Environment Questions & Answers for UPSC

“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greeds,” – Mahatma Gandhiji. Environment has become one of the focal points in discussions and debate across the globe. The significance of ‘Environment’ as a UPSC topic is also relatively bigger as questions surrounding climate change, ecology, biodiversity are seeing an upward trend in the civil services exam question papers.

This segment covers all your queries w.r.t environment, ecology, biodiversity, climate change and more. Not only will you find answers to a wide range of questions; you would also be able to align your UPSC preparation with these questions.

Benefits of Environment Questions for IAS Exam

The IAS Exam aspirants can get the following benefits while going through the below-mentioned environment questions:

  • It fits all – Questions from a minor issue to an issue that has a global relevance are covered.
  • Doesn’t Discriminate – None of the doubts of the aspirants have been neglected. All doubts that are related to the UPSC examination or are related to the basic knowledge of environment have been answered by UPSC experts.
  • Helps in Prelims, Mains GS 3 and even essay papers – These answers would solve various doubts w.r.t environment-related topics. Hence, these will come handy in all stages of examination.
  • Apart from IAS Exam, these questions can be useful for other government exams as well.
Fly ash is the fine powder formed from the mineral matter in coal, consisting of the noncombustible matter in coal and a small amount of carbon...
Lonar Lake is a Ramsar site. It is located in Maharashtra and Sur Sarovar, also known as Keetham lake, in Agra. The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands...
Yes, Chilika Lake is a Ramsar site. Chilika Lake is a brackish water lagoon, spread over the Puri, Khurda and Ganjam districts of Odisha...
Chilika Lake has not been removed from the Ramsar Convention but rather from the Montreux Records. The Montreux Record is a register of wetland...
A wetland can be struck off the Montreux Record provided it has undergone extensive conservation efforts. Chilika Lake was a wetland that was...
The founders of Bombay Natural History Society were: Dr D. MacDonald, Col. C. Swinhoe Mr J. C. Anderson Mr J. Johnston Dr Atmaram...
The magazine published by the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) is the Hornbill.  It is a quarterly magazine that brings studies and...
The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) is an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Environment and Forests. It aims to carry out...
The Loktak Lake is not a floating lake in the conventional sense, but is home to the world's only floating national park.   What gives...
The Prime Minister of India is the Chairman of the National Ganga River Basin Authority. National Ganga River Basin Authority is a financing,...
The National Ganga River Basin Authority was dissolved on 7th October, 2016.  It was replaced with a new body named  the National...
The Ganga was declared as a National River by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2008 in order to achieve the objectives of the Ganga Action Plan,...
The Namami Gange is an integrated conservation programme approved by the government of India to accomplish the twin objectives of effective...
Rajiv Gandhi was the Prime Minister who launched the Ganga Action Plan. Ganga Action Plan abbreviated as (GAP) is one of the longest and...
Thefollowing states fall in the Ganga basin: Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh Madhya Pradesh  Rajasthan  Haryana  Himachal...
Loktak Lake is situated in the northeastern state of Manipur. It is one of the largest freshwater lakes in India as well as the world, providing...
Loktak Lake is a super volcanic caldera.  A caldera is a large cauldron-like hollow that forms shortly after the emptying of a magma chamber...
According to an announcement by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization committee, Italy was the country with the...
The theme of World Heritage Day 2021 is “Complex Pasts: Diverse Futures”.   After the annual announcement of new sites by...
Loktak Lake is famous for being one of the largest freshwater lakes in the world. Located in the northeastern state of Manipur, it is the primary...