| 2351 |
Which soil type has the highest water-holding capacity? |
Environmental Studies
Soil pollution |
Easy |
| 2352 |
100 g of oven-dry soil weighs 140 g after it is soaked and allowed to drain. Its water-holding capacity is: |
Environmental Studies
Soil pollution |
Medium |
| 2353 |
Which material is commonly added to correct acidic soil? |
Environmental Studies
Soil pollution |
Medium |
| 2354 |
The polluted liquid that seeps out of a waste dump and can contaminate soil and groundwater is called: |
Environmental Studies
Soil pollution |
Hard |
| 2355 |
Which of these is a push factor for rural-to-urban migration? |
Environmental Studies
Urbanisation |
Easy |
| 2356 |
According to Census 2011, roughly what share of India’s population lived in urban areas? |
Environmental Studies
Urbanisation |
Medium |
| 2357 |
The “urban heat island” effect means that: |
Environmental Studies
Urbanisation |
Easy |
| 2358 |
For a settlement to be a census town in India, at least what share of its male main workers must be in non-ag… |
Environmental Studies
Urbanisation |
Hard |
| 2359 |
The UN World Urbanization Prospects 2018 projected that by 2050 the share of the world’s population living in… |
Environmental Studies
Urbanisation |
Medium |
| 2360 |
The 1972 report The Limits to Growth, which warned that endless growth on a finite planet could lead to colla… |
Environmental Studies
Critique of conventional development |
Medium |
| 2361 |
Fairness in sharing resources between people living today and those not yet born is called: |
Environmental Studies
Critique of conventional development |
Easy |
| 2362 |
E. F. Schumacher’s book Small is Beautiful (1973) argued for: |
Environmental Studies
Critique of conventional development |
Medium |
| 2363 |
An economy based on “take–make–dispose” is called a: |
Environmental Studies
Critique of conventional development |
Easy |
| 2364 |
Which is a key criticism of using GDP growth alone as the measure of development? |
Environmental Studies
Critique of conventional development |
Hard |
| 2365 |
The Gandhian term “Antyodaya” refers to: |
Environmental Studies
Gandhian approach to development |
Easy |
| 2366 |
“Sarvodaya” was the title Gandhi gave to his paraphrase of a book by: |
Environmental Studies
Gandhian approach to development |
Medium |
| 2367 |
Which constitutional amendment gave panchayats constitutional status in India? |
Environmental Studies
Gandhian approach to development |
Easy |
| 2368 |
Gandhi’s support for khadi and the charkha was based mainly on the idea that: |
Environmental Studies
Gandhian approach to development |
Medium |
| 2369 |
The Gandhian “talisman” asks a decision-maker to: |
Environmental Studies
Gandhian approach to development |
Hard |
| 2370 |
Separating household waste into wet, dry and hazardous categories at home is called: |
Environmental Studies
Urban environmental planning |
Easy |
| 2371 |
Composting with the help of earthworms is called: |
Environmental Studies
Urban environmental planning |
Easy |
| 2372 |
A city’s groundwater table is falling fast. Which measure is a low-cost way to recharge it? |
Environmental Studies
Urban environmental planning |
Medium |
| 2373 |
Which state made rooftop rainwater harvesting compulsory for buildings in 2003? |
Environmental Studies
Urban environmental planning |
Hard |
| 2374 |
Traditional features such as courtyards, thick walls and jaalis in Indian buildings mainly help to: |
Environmental Studies
Urban environmental planning |
Medium |
| 2375 |
Which city is best known for pioneering Bus Rapid Transit and a “Green Exchange” of recyclable waste for food… |
Environmental Studies
New urbanism and case studies |
Easy |
| 2376 |
The Cochabamba “Water War” of 2000 was a protest against: |
Environmental Studies
New urbanism and case studies |
Medium |
| 2377 |
The TransMilenio bus system and the Sunday Ciclovía are associated with: |
Environmental Studies
New urbanism and case studies |
Easy |
| 2378 |
Cuba expanded urban organic farming such as organopónicos mainly because: |
Environmental Studies
New urbanism and case studies |
Medium |
| 2379 |
Which of these is a principle of smart growth? |
Environmental Studies
New urbanism and case studies |
Hard |
| 2380 |
Under the Permanent Settlement of 1793, land revenue was fixed and collected through: |
Environmental Studies
History of Indian agriculture |
Easy |
| 2381 |
The Ryotwari system, introduced in parts of Madras and Bombay, differed from the Permanent Settlement because… |
Environmental Studies
History of Indian agriculture |
Medium |
| 2382 |
Gandhi's Champaran Satyagraha of 1917 supported peasants who were being forced to grow: |
Environmental Studies
History of Indian agriculture |
Easy |
| 2383 |
Which feature best describes most pre-colonial Indian villages? |
Environmental Studies
History of Indian agriculture |
Medium |
| 2384 |
A historian argues that colonial policy made Indian peasants more vulnerable to famine. Which change best sup… |
Environmental Studies
History of Indian agriculture |
Hard |
| 2385 |
An irrigation project with a culturable command area of 6,000 hectares is classified in India as: |
Environmental Studies
Irrigation systems |
Easy |
| 2386 |
The khadin system of western Rajasthan works by: |
Environmental Studies
Irrigation systems |
Medium |
| 2387 |
Rajendra Singh and Tarun Bharat Sangh are known for reviving which traditional structure in Alwar? |
Environmental Studies
Irrigation systems |
Easy |
| 2388 |
A farmer in a semi-arid area wants to grow pomegranates with the least water loss. Which method is most suita… |
Environmental Studies
Irrigation systems |
Medium |
| 2389 |
Large canal command areas in north-west India have developed white salt crusts on fields. The most likely cau… |
Environmental Studies
Irrigation systems |
Hard |
| 2390 |
Which scientist is regarded as the father of the Green Revolution in India? |
Environmental Studies
Green Revolution |
Easy |
| 2391 |
HYV wheat could take heavy doses of fertiliser without falling over mainly because it was: |
Environmental Studies
Green Revolution |
Medium |
| 2392 |
The Green Revolution had its strongest early impact on which crop? |
Environmental Studies
Green Revolution |
Easy |
| 2393 |
Which is an environmental rather than a social impact of the Green Revolution? |
Environmental Studies
Green Revolution |
Medium |
| 2394 |
Why did the benefits of the Green Revolution go mainly to large farmers in irrigated areas? |
Environmental Studies
Green Revolution |
Hard |
| 2395 |
Growing wheat one season and gram the next on the same field mainly helps because gram: |
Environmental Studies
Elements of sustainable agriculture |
Easy |
| 2396 |
Which organism is used as a biopesticide against caterpillar pests? |
Environmental Studies
Elements of sustainable agriculture |
Easy |
| 2397 |
Under IPM, a farmer should spray a chemical pesticide when: |
Environmental Studies
Elements of sustainable agriculture |
Medium |
| 2398 |
A farmer keeps cows and buffaloes, feeds them crop residues and uses their dung on the fields. This practice … |
Environmental Studies
Elements of sustainable agriculture |
Medium |
| 2399 |
A paddy farmer wants a biological nitrogen source that floats on the flooded field. Which is most suitable? |
Environmental Studies
Elements of sustainable agriculture |
Hard |
| 2400 |
Slash-and-burn shifting cultivation in north-east India is locally called: |
Environmental Studies
Types of agriculture |
Easy |