UGC NET Paper 1 — Env

Biosphere reserves are: (i) area comprising terrestrial, marine and coastal ecosystems (ii) monitored by national governments (iii) areas where threatened animals and plants are ke...

Major sources of oxygen demanding waste in fresh water systems are (a) Agricultural run-off (b) Food processing (c) Ore mining (d) Sewage effluent (e) Landfill sites Choose the cor...

As per provisions of Paris Agreement, the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) are to be reviewed every

A green building (i) uses minimum amount of energy (ii) generate waste (iii) consumes a lot water (iv) conserves natural resources (v) creates space for healthy living Choose the c...

Which of the following sequences of disposal options for low hazardous solid waste from industrial and urban sources is in order of increasing desirability?

Montreal protocol aims at:

The duration for which of the usable compost generation is 3-6 months?

One of the main outcomes of the Rio +20 conference was to develop a set of:

Which of the following pollutants is included in the Air Quality Index in India?

The initiative to establish International Solar Alliance was jointly taken by:

Which of the following disasters belongs to the category of nuclear disasters? (a) Fukushima disaster (b) Chernobyl disaster (c) Three mile Island incident (d) The love canal disas...

Which of the following is a biological method of disposal of Municipal Solid Waste?

Taj Mahal is mainly threatened by the deleterious effects of:

The most important pollutants that cause degradation of water quality in rivers and streams are (a) Bacteria (b) Nutrients (c) Metals (d) Total dissolved solids (e) Algae

Choose the set of non-renewable resources.

In large parts of Eastern India, the ground water is contaminated by:

One of the parameters used to characterize the air quality at a location is PM2.5. Here, the suffix '2.5' refers to:

Spread of forest fires is influenced by (a) Slope (b) Soil Moisture (c) Wind

Which of the following belongs to the category of geophysical hazards?

Which of the following diseases are due to polluted water?

Efficiency of electrical power generation is least amongst the following sources of energy in case of:

Which of the following is non-vehicular pollutant?

The Paris Agreement aims to limit the temperature rise in this century by how many degrees Celsius above the preindustrial levels?

Statement I: Most of the member countries in the International solar Alliance are located between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn. Statement II: Japan is a member coun...

Which of the following is the largest sink of CO2 gas?