JSPM’S

BHIVARABAI SAWANT POLYTECHNIC,

Wagholi, Pune- 412207.

EST MCQ’s
(Academic Year 2024-25)

Sub: - Environmental Studies Subject Code: -22447

Semester: 05 Chapter : 2

Sr. MCQ’s
No
1. A natural resource that can be replaced in the same rate at which it is consumed or used is known as

(a) Artificial Resources (b) Natural Resources (c) Renewable Resources (d) Nonrenewable Resources

2. Percentage of water found as fresh water is

(a) 3% (b) 0.75% (c) 1% (d) 0.68%

3. In the E-waste generated by the Mobile phones, which among the following metal is most abundant?

(a) Copper (b) Gold (c) Silver (d) All of the above

4. The movement Pani Panchayath was initiated to conserve waters in the drought prone areas of state

(a) Gujrat (b) Andhra Pradesh (c) Maharashtra (d) Karnatak

5. Which is the non-conventional source of energy?

(a) Coal (b) Sun (c) Wood (d) Diesel

6. Forests are extremely important because they

(a) They provides clean water and clean air

(b) Provide habitat for wild life
(c) Provide recreation and a change from the hectic urban
(d) All of the above

7. Effect of modern agriculture on soil is due to

(a) Erosion (b) Acidification (c) Salinization (d) All of the above

8. Which is an example of non-renewable resource?

(a) Wind (b) Vegetation (c) Coal and Minerals (d) Water
9. Effect of modern agriculture on soil is due to

(a) Erosion (b) Acidification (c) Salinization (d) All

10. Farmers have a tendency to

(a) Use optimum quantity of water
(b) To over irrigate their crops
(c) To conserve water
(d) All of the above
11. Mineral resources are .

(a) Renewable (b) Available in plenty (c) Non-renewable (d) Equally distributed

12. Most natural resources we consume at our homes or in our cars are

(a) renewable (b) nonrenewable

(c) infinite (d) free

13. Natural gas is a non-renewable energy

(a) True (b) False

14. Bio gas is a renewable source of

(a) energy (b) heat (c) light (d) fossil

15. Tadoba national park is in

(a) Gujarat (b) Maharashtra (c) MP (d) UP

16. Example of renewable resource

(a) water (b) coal (c) gas (d)petroleum

17. Energy is returned to the atmosphere in the form of

(a) potential energy (b) metabolic energy (c) heat (d) vapours

18. Burning of fossil fuels

(a) Decreases green house gases (b) Increases green house gases
(c) Increases level of oxygen (d) Increases level of ethane

19. In the production of wave energy which form of energy is used?

(a) Potential energy (b) Kinetic energy (c) Solar energy (d) Wind energy

20. The most harmful environmental pollution from a nuclear reactor is

(a) radioactivity (b) particulate formation (c) thermal pollution (d) Noise pollution

21. Which of the following is not a renewable resource?

(a) coal (b) wind power (c) geothermal energy (d) dentrothermal energy
22. Forest is responsible for a……

(a) watershed protection

(b) land erosion control
(c) providing economic and environmental benefits
(d) all of given

23. Any material that can be transformed into more valuable and usefull product or service is called…..

(a) Resource (b) mineral (c) product (d) none of the above

24. India has largest reserve of ---------------after Brazil.

(a) iron ore (b) bauxite (c) coal (d) copper

25. The main purpose of dam construction

(a) irrigation (b) flood control (c) hydroelectricity (d) provide water to industry

26. Who have started reducing emissions from deforestration and forest degradation

(a) Russia & Europe (b) UK & Brazil (c) United States & World Bank (d) All

27. Which is not True?

(a) Lithosphere includes the crust and the uppermost mantle
(b) Lithosphere is underlain by the atmosphere
(c) Lithosphere provides Timber
(d) Lithosphere is broken into tectonic plates

28. Soil erosion due to mining is _ _ _ _ times more than all rivers

(a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) 15

29. In the production of wave energy which form of energy is used?

(a) Potential energy (b) Kinetic energy (c) Solar energy (d) Wind energy

30. Natural gas is a non-renewable energy.

(a) True (b) False

31. Example of renewable resource

(a) Water (b) coal (c) gas (d) petroleum

32. Greenhouse gases are those that absorb and emit infrared radiation. Examples inlude__________

(a) Nitrogen (b) Ozone (c) Argon (d) None of the above

33. Conventional energy refers to

(a) Inexhaustible energy sources in unlimited quantity
(b) renewable energy resources
(c) Exhaustible energy sources in limited quantity
(d) None of above
34. Timber extraction is done from

(a) Degradation (b) Conservation (c) Deforestation (d) Consumption

35. A mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen is

(a) SNG (b) CNG (c) GCN (d) NGS

36. The Energy Conservation Act was created in

(a) 2011 (b) 2001 (c) 1998 (d) 2000

37. which of the following is the pollution free energy resource

(a) Coal (b) Wind (c) Fire wood (d) Petrol

38. Which energy resource is most commonly used to generate electricity in the world?

a) Wind b) Solar c) Coal d) Hydroelectric

39. Hydroelectric power is generated by harnessing the energy of:

a) Wind b) Sunlight c) Water d) Geothermal heat

40. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of renewable energy?

a) Can be replenished naturally

b) Has a finite supply
c) Low environmental impact
d) Sustainable over long-term use