Environment and Wildlife Quiz 104

Environment and Wildlife Quiz 104

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1. Which national park is home to the rare Sangai deer, which is facing a worrying decline in population and was in the news recently?

Keibul Lamjao National Park
Kaziranga National Park
Simlipal National Park
Sundarbans National Park

Environment and Wildlife Quiz 103 (Green Olympiad)

Environment and Wildlife Quiz 103

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1. Global Recycling Day is obseved on

March 18
February 18
June 18
September 18

Environment and Wildlife Quiz 102 (Green Olympiad)

Environment and Wildlife Quiz 102

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1. The comprehensive study conducted by the Climate Change Group of the World Bank was published in 2021 reported that over 216 million individuals across six global regions may have to migrate within their own countries by the year 2050.What is the title of this ground breaking report?

Groundswell Report
Clean Energy Trends
Global Environment Outlook
State of the Climate

Environment and Wildlife Quiz 101 (Green Olympiad)

Environment and Wildlife Quiz 101

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1. What was the theme of World Environment Day 2024?

Our land. Our future. We are #GenerationRestoration.
Solutions to Plastic Pollution
Beat Air Pollution
Ecosystem restoration

Environment and Wildlife Quiz 100

Environment and Wildlife Quiz 100

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1. Which one of the following is used to classify the intensity of hurricanes?

Richter Scale
Fujita Scale
Beaufoft Scale
Saffir-Simpson Scale

Environment and Wildlife Quiz 99

Environment and Wildlife Quiz 99

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1. Snow leopards is a crepuscular animal. What does it mean?

active primarily during the day
active primarily during the twilight period
active primarily during the night
active primarily during the evening

Mountains Quiz 8

Mountains Quiz 8

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1. Who was the first Indian to climb Mount Everest?

Bachendri Pal
Ajeet Bajaj
Santhosh Yadav
Avtar Singh Cheema

Mountains Quiz 7

Mountains Quiz 7

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1. Which type of mountains are the Himalayas?

Fold
Dome
Volcanic
Palteau

Mountains Quiz 6

Mountains Quiz 6

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1. Where is the Anti-Atlas or Little Atlas mountain range?

Morocco
Algeria
Tunisia
Australia

Mountains Quiz 5

Mountains Quiz 5

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1. This national park was created in 1925 as the first national park on the African continent primarily to protect the mountain gorillas. Do you know which are we talking about?

Virunga National Park
Kruger National Park
Serengeti national park
Tsavo East National Park

Mountains Quiz 4

Mountains Quiz 4

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1. Purna Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in the Western Ghats mountain range lying in two states. Name the states

Gujarat and Maharashtra
Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh
Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan

Mountains Quiz 3

Mountains Quiz 3

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1. Located at Milam valley, in the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand, this mountain peak is also called the "Temple of God".

Hardeol
Chaukhamba
Nanda Devi
Tirsuli

Mountains Quiz 2

Mountains Quiz 2

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1. "Carrauntoohil" is the highest mountain on which one of the following island countries?

Ireland
Iceland
Indonesia
Maldives

Mountains Quiz 1

Mountains Quiz 1

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1. A mass of snow, ice, and rocks falling rapidly down a mountainside is called

Snowfall
Avalanche
Mudslide
Tsunami

Environment Quiz 103

Environment Quiz 103

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1. As per a new study, which rainforest is emitting more carbon dioxide (CO2) than it absorbs?

Sundarbans Reserve Forest
Congo Rainforest
Daintree Rainforest
Amazon Rainforest

Environment Quiz 102

Environment Quiz 102

1. International Day of Forests is celebrated on

5 June
21 April
21 March
5 July

Environment Quiz 99

Environment Quiz 99

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1. A new species of the venomous green pit viper was discovered in Arunachal Pradesh in 2019 was named as Trimeresurus salazar after a fictional character. Do you know in which book the character appears?

Artemis Fowl
Harry Potter
Trials of Apollo
Lord of the Rings

Environment Quiz 96

Environment Quiz 96

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1. What is the average intensity of solar radiation received on India per kilometre square?

200MW
300MW
500MW
450MW

2. The summer solstice, also known as midsummer, occurs when one of the Earth's poles has its maximum tilt toward the Sun. When does it occur in the Northern Hemisphere?

21 April
21 July
21 June
21 May

3. What is the name of a volcanic feature formed by the collapse of a volcano into itself, making it a large, special form of volcanic crater?

Somma Volcano
Galdera
Caldera
Lahar

4. Which one of the following separates Australia from Tasmania?

Bass Strait
Torres Strait
Clarence Strati
Investigator Strait

5. Denali, also known as Mount McKinley, is the highest mountain peak in North America. In which US State it is located?

Texas
Virginia
Michigan
Alaska

6. Name the two oceans that are joined by the Panama Canal

Arctic and Pacific
Atlantic and Pacific
Indian and Atlantic
Indian and Pacific

7. What is the least explosive type of volcano called?

Basalt plateau
Cinder cone
Composite volcano
Shield volcano

8. San Andreas is a 2015 disaster movie that centers on an earthquake by the San Andreas Fault, a continental tranform fault. In which US State it is located?

Texas
Michigan
California
South Carolina

9. The forest cover of this country is 90.2%, the highest of any nation in the world. Name the country

Micronesia
Finland
Sweden
Suriname

10. What is a large amount of snow and ice that suddenly falls down a mountain called?

Blizzard
Downpour
Avalanche
Hailstone

Environment Quiz 95

Environment Quiz 95

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1. Which one of the following is the world's deepest lake?

Crater Lake, USA
Lake Baikal, Russia
Vostok, Antartica
Lake Tanganyika, Central Afr

2. Which one of the following is NOT a landlocked country in Africa?

Nigeria
Zimbabwe
Botswana
Rwanda

3. Which is the longest river in Italy?

Adige
Po
Tiber
Tanaro

4. This lake in Russia is fed by more than 300 rivers and streams. Name the lake

Lake Baikal
Caspian Sea
Lake Onega
Lake Ladoga

5. Which body of water separates Europe and Africa?

Berring Strait
Palk Strait
Nares Strait
Strait of Gibraltor

6. The snow-capped and dormant compound volcano, Mount Ararat is situated in which country?

Turkey
Syria
Iran
Iraq

7. Which is the longest river in Australia?

Darling River
Murray River
Murrumbidgee River
Cooper Creek

8. Which is the only sea on earth without a shore or coastline?

Baltic Sea
Sargasso Sea
Labrador Sea
Irminger Sea

9. Carrauntoohil is the highest mountain on which one of the following island countries?

Ireland
Iceland
Indonesia
Maldives

10. Which is the largest freshwater lake by volume in the world?

Lake Superior
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Baikal
Lake Malawi

Green Olympiad Sample Questions: Environment Quiz 94

Green Olympiad Sample Questions: Environment Quiz 94

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1. Which continent is known as the bird's continent?

Asia
Africa
Australia
North America

2. Where is Jharia, famous for its rich coal resources, located?

West Bengal
Bihar
Jharkhand
Uthar Pradesh

3. Which of these bio-fertilizers provide phosphorus to the plants?

Nostoc
Oscillatoria
Rhizobium
Mycorrhizae

4. Which one of the following is known as "Marsh gas"?

Propane
Methane
Butane
Carbon monoxide

5. The MMR is a vaccine used widely around the world. What are the diseases that MMR stand for?

Malaria Measles Rabies
Measles Mumps Rickets
Measles Mumps Rubella
Meningitis Malaria Rubella

6. What is the farming management concept based on the usage GPS (global positioning satellite) called?

Technoculture
Modern Agriculture
Precision Agriculture
Global Agriculture

7. What do you call a scientist who researches the earth's underground and surface waters?

Hydrologist
Geologist
Lithologist
Geomorphologist

8. This type of wetland occur where water at the ground surface is acidic and low in nutrients and is characterised by the accumulation of peat mostly sphagnum moss. What is it called?

Swamp
Marsh
Bog
Fen

9. Certain animals have an ability to return to a given place when displaced from it. What is this ability called?

Migration
Homing
Allopreening
Soaring

10. Veerendra Datta Saklani is associated with which one of the following?

Tehri Dam Conflict
Chipko Andolan
Appiko Movement
Silent Valley Movement