GS Sectional Test 11: Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Product Details

This test covers the science and the law of living systems, from how ecosystems work the wetlands, mangroves and reefs that UPSC keeps asking about, India's species and their status, the international conventions, and the protected areas and laws through which India conserves them.

Topics in Sectional Test 11

• Ecosystems, energy flow and succession
• Population and community ecology and nutrient cycles
• Wetlands, mangroves, corals and other ecosystems
• Biodiversity, its loss and the species of India
• The IUCN Red List and the conventions (CITES, CMS, Ramsar, CBD)
• Protected areas, conservation projects and the wildlife, biodiversity and forest laws

Climate change, pollution and environmental governance are in Sectional Test 12.

What You Get

• Questions booklet: 100 questions, 200 marks, two hours, in English and Hindi, with an answer sheet to print at the end.
• Answers and Explanations booklet: The answer key, then every question solved, with each statement and each option marked correct or incorrect and the reason, and the sources for the facts used.
• Marking as in the Prelims: 2 marks for a correct answer and one-third of that deducted for a wrong one.
• Your copy: PDFs licensed to you, with your name and order number printed on every page.

Sources Used

The questions are prepared from official government publications, current NCERT textbooks, and Acts and Rules.

Not Included

• No online test, ranking or printed copy. The tests are PDFs to print or to read on screen.
• Current affairs, which has its own monthly tests.

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