This Environment & Ecology quiz on Biosphere Reserves and Ramsar Sites puts 10 multiple-choice questions to you, the verified MCQs published with GK24's note on the topic. Every question carries a full explanation of why the correct option is right and why the other options are wrong, so you learn the fact behind the answer rather than the letter. Attempt it right after reading the note, keep to the timer, and use the explanations at the end to mark what needs another look. Sit it again before the exam as a quick revision of the topic.
10 questions with answers and explanations
The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance was signed in which year?
The Convention on Wetlands of International Importance was signed on 2 February 1971 in the Iranian city of Ramsar, on the shore of the Caspian Sea, which gave the treaty its popular name.
Read the full explanation →World Wetlands Day is observed every year on which date?
The Ramsar Convention was signed on 2 February 1971, and that anniversary is observed each year as World Wetlands Day to draw attention to the services wetlands provide, such as flood control, groundwater recharge, water purification and habitat for migratory birds.
Read the full explanation →Which was the first biosphere reserve to be designated in India?
The Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, spread across Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka in the Western Ghats, was designated in 1986 as the first biosphere reserve of India, and in 2000 it also became the first Indian reserve to be included in the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves.
Read the full explanation →Keibul Lamjao, the only floating national park in the world, is situated on which lake?
Loktak, in Manipur, is the largest freshwater lake of north-east India, and its surface carries phumdis, thick floating mats of vegetation, soil and organic matter that rise and fall with the water level.
Read the full explanation →The Man and the Biosphere Programme, under which biosphere reserves are recognised, was launched by which organisation?
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization launched the Man and the Biosphere Programme in 1971 as an intergovernmental scientific programme to improve the relationship between people and their environment, and the sites recognised under it form the World Network of Biosphere Reserves.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following pairs of wetlands were the first two Ramsar sites designated in India?
Both were placed on the Ramsar list in 1981 and were the first Indian wetlands to be so recognised.
Read the full explanation →In a biosphere reserve, which zone is legally protected and allows no human activity except non-destructive research?
The core zone is the innermost and the only strictly protected part of a biosphere reserve, usually already notified as a national park or a wildlife sanctuary.
Read the full explanation →Which is the largest biosphere reserve of India in terms of area?
Designated in 2008 in Gujarat, it covers the largest area of any biosphere reserve in India, taking in the marine national park and sanctuary of the gulf together with its islands, coral reefs, mangroves and mudflats, which support corals, dugongs, dolphins and large numbers of migratory shorebirds.
Read the full explanation →The Montreux Record, maintained under the Ramsar Convention, is a register of
The Montreux Record names sites already on the Ramsar list where the ecological character has changed, is changing or is likely to change because of pollution, drainage, encroachment or other human interference.
Read the full explanation →Sambhar Lake, a Ramsar site in Rajasthan, is known as
Sambhar Lake lies west of Jaipur in Rajasthan, has no outlet to the sea and loses water only by evaporation, so salts brought in by seasonal streams accumulate in it.
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