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HPAS 2021 Environment & Ecology Topic-Wise Solutions

HPAS 2021 Environment & Ecology Topic-Wise Solutions

📌 Topic Index
Q78. ‘Day Zero’ City Q79. ECOLEX Controller Q80. Air Pollution Layer Q81. Underground Water Reservoir Q82. Biodiversity Hotspots Concept Q83. Tiger Sanctuaries Q84. Key Biodiversity Areas (India) Q85. Air Pollution Incidents Match Q86. State Trees/Plants Match Q87. Wildlife Sanctuaries Location Q88. Wetlands & States Match Q89. Environmental Policies Year Match
Question 78

‘Day Zero’ refers to which city as South Africa?

  • (A) Johannesburg
  • (B) Durban
  • (C) Cape Town
  • (D) Pretoria
Correct Answer: (C) Cape Town
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Question 79

ECOLEX is controlled by:

  • (A) FAO
  • (B) CSD
  • (C) UNFCCC
  • (D) IPCC
Correct Answer: (A) FAO
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Question 80

Most of the air pollution that we experience is located in:

  • (A) Mesosphere
  • (B) Thermosphere
  • (C) Stratosphere
  • (D) Troposphere
Correct Answer: (D) Troposphere
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Question 81

Deep underground reservoir of water are called as:

  • (A) Karst
  • (B) Aquifer
  • (C) Buffer
  • (D) Baseflow
Correct Answer: (B) Aquifer
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Question 82

Who gave the concept of biodiversity hotspots?

  • (A) E. P. Odum
  • (B) Norman Myers
  • (C) James Lovelock
  • (D) Rachel Carson
Correct Answer: (B) Norman Myers
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Question 83

Which of the following sanctuaries is not known for tigers?

  • (A) Kawal Sanctuary
  • (B) Kaziranga National Park
  • (C) Dudhwa National Park
  • (D) Hazaribagh National Park
Correct Answer: (D) Hazaribagh National Park
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Question 84

When was the process of identifying the key Biodiversity Areas started in India?

  • (A) 1972
  • (B) 2003
  • (C) 1998
  • (D) 2007
Correct Answer: (B) 2003
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Question 85

Match List I with List II:
List I (Air Pollution Incident):
(a) Meuse (1930)
(b) Donora (1948)
(c) Bhopal (1984)
(d) London (1952)

List II (Country):
(i) England
(ii) India
(iii) USA
(iv) Belgium

  • (A) (iv)(iii)(ii)(i)
  • (B) (iv)(iii)(i)(ii)
  • (C) (iv)(i)(iii)(ii)
  • (D) (iii)(iv)(ii)(i)
Correct Answer: (A) (iv)(iii)(ii)(i)
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Question 86

Match List I with List II:
List I (Plant Name Local):
(a) Toona
(b) Khejri
(c) Alder
(d) Jammi

List II (State):
(i) Telangana
(ii) Manipur
(iii) Rajasthan
(iv) Nagaland

  • (A) (ii)(iii)(i)(iv)
  • (B) (ii)(iii)(iv)(i)
  • (C) (ii)(iv)(i)(iii)
  • (D) (iii)(iv)(i)(ii)
Correct Answer: (B) (ii)(iii)(iv)(i)
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Question 87

Match List I with List II:
List I (Sanctuary):
(a) Bhadra
(b) Dalma
(c) Gumti
(d) Jaldapara

List II (Location):
(i) Jharkhand
(ii) Tripura
(iii) West Bengal
(iv) Karnataka

  • (A) (iv)(iii)(ii)(i)
  • (B) (iii)(ii)(iv)(i)
  • (C) (iv)(i)(ii)(iii)
  • (D) (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)
Correct Answer: (C) (iv)(i)(ii)(iii)
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Question 88

Match List I with List II:
List I (Wetland):
(a) Deepor Beel
(b) Asthamudi
(c) Loktak
(d) Kanjali

List II (State):
(i) Kerala
(ii) Assam
(iii) Punjab
(iv) Manipur

  • (A) (ii)(iii)(i)(iv)
  • (B) (ii)(i)(iii)(iv)
  • (C) (iii)(ii)(i)(iv)
  • (D) (ii)(i)(iv)(iii)
Correct Answer: (D) (ii)(i)(iv)(iii)
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Question 89

Match List I with List II:
List I (Policy):
(a) Wildlife
(b) Forest
(c) Environment
(d) Pollution

List II (Year):
(i) 1992
(ii) 1972
(iii) 1988
(iv) 2006

  • (A) (ii)(iii)(iv)(i)
  • (B) (ii)(iii)(i)(iv)
  • (C) (ii)(iv)(iii)(i)
  • (D) (i)(iii)(iv)(ii)
Correct Answer: (A) (ii)(iii)(iv)(i)
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