“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.
Biomagnification is the increase in the buildup of toxins within substances that happens at each stage of the food chain. Biomagnification is...
An example of bioaccumulation is that of car emission chemicals building up in birds and other animals, mercury building up in fish....
Generally, symptoms are temporary and disappear within hours, once exposure is discontinued. Red tides are harmful for humans with a history of...
Scientists speculate that rainfall could feed the harmful blooms that cause the red tides, thus rains help in prolonging the red tide phenomenon....
A red tide is a phenomenon of discoloration of the sea surface. It is a common name for harmful algal blooms occurring along coastal...
People can swim during a red tide but it is usually not recommended to do so. Red Tides usually cause irritations in the skin and cause burning...
The desert ecosystem can be saved by the following methods: Planting and seeding Managing water Manipulating soil properties Controlling...
Neknampur lake is located in Hyderabad. Spread over 108 acres, it was always in the news for being a polluted water body. As per the latest...
The largest Float Treatment Wetland is at the Neknampur Lake in Hyderabad. The size of the FTW is 3,000 sq. ft. It has been formed by the...
Floating treatment wetlands (FTW) are small artificial platforms that allow aquatic plants to grow in water that is usually too deep for them....
Some of the biomagnified chemicals are elements such as selenium, mercury, or nickel, or organic compounds such as methylmercury....
Wetland plants are those types of plant species that are found in all types of wetlands, either in or on the water surface or where soils are...
Jhooming, also known as shifting cultivation, is an agricultural practice in which a piece of land is farmed on, only to be abandoned later after...
Red tides are caused by algae, tiny microorganisms that grow in the water. Almost all bodies of water have algae. A red tide is caused by the...
Shifting cultivation in India is known as Jhum. Shifting cultivation is an agricultural practice in which a piece of land is farmed on,...
Red tides can produce toxins that are harmful for humans and marine life. They are most harmful for those humans who have a history of chronic...
The characteristics of shifting cultivation are as follows: Field rotations Fire is used to clear the land Land is kept fallow for a number...
Shifting cultivation, better known as slash and burn agriculture, is bad for the environment as it accelerates deforestation, burning down...
Shifting cultivation is an agricultural practice in which a plot of land was cultivated temporarily and is abandoned to allow vegetation to grow...
An example of a desert ecosystem is the Sahara Desert. A desert ecosystem is characterized by interactions between organisms, the climate it...
