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UPSC CDS Indian Geography — practice questions — page 5

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Catch the Pachmarhi faunaRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the threatened animalsRead the answer and worked solution →Run through PachmarhiRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the conservation wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Endemic or threatenedRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the protected areasRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Conservation bingoRead the answer and worked solution →By volume, about what share of air is oxygen?Read the answer and worked solution →Smoke and dust from forest fires and volcanic eruptions are which kind of air pollution source?Read the answer and worked solution →Carbon monoxide from incomplete burning of petrol is dangerous because it:Read the answer and worked solution →The thick fog-like winter layer made of smoke and fog is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Sulphur dioxide, which can permanently damage lungs, is produced mainly by burning:Read the answer and worked solution →CFCs used in refrigerators and aerosol sprays damage the:Read the answer and worked solution →Pollutants discolouring the white marble of which monument in Agra caused concern?Read the answer and worked solution →Which oil refinery near Agra has been blamed for sulphur dioxide and soot affecting the Taj?Read the answer and worked solution →Sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide react with water vapour in air to form acids that fall as:Read the answer and worked solution →Corrosion of the Taj's marble by acid rain is nicknamed:Read the answer and worked solution →To save the Taj, the Supreme Court ordered industries to switch to cleaner fuels like LPG and:Read the answer and worked solution →Trapping of reflected radiation by the earth's atmosphere is called the:Read the answer and worked solution →The gradual rise in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere due to trapped heat is:Read the answer and worked solution →Besides carbon dioxide, which gases are greenhouse gases?Read the answer and worked solution →Which international agreement aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Himalayan glacier is reported to be melting because of global warming?Read the answer and worked solution →Van Mahotsav, when lakhs of trees are planted, is held every year in:Read the answer and worked solution →A WWF study found the Ganga among the ten most:Read the answer and worked solution →The National Mission for Clean Ganga was launched in:Read the answer and worked solution →Kanpur, with one of the most polluted Ganga stretches, has more than how many industries?Read the answer and worked solution →Arsenic, lead and fluorides released by industries into rivers cause:Read the answer and worked solution →Ponds look green when farm chemicals wash in because they feed:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Catch the Pachmarhi fauna

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Items
  1. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Chinkara
  2. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Blue bull
  3. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Cheetal
  4. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Leopard
  5. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Wild dog
  6. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Wolf
  7. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Sal
  8. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Teak
Category
Pachmarhi fauna
Instructions
Catch the animals of the Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve. Let the trees fall.
_Source: syllabus Science, Chapter 7, Conservation of Plants and Animals._

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Pop the threatened animals

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Other terms
  1. Cheetal
  2. Wolf
  3. Rabbit
  4. Wild dog
Matching terms
  1. Black buck
  2. Golden cat
  3. Gharial
  4. Python
  5. Rhinoceros
  6. Elephant
Instructions
Pop the threatened animals protected in sanctuaries. Leave the common ones.
_Source: syllabus Science, Chapter 7, Conservation of Plants and Animals._

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Run through Pachmarhi

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Questions
  1. Correct
    Satpura
    Choices
    1. Satpura
    2. Bori
    3. Pachmarhi
  2. Correct
    Bori
    Choices
    1. Satpura
    2. Bori
    3. Pachmarhi
  3. Correct
    Pachmarhi
    Choices
    1. Satpura
    2. Bori
    3. Pachmarhi
  4. Correct
    17
    Choices
    1. 17
    2. 55
    3. 5
  5. Correct
    55
    Choices
    1. 17
    2. 55
    3. 5
  6. Correct
    5
    Choices
    1. 17
    2. 55
    3. 5
Instructions
Pachmarhi: national park, a sanctuary, the reserve; then trees per paper tonne, rock shelters, min recycles.
_Source: syllabus Science, Chapter 7, Conservation of Plants and Animals._

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