QUIZ from October month Current Affairs

QUIZ from October month Current Affairs 2013

1. The word ecology (okologie) was coined in 1866 by

a) Charles Darwin

b) Robert Whittaker

c) Arthur Tansley

d) Ernst Haeckel

2. The largest number of Tiger Reserve is located in

a) Karanataka

b) Andhra Pradesh

c) Madhya Pradesh

d) West Bengal

3. The Siberian crane, an endangered migratory bird is a regular visitor of which of the following national park/ bird sanctuary

a) Ranganathittu bird sanctuary

b) Keoladeo national park

c) Vedanthangal bird sanctuary

d) Sultanpur bird sanctuary

4. Which of the following Indian states. UT has the maximum percentage of mangrove in the country

a) Gujarat

b) West Bengal

c) Andaman Nicobar

d) Orissa

5. Identify the non green house gas GHG from the following

a) Mehane

b) Nitrous Oxide

c) Sulphur Hexafluoride

Carbon Monooxide

6. The highest per capita emitter of carbon dioxide in the world is

a) US

b) China

c) Qatar

d) Saudi Arabia

7. Which of the following are not the four coral reef regions of India identified by the government for intensive conservation and management?

a) Gulf of Mannar

b) Gulf of Khambat

c) Lakshadweep island

d) Andaman and Nicobar

8. Lion tailed macaque is the key faunal species of witch biosphere reserve

a) Nilgiri

b) Dehang - Debang

c) Dibru - Saikhowa

d) Nokerk

9. An aquatic plant introduced from US to check pollution turned out to be a troublesome weed. The name of this invasive alien species is

a) Opunita

b) Aegilops

c) Eichhorina

d) Pistia

10. Which of the following statement is not true?

a) Photochemical smog always contains ozone

b) The toxic effect of carbon monooxide is due to its greater affinity for haemogolobin as compared to oxygen

c) Lead is the most hazards metal pollutant of automobile exhaust

d) None of the above

Answers:

1. Ernst Haeckel

2. Madhya Pradesh

3. Keoladeo national park

4. West Bengal

5. Carbon Monooxide

6. Qatar

7. Gulf of Khambat

8. Nilgiri

9. Eichhorina

10. None of the above