Environment & Ecology MCQ — Practice Questions for RAS Exam

The Stockholm Conference (1972) is significant because:

Consider the following statements: 1. Under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, a protected area means a National Park, sanctuary, conservation reserve or community reserve notified under the relevant sections of the Act. 2. A sanctuary can be declared only by the Central Government. 3. A National Park may be constituted from an area whether within a sanctuary or not. 4. A community reserve may be declared on private or community land that is not already part of a National Park, sanctuary or conservation reserve. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements using the corpus fact bank and PIB releases: 1. The corpus describes IBCA as an inter-governmental international organisation headquartered in India. 2. The corpus says IBCA is a private tourism association. 3. A PIB release says IBCA can strengthen global cooperation for big cat conservation. 4. A PIB release says IBCA excludes direct support to recovery efforts in potential range habitats. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements about invoking GRAP: 1. Actions under Stages II, III and IV may be invoked in advance based on dynamic model and weather or meteorological forecast. 2. Higher stages can be invoked only after the AQI has already crossed that stage's threshold for seven days. 3. Restrictive actions of previous stages continue along with the actions of the invoked higher stage. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements about solar-plus-storage infrastructure: 1. Energy storage can capture electricity, store it as another form of energy and release it when needed. 2. Energy storage is always 100 percent efficient. 3. Electrochemical storage is frequently coupled with photovoltaic plants. Which of the statements given above are correct?