“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 three interesting facts about the desert are as follows: Daytime temperatures in the desert are extremely hot while nighttime temperatures...
The following plants are found in the desert: Prickly Pear Cacti Cactus Tumbleweed Saguaro Cactus Mexican Poppies Weathered Trees Wildflowers...
Desert ecosystems are typically made of very fine, red sand, while some consist of sand mixed with pebbles and rocks. The desert sand...
A desert ecosystem has the following characteristics: Arid environment Extreme temperatures High wind velocity. Sparsity of cloud cover. Absence...
Biomagnification is essential for toxicology as it gives detailed information about the amount of pollutants in an area. This data about the...
Biomagnification is any concentration of a toxin in the tissues of tolerant organisms at successively higher levels in a food chain. ...
Parasitism is a type of a relationship between two species of plants or animals in which one benefits at the expense of the other, sometimes...
Parasitic relations is a type of a relationship between two species of plants or animals in which one benefits at the expense of the other,...
The causes of shifting cultivation are as follows: Rise in human population Insufficient land for cultivation Low education High demand...
A good example of commensalism is an association between cattle egrets and cattle. The egrets consume insects in the cattles bodies. Their...
The British disliked shifting cultivators for the following reasons: Movement of cultivators shifting from one place to another would make...
An example of commensalism in the ocean is that of the Clownfish and anemones. Clownfish live in the tentacles of sea anemones. They are coated...
Bioaccumulation is a concern as far as human health is concerned. When humans eat organisms such as fish with high concentration of...
Tundra are known for their large stretches of bare ground and rock and for patchy mantles of low vegetation such as mosses, lichens, herbs, and...
The 3 facts about the tundra are as follows: Tundras are one of the coldest biomes in the world Grounds in a tundra environment are frozen...
Humans have known to live in tundra environments for thousands of years. The indigenous people of tundra regions of earth are the Aleut, Alutiiq,...
Tundra are characterised by long, cold winters with high winds and average temperatures below freezing for six to ten months of the year. Tundra...
Tundra is a type of biome where the tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short growing seasons. Lands of the tundra are covered with...
Surface of the tundra is covered mostly by permafrost. This prevents most of the flora from having a root system and the ones that do have a...
The following plants are found in the tundra: Arctic Moss Arctic Willow Caribou Moss Labrador Tea Arctic Poppy Cotton Grass Lichens...
