HPAS 2016 Prelims Question Paper – Q81
The number of wetlands in India listed under Ramsar Convention is:
(A) 35
(B) 21
(C) 26
(D) 39
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Answer: C
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HPAS 2016 Prelims Question Paper – Q82
India ratified the Stockholm Convention for protecting human health and the environment from persistent organic pollutants in:
(A) 2005
(B) 2006
(C) 2002
(D) 2010
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Answer: B
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HPAS 2016 Prelims Question Paper – Q83
Which of the following represents the major loss to the human kind due to environmental degradation?
(A) Ecosystem goods
(B) Ecosystem services
(C) Ecosystem-based tourism
(D) Ecosystem-dependent tribes
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Answer: B
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HPAS 2016 Prelims Question Paper – Q84
United Nations has declared 2017 as the International Year of:
(A) Sustainable tourism for development
(B) Pulses
(C) Light and Light-based Technologies
(D) Soils
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Answer: A
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HPAS 2016 Prelims Question Paper – Q85
The global agreement that deals with the control of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and their disposal is called:
(A) Basel Convention
(B) Convention on Early Notification…
(C) International Convention…
(D) Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
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Answer: A
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HPAS 2016 Prelims Question Paper – Q87
The biological oxygen demand of water is reduced mainly by:
(A) Primary treatment
(B) Secondary treatment
(C) Tertiary treatment
(D) None of the above
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Answer: B
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HPAS 2016 Prelims Question Paper – Q88
Dead zones in the world’s oceans and large lakes are characterized by:
(A) High biological oxygen demand
(B) Excessive bloom of algae
(C) Excess nutrients like nitrates and phosphates
(D) All of the above
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Answer: D
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HPAS 2016 Prelims Question Paper – Q89
The use of carbon tax has been very successful to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases in:
(A) The United States of America
(B) China
(C) Sweden
(D) Australia
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Answer: C
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HPAS 2016 Prelims Question Paper – Q90
One of the better achievements of Kanha National Park is:
(A) Conservation of tiger…
(B) Conservation of swamp deer…
(C) Conservation of Gaur…
(D) Conservation of bison…
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Answer: B
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HPAS 2016 Prelims Question Paper – Q100
The most abundant rare gas in the atmosphere is:
(A) Helium
(B) Neon
(C) Xenon
(D) Argon
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Answer: D
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