UPSC Civil Services Examination — Environment & Ecology (Prelims GS and Mains GS-III) · India · Union Public Service Commission
Original practice questions written to the published syllabus · not past papersUPSC Civil Services Examination — Environment & Ecology (Prelims GS and Mains GS-III) is a government recruitment exam run by Union Public Service Commission, for candidates in India. Prelims: two objective papers (GS Paper I and CSAT). Mains: nine descriptive papers. Interview.
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Reducing the harm climate does: vulnerability assessment, climate-smart agriculture, early warning, contingency plans, insurance and national adaptation planning. Index insurance as a financial product is in the Agribusiness track; here it is one adaptation tool among many.
Our 23 UPSC Civil Services Examination questions in this subject: 14 easy, 7 medium, 2 hard, across 11 units.
Choose an answer, then open the working. Each explanation says why the right answer is right and why the others are not.
These 10 were written to UPSC Civil Services Examination and are not shown on any other exam's page.
India's Gramin Krishi Mausam Sewa provides
A. district- and block-level forecasts with crop-specific agromet advice
The Gramin Krishi Mausam Sewa, run by IMD with ICAR and agricultural universities, issues location-specific forecasts and advisories. Insurance, fertiliser subsidy and MSP are separate schemes.
In the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), which phase is labelled 'emergency'?
A. Phase 4
IPC phases: 1 minimal, 2 stressed, 3 crisis, 4 emergency, 5 catastrophe/famine.
Why do objective, published, multi-indicator triggers improve drought declaration?
C. They make declarations faster, more consistent and less open to political distortion
Pre-agreed multi-indicator triggers (rainfall, vegetation, soil moisture, sown area, hydrology) speed up and standardise declarations and reduce political pressure. They do not guarantee annual declaration, field verification remains useful, and rainfall alone can mislead.
Why do agencies raise community rice nurseries on higher ground before the flood season?
D. So seedlings are available for replanting after floods damage the crop
Raised community nurseries keep seedlings safe so farmers can replant quickly after floods recede. The other reasons are not why they are raised.
Which combination of measures is credited with sharply reducing cyclone deaths in Bangladesh and Odisha?
A. Cyclone shelters, better forecasts, community volunteers and evacuation drills
Investments in shelters, forecasting, warning dissemination through volunteers and drills drove large reductions in deaths. Cloud seeding and barriers did not; removing mangroves increases exposure.
Under India's Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, what is the maximum premium paid by farmers for kharif food and oilseed crops?
B. 2 per cent of the sum insured
PMFBY caps farmer premiums at 2% for kharif food and oilseed crops, 1.5% for rabi food and oilseed crops and 5% for annual commercial and horticultural crops; governments pay the balance.
Which is one of the four Sendai priorities for action?
D. Enhancing preparedness for response and to 'Build Back Better'
The four priorities are understanding disaster risk; strengthening disaster risk governance; investing in DRR for resilience; and enhancing preparedness and Build Back Better. The others are climate mitigation, SDG 1 or adaptation finance pledges.
In India, the National Disaster Management Authority was created under which law, and who chairs it?
A. The Disaster Management Act 2005; the Prime Minister
The Disaster Management Act 2005 established NDMA, chaired by the Prime Minister, along with state and district authorities and the NDRF.
Which national mission under India's National Action Plan on Climate Change focuses on agriculture?
D. National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture
NAPCC (2008) set up eight missions; the National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture focuses on agricultural adaptation. The others address energy and habitat.
ICAR's National Innovations in Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA), launched in 2011, combines
B. research with technology demonstration in vulnerable districts
NICRA links research on resilient varieties and practices with demonstrations in climatically vulnerable districts and contingency planning. It is not a pump scheme, carbon market or insurance programme.
This plan follows where our questions actually fall, so the time goes where the marks are likely to be. It is our reading of the syllabus, not the exam body's weighting.
Read the manual chapters for these first and do every worked question you can find on them.
Aim for one sitting per unit, then mixed questions across them.
Learn the definitions, classifications and standard numbers; these units are more often recalled than worked.
Come back to these after a first pass, untimed, and read every explanation, including for the options you rejected.
Do these early in revision so they are fast on the day.
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