combustion process
2. The use of catalytic converters

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

Which of the following conventions deals with the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal?

Consider the following statements:

1. It is the shortest classified river draining into the Bay of Bengal
2. It was earlier known as the Triplicane river
3. It is one of the highly polluted river in Tamil Nadu

To which of the following rivers does above description refer?

Consider the following statements:

1. World Wetlands Day is celebrated on February 2 marking the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on 2 February 1971
2. Wetlands occur naturally on every continent including Antarctica
3. A wetland is a land area that is always permanently saturated with water

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. The autotrophs or the producers are at the first trophic level in food chain
2. There are generally a greater number of individuals at the lower trophic levels of an ecosystem
3. Food chains generally consist of only three or four steps, but they can have more than five trophic levels too

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Which of the following matches is/are correct?

1. Rain Forest Research Institute – Jorhat
2. Arid Forest Research Institute – Jodhpur
3. Tropical Forest Research Institute – Jabalpur

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

Consider the following definitions:

1. Bioaccumulation is the increasing concentration of a substance, such as a toxic chemical, in the tissues of organisms at successively higher levels in a food chain
2. Biomagnification occurs within a trophic level, and is the increase in concentration of a substance in certain tissues of organisms’ bodies due to absorption from food and the environment
3. Bioconcentration is defined as occurring when uptake from the water is greater than excretion

Which of the above definitions is/are INCORRECT?

Consider the following statements

1. To save the environment, Reuse strategy is a better option than Recycling
2. Recycling of plastic is more lucrative than recycling of metals or glass

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

With reference to natural vegetation in the Himalayas, consider the following statements:

1. Deciduous forests are found in the foothills of the Himalayas
2. Oak and chestnut trees belong to evergreen broad leaf forests
3. Deodar, an endemic species grows mainly in the eastern part of the Himalayan range

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

In which of the following Biosphere Reserves, you are likely to find the tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical moist forests, the subtropical dry broadleaf forests and tropical dry forests within its boundaries?

The Third UN United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction was held in March 2015 in

Which of the following region does NOT fall under Severe Drought Prone Area category in India?

The effectiveness of any given GHG molecule will depend on which of the following factors?

1. The magnitude of the increase in its concentration
2. Its life time in the atmosphere
3. The wavelength of radiation that it absorbs

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. Groups of individual organisms having certain similarities in their physical characteristics are called species
2. Genetic biodiversity refers to the variation of genes within species
3. Areas rich in genetic biodiversity are called hotspots of diversity

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

With reference to International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), consider the following statements:

1. It is an international NGO
2. Its headquarters is located in Germany

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

There are 100 students in a particular class. 60% students play cricket, 30% student play football and 10% student play both the games. What is the number of students who play neither cricket nor football ?

A village having a population of 4000 requires 150 liters of water per head per day. It has a tank measuring 20 m x 15 m x 6 m. The water of this tank will last for

Consider the following argument:

“In, order to be a teacher one must graduate from college. All poets are poor. Some Mathematicians are poets. No college graduate is poor.”

Which one of the following is not a valid conclusion regarding the above argument?

A student on her first 3 tests receives on an average score of N points. If she exceeds her previous average score by 20 points on her fourth test, then what is the average score for the first 4 tests?

In a group of persons, 70% of the persons are male and 30% of the persons are married. If two sevenths of males are married, what fraction of the females is single ?