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MCQs in Biodiversity and Climate Change

Shisir Kumar Adhikari 2023-06-14 15:58:39 877 0

1.    The diversity of species between two habitats is measured as:

              A.    Alpha diversity       
               B.    Beta diversity

       C.    Gamma diversity  

       D.    None of the above


        2.    Total number of conservation Areas of Nepal
              A.    5

       B.    6

       C.    4

       D.    7


3.    The globally averaged temperature over land and ocean surfaces for May, 2019 (NOAA) is:

        A.    0.85 C

        B.    0.67 C

        C.    1.58 C

        D.    3.01 C


4.    The major green house gases are:

        A.    5

         B.    6

        C.    4

        D.    7


5.    Natural resources that has been surveyed but cannot be used in future due to lack of technology:

        A.    Stock 

        B.    Reserve                

        C.    Actual

        D.    Renewable


6.    Which of them are criteria pollutants?

        A.    SO2

        B.    NO2

        C.    O3

         D.    All of the above


7.    Where will COP 25 be held?

         A.    Chile

        B.    Katowice

        C.    Bonn

        D.    Morocco


8.    The second-largest body of ice in the world is:

        A.    Antarctic ice sheet    

        B.    Greenland ice sheet     

        C.    Arctic ice sheet

        D.    Both 'A' and 'B'


9.    The only carbon negative country in world is:

        A.    Switzerland  

         B.    Bhutan 

        C.    Nepal

        D.    Netherland


10.  Which of them is the instrument to mitigate climate change?

        A.    Carbon accounting     

        B.    Taxation

        C.    Subsides                       

         D.    All of the above


11.  The earth’s most abundant greenhouse gas:

         A.    Water vapour

        B.    Methane

        C.    Carbon dioxide

        D.    None of them      


12.  Healthy people 2020 approach to social determinants of health incorporate main key areas:

        A.    4

        B.    5

        C.    6

        D.    None of the above


13.  The GHGs emission contribution of Nepal is:

        A.    0.02%

        B.    0.03%

        C.     0.04%

        D.    0.01%


14   The world Environmental day is marked

          A.    5th June

        B.    6th March              

        C.    15th Jan

        D.    1st April


15.  WHO guideline value for particulate matter 2.5 is:

        A.    36 μg/m3

        B.    25 μg/m3     

        C.    40μg/m3

        D.    15μg/m3


16.  Protocol on substances that deplete ozone layer is:

        A.    Kyoto protocol

        B.    Vienna convention

        C.     Montreal protocol 

        D.    Minamata convention


17.  Nepal signed the convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) during the Earth Summit in June:

         A.    1992

        B.    1987

        C.    1973

        D.    2001



18.  Number of GLOF events that has occurred in past in Nepal itself:

         A.    14

        B.    24

        C.    10

        D.    20


19.  National Adaption programs of action (NAPA) launched in Nepal:

        A.    2014

         B.    2010

        C.    2011

        D.    2013


20.  The study of past climates from climate proxies:

A.    Paleoclimatology

B.    Dendrochronology

C.    Climatology

D.    Sclerochronology 

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