Q1. Which of the following pollutants are considered by SAFAR to measure air quality?
- Mercury
- Carbon Dioxide
- Ozone
- Toluene
- Benzene
- 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
- 1, 3, 4 and 5 only
- 3, 4 and 5 only
- 2 and 3 only
Q2. India is a member of which of the following?
- Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
- Eurasian Group (EAG)
- Asia Pacific Group (APG)
- 1 and 3 only
- 1 only
- 1, 2 and 3
- None of the above
Q-3 Consider the following statements and choose the correct option:
- Aquaponics is a system that combines hydroponics and aquaculture within an open system.
- There are two biological components in the aquaponics process.
- Hydroponics is a method of growing plants in a water-based, nutrient-rich solution.
- 1 and 3 only
- 2 and 3 only
- 3 only
- 1, 2 and 3 only
Q4: With reference to the Common Leopard, consider the following statements, choose the incorrect option:
- It is widely found on the Indian subcontinent only.
- It is listed as vulnerable in the IUCN Red List.
- 1 only
- 2 only
- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
Q 5:
Consider the following statements and choose the correct option:
- The opposition effect is the circumstance in which two celestial bodies appear in
opposite directions in the sky.
- The planets Venus and Mercury can never be in opposition to the Sun.
- 1 only
- 2 only
- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
Answers
Q1. Which of the following pollutants are considered by SAFAR to measure air quality?
- Mercury
- Carbon Dioxide
- Ozone
- Toluene
- Benzene
- 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
- 1, 3, 4 and 5 only
- 3, 4 and 5 only
- 2 and 3 only
Answer: b
Explanation:
Pollutants monitored by SAFAR to measure the air quality are: PM2.5, PM10, Ozone, Carbon Monoxide (CO), Nitrogen Oxides (NOx), Sulfur Dioxide (SO2), Benzene, Toluene, Xylene, and Mercury.
Q2. India is a member of which of the following?
- Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
- Eurasian Group (EAG)
- Asia Pacific Group (APG)
- 1 and 3 only
- 1 only
- 1, 2 and 3
- None of the above
Answer: c
Explanation:
India is a member of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Eurasian Group (EAG) as well as Asia Pacific Group (APG).
India became an Observer at FATF in 2006. In 2010 India was taken in as the 34th country member of FATF.
The Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism (EAG) was established on 6 October 2004 in Moscow by the decision of the Inaugural Conference and at the initiative of the Russian Federation, supported by the FATF, IMF, World Bank and several other countries. The EAG is an FATF-style regional body and became an Associate Member of the FATF in June 2010.
Pakistan is not a member state of FATF. It is an FATF Associate Member of the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG). FATF Asia-Pacific Group is one of the regional affiliates of the Financial Action Task Force.
Q-3 Consider the following statements and choose the correct option:
- Aquaponics is a system that combines hydroponics and aquaculture within an open system.
- There are two biological components in the aquaponics process.
- Hydroponics is a method of growing plants in a water-based, nutrient-rich solution.
- 1 and 3 only
- 2 and 3 only
- 3 only
- 1, 2 and 3 only
Answer : c
Explanation
Aquaponics is a system that combines hydroponics, soil-less agriculture, and aquaculture within a closed system (not open system).
There are three biological components in the aquaponics process: fish, plants, and bacteria (for cycling of nutrients- ammonia to nitrate conversion).
Hydroponics is a method of growing plants in a water-based, nutrient-rich solution.
Hydroponics does not use soil, instead, the root system is supported using an inert medium such as clay pellets.
The basic premise behind hydroponics is to allow the plant’s roots to come in direct contact with the nutrient solution, while also having access to oxygen, which is essential for proper growth.
Q4: With reference to the Common Leopard, consider the following statements, choose the incorrect option:
- It is widely found on the Indian subcontinent only.
- It is listed as vulnerable in the IUCN Red List.
- 1 only
- 2 only
- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
Answer : a
Explanation
Common Leopard (Panthera pardus) are found in sub-Saharan Africa, in small parts of Western and Central Asia, the Indian subcontinent and Southeast and East Asia.
The Indian leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) is a leopard widely distributed on
the Indian subcontinent. Habitat loss and fragmentation, poaching for the illegal trade of skins and body parts, and persecution due to conflict situations
Conservation Status:
IUCN Red List: Vulnerable
CITES: Appendix I
Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972: Schedule I
Q 5:
Consider the following statements and choose the correct option:
- The opposition effect is the circumstance in which two celestial bodies appear in
opposite directions in the sky.
- The planets Venus and Mercury can never be in opposition to the Sun.
- 1 only
- 2 only
- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
Answer : c
Explanation
Due to the ‘opposition’ effect, Mars will look much brighter and bigger than usual
in October 2020. Opposition, in astronomy, is the circumstance in which two celestial bodies appear in opposite directions in the sky.
Examples:
The Moon, when full, is said to be in opposition to the Sun; the Earth is then approximately between them.
A superior planet (one with an orbit farther from the Sun than Earth’s) is in opposition when Earth passes between it and the Sun.
The opposition of a planet is a good time to observe it, because the planet is then typically at its nearest point to the Earth for a given year and because it is close, the planet appears brighter in the sky.
The planets Venus and Mercury, whose orbits are smaller than Earth’s, can never be in opposition to the Sun.
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