Model Test booklet for M. Sc Environmental Science
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Total
questions: 60 Question
Booklet series-A
Time
allowed : 70 Minutes
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1.
What is the density of Mantle
a) 4.5 gcm3
b)
14.5 gcm3
c)
28.5 gcm3
d)
None of the above
2.
The theory of continental drift was given by
a)
Tuzo wilson
b)
Alfred wegner
c)
Henery Hess
d)
Humboldt
3.
Granite is an example of
a)
Acid igneous rock
b)
Basic Igneous rock
c)
Sedimentary rock
d)
Metamorphic rock
4.
The Jhelum river submerged the Srinagar city with devastating floods in which
river.
1)
2013
2)
2014
3)
2015
4)
2016
5.
World population day is
a)
5th June
b)
11th July
c)4th
October
d)
21st March
6.
According to National Forest Policy (1998) what percentage of land should be
covered with forests in plain areas?
a)
10%
b)23%
c)
33%
d)
43%
7.Almuminium
is extracted from which ore?
a)
pyrite
b)
Bauxite
c)
silicate
d)
None of the above
8.
Oldest Hydroelectric project (Mohra) in Kashmir was built in
a)
1700
b)
1905
c)
1950
d)
1965
9.
A dangerous condition or event, that threat or have the potential for causing
injury to life or damage to property or the environment is known as
a)
Risk
b)
Hazard
c)Life
d)None
10. Nodal Ministry for Management and Mitigation of Avalanche
a)Min. of Defence (MoD)
b) Min. of Earth Sciences (MoES)
8 Min. of Water Resources (MoWR)
d) All of the above
11. The percentage of Argon in atmosphere is
a) 0.93
b) 0.036
c) 0.002
d) 0.0005
12 . Climate of world is threatened by
a) increasing concentration of atmospheric oxygen
b) decreasing amount of oxygen
c) decreasing concentration of atmospheric nitrogen
d) increasing concentration of atmospheric Carbon dioxide
13. The study of soil is called
a) dedology
b) Pedology
c) soilogy
d) horizons
14. Cotton is grown in which type of
soils?
a) Red
b) Black
c) Sandy
d) gravel
15. Which of the following activities are
responsible for accelerated soil erosion?
a) Overgrazing
b) Deforestation
c) Mining
d) All of the above
16. the process of desert formation is
known as
a)
landslides
b)
Desertification
c)
mining
d)
Erosion
17.
India receives about what percentage of global precipitation
a)
4%
b)
10%
c)
20%
d)
26%
18. Which of the following is natural resource?
(a) Air
(b) Soil
(c) Water
(d) All
of these
19. Which
of the following is not natural resource?
(a)
Forest
(b)
Minerals
(c)
Biodiversity
(d) CFCs
20. which
of the following is a sedementary cycle
a)Carbon
cycle
b)
Nitrogen cycle
c) oxygen
cycle
d)Sulphur
cycle
21.
Ground water represents of what percentage
of fresh water
a)
0.5%
b)
10%
c)
15%
d)
20%
22.
Minimata disease was caused by which heavy element
a)
Pb
b)
Hg
c)
sn
d)
Cr
23.Chemically
Asprin is
a)
Acetyl Salicyclic Acid
b)
sodium Salicyclic acid
c)
Methyl Salicyclic acid
d)
Ethyl Salicyclic acid
24.
Which ones are the most essential for origin of life ?
a)
Enzymes
b)
Proteins
c)
carbohydrates
d)
Nucleic acids
25.
During Photosynthesis the oxygen in glycose comes from
a)
water
b)carbon
dioxide
c)
Both a & b
d)
oxygen in air
26.
The amount of energy given by one mole of ATP is
a)
7.3 kcal
b)
721 kcal
c)7600
kcal
d)
1000 kcal
27.
Fruit ripening is promoted by
a)
Ethylene
b)
SO2
c)
CO2
d)
Nitrogen
28..Epigeal
germination occurs in
a)
Pea
b)
Gram
c)
Castor
d)
Maize
29.
Chemical theory for origin of life was given by
A.
Stanley Miller
b)
Oparin and haldane
c)
Spallanzani
d)
Louis pasture
30. Which one of the following is used in genetic engineering?
a) RNA polymerase
b) DNA polymerase
c) Restriction endonuclease
31.
AIDS day is
a)
May 1
b)
Nov 1
c)
June 1
d)
December 1
32.
Filariasis is caused by
a)
Wuchereria Bancrofti
b)
Tse tse fly
c)
sand fly
d)
All the above
33.
Who proposed the term ecosystem?
a)
Odum
b)
Gardner
c)
Warming
d)
Tansley
34.
Green plants constitute
a)
Complete food chain
b)
Second trophic level
c)
First trophic level
d)
third trophic level
35.
Amount of carbon fixed annually through
photosynthesis is
a) 4.6 x 1010 Kg
b)
7 x 1013 Kg
c) 7 x 1020
Kg
d) 4.6 x
1021 Kg
36. Biogeochemical
cycles are also Known as
a)
Sedimentary cycle
b)
Gaseous cycles
c)
Material cycling
d) cycles
of water
37. In
one year .one hectare of forest shall
a) a)
consume 10 tonnes of CO2 and evolve 10 tonnes of O2
b)consume 20 tonnes of CO2 and
evolve 10 tonnes of O2
c)
consume 30 tonnes of CO2 and evolve 30 tonnes of O2
d)
consume 30 tonnes of CO2 and evolve 10 tonnes of O2
38. Ozone
layer occurs in
a)
Ionosphere
b)
Stratosphere
c)
Thermosphere
d)
Troposphere
39. Green
house gases include
a) CO2,CFC,CH4
and NO2
b) CO2,O2,N2,
NO2 and NH3
c)Co2,CFC,CH4,
N2and NH3
d)Co2,CFC,NH3
and N2
40. The
succession which starts from sand
a) Psammosere
b)
Halosere
c)
Lithossere
d)
xerosere
41. Largest
fresh water lake in india is
a) Dal
Lake
b) Wular
Lake
c)
Gangbal Lake
d)
Surinsar lake
42. Sudden
mass death of fish is more likely to occur in
a) Eutrophic
lake
b)
Mesotrophic Lake
c0
Oligotrophic lake
d)
Oxalotrophic lake
43. Which
is not dangerous for life?
a)
Nuclear Blast
b)
Deforestration
c) Ozone
Layer
d)Biopollutants
44. 5th
june is
a) World
forest day
b) World
Redcross day
c) World
environment day
d) world
food day
45. Which
is a regional pollution
a) smog
b) acid
rain
c) o3
layer depletion
d) both a
and b
46. Pollutant
emitted from paddy fields
a) CO2
b) CH4
c) CO
d) H2O2
47. DDT
is
a)
Biodegradable Pollutant
b) Non
Biodegradable Pollutant
c) Not a
Pollutant
d) An
antibiotic
48. Noise
pollution is measured in
a)
Loudness
b)Frequency
c) Decibel
d) Kg
49. Hearing
loss is caused by which pollution
a) Air
pollution
b) Noise
pollution
c) water
pollution
d) None
50. Entamoeba
histolytica causes
a)
Chicken pox
b) Tetnus
c)
Dysentry
d)
Elephantiasis
51. When a mean deviation
is divided by the average used in finding out the mean deviation itself, the
resulting quantity is described as the
a) coefficient of mean
deviation
b) coefficient of standard
deviation
(c) coefficient of
variance
d) none of the above
52. 5th June, The World
Environment Day, is associated with which ol the following
international convention?
(B) Montreal Protocol
(A) Earth Summit
(C)Stockholm Conference
(D) Ramsar Convention
53. silkworm
is a
a) Beetle
b) Worm
c) fly
d) Moth
54. Which
Zoogeographical region is the largest
a) Palaearctic
region
b) Oriental
region
c) Australian
d)
Neotropical
55. Mycorrhiza
helps in the uptake of which nutrient
a)
Nitrate
b)
Potassium
c)Phosphorus
d)
Molybdenum
56. Which
is not dangerous for life?
a)
Nuclear Blast
b)
Deforestration
c) Ozone
Layer
d)Biopollutants
57. Fluoride
pollution mainly affects
a) Brain
b) Heart
c) Teeth
d) Kidney
58. Minamata
and itai itai are caused by the pollution of
a) Hg and
Pb
b) Hg and
Cd
c) Pb and
Sn
d) Pb and
St
59. The median of the data
160, 180, 200, 280, 300, 320, 400 will be:
(A)160
(B) 300
(d) 280
D) 180
60. Probability of a sure
event is:
(A) 0
(B) 0.5
(c) 1
(D) None of these
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