“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.
China has the largest number of snow leopards at about 2000-2500 individuals. Snow leopard populations are also found in Bhutan, Nepal, India,...
The Great Indian Bustard is not extinct in India but has been placed in the critically endangered list by the International Union for...
The Great Indian Bustard is found in the states of Rajasthan and Gujarat. It is usually found in dry grasslands and scrublands of the Indian...
As per the data given by the World Wildlife Fund, there are about 200 individuals left in the world. One of the heaviest flying birds found...
In 2011, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) reclassified the Arabian oryx to “Vulnerable” from Endangered....
While there are approximately 1,220 wild oryx across the Arabian Peninsula, the population is considered stable, hence the IUCN status...
A Protected Area Permit is issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs. Also known as the Foreigners (Protected Areas) Order 1958, it states that a...
Oilzapper refers to the new technique of using bacteria to get rid of oil spills. Oil Zapping is a bio-remediation technique involving the use of...
Due to human disturbance, over-hunting, drought and loss of food because of excessive livestock grazing, the scimitar-horned oryx is now extinct...
The different types of Protected Areas are as follows: National Parks Wildlife Sanctuaries Conservation Reserves Community Reserves...
It is important to protect natural areas due to the following reasons: Natural areas provide protection and safe haven for many animal and plant...
The state of Madhya Pradesh has the largest forest cover in India. In terms of percentage of forest cover Mizoram, at 85.41 percent, is the most...
The Chipko movement in India was started by Sunderlal Bahuguna. The idea of the Chipko movement was suggested by his wife. He was one of...
In-situ conservation is the method of conserving animal and plant species within their environment. It is done when their numbers are deemed...
The first forest reserve of India is the Satpura National Park. Also known as the Satpura Tiger Reserve. It is located in the Hoshangabad...
The main purpose of in-situ conservation is to enable biodiversity conservation within the same ecosystem it belongs to.In-situ management...
The four types of biodiversity are as follows: Species diversity: Every ecosystem contains a unique collection of species, all interacting...
The advantages of the in situ conservation are as follows: Both the species and environment are conserved Large populations can be protected...
Oryx are technically antelopes but not necessarily goats. So they are closely related to other hoofed mammals. They do belong to the same family...
Sacred groves are a fine example of in-situ conservation. Sacred groves are forest fragments, size varying between 0.5 -500 hectare,(some groves...
