Anthropocene

Anthropocene is a Current Affairs concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 5 past MPSC questions across 4 exam years between 2013 and 2021. Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.

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4 · 2013–2021

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What you need to know first

Basic knowledge of UNDP flagship reportsHistory of greenhouse gas emissions

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'अॅन्थ्रोपोसिन' या संज्ञेचा नेहमी वापर करणारे आणि 1995 साली ज्यांना रसायनशास्त्राचे नोबेल पारितोषिक मिळाले ते पॉल जे. क्रूट्झन हे __________ चे नागरिक होते. Paul J. Crutzen, who often used the term 'Anthropocene' and who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in year 1995, was a citizen of :

1)नेदरलँड्स / The Netherlands✓ Correct

2)जर्मनी / Germany

3)फ्रान्स / France

4)पोलंड / Poland

Paul J. Crutzen was a Dutch meteorologist and atmospheric chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1995 for his work on ozone depletion and popularized the term 'Anthropocene'.

2020 च्या मानवी विकास अहवालात ( युएनडीपी तर्फे प्रसिद्ध झालेला) मानवी विकास आणि ____________ यांच्यामधील संबंधांवर भर दिलेला आहे. Human Development report 2020 (Published by UNDP) emphasises the relations between Human Development and ____________.

a)होलोसीन / Holocene

b)अँथ्रोपोसीन / Anthropocene✓ Correct

c)मायोसीन / Miocene

d)इओसीीन / Eocene

The Human Development Report 2020 by UNDP introduced a new experimental index adjusting HDI for planetary pressures, focusing on the Anthropocene—the geological age defined by human dominance over Earth's climate and ecosystems.

खालीलपैकी कोणत्या मानवी परिणामांमुळे जागतिक हवामानात बदल होतो ? The impact of humans on global climate has been induced by which of the following ?

(a)8000 वर्षापासून होणारी जंगलतोड / Deforestation since 8000 years

(b)आग आणि अतिचरण ह्यांचा वापर / Use of fire and overgrazing

(d)औद्योगिक क्रांती / Industrial revolution

1)फक्त ड / Only d

2)फक्त क आणि ड / Only c and d

3)फक्त ब, क आणि ड / Only b, c and d

4)वरीलपैकी सर्व / All of the above✓ Correct

Human impacts on global climate include historical activities like ancient deforestation, agriculture (paddy fields), fire/overgrazing, and modern industrialization.

bacteria into humus. The process involved in the early stages of this transformation depends throughout on oxidation : afterwards it takes place in the absence of air. The process is entirely sanitary. There is no nuisance of any kind - no smell, no flies, no dustbins, no incinerators, no artificial sewage system, no water - borne diseases, no town councils, and no rats. On the contrary, the forest affords a place for the ideal summer holiday with sufficient shade and an abundance of pure fresh air. All over the surface of the woods the conversion of vegetable and animal wastes into humus is never so rapid as during the holiday months - July to September. The mineral matter needed by the trees and the undergrowth is obtained from the subsoil. This is collected in dilute solution in water by the deeper roots, which also help in anchoring the trees. Even in soils markedly deficient in phosphorus, trees have no difficulty in obtaining ample supplies of this element. Potash, phosphate, and other minerals are always collected in situ and carried by the transpiration current for use in the green leaves. Afterwards they are either used in growth or deposited on the floor of the forest in the form of vegetable waste being one of the constituents needed in the synthesis of humus. This humus is again utilized by the roots of the trees. Nature’s farming, as seen in the forest, is characterized by two things, a constant circulation of the mineral matter absorbed by the trees and a constant addition of new mineral matter from the vast reserves held in the subsoil.

खालीलपैकी कोणते विधान चुकीचे आहे ? Which of the following statements is incorrect ?

(a)वनखते प्रक्रिया निरंतर चालू असते / Natural forest manuring goes on round the clock.

(b)पावसाळ्यात ती अतिशय शीघ्र असते / It is quicker during monsoons.

(c)वने येथे, उत्पादक, पुरवठादार व उपभोक्ता असतात / Forest acts therein as manufacturer, distributor and consumer.

(d)मानवाचा हस्तक्षेप त्यात नसतो / Man's interference therein is absent

1)(a)

2)(c)

3)(d)

4)वरील कोणतेही नाही / none of the above✓ Correct

All statements (a, b, c, d) regarding natural forest manuring and ecosystems are scientifically accurate, meaning none of them are incorrect.

पुढील दोन विधानांपैकी कोणते अयोग्य आहे ? Which of the following two statements is incorrect ?

(a)मानव निसर्गाचा शत्रू आहे. Man is nautre’s enemy.

(b)जैविक संसाधने मानवाच्या गरजा पुरवितात. Biological resources satisfy human needs.

1)फक्त (a) Only (a)✓ Correct

2)फक्त (b) Only (b)

3)(a) व (b) दोन्ही Both (a) and (b)

4)न (a) अयोग्य न (b) Neither (a) nor (b)

Statement (a) calling man 'nature's enemy' is an extreme philosophical generalization and considered incorrect in standard evaluation. Statement (b) is correct as biological resources fulfill human needs.

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