GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 116

GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 116

1151) Which of the following is not one of the major environmental problems
resulting from human interference in the nitrogen cycle?
A) Eutrophication
B) Nitrous oxide release increases global warming
C) Increased acid rain
D) Stratospheric ozone depletion

Answer: Stratospheric ozone depletion
   
1152) Which of the following statements is/are true?
1. 99.9% of India's vultures population has already been lost primarily due to diclofenac.
2. SAVE (Saving Asia's Vultures from Extinction) is aimed to expand and coordinate efforts to rescue Asia's close-to-extinction vulture population.
A) Only 1
B) Only 2
C) Both 1 and 2
D) None of the above

Answer: Both 1 and 2
   
1153) The 1987 Montreal Protocol was signed for which of the following reasons?
A) To phase out the use of CFCs, found to be causing depletion of the ozone layer
B) To ban nuclear testing in tropical oceans
C) To begin converting from fossil fuel use to more renewable energy sources
to reduce the anthropogenic greenhouse effect
D) To stop the global trade in products made from endangered tigers

Answer: To phase out the use of CFCs, found to be causing depletion of the ozone layer
   
1154) Which of the following is not a major positive feedback mechanism in which the
activity of humans to increase global climate temperatures leads to an even further
increase ?
A) Tropical deforestation causes warming and drying so that remaining forests begin to decline.
B) Global warming causes snow to melt in polar regions and therefore increases
global albedo.
C) Global warming causes increased rainfall. plant growth and photosynthesis.
D) Global warming causes increased CO2 release from biomass decomposition.

Answer: Global warming causes increased rainfall. plant growth and photosynthesis.
   
1155) Which of the following is not one of the prime health risks associated with
greater UV radiation through the atmosphere due to depletion of stratospheric ozone?
A) Increased liver cancer
B) Increased skin cancer
C) Damage to eyes
D) Reduced immune system

Answer: Increased liver cancer

1156) What is the main cause for the extinction of some species in tropical forest?
A) Deforestation
B) Afforestation
C) Pollution
D) Soil erosion

Answer: Deforestation
   
1157) Consider the following statements about Social Forestry Scheme
1. It is also known as 'extension' or 'community' forestry.
2. It was launched by UNDP in 1978.
3. it aims to provide food, fodder, fuel, fertilizer and timber to population living closer to forests.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A) 1, 2 and 3
B) 1 and 3
C) Only 2
D) None of these

Answer: 1 and 3
   
1158) Consider the following statements
1. According to IPCC. Methane is more than 20 times as effective as CO2 at trapping heat in the atmosphere.
2. Methane is more than 50 times as effective as CO2 in depletion of Ozone layer.
3. Methane is derived from sources such as rice paddies, bovine flatulence, bacteria in bogs and fossil fuel production.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A) 1, 2 and 3
B) 1 and 3
C) Only 2
D) Only 3

Answer: 1 and 3
   
1159) The CERES Principles are
A) codes for protection of salmon fisheries.
B) a set of voluntary environmental standards for businesses.
C) anti pollution codes that were adopted at the first Earth Summit in 1992.
D) designed to eliminate the production of greenhouse gases.

Answer: a set of voluntary environmental standards for businesses.
   
1160) Environmental friendliness of a vehicle could be measured by the amount of pollutants it emits per passenger per kilometer travelled. Rate the environmental friendliness(1 = best and 4 = worst) of the following vehicles as per this criterion
Car: Scooter: Bus : Bicycle
A) 4 : 3 : 2 : 1
B) 2 : 3 : 4 : 1
C) 3 : 2 : 4 : 1
D) 4 : 2 : 3 : 1

Answer: 4 : 3 : 2 : 1