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Environment GK Questions and Answers

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Q :  

The Cartagena protocol is about safe use, transfer and handling?

(A) nuclear waste

(B) invasive alien species

(C) Modified Living Organisms (LMO)

(D) None of these

Correct Answer : B

Q :  

Who is the Chairman of Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP)?

(A) R • K • Pachauri

(B) Vandana Shiva

(C) Madhav Gadgil

(D) Pradeep Krishnan

Correct Answer : C

Q :  

Which of the following multilateral conference is meant to protect human health and the environment from sustainable organic pollutants?

(A) bone conference

(B) Stockholm Conference

(C) Rotterdam Conference

(D) Basel Conference

Correct Answer : B

Q :  

Which one of the following organisms has a role in converting nitrates to free nitrogen?

(A) Pseudomonas

(B) Nitrosomonas

(C) Nitrobacter

(D) Rhizobium

Correct Answer : D
Explanation :

Nitrates are reduced back into nitrogen in the soil by a process called denitrification. This process is performed by bacteria like Pseudomonas denitrificans, etc.


Q :  

Octopus belongs to the phylum

(A) Echinodermata

(B) Nideria

(C) Mollusca

(D) Chordata

Correct Answer : C

Q :  

All green plants and certain blue-green algae which can produce food by photosynthesis are called the_____.

(A) Consumers

(B) Autotroph

(C) Decomposers

(D) Bacteria

Correct Answer : B
Explanation :

An autotroph is an organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals. Because autotrophs produce their own food, they are sometimes called producers. Most autotrophs use a process called photosynthesis to make their food.


  

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