Check your MCQ'S strength with our daily quiz here:
1. The tendency to form
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by pyrosynthesis is highest in which group of
compounds ?
(A) Olefins
(B) Cyclo-olefins
(C) Aromatics
(D) Paraffin
2. Match the List I and
II
List – I List
– II
a) Submerged i) Vallisneria
b) Floating
ii) Azolla
c) Rooted and iii)
Hydrilla
submerged
d) Semi-aquatic iv)
Typha latifolia
Identify the correct code :
Codes :
a b c d
(A) iii ii iv i
(B) iv iii i ii
(C) iii ii i iv
(D) iv iii ii i
3. Assertion (A) :
At each transfer of energy from one level to another level, a major
part of the energy is lost as heat.
Reason (R) : The energy flow is
greatly reduced at each successive trophic
level from producer to herbivores.
Identify the correct code :
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R)
is the correct explanation of (A)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R)
is not the correct explanation of (A)
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true
4. Secondary pollutants
like ozone, PAN, HNO3
and H2SO4 formed from primary
pollutants are more toxic than primary
pollutants. This phenomenon of increased toxicity in pollutants is called
(A) Biomagnification
(B) Eutrophication
(C) Green house effect
(D) Synergism
5. Industrial air
pollution is a
(A) Diffuse source
(B) Area sources
(C) Point source
(D) Non-point source
6. Which of the monument
is threatened by sulfur dioxide in India ?
(A) Char-Minar
(B) Golgumbuz
(C) Taj Mahal
(D) Vaishnavi Temple
7. How many types of
Biomedical wastes are categorized by the Ministry of Environment and Forests ?
(A) 51
(B) 14
(C) 16
(D) 12
8. Soil erosion is
controlled by
(A) Afforestation
(B) Natural vegetation
(C) Farm forestry
(D) Agroforestry
9. Present concentration
of CO2 in the atmosphere is
(A) 220 ppm
(B) 360 ppm
(C) 280 ppm
(D) 390 ppm
10. Which of the
following are the biodivesity hot spots in India ?
a) Western Ghats
b) Eastern Ghats
c) Eastern Himalaya
d) Western Himalaya
e) Sundarbans
f) Nicobar
Identify the correct code :
Codes :
(A) a, c, d, f
(B) a, b, c, d
(C) a, c, e, f
(D) b, c, d, e
11. Which of the
following instrument is used for determination of energy in biological
materials ?
(A) Colorimeter
(B) Bomb Calorimeter
(C) Spectro Photometer
(D) Flame Photometer
12. Match the List I and
II
List – I List – II
a) Biomass energy i) Decomposition of organic matter
b) Hot springs ii) Geothermal energy
c) OTEC iii) Ocean energy
d) Solar energy iv) Photovoltaic energy
Identify the correct code :
Codes :
a b c d
(A) iv iii ii i
(B) i ii iii iv
(C) ii iii iv i
(D) iii i ii iv
13. Environmental
problems in India are due to
a) lack of sound environmental legal regime
b) lack of environmental enforcement
at local level
c) lack of environmental awareness
Identify the correct code :
Codes :
(A) a, b, c, are correct
(B) a and b are correct
(C) b and c are correct
(D) a and c are correct
14. Which one of the
following is expendable natural resources ?
(A) Water
(B) Biological resource
(C) Oil and natural gas
(D) Forest resource
15. Which of the
following is a social insect ?
(A) Grass hoppers
(B) Cockroaches
(C) Butter flies
(D) Honey bees
16. Air particulates
cause
(A) Yellowing of leaves
(B) Coiling of leaves
(C) Closure of stomata
(D) Permanent opening of stomata
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