SSC CGL Geography – Environment, Ecology & Climate Change – Level 3 · Challenge

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SSC CGL Geography – Environment, Ecology & Climate Change – Level 3 · Challenge – 10 questions, subject: Geography – India & World. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.

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1.  
Statement-based
I. Stratospheric ozone protects life from UV radiation.
II. Ground-level ozone is a pollutant.
III. The Kigali Amendment controls CFCs for the first time.

Correct Answer: D [I and II only]

Explanation:

Kigali covers HFCs.

2.  
Why do food chains rarely have more than four or five links?

Correct Answer: B [only about 10% of energy passes to each next level]

Explanation:

10% law.

3.  
Which is the odd one out (not about chemicals or waste)?

Correct Answer: D [Bonn Convention]

Explanation:

Bonn (1979) is for migratory species; the others cover wastes, chemicals and mercury.

4.  
A persistent pesticide is found at the highest concentration in:

Correct Answer: A [fish-eating birds]

Explanation:

Biomagnification.

5.  
Assertion–Reason
A: HFCs were brought under the Montreal Protocol.
R: HFCs are strong greenhouse gases though they do not deplete ozone.

Correct Answer: C [Both A and R are true and R explains A]

Explanation:

Kigali 2016.

6.  
The Stockholm Convention of 2001 concerns:

Correct Answer: B [persistent organic pollutants]

Explanation:

Not the 1972 Stockholm Conference.

7.  
In which ecosystem does more energy usually flow through the detritus food chain than the grazing chain?

Correct Answer: C [a forest]

Explanation:

Leaf litter and dead wood.

8.  
Which statement about in-situ conservation is correct?

Correct Answer: B [it protects whole ecosystems in natural habitats]

Explanation:

National parks, biosphere reserves.

9.  
The 'marble cancer' affecting the Taj Mahal is linked mainly with:

Correct Answer: D [sulphur dioxide]

Explanation:

Acid deposition on marble.

10.  
The umbrella Environment (Protection) Act followed which event?

Correct Answer: A [the Bhopal gas tragedy of 1984]

Explanation:

Passed in 1986.

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