| 2401 |
The book The One-Straw Revolution, a foundation text of natural farming, was written by: |
Environmental Studies
Types of agriculture |
Medium |
| 2402 |
Bt cotton is protected against bollworms because it: |
Environmental Studies
Types of agriculture |
Medium |
| 2403 |
Which input would disqualify a farm from organic certification? |
Environmental Studies
Types of agriculture |
Easy |
| 2404 |
Jhum cultivation in a hill district has become damaging to soil in recent decades. The most likely reason is: |
Environmental Studies
Types of agriculture |
Hard |
| 2405 |
A bottle of mixed-fruit jam should carry which quality mark? |
Environmental Studies
Management of agricultural produce |
Easy |
| 2406 |
A sample of milk turns blue when a few drops of iodine solution are added. This shows the milk is adulterated… |
Environmental Studies
Management of agricultural produce |
Medium |
| 2407 |
Mustard oil adulterated with argemone oil can cause: |
Environmental Studies
Management of agricultural produce |
Medium |
| 2408 |
Why must food grains be properly dried before they are put into storage? |
Environmental Studies
Management of agricultural produce |
Easy |
| 2409 |
Which pairing of quality mark and product is correctly matched? |
Environmental Studies
Management of agricultural produce |
Hard |
| 2410 |
Under the NFSA 2013, a priority household with six members is entitled to how much food grain per month? |
Environmental Studies
Food security |
Medium |
| 2411 |
The NFSA 2013 provides that the ration card is issued in the name of: |
Environmental Studies
Food security |
Easy |
| 2412 |
The maximum coverage under the NFSA 2013 is: |
Environmental Studies
Food security |
Easy |
| 2413 |
A district has record grain stocks in godowns, yet many poor families skip meals because prices are high. Whi… |
Environmental Studies
Food security |
Medium |
| 2414 |
Children in a village eat enough rice daily but suffer from anaemia because of poor diets and unsafe water. W… |
Environmental Studies
Food security |
Hard |
| 2415 |
Coal and petroleum are classed as non-renewable resources because they: |
Environmental Studies
Natural resources and accounting |
Easy |
| 2416 |
A country has an NDP of ₹500 crore. Resource depletion is valued at ₹30 crore and environmental degradation a… |
Environmental Studies
Natural resources and accounting |
Medium |
| 2417 |
A city lies beside a large river but suffers water shortage because the river is badly polluted. This is an e… |
Environmental Studies
Natural resources and accounting |
Medium |
| 2418 |
The UN framework for integrating environmental data with national accounts is called: |
Environmental Studies
Natural resources and accounting |
Easy |
| 2419 |
Why does conventional GDP accounting overstate sustainable income when a country clears its forests for timbe… |
Environmental Studies
Natural resources and accounting |
Hard |
| 2420 |
A country's GDP is ₹1,000 crore and its net factor income from abroad is −₹40 crore. Its GNP is: |
Environmental Studies
Measuring national income |
Easy |
| 2421 |
GDP is ₹800 crore and depreciation is ₹60 crore. What is NDP? |
Environmental Studies
Measuring national income |
Easy |
| 2422 |
The income of an Indian engineer working temporarily in Dubai while remaining a normal resident of India is i… |
Environmental Studies
Measuring national income |
Medium |
| 2423 |
After a chemical leak, a town spends heavily on hospital treatment and clean-up. How does this affect measure… |
Environmental Studies
Measuring national income |
Medium |
| 2424 |
GDP is ₹1,200 crore, NFIA is ₹50 crore, depreciation is ₹100 crore and net indirect taxes are ₹80 crore. What… |
Environmental Studies
Measuring national income |
Hard |
| 2425 |
One carbon credit generally represents the right to emit: |
Environmental Studies
Environmental economics |
Easy |
| 2426 |
Families in a city buy air purifiers because of severe winter smog. This spending is an example of: |
Environmental Studies
Environmental economics |
Easy |
| 2427 |
Firm X can cut a tonne of CO₂ for ₹500 and Firm Y for ₹2,000. Under cap-and-trade, what is most likely to hap… |
Environmental Studies
Environmental economics |
Medium |
| 2428 |
The view that critical natural capital such as a stable climate cannot be replaced by machines or money is ca… |
Environmental Studies
Environmental economics |
Medium |
| 2429 |
A product's carbon footprint is stated as 3 kg CO₂e. Which statement about this figure is correct? |
Environmental Studies
Environmental economics |
Hard |
| 2430 |
A sugar mill dumps waste into a river and fish catches downstream fall. For the fishermen this is: |
Environmental Studies
Externalities |
Easy |
| 2431 |
A beekeeper's bees pollinate the apple orchard next door, raising its yield. This is an example of: |
Environmental Studies
Externalities |
Easy |
| 2432 |
A firm's marginal private cost of producing a unit of cement is ₹300 and the pollution damage per unit is ₹80… |
Environmental Studies
Externalities |
Medium |
| 2433 |
In a market with a strong negative externality and no regulation, output tends to be: |
Environmental Studies
Externalities |
Medium |
| 2434 |
According to the Coase theorem, a pollution dispute between a factory and a farmer can be solved efficiently … |
Environmental Studies
Externalities |
Hard |
| 2435 |
A project's benefits have a present value of ₹150 crore and its costs a present value of ₹120 crore. Its bene… |
Environmental Studies
Economic tools |
Easy |
| 2436 |
At a discount rate of 10% per year, what is the present value of ₹121 to be received after two years? |
Environmental Studies
Economic tools |
Medium |
| 2437 |
A mobile phone company is required to collect used handsets from consumers and send them for safe recycling. … |
Environmental Studies
Economic tools |
Easy |
| 2438 |
Why do critics say a high discount rate in cost-benefit analysis is unfair to future generations? |
Environmental Studies
Economic tools |
Medium |
| 2439 |
A dam costs ₹100 crore now and gives benefits of ₹60 crore at the end of each of the next two years. At a 10%… |
Environmental Studies
Economic tools |
Hard |
| 2440 |
Pollination of crops by wild bees is classified as which type of ecosystem service? |
Environmental Studies
Natural capital regeneration |
Easy |
| 2441 |
Soil formation and nutrient cycling belong to which category of ecosystem services? |
Environmental Studies
Natural capital regeneration |
Easy |
| 2442 |
The ecological footprint is expressed in which unit? |
Environmental Studies
Natural capital regeneration |
Medium |
| 2443 |
A region's ecological footprint is 4 global hectares per person while its biocapacity is 2.5 global hectares … |
Environmental Studies
Natural capital regeneration |
Medium |
| 2444 |
A downstream city pays upland villagers to protect forests that keep its water supply clean. This arrangement… |
Environmental Studies
Natural capital regeneration |
Hard |
| 2445 |
Stratospheric ozone is measured in: |
Environmental Studies
Ozone depletion |
Easy |
| 2446 |
In the chlorine cycle Cl + O₃ → ClO + O₂ followed by ClO + O → Cl + O₂, chlorine acts as: |
Environmental Studies
Ozone depletion |
Medium |
| 2447 |
The international treaty that set timetables to phase out CFCs and halons is the: |
Environmental Studies
Ozone depletion |
Easy |
| 2448 |
The Kigali Amendment of 2016 brought which gases under the Montreal Protocol? |
Environmental Studies
Ozone depletion |
Medium |
| 2449 |
Why does the most severe ozone loss occur over Antarctica in spring rather than over the tropics? |
Environmental Studies
Ozone depletion |
Hard |
| 2450 |
Greenhouse gases warm the Earth mainly by absorbing: |
Environmental Studies
Global warming and climate agreements |
Easy |