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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
3RD Exam/Common/1008/Nov'18
Duration: 1 Hour M. Marks:25
Choose the correct answer
1. Objective of environmental studies is to 8. The source of energy in an ecosystem is
a) Create environmental ethics that foster a) ATP
awareness about the ecological inter - b) Sunlight
dependence of economic, social and c) D.N.A
political factors in a human community and d) R.N.A
the environment 9. Which of the following is responsible for
b) Acquiring skills to help the concerned desertification?
individuals in identifying and solving a) Deforestation
environmental problems b) Mining
c) Raise consciousness about environmental c) Poor Irrigation
conditions d) All of the above
d) All of the above 10. A river with high BOD value is
2. The science that deals with the relationship of a) Highly polluted
various organisms with their environment is b) Highly clean
known as c) Highly productive
a) Anthropology d) none of these
b) Economics 11. Smog is combination of
c) Ecology
d) Geology
3. Types of ecological pyramids are
o m a) Smoke and snow
b) Snow and fog
c) Smoke and fog
a) Pyramid of biomass
b) Pyramid of numbers
r . c d) All the above
12. Soap and detergents are the source of organic
c) Pyramid of energy
d) All of above
p e pollutants, like -
a) Glycerol
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p a
4. The main atmospheric layer near the surface of
o
b) Polyphosphates

c
earth is
a) troposphere
r r .
c) Sulphonated hydrocarbons
d) All of these
b) mesosphere
c) ionosphere b e
13. Which of the following is the major cause of

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pollution?
d) stratosphere
5. The two major components of ecosystem are
p a a) Plants
b) Man
a) Abiotic and biotic
b) Cyclic and biologic
c) Adiabatic and isotropic b r c) Fungi
d) Hydrocarbon gases
14. Noise is measured using sound meter and the
d) Ecologic and climatologi unit is
6. Biotic components include a) Hertz b) decibel
a) All living organisms c) Joule d) sound
b) Light, temperature etc 15. Global warming means:
c) Water, mineral and gases a) Increase in Earth's Body Temperature
d) Self-nourishing green plants b) Increase in solar radiation
7. Cutting of trees in a forest is called: c) Acid Rain
a) Deforestation d) All the above
b) Aforestation 16. What is the main reason for ozone depletion?
c) Reforestation a) Releasing of oxygen
d) None of these b) Releasing of chemicals
c) Releasing of Chlorofluorcarbons
d) Releasing of nitrogen
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17. Which one of the following cause acid rain? 26. Thickness of the Ozone layer is measured in
a) Water pollution which units?
b) Soil pollution a) dB b) DU
c) Air pollution c) PPB d) PPM
d) Noise Pollution 27. Which of the following is a biodegradable
18. Reduce, reuse and recycle principle by which waste?
wastes can be reduced is classified as a) Plastics
a) waste organizer principle b) Polythene
b) waste management principle c) Glass
c) RE principle d) None of these
d) 3R principle 28. Identify the correct statement with respect to
19. Layer of atmosphere that absorbs ultraviolet Biogas
rays from Sun is called a) Mixture of gases from volcanoes
a) troposphere b) Gas produced by fermentation of
b) ozone layer biomass
c) thermosphere c) Gas produced from certain crude oil
d) mesosphere wells
20. Green House gas is d) Gas produced by incomplete
a) Nitrogen combustion of biomass
b) Oxygen 29. The best method for disposal of garbage is
c) Methane a) Burning
d) Carbon dioxide

to get rid of non-biodegradable wastes is

o m
21. Which of following is one of the best solutions
b) Land filling
c) Incineration
d) Vermiculture
a) Recycling waste
b) Burying waste
r . c 30. Green House Effect means
a) Cultivation of crops in green house to
c) Burning waste
d) All of the above
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b) Trapping of solar energy due to carbon

p a
22. Which of the following are major
o
dioxide gases

c
Environmental issues in mining activities?

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a) Water pollution
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c) Trapping of solar energy due by earth
upper surface

b
b) Soil Degradation
c) Air pollution and Dust
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d) Increase of heat due to atmospheric
pollution
d) All the above
23. EIA is related to
p a
31. The process of decomposition of biodegradable
solid waste by earthworms is called
a) Environmental Impact Assessment

b
b) Environmental and Industrial Activities
c) Environmental Internal Activities
r a) Land fills
b) Shredding
c) Vermi-composting
d) Environmental Impact Activities d) Composting
24. Physical pollution of water is due to 32. The process of burning of municipal solid waste
a) PH at high temperature is called
b) Chlorides a) Incineration
c) Turbidity b) Composting
d) All of these c) Land filing
25. Movement of Nutrients from the soil by the d) Shredding
Acid Rain is called 33. World Environmental Day is celebrated every
a) Leaching year on
b) Infiltration a) 5th May
c) Exfiltration b) 5th June
d) Transpiration c) 5th July
d) 18th July
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34. BOD stands for 43. Contamination of soil system by considerable

a) biotic oxidation demand quantities of chemicals & substance is known
b) biological oxidation demand as
c) biological oxygen demand a) Water pollution
d) biochemical oxygen demand b) Soil Pollution
35. Ozone layer is found in c) Air pollution
a) Thermosphere d) Noise Pollution
b) Stratosphere 44. An atmosphere is divided into how many zones
c) Troposphere a) Four
d) Mesosphere b) Two
36. The basic element in fossil fuels is c) Five
a) Oxygen d) Six
b) Carbon 45. The ecosystem which are located in water
c) Sulphur bodies are known as
d) Phosphorus a) Aquatic Ecosystem
37. Energy obtained from the Earth's hot interior is b) Forest Ecosystem
called the c) Savanna Ecosystem
a) Geo-Thermal energy d) Tundra Ecosystem
b) Thermal energy 46. The rainfall and rapidly running water
c) Biomass energy produces finger sharp grooves or rills over the
d) None of these area, is called
38. A source of energy which cannot be depleted
by utilizing it is known as
a) Coal
o m a) Slip erosion
b) Sheet erosion
c) Rill erosion
b) Non Renewable Energy
c) Renewable Energy
r . c d) Gully erosion
47. Release of excessive heat energy into
d) Fossil fuels

p e
39. The area reserved for welfare of wildlife is
environment is called _________ pollution

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a) Air pollution
called -

p a o
b) Light pollution

c
a) National Park
b) Forest
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c) Thermal pollution
d) Radioactive pollution

d) Sanctuary b
c) Botanical garden
e
48. Global warming affects

p a) Climate change
40. What does e- waste stand for?
a) Environment waste
p a b) Food production
c) Melting of glaciers
b) Electronic waste
c) Equipment waste
d) None of the above b r d) All of these
49. Environmental protection is the responsibility
of
41. Organisms which breakdown dead or waste a) Individuals
matter into simpler substances are termed as b) NGO's
a) producers c) Government of India
b) consumers d) All of the above
c) decomposer 50. Which of the following plays an important role
d) scavengers in the cause of rainfall?
42. A network of interconnected food chains is : a) Evaporation
a) food web b) Condensation
b) web cycle c) Both evaporation & condensation
c) chain web d) Filtration
d) ecosystem