Q&A-Unit-09-Test-11

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Q&A-Unit-09-Test-11

September 2013

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1. By the year 2022, the Climate Change Action Plan of Government of India aims at installing

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(A) 20,000 MW of wind power

(B) 25,000 MW of wind power

(D) 10,000 MW of solar power

2. Which one of the following biosphere reserves has UNESCO recognition?

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(A) Manas

(B) Kanchenjunga

(D) Greater Nicobar

3. Which activity contributes to water pollution more than any other throughout world ?

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(A) Agriculture

(B) Hydroelectric power generation

(D) Urbanisation

4. Match List – I with List – II and find the correct answer from the codes given below:

List – I

(Biosphere Reserve)

a. Nilgiri

b. Manas

c. Similipal

d. Achankmar- Amarkantak

List – II

(Area of Location)

i. Deccan Peninsula

ii. Chhattisgarh

iii. Eastern Himalaya

iv. Western Ghat

Codes :

a b c d

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(A) i ii iii iv

(B) ii iii iv i

(D) iv iii i ii

5. G5 are the five most important emerging economies of world. Which one of the following does not form part of G5?

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(A) Mexico

(B) Brazil

(D) Korea

6. Which of the following nations has the maximum per capita emissions of carbon di-oxide?

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(A) China

(B) Japan

(D) India

December 2013

1. Arrange the following books in chronological order in which they appeared. Use the code given below:

(i) Limits to Growth

ii) Silent Spring

(iii) Our Common Future

(iv) Resourceful Earth

Codes:

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(A) (i), (iii), (iv), (ii)

(B) (ii), (iii), (i), (iv)

(D) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

2. Which one of the following continents is at a greater risk of desertification?

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(A) Africa

(B) Asia

(D) North America

3. "Women are closer to nature than men." What kind of perspective is this?

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(A) Realist

(B) Essentialist

(D) Deep ecology

4. Which one of the following is not a matter a global concern in the removal of tropical forests?

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(A) Their ability to absorb the chemicals that contribute to depletion of ozone layer.

(B) Their role in maintaining the oxygen and carbon balance of the earth.

(D) Their contribution to the biological diversity of the planet.

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