Wednesday Geography and Environment Quiz #18

[Questions]

Q.1 Consider the following statements regarding Indian Monsoons:

1. Rainfall decreases from east to west

2. Most of the monsoonal rain is convectional

3. Tamil Nadu receives a great amount of rainfall from north-east monsoons

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a) 1 only

b) 3 only

c) 1 and 2 only

d) 1 and 3 only

 

Q.2 In India, Tropic of Cancer does not pass through which of the following state?

a) Gujarat

b) Rajasthan

c) Arunachal Pradesh

d) Tripura

 

Q.3 Match the following international conventions:

1. Bonn Convention :                 A. Hazardous Chemical and Pesticides

2. Rotterdam Convention:       B. Migratory Birds

3. Stockholm Convention:       C. Depletion of Ozone Layer

4. Vienna Convention :             D. Persistent Organic Compounds

Select the answer from the codes given below:

a) 1-B, 2-A, 3-D, 4-C

b) 1-B, 2-D, 3-A, 4-C

c) 1-C, 2-A, 3-D, 4-B

d) 1-A, 2-B, 3-C, 4-D

 

Q.4 Recently, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has declared few animals as vermin for particular state. Which among the following is/are the correct pair of vermin and states notified in?

1. Wild Boar – Uttrakhand

2. Nilgais – Bihar

3. Monkeys – Himachal Pradesh

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

a) 2 and 3 only

b) 2 only

c) 1 and 3 only

d) 1, 2 and 3

 

Q.5 Which of the following fall into the category of terrestrial planets?

1. Mercury

2. Venus

3. Earth

4. Mars

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

a) 1, 2 and 3

b) 2, 3 and 4

c) 1, 2 and 4

d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

 

Q.6 Which of the following gases deplete ozone as well as warm the atmosphere:

a) HFC

b) CFC

c) O3

d) Both (a) and (b)

 

Q.7 Eight degree channel separates:

a) Lakshadweep from Minicoy

b) Lakshadweep from Maldives

c) Great Nicobar from Sumatra

d) Great Nicobar from Andamans