MCQs in Biodiversity and Climate Change

Shisir Kumar Adhikari 14 Jun, 2023, 03:58 PM 2264 0

MCQs in Biodiversity and Climate Change

1. The diversity of species between two habitats is measured as:

A. Alpha diversity

B. Beta diversity

C. Gamma diversity

D. None of the above

Answer: B. Beta diversity

2. Total number of Conservation Areas of Nepal:

A. 5

B. 6

C. 4

D. 7

Answer: B. 6

3. The globally averaged temperature over land and ocean surfaces for May 2019 (NOAA) is:

A. 0.85°C

B. 0.67°C

C. 1.58°C

D. 3.01°C

Answer: B. 0.67°C

4. The major greenhouse gases are:

A. 5

B. 6

C. 4

D. 7

Answer: B. 6

5. Natural resources that have been surveyed but cannot be used at present due to lack of technology are called:

A. Stock

B. Reserve

C. Actual resources

D. Renewable resources

Answer: A. Stock

6. Which of the following are criteria pollutants?

A. SO₂

B. NO₂

C. O₃

D. All of the above

Answer: D. All of the above

7. Where was COP25 held?

A. Chile

B. Katowice

C. Bonn

D. Morocco

Answer: A. Chile

8. The second-largest body of ice in the world is:

A. Antarctic Ice Sheet

B. Greenland Ice Sheet

C. Arctic Ice Sheet

D. Both A and B

Answer: B. Greenland Ice Sheet

9. The only carbon-negative country in the world is:

A. Switzerland

B. Bhutan

C. Nepal

D. Netherlands

Answer: B. Bhutan

10. Which of the following is an instrument to mitigate climate change?

A. Carbon accounting

B. Taxation

C. Subsidies

D. All of the above

Answer: D. All of the above

11. The Earth's most abundant greenhouse gas is:

A. Water vapour

B. Methane

C. Carbon dioxide

D. None of them

Answer: A. Water vapour

12. Healthy People 2020 identifies how many key areas of social determinants of health?

A. 4

B. 5

C. 6

D. None of the above

Answer: B. 5

13. Nepal's contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions is:

A. 0.02%

B. 0.03%

C. 0.04%

D. 0.01%

Answer: B. 0.03%

14. World Environment Day is observed on:

A. 5 June

B. 6 March

C. 15 January

D. 1 April

Answer: A. 5 June

15. WHO guideline value for PM2.5 is:

A. 36 μg/m³

B. 25 μg/m³

C. 40 μg/m³

D. 15 μg/m³

Answer: D. 15 μg/m³

16. The protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer is:

A. Kyoto Protocol

B. Vienna Convention

C. Montreal Protocol

D. Minamata Convention

Answer: C. Montreal Protocol

17. Nepal signed the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) during the Earth Summit in:

A. 1992

B. 1987

C. 1973

D. 2001

Answer: A. 1992

18. The number of Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) events that have occurred in Nepal is:

A. 14

B. 24

C. 10

D. 20

Answer: A. 14

Nepal has experienced at least 24 recorded Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) events in its history. Of these, 14 occurred within Nepal itself, while 10 originated across the border in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China but caused severe flood surges downstream across the international boundary.

19. Nepal launched the National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) in:

A. 2014

B. 2010

C. 2011

D. 2013

Answer: B. 2010

20. The study of past climates using climate proxies is called:

A. Paleoclimatology

B. Dendrochronology

C. Climatology

D. Sclerochronology

Answer: A. Paleoclimatology