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1. When was the first National Forest Policy formulated’ ?
(A) 1948 (B) 1980
(C) 1964 (D) 1952✓
2. The concentration of CO2 in atmosphere is increasing at the rate of about–
(A) 4 % (B) 2 %
(C) 0.4%✓ (D) 0.2%
3. Who is the director of Centre for Science and Environment?
(A) Anil Agarwal (B) Sunita Narayan✓
(C) Menka Gandhi (D) Medha Patekar
4. The concentration of ozone is found maximum in–
(A) Troposphere (B) Upper Stratosphere
(C) Lower Stratosphere✓ (D) Mesosphere
5. The National Institute of Oceanography is presently situated at–
(A) Kerala (B) Calicut
(C) Goa✓ (D) Cochin
6. Which elemental cycle has no atmospheric reservoir ?
(A) Sulphur (B) Carbon
(C) Nitrogen (D) Phosphorus✓
7. Highest porosity is found in–
(A) Sand (B) Clay✓
(C) Gravel (D) Silt
8. The main constituent of biogas is–
(A) H2 (B) H 2S
(C) N 2 (D) CH4✓
9. The actual global average surface air temperature is about–
(A) 331 K (B) 288 K✓
(C) 18°C (D) 21 °C
10. Age of earth is approximately–
(A) 3.5 billion (B) 4.5 billion✓
(C) 45 million (D) 3.5 million
11. The target Organ of cadmium toxicity–
(A) Lung (B) Liver
(C) Kidney✓ (D) Bones
12. Who gave the term ecosystem and when?
(A) A. G. Tansley (1935)✓ (B) A.G. Tansley (1925)
‘(C) E. P. Odum (1935) (D) E.P. Odum (1925)
13. The first international conference on Environment Education held in–
(A) Tbilisi (B) New Delhi✓
(C) Bombay (D) Turkey
14. Kyoto Protocol came into force on–
(A) 16 Feb 2004 (B) 16 Feb 2005✓
(C) 16 Feb 2002 (D) 16 Feb 2000
15. The albedo of the earth as a whole is–
(A) 25 % (B) 50 %
(C) 30%✓ (D) 10%
16. Atmospheric humidity is measured by–
(A) Radiometer (B) Hygrometer✓
(C) Hydrometer (D) Micrometer
17. The maximum permissible limit of free residual Chlorine in water is–
(A) 2 ppm (B) 0.02 ppm
(C) 0.2 ppm✓ (D) 20 ppm
18. Radiosonde is used to study–
(A) Earth’s albedo at Surface (B) Estimate pollutants in air
(C) Atmospheric moisture content (D) Upper atmosphere’s conditions✓
19. The compound used for artificial rainmaking/cloud seeding is–
(A) Dry ice (B) Ag I
(C) HgCl2 (D) Both (A) & (B)✓
20. The atmospheric layer reflecting radio waves is called–
(A) Homosphere (B) Ionosphere ✓
(C) Ozonosphere (D) None of these
21. The first Biosphere Reserve in India was–
(A) Sundarban (B) Nanda Devi
(C) Nilgiri✓ (D) Nokrek
22. Headquarter of UNEP is situated at–
(A) Kenya✓ (B) Switzerland
(C) U. S. A. (D) Britain
23. The important GHG mainly released from paddy field is–
(A) CO2 (B) N20
(C) CH4✓ (D) All of above
24. Demography is the statistical study of–
(A) Human Society (B) Human Population✓
(C) Human Settlement (D) Human life
25. The pH of normal rain is–
(A) 6.5 (B) 5.6✓
(C) 4.6 (D) 3.6
26. Any living thing that successfully competes with people for food space, or other essential needs are called–
(A) Virus (B) Bug
(C) Parasite (D) Pest✓
27. Of the following environmental assessment terms, tell which one deals exclusively with the carbon content of the environment?
(A) BOD (B) COD
(C) TOC✓ (D) POC
28. What does the term overkill deal with?
(A) Pesticidal poisoning (B) Soil erosion
(C) Nuclear holocaust✓ (D) Global warming
29. When lakes become acidic due to acid \rain, this is.i.added to counteract the acidity in–
(A) Soil (B) Sand
(C) lime✓ (D) None of the above
30. Which technique can map the concentration of 502 over a whole town by operating Gadget from one location–
(A) LIDAR✓ (B) Spectrophotometer
(C) Gas Chromatography (D) Mass Spectroscopy
31. Photocopying & other electrical equipment produce one of the following pollutants?
(A) Methane (B) Ozone✓
(C) Hydrogen (D) Nitrogen oxides
32. Which oil – tanker accident first alerted the public of the grave problem of oil spills in oceans ?
(A) Agro merchant (B) Ocean Eagle
(C) Exxon Valdez (D) Torrey Canyon✓
33. Mycorrhizae is the association of
(A) Higher plants & fungi✓ (B) Algae & fungi
(C) Lower plants & fungi (D) Both (A) & (C)
34. Largest saltwater lake in India is–
(A) Lonar (B) Chilka✓
(C) Sambhar (D) WuIlar
35. Which detector for DDT should be used in Gas chromatography ?
(A) Electron Capture detector✓ (B) Flame ionised detector
(C) Thermal Conductivity detector (D) None of the above
36. In denitrification process the nitrogen is released in the form of–
(A) NH3 (B) N2
(C) NzO (D) Both (B) & (C)✓
37. Concept of Hypervolume Niche was given by–
(A) Grinnel (B) Clement
(C) Hutchinson✓ (D) Odum
38. Of the following classes of beings, tell which one is least sensitive to nuclear radiation’s–
(A) Single Celled organism✓ (B) Amphibians
(C) Reptiles (D) Birds
39. Of the following types of nuclear bombs, tell which one was tested on a pacific atoll ?
(A) Atom bomb (B) Hydrogen bomb✓
(C) Neutron bomb (D) None of the above
40. What is lost when one organism consume other?
(A) Food (B) Water
(C) Energy✓ (D) Chemicals
41. Where was. the Mitti bachao (save the soil) movement launched in India ?
(A) Thane, Maharashtra (B) Mysore. Karnataka
(C) Darbhanga, Bihar (D) Hoshangabad, M. P.✓
42. For the production of biogas, the Indian biogas plant need–
(A) Fire wood (B) Cattle dung
(C) Agricultural Waste✓ (D) Kerosene
43. Which plant is known as the gasoline plant?
(A) Snluadora persica (B) Sterculia feetida
(C) Theuetia pcrauiana (D) Eupltoribia latlllfris✓
44. Flyash is the environmental pollutant generated by–
(A) Thermal Power Plant✓ (B) Oil refinery
(C) Fertilizer plant (D) Strip mining
45. Permanent hardness of water is caused by–
(A) Carbonates & Chlorides (B) Bicarbonates & sulphates
(C) Carbonates & Bicarbonates (D) Chlorides & Sulphates✓
46. Elemental chlorine is widely used in–
(A) Metallurgy (B) Water purification
(C) Process industry✓ (D) Deodorants
47. Cup anemometer is used for measuring–
(A) Water evaporation (B) Wind speed✓
(C) Wind direction (D) Water flow
48. Which type of humus is acidic in nature?
(A) Mor✓ (B) Mull
(C) Moder (D) All of the above
59. Law of minimum was given by–
(A) Shelford (B) Liebig✓
(C) Blackman (D) Clement
50. When was the Jawaharlal Nehru Community Biodiversity movement launched in India ?
(A) 1988 (B) 1989✓
(C) 1969 (D) 1985