📘 National Organizations📚 National Biodiversity Authority (NBA)

Q1

In which year was the National Biodiversity Authority, a statutory autonomous body under the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, established?

🎯 SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Shift-III)

📘 Basics of Environment & Ecology📚 Definitions - Environment, Ecology

Q2

In 1869, who coined a new term 'Oecologie', which defines the study of the relationship of organisms with their environment?

🎯 SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Shift-I)

📘 Basics of Environment & Ecology📚 Definitions - Environment, Ecology

Q3

Who coined the word 'Ecology'?

🎯 SSC 10+2 CHSL 09.01.17, 10 am

📘 Food Chain, Food Web & Ecological Pyramids📚 Ecological Pyramids and their Categories

Q4

In 1972, who propounded the term 'Pyramid of Numbers', which represents the total number of individuals (population) present at each trophic level?

🎯 SSC CHSL 09/06/2022 (Shift-III)

📘 Food Chain, Food Web & Ecological Pyramids📚 Ecological Pyramids and their Categories

Q5

Who was the first English ecologist to describe the specific size of the food web, which he called the pyramid of numbers?

🎯 SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Shift-I)

📘 Food Chain, Food Web & Ecological Pyramids📚 Food Chain and its Types

Q6

Small, sea-dwelling organisms, phytoplankton are related to which trophic level of the food web?

🎯 SSC CHSL 10/06/2022 (Shift-I)

📘 Food Chain, Food Web & Ecological Pyramids📚 Food Chain and its Types

Q7

At which level of the food chain are millipedes, springtails, woodlice, dung flies and snails included, which obtain nutrition from dead or decaying plants or animals?

🎯 SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Shift-I)

📘 Food Chain, Food Web & Ecological Pyramids📚 Ecological Pyramids and their Categories

Q8

The pyramid of biomass is a diagram that shows the population at each level of the food chain. According to this, which of the following occupies its place at the base with the highest biomass?

🎯 SSC CHSL 08/06/2022 (Shift-I)

📘 Ecosystem - Structure & Components📚 Abiotic Components of Ecosystem

Q9

Which of the following is not considered a part of the abiotic environment?

🎯 SSC 10+2 CHSL 07.02.17, 4.15 pm

📘 Ecological Efficiency📚 Lindeman's 10 Percent Law

Q10

How energy and nutrients flow through the ecosystem; whose research in this regard provided revolutionary new insights?

🎯 SSC CHSL 31/05/2022 (Shift-I)

📘 Ecosystem - Structure & Components📚 Biotic Components of Ecosystem

Q11

The living part of the environment is called.........

🎯 SSC 10+2 CHSL 10.01.17, 10 am

📘 Food Chain, Food Web & Ecological Pyramids📚 General Terms & Facts

Q12

To which category of the eco system does the human species belong?

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📘 Food Chain, Food Web & Ecological Pyramids📚 Types of Biotic Interactions in a Food Web (Mutualism, Commensalism, etc.)

Q13

The association of animals in which both partners are benefited, is known as...

🎯 SSC 10+2 CHSL 15.01.17, 10 am

📘 Ecosystem - Productivity & Stability📚 Ecosystem Productivity

Q14

What is the total number of organisms, including both plants and animals, living in a given area called?

🎯 SSC CHSL (Tier-I) -09/07/2019 (Shift-I)

📘 Climate Change Mitigation📚 Carbon Tax

Q15

Which is the first country to implement a carbon tax?

🎯 SSC 10+2 CHSL 17.01.17, 1.15 pm

📘 Global Environmental Organizations📚 Misc

Q16

In which country is the headquarters of the United Nations Green Climate Fund located?

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📘 Types of Ecosystems - Wetland Ecosystem📚 Ramsar Sites of India

Q17

Kabartal Wetland was designated as a Ramsar site in 2020. It is located in which of the following states?

🎯 SSC CHSL 04/08/2021 (Shift-I)

📘 Types of Ecosystems - Wetland Ecosystem📚 Ramsar Sites of India

Q18

Tso Kar wetland was included as a Ramsar site in December 2020. It is located in which of the following states or union territories?

🎯 SSC CHSL 13/04/2021 (Shift-II)

📘 Biodiversity📚 Threats to Biodiversity

Q19

Which of the following plants is on the verge of extinction due to our insensitivity towards our environment?

🎯 SSC CHSL 06/06/2022 (Shift-III)

📘 Biodiversity📚 Biodiversity Hotspots and Hope Spots

Q20

Which are the major biodiversity hotspots in India? 1. Western Ghats 2. North-East India 3. Sundalands

🎯 SSC CHSL 12/10/2020 (Shift-III)

Environment & Ecology - MOST IMPORTANT SSC CHSL Previous Year Questions