Prelims Marathon – Current Affairs Revision -Environment- May-24-2022

Consider the following statements with respect to Bioremediation:
1. Bioremediation is the use of living microorganisms to degrade the environmental contaminants into less toxic forms
2. It uses naturally occurring bacteria and fungi or virus or plants to degrade or detoxify substances hazardous to human health and/or the environment.
Which of the following given below codes are correct?

Consider the following statements with respect to Coral Reefs:
1. Coral reefs are the most diverse of all marine ecosystems
2. Half-Of the ocean species depending on reefs for food and shelter
3. Reefs form when corals grow in shallow water close to the shore of continents or smaller islands.
Which of the following below given codes are correct?

Which of the following given below are results of Eutrophication:
1. Harmful algal blooms
2. Dead zones
3. Fish kills
Which of the following given below codes are correct?

Consider the following statements with respect to Kaziranga National Park:
1. Kaziranga National Park is formed in 1908 on the recommendation of Mary Curzon
2. Park is located in the edge of the Eastern Himalayan biodiversity hotspots – Golaghat and Nagaon district
3. In 1995, the park was declared as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Which of the following below given codes are correct?

Consider the following given below with respect to traditional water conservation methods:
Water conservation system state
1. Saza kuva Rajasthan
2. Pat Himachal Pradesh
3. Ahar Pynes Bihar
Which of the following below given codes are correct?

Recycling of nutrients in the ecosystem through the process of mineralization of dead organic materials is the most important role for decomposers‖, which of the following given is decomposers?

Consider the following statements are correct with respect to photo synthetically active radiation:
1. Photo synthetically Active Radiation (PAR) is the amount of light available for photosynthesis.
2. The light wavelength range is needed for PAR is 400 nanometer (nm) to 700nm.
Which of the following given below codes is correct?

Tropical wet evergreen-type forest of the western ghats, extends to over 600 square kilometers and provides a habitat for three big carnivores- tiger, leopard, and wild dog- amongst several other species such as lion-tailed macaque. The place is also origin of three rivers- the nethravathi, the Tunga river and the Bhadra river. The above description defines which of the following national park?

Consider the following statements:
1. Environmental information system (ENVIS) Established in 1982.
2. The focus of ENVIS is protection of the environment and flora and fauna.
Which of the following statements given below are correct?