Question 01:
Answer: a
• The Naval Anti-Ship Missile (Short Range) (NASM-SR) is the first indigenous air-launched anti-ship missile system for the Indian Navy.
• It has a short range of 55 km and is set to replace the Navy's sea eagle missiles.
• It will reportedly be hosted on MH-60R helicopters.
• It can carry a 100 kg warhead and can travel at 0.8 Mach sub-sonic speed
• It can be fired from the shore at a ship in the sea. It can strategically target main areas of a large ship and make it dysfunctional.
Answer: a
• The Naval Anti-Ship Missile (Short Range) (NASM-SR) is the first indigenous air-launched anti-ship missile system for the Indian Navy.
• It has a short range of 55 km and is set to replace the Navy's sea eagle missiles.
• It will reportedly be hosted on MH-60R helicopters.
• It can carry a 100 kg warhead and can travel at 0.8 Mach sub-sonic speed
• It can be fired from the shore at a ship in the sea. It can strategically target main areas of a large ship and make it dysfunctional.
Question 02:
Answer: d
• The 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), concluded May 20, 2022 in Abidjan, capital of Ivory Coast.
• It is the first Conference of the Parties of the three Rio Conventions taking place in 2022, ahead of the COP27 of UNFCCC and COP15 of UN CBD.
• It hosted discussions on the Great Green Wall, an ambitious project to restore a vast stretch of African desert across Sahara and Sahel into a flourishing green belt that supports surrounding communities.
• Its overarching goal is to create10 million jobs, sequester 250 million tons of carbon and restore 100 million hectares of degraded land in 11 countries.
About UNCCD:Established in 1994.
• It is the sole legally binding international agreement linking environment and development to sustainable land management.
• It is the only convention stemming from a direct recommendation of the Rio Conference’s Agenda 21.
• To help publicise the Convention, 2006 was declared “International Year of Deserts and Desertification”.
• Focus areas: The Convention addresses specifically the arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas, known as the drylands, where some of the most vulnerable ecosystems and peoples can be found.
• Aim: Its 197 Parties aim, through partnerships, to implement the Convention and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. The end goal is to protect land from over-use and drought, so it can continue to provide food, water and energy.
• The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change is the nodal Ministry for this Convention.
Answer: d
• The 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), concluded May 20, 2022 in Abidjan, capital of Ivory Coast.
• It is the first Conference of the Parties of the three Rio Conventions taking place in 2022, ahead of the COP27 of UNFCCC and COP15 of UN CBD.
• It hosted discussions on the Great Green Wall, an ambitious project to restore a vast stretch of African desert across Sahara and Sahel into a flourishing green belt that supports surrounding communities.
• Its overarching goal is to create10 million jobs, sequester 250 million tons of carbon and restore 100 million hectares of degraded land in 11 countries.
About UNCCD:Established in 1994.
• It is the sole legally binding international agreement linking environment and development to sustainable land management.
• It is the only convention stemming from a direct recommendation of the Rio Conference’s Agenda 21.
• To help publicise the Convention, 2006 was declared “International Year of Deserts and Desertification”.
• Focus areas: The Convention addresses specifically the arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas, known as the drylands, where some of the most vulnerable ecosystems and peoples can be found.
• Aim: Its 197 Parties aim, through partnerships, to implement the Convention and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. The end goal is to protect land from over-use and drought, so it can continue to provide food, water and energy.
• The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change is the nodal Ministry for this Convention.
Question 01: Consider the following statements regarding Phytoremediation:
1. It is the use of plants, microalgae, and seaweeds to remove toxic heavy metals from the soil.
2. Hyper accumulator plants typically occur only in soils that are rich in nickel, cobalt, and manganese.
3. This process cannot be used to remove organic pollutants from the ground due to metabolic breakdown.
1. It is the use of plants, microalgae, and seaweeds to remove toxic heavy metals from the soil.
2. Hyper accumulator plants typically occur only in soils that are rich in nickel, cobalt, and manganese.
3. This process cannot be used to remove organic pollutants from the ground due to metabolic breakdown.
Question 01: Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
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19%
a. 1 and 2 only
32%
b. 2 and 3 only
25%
c. 1 and 3 only
24%
d. 1, 2 and 3
Question 02: Identify the statement associated with the term Ecofascism:
a. It blames environmental degradation on immigration and overpopulation.
b. Philosophical and political theory and movement which combines ecological concerns with feminist ones.
c. Transitional area of vegetation between two different plant communities, such as forest and grassland.
d. A rapidly emerging field of study that considers the relationship that human beings have to the environment.
a. It blames environmental degradation on immigration and overpopulation.
b. Philosophical and political theory and movement which combines ecological concerns with feminist ones.
c. Transitional area of vegetation between two different plant communities, such as forest and grassland.
d. A rapidly emerging field of study that considers the relationship that human beings have to the environment.
Question 01:
Answer : d
Phytoremediation
• Phytoremediation refers to using “hyperaccumulator” plants to absorb the toxic materials present in the soil and accumulate in their living tissue.
• Hyper accumulator plants typically accumulate nickel and occur on soils that are rich in nickel, cobalt, and in some cases, manganese.
• Suitable plant species can be used to pick up the pollutants from the soil through their roots and transport them to their stem, leaves, and other parts.
• After this, these plants can be harvested and either disposed of or even used to extract these toxic metals from the plant.
• This process can remove metals like silver, cadmium, cobalt, chromium, copper, mercury, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, lead, and zinc; metalloids such as arsenic and selenium; some radionuclides; and non-metallic components such as boron.
• But it cannot be used to remove organic pollutants from the ground due to metabolic breakdown.
Answer : d
Phytoremediation
• Phytoremediation refers to using “hyperaccumulator” plants to absorb the toxic materials present in the soil and accumulate in their living tissue.
• Hyper accumulator plants typically accumulate nickel and occur on soils that are rich in nickel, cobalt, and in some cases, manganese.
• Suitable plant species can be used to pick up the pollutants from the soil through their roots and transport them to their stem, leaves, and other parts.
• After this, these plants can be harvested and either disposed of or even used to extract these toxic metals from the plant.
• This process can remove metals like silver, cadmium, cobalt, chromium, copper, mercury, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, lead, and zinc; metalloids such as arsenic and selenium; some radionuclides; and non-metallic components such as boron.
• But it cannot be used to remove organic pollutants from the ground due to metabolic breakdown.
Question 02:
Answer: a
Ecofascism
• In The Threat of Ecofascism (1995), environmental historian Michael E. Zimmerman defines ecofascism as a radical movement that calls for “ecologically vital private property to be protected from those who despoil it”, and depicts ecological despoliation as a threat to the racial integrity of people.
• It blames environmental degradation on immigration and overpopulation and wants to preserve natural resources in developed countries for the historically native population only.
• Ecofascists believe that humans have strained the natural resources on the planet, but some population groups, usually people of color, marginalized communities, and minorities, are less deserving to use of these resources.
Answer: a
Ecofascism
• In The Threat of Ecofascism (1995), environmental historian Michael E. Zimmerman defines ecofascism as a radical movement that calls for “ecologically vital private property to be protected from those who despoil it”, and depicts ecological despoliation as a threat to the racial integrity of people.
• It blames environmental degradation on immigration and overpopulation and wants to preserve natural resources in developed countries for the historically native population only.
• Ecofascists believe that humans have strained the natural resources on the planet, but some population groups, usually people of color, marginalized communities, and minorities, are less deserving to use of these resources.
Question 01: The report ‘Profiting from Pain’, is released by which of the following institutions?
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28%
a. World Economic Forum
37%
b. Oxfam International
18%
c. World Bank
16%
d. United Nations Development Programme
Question 02: Consider the following statements regarding the People’s Biodiversity Register (PBR):
1. It is a record of knowledge, perception, and attitude of people about natural resources, plants, animals, and their conservation in a village or a panchayat.
2. Kerala is the first state, and Kolkata is the first major metropolitan city in India to prepare a detailed register of biodiversity.
1. It is a record of knowledge, perception, and attitude of people about natural resources, plants, animals, and their conservation in a village or a panchayat.
2. Kerala is the first state, and Kolkata is the first major metropolitan city in India to prepare a detailed register of biodiversity.