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Environmental Issues · Question 23

NEET 2016 (Phase 1)MCQEasy📈 Topic in 0% papers+4−1
1

Joint Forest Management Concept was introduced in India during :

  1. 1990s
  2. 1970s
  3. 1960s
  4. 1980s

Answer

(4) 1980s

Solution

As per NCERT, the Government of India in the 1980s introduced the concept of Joint Forest Management (JFM) so as to work closely with the local communities for protecting and managing forests.

Answer: (4)

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2

A river with an inflow of domestic sewage rich in organic waste may result in -

  1. Death of fish due to lack of oxygen
  2. Increased population of aquatic food web organisms
  3. Drying of the river very soon due to algal bloom
  4. An increased production of fish due to biodegradable nutrients
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3

Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) may not be a good index for pollution for water bodies receiving effluents from

  1. petroleum industry
  2. sugar industry
  3. domestic sewage
  4. dairy industry
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4

A lake which is rich in organic waste may result in

  1. mortality of fish due to lack of oxygen
  2. increased population of fish due to lots of nutrients
  3. increased population of aquatic organisms due to minerals
  4. drying of the lake due to algal bloom
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5

The highest DDT concentration in aquatic food chain shall occur in

  1. crab
  2. Phytoplankton
  3. eel
  4. seagull
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6

Acid rain is caused by increase in the atmospheric concentration of -

  1. SO3 and CO
  2. CO2 and CO
  3. O3 and dust
  4. SO2 and NO2
Out of syllabusAIPMT 2015
7

Eutrophication of water bodies leading to killing of fishes is mainly due to nonavailability of

  1. light
  2. food
  3. essential minerals
  4. oxygen
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8

The UN conference of Parties on climate change in the year 2012 was held at:

  1. Lima
  2. Warsaw
  3. Doha
  4. Durban
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9

Which of the following are most suitable indicators of SO2 pollution in the environment?

  1. Conifers
  2. Fungi
  3. Algae
  4. Lichens
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10

Increase in concentration of the toxicant at successive trophic levels is known as:

  1. Biomagnification
  2. Biotransformation
  3. Biodeterioration
  4. Biogeochemical cycling
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11

The UN Conference of Parties on climate change in the year 2011 was held in :

  1. Peru
  2. Qatar
  3. Poland
  4. South Africa
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