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Question Paper sa /Sample 1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES B.E.V.A.E.-181 Time: 2 Hours] Maximum Marks: 50o General Instructions: )This is an objective type question paper. i) All questions are compulsory. ii) The question paper consists of 50 questions each ofwhich carries one mark (iv) Each question has four alternatives, one ofwhich is correct. Q.1. Abiotic means: Q. 6. Which of the following is not a non- (a) Non-living conventional source of energy? (b) Living (a) Biomass (b) Oil energy (c)Bothliving and non-living (c) Geothermal (d) Wind energy (d) None of these Ans. (b) Oil energy. Q. 7. Invasive species which causes skin Ans. (a) Non-living. Q. 2. Green plants utilize... per cent of allergies: sun's energy to prepare their food by the process (a) Water hyacinth (b) Congress weed (c) Mosquite (d) Sweet pea of photosynthesis? (b) 10 per cent Ans. (b) Congress weed. (a) 1 per cent (d) 99 per cent Q.8. The first wildlife sanctuary in India is: (c) 20 per cent (a) Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary Ans. (a) 1 per cent. (b) Corbett National Park Q. 3. Which of the following is not an inorganic (c) Ranthambore National Park compound? (d) Bandipur National Park (a) Carbon (b) Nitrogen Ans. (a) Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary. (c) Carbon dioxide (d) Carbohydrates Q.9. COD stands for Ans. (d) Carbohydrates. (a) Chemical Oxygen Decrease Q. 4. Which is not a direct cause of defore- (b) Chemist Oxygen Demand station? (c) Chemical Oxygen Demand (a) Land use and land cover change (d) Chemical and Oxygen Demand (b) Forest fire Ans. (c) Chemical Oxygen Demand. (c)Increasing population Q. 10. Incineration is: (d) Pest attack (a) Combustion of organic and inorganic Ans. (c) Increasing population. substances in waste material to convert Q. 5. Which is not a direct cause of defore- waste into ash, gas and heat. station? (b) Combustion of inorganic substances in (a) Land use and land cover change waste material to convert waste into ash, gas (b) Forest fire and heat. (c) Combustion of organic substances in waste ()Increasingpopulation material to convert waste into ash, gas and (d) Pest attack heat. Ans. (c) Increasing population.  STUDIES (SAMPLE GUESTION PAPER-1) ENVIRONMENTAL 2/NEERAJ: (a) The Charak Samhita of organic substances in waste (d) Combustion (b) The Varah Purana material to convert waste into liquid. The Shiva Purana in (c) Ans. (c) Combustion of organic substances (d) None of these ash, gas and heat. waste material to convert waste into Ans. (a) The Charak Samhita. a. 11. CFCs can stay unchanged even for: Q. 19. Which of these statements is not- (a) About 1000 years ta va (b) About 200 years of reason for the depletion and flora fauna? (a) Agricultural expansion (c) About 50 years (b) Large scale developmental projects (d) About 100 years (c) Grazing and fuelwood collection Ans. (d) About 100 years. (d) Rapid industrialisation and urbanisation a. 12. Which biome experiences intense heat Ans. (c) Grazing and fuelwood collection and strong wind with a great desiccating action during April to June? Q.20. Natural disasters such as floods are linked to: hurricanesand (a) Tundra biome (b) Desert biome (a) Old field succession (c) Forest biome (b) Primary succession (d) Grassland biome (c) Secondary succession Ans. (b) Desert biome. (d) Climax succession Q. 13. Artifical insemination ca n be beneficial Ans. (c) Secondary succession. in: Q. 21. The word environment comes from: (a) Dogs (a) English word environ (b) Cats (b) Roman word environ (c) Elephants (c) Latin word environ (d) Snakes (d) French word environ Ans. (c) Elephants. Ans. (d) French word environ. Q.14. Hills and Kuls Q. 22. Project Tiger was started in: are used in: (a) 1953 (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Madhya Pradesh (b) 1963 (c) Arunachal Pradesh (c) 1973 (d) Himachal Pradesh (d) 1983 Ans. (d) Himachal Pradesh. Ans. (c) 1973 Q. 15. The UN Commission on Sustainable Q. 23. Which animal drinks water periodically Development was created to promote and is physiologically adapted to withstand tissue dehydration for long period? implementation of: (a) Agenda 12 (0) Agenda 15 (a) Lion c)Agenda 21 (d) Agenda 27 (b) Tiger Ans. (c) Agenda 21. (c) Camel Q. 16. Chipko movement is a movement whicn (d) Elephant Ans. (c) Camel. practiced: Q. 24. Which of the following is not a herbivor? (a) Satyagraha (b) Non-violent resistance (a) Horses (b) Buffaloes (c) Activists performed the act of hugging trees (c) Camels (d) Wolf Ans. (d) Wolf. (d) All of the above 25. Which is not true about Tropical Rain Ans. (d) All of the above. Q. Forest Q. 17. Which of the following is a genetic (a) It is not near to the disease? equator. (a) Haemophilia (b) It has uniformly high temperature and high (b) Sickle-cell anaemia (c) Thalesemia (d) All of the above humidity. Ans. (d) All of the above. (Ctreceives about more than 200 cm of annuai a. 18. WNhich of rainfall the following scriptures emphasizes balance for on preservation of environmental (d)lthas common vertebrates such as: Arborea the benefit of amphibian, aquatic reptiles, chameleons. having a pollution free personal health and snakes and birds and mammals environment? Ans. (a) it is not near to the equator.  sOLVEDSAMPLE QUESTION PAPER-1/3 a. 26. Which of the following cannot control soil erosion? (c) Passenger pigeon (d) Sea gulls a) Growing grasses, shrubs and trees Ans. (c) Passenger pigeon. (b) Constructing drainage system to allow uncontrolled flow of water a. 34. Which of the following is a greenhouse (c) Building dams and reservoirs gas? (d) None of these (a) Carbon dioxide (b) Methane Ans. (c) Building dams and reservoirs. (c) Ozone (d) All of the above Q. 27. Provisioning services Ans. (d) All of the above. (a) Involve the production of renewable services Q. 35. Total number of Biosphere Reserves in (b) Are those that lessen environmental change. India are: (c) Represent human value and enjoyment (a) 12 (d) All of the above (b) 14 Ans. (a) lnvolve the (c) 16 production of renewable services (d) 18 Q.28. Which of the following produces Ans. (d) 18. energy Q. 36. The most studied group is: because of temperature difference at various levels in ocean. (a) Birds (b) Mammals (a) Tidal energy (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) Fishes (b) Wave energy Ans. (c) Both (a) and (b). (c) Solar energy Q. 37. TDS measures: (a) The dissolved combined content of all (d) Ocean thermal energy Ans. (d) Ocean thermal energy. inorganic substances that are present in liquid, molecular, ionized or micro-granular Q.29. Bamboo drip irrigation methods are used suspended form. in: (b) The undissolved combined content of all (a) South Indian Hills inorganic and organic substances that are (b) Jammu and Kashmir present in liquid, molecular, ionized or micro- (c) Northeastern Hills granular suspended form. (d) Nepal Hills () The dissolved combined content of all Ans. (c) Northeastern Hills. organic substances that are present in liquid Q. 30. Which is not commonly found in the molecular, ionized or micro-granular Indian desert? suspended form. (a) Prosopis cineraria (d) The dissolved combined content of all (b) Acacia jacqemontli inorganic and organic substances that are (c) Salvadora oleoidees present in liquid, molecular, ionized or micro (d) The Roxburghi Pine granular suspended form. Ans. (d) The Roxburghi Pine. Ans. (d) The dissolved combined content of all Q. 31. The 1992 Earth Summit held in: inorganic and organic substances that are present in (a) New York (b) Durban liquid, molecular, ionized or micro-granular suspended (c) Rio de Janeiro (d) Geneva form. Ans. (c) Rio de Janeiro. Q. 38. Which is not involved in Waste managge Q. 32. The Bhopal disaster was a gas leak ment? incident which happened at the pesticide plant of: (a) Collection (a) Dhanuka Agritech Ltd. (b) Transportation (b) Bharat Rasayan Ltd. (c) Pollution reduction (c) Insecticides India Ltd. (d) Disposal/recycling (d) Union Carbide India Ltd. Ans. (c) Pollution reduction. Ans. (d) Union Carbide India Ltd. Q. 39. In the international convention held in Q.33. The perfect example of selective Vienna on March 22, 1985, there was an inter destruction is: national agreement which is called: (a) Great Indian Rhinoceros (a) UNEP Protocol (b) UN Protocol b) Alligators  QUESTION PAPED ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES (SAMPLE ER-1) 4/NEERAJ: Q. 46. What is Ecotone? (a) It denotes a mosaic boundaries (c) Montreal Protocol (d) Environment Protocol zone between two morehomogenous ndanes of inter-dig Ans. (c) Montreal Protocol. tovegetaion (b) A term was applied by Erhart to t Q 40. When was the Department of Environ formation. (C) It is formed by the interactin peiods ment was established in India? (a) 1970 (b) 1975 population of living animals and plants. ons a (c) 1980 (d) 1985 (d) None of the above/More than the Ans. (c) 1980. bove. Ans. (a) lt denotes a mosaicboundarieso impact of Q. 41. Which is not an economic digitting zone between two more hon it drought? vegetation units. (a) Loss of crops Q. 47. The 21st session of the (b) Loss of dairy and livestock the Parties (COP 21) held in: Conferen (c) Loss of fishery produce (a) Paris (b) New York (d) Soil erosion )Geneva (o) Dubai Ans. (d) Soil erosion. Ans. (a) Paris. Q.42. Which ofthe following is responsible for Q. 48. Formation of hole in Ozone is maxim turning yellow Taj Mahal? over: (a) Nitrogen dioxide (a) India (b) Sulphur (b) Antarctica (c) Chlorine (c) Europe (d) Sulphur dioxide Ans. (d) Sulphur dioxide. (d) Africa Ans. (b) Antarctica. Q. 43. Noise pollution has been inserted as Q. 49. Which of the following is true abe pollution in the Air Act in: (a) 1981 Buddhism? (a) Buddhism believes that people should i (b) 1987 simple life and respect the cycle and balan (c) 1982 (d) 2000 in nature so that everything continues i Ans. (b) 1987. generations. Q. 44. Which of the following describes about (b) Bhagwan Buddha laid down rules whi the benefits of trees 7 prohibit polluting rivers, ponds and wells. Ya) The Charak Samhita (c) The survival of all species is give (b) The Varah Purana importance because these are t (c) The Gita coinhabitants of the earth and they havet (d) The Shiva Purana same rights as the human beings. Ans. (b) The Varah Purana. (d) All of the above Q. 45. The World Conservation Monitoring Ans. (d) All of the above. Centre, U.K. has identified: Q.50. Silent valley is a narrow valley of: (a) 18 hotspots (b) 20 hotspots (a) Godavari River (b) Kunthi River (c) 21 hotspots (d) 25 hotspots (c) Cauveri River (d) Vasudha River Ans. (c) 21 hotspots. Ans. (b) Kunthi Rive.  Question Paper (Soved) 2 Sample ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES B.E.V.A.E.-181 Time: 2 Hours Maximum Marks: 50 [ General Instructions: () This is an objective type question paper il) All questions are compulsory (ii) The question paper consists of 50 questions each of which carries one mark (iv) Each question has four alternatives, one of which is correct. Q. 1. Which of the following is true about Q. 5. Excess of fluoride in drinking water environmental studies? causes: (a) Environmental studies are mainly concerned (a) Lung disease with the knowledge that deals with the (b) Intestinal infection concerns which have an effect on the living (c) Fluorosis beings. (d) None of the above (b) It is a study of the inherent or induced Ans. (c) Fluorosis. changes in the environment and deals with Q.6. Which is not a source of surface water? the concerns which affect an organism. (a) Streams (b) Ponds (c)It is an applied sciencewhich makes human (c) Lakes (d) Tubewells civilization sustainable on the earth amidst Ans. (d) Tubewells. the limited resources. Q.7. The word ecosystem was coined by: (d) All of the above (a) Prof. Arthur Tamsley in 1935 Ans. (d) All of the above. (b) Carl Linnaeus in 1777 Q. 2. Ozone layer thickness is measured in: (c) Alexander Humboldt in 1859 (a) Millimeter (d) Charles Darwin in 1777 (b) Centimeter Ans. (a) Prof. Arthur Tamsley in 1935. (c) Decibels Q. 8. Which of the following is not a conven- (d) Dobson units tional source of energy? Ans (d) Dobson units. (a) Oil energy (b) Gas and coal Q. 3. The main reservoir of nitrogen in the (c) Hydro power (d) Geothermal biosphere is the: energy (a) Atmosphere Ans. (d) Geothermal. (b) Rocks Q.9. WCED stands for: (c) Oceans (a) World Committee on Environment and (d) Organisms Development Ans. (a) Atmosphere. (b) World Commission on Ecology and intense heat Q. 4. Which biome experiences Development action and strong wind with a great desiccating (c) World Commission on Environment and during April to June? Development (a) Tundra Biome (d) World Commission on Environmental (b) Deset Biome Development (c) Forest Biome Ans. (c) World Commission on Environment and (d) Grassland Biome Development. Ans. (b) Desert Biome.  QUESTION PAPER-2) STUDIES (SAMPLE ENVIRONMENTAL 2/NEERAJ: (b) It looks into the connection bet found: values may be domination of nature and Q.10. Higher COD wastes/ oppre water bodies which do get not women. a) In the factories. from chemical effluents (C) It justifies the promotion of human which sometimes get intere (b) In the water bodies at the cost of all non-human interest factories. wastes/effluents from chemical (d) It covers the rights and values far wastes/ o In the water bodies which get organisms as well as bot (c) effluents from chemical factories Biocentrism view olds logical syster Ans. (a) that the rights importanttsan (d) None of the above. are not more which get wastes/ needs of human beings Ans. (c) In the water bodies those of other living things. tha effluents from chemical factories. Q. 17. What is the pH of normal (unpollutes Q. 11. What is Air Quality Index? rain? (a) It tells about the sound pollution. (a) About 4.7 (b) About 5.6. (b) It m e a s u r e s air pollution mainly sulphur (c) About 5.7. (d) About 4.6. content in the air. Ans. (c) About 5.7. (c) It measures ozone levels in your area. Q.18. Which ofthe following is nota seconda (d) It checks the colour of the air. Ans. (c) lt measures ozone levels in your area. consumer? Q. 12. What is Air Quality Index? (a) Tiger (d) Wolf (d) Deer (a) It tells about the sound pollution. (c) Leopard (b) It measures air pollution mainly sulphur Ans. (d) Deer. content in the air. Q. 19. Which organisations in Uttarakash (c) It measures ozone levels in your area. started Chipko Movement in the 1970s: (d) It checks the colour of the air. (a) Gangotri Gramin Swarajaya Sangh (GGSS Ans. (c) lt measures ozone levels in your area. (b) Gangotri Gram Swaraj Samiti (GGSS) Q. 13. Incineration is: (c) Gangotri Gram Swarajaya Sangh (GGSS) (a) Combustion of organic and inorganic (d) Gangotri Gram Swarajaya Samiti (GGSS) substances in waste material to convert waste into ash, gas and heat. Ans. () Gangotri Gram Swarajaya Sangh (GGSS) Q.20. Which of the following is not a pesticide (b) Combustion of inorganic substances in (a) DDT, (b) DDE waste material to convert waste into ash, gas (c) PCB (d) NNE and heat. Ans. (d) NNE (c) Combustion of organic substances in waste Q. 21. Which of the following is not a forest material to convert waste into ash, gas and produce? heat. Combustion of organic substances in waste (a) Gum (b) Spices (d) (c) Wax (d) Silk material to convert waste into liquid. Ans. (c) Combustion of organic substances in Ans. (d) Silk. Q. 22. Habitat modification may occur due to: waste material to convert waste into ash, gas and heat. (a) Fragmentation of original habitat Q. 14. Temperate Evergreen Forests are found (b) Pollution in areas: t0 (a) Short summers and long winters (c) Changes in species composition due (b) Very hot summers and mild winters humans (c) Warm summers and cold winters (d) All of the above (d) Warm summers and mild winters Ans. (d) All of the above. Ans. (d) Warm summers and mild winters. Q. 23. Select the correct term related to the Q. 15. The Environmental (Protection) Act was phrase The entire complement of specieso enacted in the year: organisms, plants and animals, fouund within (a) 1986 given region' (b) 1992 (a) Community (c) 1984 (b) Biotope (d) 1974 (c) Biota Ans. (a) 1986. Q. 16. Which is true about (d) Biostasy Biocentrism? Ans: (c) Biota. (a) Biocentrism view holds that the rights and Q. 24. india has about: needs of human beings are not more (a)5 per cent of the total coal reserves of t important than those of other living things. world  sOLVED SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER-2/3 (b) 6 per cent of the total coal reserves of the (d) All of the above world Ans. (d) All of the above. (c) 7 per cent of the total coal reserves of the vital role of Q. 31. piay a world releasing essential materials from the dead matter (d) 8 per cent of the total coal reserves of the and thus maintain a continuous cycle of energy flow world Ans. (d) 8 per cent of the total coal reserves of and of material. the world. (a) Saprophytes a. 25. Total number of Biosphere Reserves in (b) Autotrophs India are: (c) Hetrotrophs (d) None of the above/More than the above (a) 12 (b) 14 Ans: (a) Saprophytes. a.32. Which of the following may not easily live (c) 16 (d) 18 in modified habitats? Ans. (d) 18. (a) Pigeons (b) Sparrows Q. 26. National Environmental Tribunal Act, (c) Deer (d) Penguin 1995 was enacted after: Ans. (d) Penguin.. Q. 33. The Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve was (a) New York Conference. (b) London Conference. established in 1986 in: (c) Geneva Conference. (a) Karnataka (b) Andhra Pradesh (d) Rio de Janeiro Conference. (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Maharashtra Ans. (d) Rio de Janeiro Conference. Ans. (c) Tamil Nadu. Q. 27. Ozone layer is present in the: Q. 34. Water is a renewable resource because: (a) Stratosphere (b) Troposphere (a) It is being recycled by human beings. (c) Mesosphere (d) None of these (b) It is renewed and recharged through Ans. (a) Stratosphere. hydrological cycle. Q. 28. Which of the following action the (c) It is being renewed through reduction. government took after Chipko movement? (d) It can be reused again. (a) The sovernment replaced the contractor Ans. (b) it is renewed and recharged through system and formed Uttar Pradesh Forest hydrological cycle. Department Corporation (UDFDC). Q. 35. Which of these statements is not a valid (b) Encouraging forest related activities through reason for the depletion of flora and fauna? local cooperatives was also initiated. (a) Agricultural expansion (c) A moratorium of 15 years was imposed on (b) Large scale developmental projects commercial tree fellings in Uttrakhand (c) Grazing and fuelwood collection Himalayas. (d) Rapid industrialisation and urbanisation (d) All of the above Ans. (c) Grazing and fuelwood collection. Ans. (d) Al of the above. Q. 36. The percentage of forest cover in India a.29. What is true about environmental justice? is (a) It means giving fair treatment to all the (a) 14.69% people irrespective of their castes, colour, (b) 15.39% language, income, national origin, etc., in (c) 19.39% making/implementing environmental laws (d) 19.67% because everybody has the right to share a Ans. (c) 19.39%. safe, healthy and sustainable environment. Q.37. Which of the following is not an (b) Environmental justice is the pursuit of equal organic compound? Justice and equal protection under the law for all environmental statutes and regulations (a) Proteins (b) Carbohydrates without discrimination based on race, (c) Nitrogen (d) Lipids and/or socio-economic status. Ans. (c) Nitrogen. ethnicity Q. 38. Agricultural fields which arn used as (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these rainfed storage structures are called: Ans. (c) Both (a) and (b). (a) Kuls consumers for obtaining energy eat: (b) Khadins/Johads Q.30. Top (a) Herbivores (c) Recharge pits (b) Carnivores (d) None of the above (c) Omnivores Ans. (b) Khadins/Johads.  4/ NEERAJ : ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES (SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER-2) Q.39. Which among the following is a correct (c) The Ministry of Environment, Fore full form for DDT? Climate Change orest an (a) Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (d) The Ministry of Environmental, tal, Fores Forest ang (b) Dichlorodiphenyltetrachloroethane Climatic Change (c) Dichlorodecaphenyltrichloroethane Ans. (c) The Ministry of Environment, ent, Forest and Forest (d) Dichiorodiethyltrichloroethane Climate Change. Ans. (a) Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Q.46. Which Indian wetlands found place in s Q. 40. When was the first International Convention on Wetlands held Department of Environ- ment was established in India? Ramsar in Iran in February 1971? ald at (a) 1970o (b) 1975 ) Chilka and Bharatpur (c) 19800 (d) 1985 (b) Beas Conservation Reserve Ans. (c) 1980. (c) Sambhar Lake Q. 41. The Convention on (d) Keoladeo National Park Boundary Air Pollution was heldLong-Range Trans in: Ans. (a) Chilka and Bharatpur. (a) 1959 (b) 1969 Q. 47. What is the percentage of water in (c) 1979 the (d) 1989 Earth is fresh water? Ans. (d) 1979. (a) 2.5 per cent (b) 3.5 per cent Q. 42. SPM stands for: (c) 4.5 per cent (d) 5.5 per cent (a) Secondary Particulate Matter Ans. (a) 2.5 per cent. (b) Suspended Particulate Matter Q. 48. Corrosiveness means: (c) Suspended Preferable Matter (a) Can cause damage to solids (d) Secondary Preferable Matter by non chemical reaction Ans. (b) Suspended Particulate Matter. (b) Cannot cause damage to solids by chemical Q. 43. For which of the folloing pupose National reaction Green Tribunal was established? (c) Can-cause damage to solids without (a) For effective/expeditious disposal of cases chemical reaction relating to environmental protection (d) Can cause damage to solids (b) conservation of forests and other natural reaction by chemical resources Ans. (d) Can cause (c) enforcement of any legal right relating to reaction. damage to solids by chemical environment Q.49. Which of the (d) All of the above because of temperature following produces energy Ans. (d) All of the above. in ocean? difference at various levels. 44. Weather occurs in the Earth's: (a) Tidal energy (a) Troposhere (b) Wave energy (b) Mesophere (c) Solar energy (c) lonosphere (d) Ocean thermal (d) Thermosphere energy Ans. (d) Ocean thermal Ans. (a) Troposhere. Q.45.Which ofthe following is the nodal agency Q.50. Biosphere does energy. (a) At North poles not exist at: for matters relating to climate changes? and South (b) At Highest poles (a) The Ministry of Environmental Forest and (c) mountains In the oceans Climate Change (b) The Ministry of Environment, Forest and (d) All f the above Climatic Change Ans. (d) Al of the above.  Question Paper Sobed Sample 3 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES (B.E.V.AE.-181 Time: 2 Hours] Maximum Marks: 50 General Instructions: (i) This is an objective ype question paper (i) All questiona are compulsory (ii) The question paper consists of 50 questions each of which carries one mark. (iv) Each question has four alternatives, one ofwhich is correc. Q. 1. Which of the following can be included Q.6. Under which act, it is recommended to into oceanic ecosystem: set environmental Court: (a) Neritic Zone (b) Pelagic Zone (a) The Environment (Protection) Act, 1995 (c) Benthic Zone (d) All of the above (b) National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 Ans. (d) All of the above. (c) National Environmental Tribunal Act, 1995 Q. 2. The depletion of ozone layer takes place (d) Biodiversity Act, 2000 due to: Ans. (b) National Green Tribunal Act, 2010. (a) The increase in the acid concentration in the Q. 7. In 1997, "The Convention on Climate atmosphere Change" was held in (b) Change in the water cycle (a) Stockholm (b) Vienna (c) Global warming (c) Kyoto (d) Rotterdam (d) None of the above Ans. (c) Kyoto. Ans. (d) None of the above. Q.8. Which is the first Ramsar Site in India? Q. 3. Some habitats are more vulnerable to (a) Sundarbans in West Bengal species extinction, these are called fragile habitats. (b) Renuka Wetland in Himachal Pradesh Which of the following is an example of fragile (c) Kabar Taal wetland in Bihar habitat: (d) None of the above (a) River area Ans. (d) None of the above. (b) National park area Q.9. Which of the following wildlife sanctuaries (c) The Ganges plain area is situated in Bihar? (d) None of the above Valmiki National Park Ans. (d) None of the above. Q. 4. Sponges are the example of: (b) Rajgir Wildlife Sanctuary (b) Benthos (c) Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary (a) Nekton (d) All of the above (c) Plankton (d) Periphyton Ans. (d) Al of the above. Ans. (b) Benthos. Q.5. The higher concentration of greenhouse Q.10. Determinism approach was expanded by: gases in the atmosphere causes (a) Friedrich Ratzel (b) Carl Ritter (a) Change in the water cycle (c) Yi-Fu Tuan (d) Ellsworth Huntington. (b) Change in the climate cycle Ans. (d) Ellsworth Huntington. (c) Rise in the sea level Q. 11. Green plants utilize.. per cent of (d) All of the above sun's energy to prepare their food by the process Ans. (d) All of the above. of photosynthesis?  (SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER-3) ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES 2/NEERAJ: (a) Desert Locust 1 per cent (b) 10 per cent (a) (b) Desert Gerbil (c) 20 per cent (d) 99 per cent (c) Desert Dragon Flies Ans. (a) 1 per cent. (d) Desert Snakes Q. 12. Autotrophs are: Ans. (a) Desert Locust. (a) Consumers (b) Decomposers Q. 20. When is ozone day celebrated? (c) Heterotrophs (d) Producers (a) 12th September (b) 13th September Ans. (d) Producers. (c) 15th September (0) 16th Septermber a. 13. Which is the consequnce of station? defore Ans. (d) 16th September. (a) Habitat destruction of wild animals Q. 21. The UN Commissioi on Sustaina created to (b) Deprivation of food and shelter for animals Development was promote imp (c) Increased soil erosion mentation of: (d) All of the above (a) Agenda 12 (b) Agenda 15 Ans. (d) All of the above. (c) Agenda 21 (d) Agenda 27 Q. 14. Geothermal Energy is the heat derived Ans. (c) Agenda 21. within the: Q. 22. The 1992 Earth Summit held in: (a) Upper surface of earth (a) New York (b) Durban (b) Sub-surface of earth (c) Rio de Janeiro (d) Geneva (c) Atmosphere of earth Ans. (c) Rio de Janeiro. (d) Underground of earth Q. 23. What is the aim of social forestry? Ans. (b) Sub-surface of earth. Q. 15. Habitat modification (a) To grow fast growing trees by the governmer may occur due to: (b) To grow fast growing trees by the fores (a) Fragmentation of original habitat officials (b) Pollution To (c) Changes in species composition due to (c) protest trees by the people humans (d) To grow fast growing trees by the people Ans. (d) To grow fast growing trees (d) All of the above by the people Q. 24. Which organisms live in Ans. (d) All of the above. water and are unable to swim. targe bodies-of Q. 16. Organisms which can make their food are called: (a) Plankton organisms (a) Autotrophs (b) Neuston organisms (b) Consumers (c) Periphyton organisms (c) Decomposers (d) Heterotrophs Ans. (a) Autotrophs. (d) Nekton organisms Ans. (a) Plankton Q. 17. The World Conservation Monitoring organisms. Q. 25. The surface of the earth Centre, U.K. has identified: is called: (a) 18 hotspots (b) 20 hotspots (a) Ecosphere (b) Lithosphere (c) 21 hotspots (d) 25 hotspots c) Hydrosphere (d) Atmosphere Ans. (c) 21 hotspots. Ans. (b) Lithosphere. Q. 18. Which of the following is not Q. 26. MPN method is used: true about environmentalism? (a) For estimating the concentration of viable (a) This approach is not reflected in the microorganisms in a water and air sample. of sustainable development. concept (b) For estimating the microorganisms in an air sample concentration of viable (b) It is based upon the basic ecology. principle of (c) For estimating the concentration of viable microorganisms in a water sample (c) It studies the mutual interaction between (d) For estimating the concentration of al organisms and physical environment. organisms in a water sample. micro- (d) it describes human beings the of the environment. as integral part Ans. (c) For estimating concentration sample. ce. viable in a water Ans. (a) This microorganisms approach is not Artifical insemination can be concept of sustainable development. reflected in the Q. 27. beneficial in: Q.19.On which animal Calotes and Uromastyx (a) Dogs are predatory in Thar desert: (b) Cats  SOLVED SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER-3/3 (c) Elephants (d) Snakes (d) Not capable to Ans. (a) Capable ofextinguish fire easily Ans. (c) Elephants. Q. 28. Which are Q. 35. Silent catching fire easily. considered geothermal areas Valley Movement was a social in India? movement: (a) North-western Himalayas and (a) In the Malappuram district of Kerala coast southern (b) In the Kozhikode district of Kerala (b) North-eastern Himalayas and (c) In the Wayanadu district of Kerala (c) South-western eastern coast (d) In the Palakkad district of Kerala Himalayas and western coast (d) North-western Himalayas and Ans. (d) In the Palakkad district of Kerala. Ans. (d) North-western western coast Q. 36. Which of the Coast. Himalayas and western timber based forest following is a not a non- product? a. 29. Which of the (a) Medicinal herbs (b) Edible flowers soil erosion? following cannot control (c) Fruits (d) Charcoal (a) Growing grasses, shrubs and trees Ans. (d) Charcoal. (b) Constructing drainage system to allow Q. 37. A detritus food chain begins: uncontrolled flow of water (a) Always in the ocean (c) Building dams and reservoirs (b) With a producer (d) None of these (c) With decaying organic matter Ans. (c) Building dams and (d) With air pollution reservoirs. Ans. (c) with decaying Q. 30. The Convention on organic matter. International Trade Q. 38. Green Revolution in India has in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna greatly: and Flora was held in: (a) Increased sugarcane and rice production in (a) 1963 the country (b) 1973 (b) Increased wheat and sugarcane production (c) 1983 (d) 1993 in the country Ans. (b) 1973. Q. 31. In a food chain the second c)Increased wheat and rice production in the trophic level country is occupied by: (a) Carnivores (d) Increased wheat and corn production in the (b) Autotrophs country (c) Herbivores (d) Producers Ans. (c) Increased wheat and rice Ans. (c) Herbivores. the country. production in Q. 32. Which of the following scriptures Q. 39. The emphasizes on preservation of environmental largest wetland in India is known as: balance for the benefit of personal health and (a) Vembanad Kayal having a pollution free environment? (b) Beas Conservation Reserve (a) The Charak Samhita (c) Sambhar Lake (b) The Varah Purana (d) Keoladeo National Park (c) The Shiva Purana Ans. (a) Vembanad Kayal. (d) None of these Q. 40. What is the name given to the Ans. (a) The Charak Samhita. which are not found after searches of species known or Q. 33. The process of accumulation of harmful likely areas where they may occur: chemical substances like pesticides, in the body of (a) Endemic species living organisms at each trophic level of a food (b) Rare species chain is known asS: (c) Endangered species (a) Biological magnification (d) Extinct species (b) Biological accumulation Ans. (d) Extinct species. c) Chemical magnification Q. 41. Himalaya yew is found in: (d) Chemical accumulation (a) Himachal Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh Ans. (a) Biological magnification. (b) Assam Q. 34. Ignitability means: (c) Orissa (8) Capable of catching fire easily (d) None of them. (b) Not capable of catching fire easily Ans. (a) Himachal Pradesh and Arunachal ()Capable to extinguish fire easily Pradesh.  ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES (SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER-3) 4/NEERAJ: (a) Atmosphere and hydrosphere is a narrow valley of: Q. 42. Silent valley (b) Atmosphere and lithosphere (a) Godavari River (b) Kunthi River (c) Cauveri River (d) Vasudha River (c) Hydrosphere andlithosphere Ans. (b) Kunthi River. (d) Lithosphere and biosphere Q. 43. Which of the following do not come Ans. (a) Atmosphere and hydrosphere. under climatic regimes? Q.48. The cycling at various scales, of (a) Temperature (b) Moisture and compounds through the ecosystemis: minerals (c) Topography (d) Plants Ans. (d) Plants. (a) Aboitic (Non-living) Components (b) Biogeochemical Cycles Q. 44. Global warming can significantly be c) Carbon and Oxygen Cycles controlled by (a) Increasing solid waste (d) Nitrogen Cycles (b) Reducing water wastage Ans. (b) Biogeochemical Cycles. (c) Burning human-generated waste Q. 49. Which is correct about lslam? (d) Reducing fossil fuel consumption (a) The foundation and rules for conservation Ans. (d) Reducing fossil fuel consumption. of nature in Islam are the Holy Quran and Q. 45. Which of the following is normally used the divine words of Prophet Muhammad. in solar cookers for trapping solar energy? (b) The message of the Holy Quran is of unity, (a) Solar panels harmony, balance and order and it (b) Silicon cells emphasizes that nature's laws must be (c) Mirrors observed and its defined limits should not (d) Any of above be exceeded. Ans. (c) Mirrors. Q. 46. Water harvesting can be done by which (c) Both (a) and (b) of the following method? d) None of these (a) Capturing water runoff from rooftops Ans. (c) Both (a) and (b). (b) Collecting water in ponds and reservoirs Q.50. Which are aquatic animals able to swim (c) Watershed management and move independently of water currents? (d) All of the above (a) Plankton organisms Ans. (d) All of the above. (b) Neuston organisms Q. 47. Which of the following conceptual (c) Periphyton organisms components of the environment are effective (d) Nekton organisms transporters of matter? Ans. (d) Nekton organisms.