Nov 20th, 2021 - Daily Quiz
1. Pakke-Paga Festival is celebrated in
(a) Sikkim
(b) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Manipur
(d) Meghalaya
2. Which of the following is/are true regarding the Gaur?
1) It is nocturnal.
2) It is known as the Nilgiri tahr.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 Nor 2
3. Which of the following is/are true w.r.t Eco-Sensitive Zone?
1) The zone limits are set on case by case basis and there is no standard specified limit to it.
2) All activities are banned in the eco-sensitive zone.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 Nor 2
4. Which of the following basin/s has/have shale gas reserves?
1) Cambay Basin
2) KG Basin
3) Cauvery Basin
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 2 only
5. Which of the following is/are true?
1) Hydrofluorocarbons do not deplete the ozone layer.
2) Hydrofluorocarbons leads to global warming.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 Nor 2
Answers
1. (b)
- Paga means hornbill in Nyishi language and the aim of the three-day Pakke-Paga Festival at Seijosa in East Kameng District of Arunachal Pradesh is to popularise the role played by the community in conserving the endangered species.
- The festival is being celebrated at Pakke wildlife sanctuary and tiger reserve where visitors can witness the great Indian hornbill, wreathed hornbill, oriental pied hornbill and rufous-necked hornbill, and more than 300 other bird species.
- The festival will allow visitors to adopt a hornbill nest with a minimum annual contribution of Rs 5,000.
- A monthly report of the adopted nest will be provided to the person concerned.
- 16 wildlife conservation NGOs are supporting the event, which is organised by the state department of environment and forests and residents of Seijosa.
- Visitors can enjoy local sports and cuisine, jeep safari, elephant safari, bird-watching, butterfly walk, family rafting and other activities during the fest where over 11 communities from Assam and Arunachal Pradesh will perform.
2. (a)
- The gaur, also called Indian bison, is the largest extant bovine, native to South Asia and Southeast Asia.
- The species has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1986.
- Where gaur have not been disturbed, they are basically diurnal. In other areas, they have become largely nocturnal due to forest molestation caused by humans. In central India, they are most active at night, and are rarely seen in the open after 8 o'clock in the morning.
- The gaur is the tallest species of wild cattle.
- Domesticated form of gaur is mithum or gayal.
- Nilgiri tahr is not gaur.
- The Nilgiri tahr known locally as the Nilgiri ibex or simply ibex, is an ungulate that is endemic to the Nilgiri Hills and the southern portion of the Western Ghats in the states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala in southern India.
- Niligiri tahr is the state animal of Tamil Nadu. Despite its local name, it is more closely related to the sheep of the Ovis genus than the ibex and wild goats of the Capra genus.
3. (a)
- The width of the ESZ and type of regulation may vary from protected area to area. However, as a general principle, the width of the ESZ could go up to 10 kms around the protected area.
- The purpose of declaring an Eco-Sensitive Zone is to create a buffer zone, where activities will be regulated to protect areas demarcated as Protected Areas.
- The ESZ guidelines include a broad list of activities that could be allowed, promoted, regulated or promoted. This is an important checklist for conservationists to keep in mind while identifying threats in ESZs.
4. (c)
- ONGC estimates India’s shale gas reserve in the range of 500 to 2000 trillion cubic meters.
Cambay is one of the basins that have been identified as potentially-bearing shale resources.
But apart from the Cambay basin, the ONGC will also explore Krishna-Godavari, Cauvery and Vindhyan sedimentary basins for shale gas in the near future.
Major regions of availability are Gujarat, Rajasthan, central India, KG Basin and offshore areas in Bay of Bengal.
5. (c)
- HFCs came in to replace the CFCs, or chlorofluorocarbons, gases that were being used extensively in the air conditioning, refrigerant industries, etc.
- CFCs were found to be primarily responsible for a hole in the ozone layer of the atmosphere, which could have dangerous health impacts.
- The HFCs, which were just as effective for industrial applications, replaced the CFCs all but seamlessly.
- It was realised only later that while HFCs did not deplete the ozone layer these were very powerful greenhouse gases, much more dangerous than carbon dioxide, which is mainly blamed for global warming.
- A set of 19 HFCs are used in different applications and many of them are several hundreds or thousands of times more potent than CO2.
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