Environmental Studies Important Board Questions

1] DDT is a ________
-Greenhouse gas
-Non-degradable pollutant
-degradable pollutant
-none of these
=> Non-degradable pollutant

2] Use of Fossil Fuels leads to _______ pollution

-air
-water
-thermal
-noise
=> air pollution

3] Select the following correct statement from the following.

- Renewable energy cannot be renewed again and again
- Renewable energy can be renewed again and again
- Renewable energy emits pollutants
- Renewable energy is detrimental to environment
=> Renewable energy can be renewed again and again

4] Tropospheric ozone
- protects earth from harmful UV radiation
- binds with haemoglobin preventing binding with oxygen in RBCs
 - is a secondary pollutant
- is caused by poor farming techniques
=> binds with haemoglobin preventing binding with oxygen in RBCs

5] Rise in temperature makes _______

- Melting of snow
- Increases sea level
- Both A and B
- None of the above
=> Both A and B

6] Per capita energy consumpton in India is

- 490 units
- 8000 units
- 1300 units
- None of the above
=> 490 units.

7] Mixing of sewage with drinking water source causes ________

- reduction in dissolved oxygen
- death of aquatic animals
- contamination of water source
- all of the above
=> all of the above

8] Environmental Impact Assessment EIA

 - should be made compulsory for starting a developmental project
- should not be made compulsory for starting a developmental project
- should be done after completion of developmental period
- All of above
=> should be made compulsory for starting a developmental project

9] What should we do to save forests?

- Stop the destruction of Earth's Forests
- Do not use the world's rich foresets resources to improve life of poor
people and for benefit of forest dependent
- Do not apply sustainable forest management approach
- Plan for the use and protection of only forest and not whole landscape
=> Stop the destruction of Earth's Forests

10] Which of the following is an endemic species found in western Ghats,

India?
- Marsh Mongoose
- Indian Rhinoceros
- Brown Plam civet
- Flying Squirrel
=> Flying Squirrel

11] Which one is not a disadvantage of a big dam?

- extremely expensive
- flooding of prime areble land
- electric energy generated from hyrdopower
- water loss with evaporation
=> electric energy generated from hyrdopower

12] Which of the following is the function of the State Pollution Control
Boards?
- regarding water pollution control or location of industries
- Conducting and encouraging investigations and research relating to
different aspects of water pollution
- Inspecting trade effluents and waste water treatment plants
- All of A,B & C
=> All of A,B & C

13] ______ Act was enacted in 1977

- Water Pollution Act
- The Water( Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act
- The Water ( Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess Act
- None of the above
=> The Water ( Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess Act

14] ______ Scheme will give concession in property tax in metro cities.
- Drain water system
- Tree plantation
All of these
- Rainwater Harvesting
- All of these
=> Rainwater Harvesting

15] Energy flows from ___ to ____ trophic level

- Bottom,Top
 - Top, Bottom
- Earth, Moon
- None of above
=> Bottom, Top

16] What steps are carried out wordwide to stop deforestation?

- Educate citizens to use the forests in more sustainable way
- To repair the damage that deforestation has done
- To protect the forest land and vegetation cover
- All of above
=> All of above

17] What is sustainable Development ?

- While reducing pollution and harm to the environment
- It is the practice of developing land and construction projects in a
manner that reduces their impact on the environment by allowing them to
create energy efficient models of self-sufficiency
- All of above
=> All of above

18] Groundwater recharging can be acheieved by ______

- recharging pills
- recharging wells
- both
- none
=> both
19] Water Pollution Control Act has provision for CPCB to
- advise the Central Government on any matter concerning the
prevention and control of water pollution.
- co-ordinate the activities of the State Boards and resolve disputes
among them
- plan and execute a nation-wide programme for the prevention, control
or abatement of water pollution
- All of A,B and C
=> All of A,B and C

20] What is desertification?

- Conversion of forests in desert
- Conversion of croplands into desert
- Conversion of grassland into desert
- All of the above
=> All of the above

21] In Alpine, ______ have also adaptations as animals.

- Plants
- Humans
- Aquatic
- None of the above
=> Plants

22] Common treatment methods for watershed deterioration are

- Excavation of trenches across the slope to break the velocity of runoff
- Stones are dry packed across the hill slope to intrecept surface runoff
 - Conversion of slopes into level steps fields
- All of A,B and C
=> All of A,B and C

23] Global warming may bring about the following change in the climate of the
earth
- rising in sea levels due to thermal pollution
- melting of glaciers
- warming of oceans surface
- All of the above
=> All of the above

24] Which of the following is a renewable resource

- salmon population that is farm raised
- sulfur
- light sweet crude oil shipped from Saudi Arabia
- iron ore that is comercially mined
=> Salmon population

25] The index for good air quality is __________

- 0-50
- 51-100
- 101-150
- 151-200
=> 0-50

26] It is said that next world war would be fought over

 - Coal
- Oil
- Water
- Gold
=> Water

27] The depletion of ozone layer is caused by _____

- nitrous oxide
- carbon dioxide
- chloroflurocarbons
- methane
=> chloroflurocarbons

28] Which of these causes the sea level Change over flooding due to process of
melting of snow
- Global Warming
- Ozone layer depletion
- Both A and B
- None of the above
=> Global Warming

29] Tertiary consumers are shown at ________ of Ecological pyramid

- Base
- Top
- Corner
- None of the above
=> Top
30] The Acronym EIA stands for
- Environmental Impact Awareness
- Environmental Impact Assessment
- Environmental Impact Audit
- Environmental Indian Association
=> Environmental Impact Assessment

31] The commonly used material for shielding in nuclear plant is -

- Lead and Tin
- Graphite and Cadmium
- PVC
- None of the above
=> Lead and Cadmium

32] _____ is not the effect of noise pollution on the environment

- damage to buildings
- poor quality of crops
- both a and b
- only a
=> only a

33] Which one of the following is not a functional unit of an ecosystem?

- Productivity
- Stratification
- Energy Flow
 - Decomposition
=> Stratification

34] The Chipko movement started from :

- Alakananda Valley
- Arorio forest
- Khejrali village
- None of the above
=> Alakananda Valley in the state of Uttarakhand, India.

35] Which of the following weather elements always decreases as we climb

upward in the atmosphere?
- Wind
- Temperature
- Pressure
- Moisture
=> Temperature

36] Euthrophication is ______

- An improved water quality status of lakes
- The result of accumulation of plant nutrients and minerals in water
bodies
- A process in the carbon cycles
- A water purification technique
=> The result of accumulation of plant nutrients and minerals in water bodies

37] Which of these is not air pollution control equipment?

 - Cyclone separators
- Electrostatic Seperator
- Fabric Filters
- None of these
=> None of these

38] Hardness of water is due to the presence of ____ of calcium and

magnesium
a) clorides b) sulphates c) carbonates
- a and b
- b and c
- a and c
- a,b and c
=> a,b and c

39] What would you do to prevent environmental damage

- Plant trees
- Stop deforestation
- Control pollution
- All of the above
=> All of the above

40] Which of the following statements is true with regard to organic farming?
- It uses chemical fertilizers
- Overtime, it makes soil healthier
- It uses chemical pesticides
- It does not use animal or green manure
=> Overtime, it makes soil healthier

41] Which of the following place receives maximum rainfall in India ?

- The north-east India
- Non Himalayan hills
- Cheerpunji in the north-east India
- None of the above
=> Cheerpunji in the north-east India

42] Which of the following come under Family welfare programme?

- Family planning
- Welfare of children, women, Elderly and Divyang
- Both A and B
- None of A and B
=> Both A and B

43] What is the major characteristics of drought differentiating it from other

natural calamities?
- Drought could cause life and property loss
- Drought has both natural and social implications
- Drought could recur in the same place
- Without a well defined start nor end, drought is a slow process.
=> Without a well defined start nor end, drought is a slow process.

44] Air biome organic materials such as spores, pollen, bacteria, fungi cause
several diseases and allergic reactions called as ________
- hay fever
 - TB
- ronbix
- alta-rix
=> hay fever