1.
Food chain in which microorganisms breakdown the food formed by primary producers
(A) parasitic food chain (B) detritus food chain (C) consumer food chain (D) predator food chain
2. What is the best pH of the soil for cultivation of plants?
(A) 3.4-5.4 (B) 6.5-7.5 (C) 4.5-8.5 (D) 5.5-6.5
3. Huge solid waste liberated from Iron and Steel industry is
(A) Red mud (B) Fly ash (C) Bottom ash. (D) Granulated slag
4. Major aerosol pollutant in jet plane emission
(A) sulphur dioxide (B) carbon monoxide (C) methane (D) fluorocarbon
5. Most hazardous metal pollutant of automobile exhausts is
(A) mercury (B) cadmium (C) lead (D) copper
6.Photochemical smog is a resultant of the reaction among
(A) NO2, 03 and peroxyacetyl nitrate in the presence of sunlight
(B) CO, O2 and peroxyacetyl nitrate in the presence of sunlight
(C) CO, CO2 and NO2 at low temperature
(D) high concentration of NO2, 03, and CO in the evening
8. By definition, what are you most find in a likely to biodiversity hotspot?
(A) A large abundance of endangered species (B) A large number of endemic species
(C) Mostly eukaryotic species (D) Extremophiles
9. What is B.O.D.?
(A) The amount of 02 utilized by organisms in water
(B) The amount of 02 utilized by microorganisms for decomposition
(C) The total amount of P2 present in water
(D) All of the above
10. In which year the first environmental conference (Stockholm Conference) was held?
(A) 1965 (B) 1968 (C) 1970 (D) 1972
11. What is the carbon credit?
(A) It is the difference between the carbon emission allowed and actually emitted carbon
(B) It is the loan amount by IMF for reducing pollution
(C) It is loan given to poor people for buying Modern Stoves
(D) All of the above
12. Coal, oil, and natural gas are created and contain the remains of
(A) over millions of years; algae and plants
(B) over millions of years; dinosaurs and other animals
(C) over hundreds of years, algae and plants.
(D) over hundreds of years, dinosaurs and other animals
13. How carbon monoxide, emitted by automobiles, prevents transport of oxygen in the body
tissues? (A) By forming a stable compound with hemoglobin
(B) By obstructing the reaction of oxygen with hemoglobin
(C) By changing oxygen into carbon dioxide (D) By destroying the hemoglobin
14. If there was no CO2 in the earth's atmosphere, the temperature of earth's surface would be
(A) higher than the present (B) dependent on the amount of oxygen in atmosphere
(C) same as present (D) less than the present
15. Upper part of sea aquatic ecosystem contains (A) plankton (B) nekton
(C) plankton and nekton (D) benthos
15. Activated sludge plants are used to reduce
(A) water pollution (B) noise pollution (C) thermal pollution (D) air pollution
16. 'Entrophic' water body is a
(A) highly productive water body rich in nutrient. (B) water body poor in nutrient.
(C) fresh water body (D) stagnant water body.
17. The widely used aerobic suspension type of liquid waste treatment system is
(A) Rotating Biological Contractor (B) Percolating filter
(C) Activated sludge process (D) Septic tank
18. Examples of VOC causing cancer are (Volatile Organic Compounds)
(A) Benzene and Formaldehyde (B) Iron and Cadmium
(C) Pesticides and Weedicides (D) All of the above
19. The concept of 'Biosphere Reserve' was evolved by (1971)
(A) Government of India (B) Botanical Survey of India (C) UNESCO (D) UNDP
20. Habitats resulting from lava flow is an example of
(A) Primary succession (b) Secondary succession (C) autogenic succession (D) allogenic succession
21. Where is the shola grassland found is india?
(a) Western ghats (b) Sundarban (d) Andaman Nicobar (d) Himalayas
22. What is Incinerator?
(A) Furnace used for burning solid waste. (B) Furnace used for treating liquid waste..
(C) Both (A) and (B) (D) None of the above
23. The following bacteria may be used to mitigate oil spill:
(A) Bacillus (B) Pseudomonas (C) E coll (D) Nitrobacter
24. Which of the following pollutant is the major contributor to photochemical smog?
(A) Peroxynitrates (B) Hydro peroxides (C) Nitrogen dioxide (D) Ozone
25. Which one of the following reflects back more sunlight as compared to other three?
(A) Sand desert (B) Paddy crop land (C) Land covered with snow (D) Prairie grassland
26. The release of which of the following into ponds and wells helps in controlling the mosquito
(A) Crab B) Dogfish (C) Gambusia Fish (D) Snail
27. Which one of the following statements is false
a) River pollution is due to industrial and domestic sewage discharge
b) Surface water contains a lot of organic matter and nutrients
c) Oil slicks in the sea increase dissolved oxygen content
d) Oil spill in the sea causes heavy damage to the fishery
28. The species which are extremely sensitive to the environment are also called-
(A) keystone species (B) sentinel species (C) endangered species (D) vulnerable species
