“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.
The second largest wetland in Asia is the Son Beel. It is situated in the Karimganj district, state of Assam. A wetland is a distinct ecosystem...
The largest protected wetland is Llanos de Moxo located in Bolivia, South America. It covers an area of 126,100 square kilometers (48,700 sq mi)...
As per recent estimates in 2020, there are about 150 Great Indian Bustards left in India. Due to human encroachments and poaching their numbers...
The phytoplankton is a plant different from its animal counterpart, the zooplankton. Phytoplankton are similar to terrestrial plants in that they...
India has about 46 wetlands. The largest is the Sundarban wetlands of west bengal which is 4230 sq kms. Four wetlands have recently been...
Phytoplankton form the foundation of the food web for most marine life. They are responsible for half of the photosynthetic activity on earth,...
Phytoplankton is primarily consumed by zooplankton, small fish, and crustaceans. These in turn are consumed by fish, small sharks, corals, and...
Phytoplankton blooms happen when sunlight and additional nutrients are readily and abundantly available to the plants in the environment. These...
A sudden disappearance of phytoplankton would lead to the complete collapse of the aquatic ecosystem. In addition, if all the plankton...
The biggest bird in the world is the Ostrich. With the ability to run at 70 km/h, they are the fastest birds on land. They are farmed worldwide,...
The Desert National Park in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan is famous for the Great Indian Bustard. The Great Indian Bustard Sanctuary. The Desert National...
The elephant bird became extinct around 1000-1200 AD because of human activity. Elephant birds were members of the extinct family of ratites...
The national bird of India is the peacock (Latin name: Pavo cristatus). Peacocks are famous for their large, iridescent tail feather plumage....
The Great Indian Bustard is only found in India and Pakistan. In India Its stronghold was once the Thar desert in the north-west and the Deccan...
The smallest bird of India is the Flowerpecker. The flowerpeckers are a family, Dicaeidae, of passerine birds. Some species of the Flowepeckers...
The Dodo is an extinct species of flightless birds that primarily inhabited the island of Mauritius, located in the Indian Ocean. It was earlier...
Snow leopards are killed by humans either through hunting or retaliatory killings when they attack humans or livestock. Snow leopards are...
There are about 10,000 mature snow leopards in the world. The numbers could be higher or lower as the species is not easy to detect due to...
In captivity, the lifespan of a snow leopard is 22 years. In the wild, because of the harsh environment, a snow leopard's life span may be...
The world's rarest big cat is the Amur, or Manchurian, leopard (Latin Name: Panthera pardus orientalis), of which only 65–69 individuals...
