WBCS (West Bengal) · Previous Year Questions
Environment & Ecology
5 WBCS Environment & Ecology questions from past papers (2021–2022), each with the answer and a full solution. Environment, ecology, biodiversity and conservation.
WBCS 20221 question
- Q1
The Sariska Tiger Sanctuary is located at
- ABharatpur
- BAlwar
- CDarrah
- DPuskar
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Correct answer: (B) Alwar
The Sariska Tiger Reserve is located in the Alwar district of Rajasthan.
WBCS 20214 questions
- Q2
The leader of the Narmada Bachao Andolon is
- AAnna Hajare
- BMedha Patker
- CRamdev
- DBinayak Sen
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Correct answer: (B) Medha Patker
Medha Patkar founded and leads the Narmada Bachao Andolan, the movement against large dams on the Narmada river that displaced local and tribal communities.
- Q3
The Sundarban is declared as 'Ramsar site' in
- A1987
- B1972
- C2018
- D2019
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Correct answer: (D) 2019
The Sundarban Wetland was designated a Ramsar Site (Wetland of International Importance) on 30 January 2019, becoming India's largest Ramsar site. (It was already a UNESCO World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve earlier.)
- Q4
'Chipko Andolon' is known as
- AFeminist Movement
- BTribal Movement
- CPolitical Movement
- DCaste Movement
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Correct answer: (A) Feminist Movement
The Chipko Andolan (1970s Uttarakhand), in which villagers - many of them women - hugged trees to stop felling, is widely regarded as a landmark eco-feminist movement, with women leading the forest-protection agitation.
- Q5
Started in June, 2014 by the Union Government of India, the 'Namami Gange' Programme is associated with
- AWorshipping the Ganga
- BCanal irrigation from the Ganga
- CRiver linking with the Ganga
- DNational Mission for Clean Ganga
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Correct answer: (D) National Mission for Clean Ganga
Namami Gange, launched in June 2014, is the flagship National Mission for Clean Ganga aimed at pollution abatement, conservation and rejuvenation of the river Ganga through sewage treatment, riverfront development and afforestation.