Environmental Science - Study Mode

[#801] The state which constituted green bench
Correct Answer

(B) Tamilnadu

Explanation

Solution: The constitution of the Calcutta bench was followed by another in Chennai. On September 2,1996, while passing an interim order in the Tamil Nadu tanneries case, a full bench of the SC comprising Justices Kuldip Singh, Falzan-uddin and K Venkataswami asked the chief justice of the Chennai High Court to constitute a special green bench to deal with environmenal matters - including the tanneries case - in that state.

[#802] The one-horned Rhinoceros is now restricted to which state?
Correct Answer

(C) Assam

Explanation

Solution: Today this survivor from the prehistoric times is found only in pockets in the north eastern state of Assam and in Nepal. In Assam, their Rhino habitat is limited to just two national parks - Kaziranga and Manas.

[#803] What is symbiosis?
Correct Answer

(C) Association between members of two species

Explanation

Solution: Symbiosis is any type of a close and long-term biological interaction between two different biological organisms, be it mutualistic, commensalistic, or parasitic. The organisms, each termed a symbiont, may be of the same or of different species.

[#804] Pencillium does not swallow the growth of bacterium Staphylococcus. This sort of relationship is called
Correct Answer

(C) amensalism

Explanation

Solution: Pencillium does not swallow the growth of bacterium Staphylococcus. This sort of relationship is called amensalism.

[#805] The Salim Ali Bird sanctuary is located at
Correct Answer

(B) Thattekad,

Explanation

Solution: The Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary has a rich and varied birdlife. Several species of birds, both forest birds as well as the water birds, visit the sanctuaries