Q . Wetlands and Lakes

One of the following regions has the world's largest tropical peatland, which holds about three years worth of global carbon emissions from fossil fuels; and the possible destruction of which can exert detrimental effect on the global climate. Which one of the following denotes that region?

a) Amazon Basin
b) Congo Basin
c) Kikori Basin
d) Rio de la Plata Basin
Answer: b
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  • The statement mentions that the peat swamp forest of the Congo Basin stores around 29 billion tons of carbon, which is approximately equivalent to three years' worth of global greenhouse gas emissions.
  • It also states that the Basin as a whole absorbs nearly 1.5 billion tons of carbon dioxide a year.
  • These facts highlight the importance of the Congo Basin in terms of carbon storage and absorption, making it a crucial region for global climate regulation.
  • Destruction of the peat swamp forest in the Congo Basin could have detrimental effects on the global climate due to the massive amount of carbon stored there.
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Q . Wetlands and Lakes

Which one of the following lakes of West Africa has become dry and turned into a desert?

a) Lake Victoria
b) Lake Faguibine
c) Lake Oguta
d) Lake Volta
Answer: b
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Q . Wetlands and Lakes

Consider the following pairs: Wetland / Lake – Location 1. Hokera Wetland – Punjab 2. Renuka Wetland – Himachal Pradesh 3. Rudrasagar Lake — Tripura 4. Sasthamkotta Lake – Tamil Nadu How many pairs given above are correctly matched?

a) Only one pair
b) Only two pairs
c) Only three pairs
d) All four pairs
Answer: b
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Q . Wetlands and Lakes

With reference to India, Didwana, Kuchaman, Sargol and Khatu are the names of

a) Glaciers
b) Mangrove Areas
c) Ramsar Sites
d) Saline Lakes
Answer: d
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Q . Wetlands and Lakes

Which of the following has/have shrunk immensely/dried up in the recent past due to human activities? 1. Aral Sea?2. Black Sea?3. Lake Baikal Select the correct answer using the code given below:

a) 1 only
b) 2 and 3
c) 2 only
d) 1 and 3
Answer: a
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Q . Wetlands and Lakes

Which one of the following is an artificial lake?

a) Kodaikanal (Tamil Nadu)
b) Kolleru (Andhra Pradesh)
c) Nainital (Uttarakhand)
d) Renuka (Himachal Pradesh)
Answer: a
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Q . Wetlands and Lakes

Which one of the following is not a lagoon?

a) Ashtamudi lake
b) Chilka lake
c) Periyar lake
d) Pulicat lake
Answer: c
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Q . Wetlands and Lakes

Which one of the following lakes forms as international boundary between Tanzania and Uganda?

a) Chad
b) Malawi
c) Victoria
d) Zambezi
Answer: c
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Q . Wetlands and Lakes

Lake Sambhar is nearest to which one of the following cities of Rajasthan?

a) Bharatpur
b) Jaipur
c) Jodhpur
d) Udaipur
Answer: b
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Q . Wetlands and Lakes

In India, which one of the following States has the largest inland saline wetland?

a) Gujarat
b) Haryana
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Rajasthan
Answer: d
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Q . Wetlands and Lakes

In which one of the following places the ‘boiling point’ of water is the highest?

a) Dead Sea
b) Mt. Everest
c) Nile delta
d) Sunderban delta
Answer: a
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Q . Wetlands and Lakes

Match the columns: List 1 (Lakes)???List 2 (States) A. Wular?????1. Rajasthan B. Chilka?????2. Orissa C. Loktak?????3. Manipur D. Nakki?????4. Jammu and Kashmir ??????????????????5. Madhya Pradesh

a) 5 2 3 4
b) 3 5 2 1
c) 4 2 3 1
d) 4 3 5 2
Answer: c
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