Environmental Science Quiz PDF

## Environmental Science Quiz **1. Aerosol is ..... (CO-4, L1)** * a) General term for particles in air * b) General term for particles in soil * c) General term for particles in water * d) General term for particles inside humans **2. Aerosol + solid particles + liquid particles results in (CO-4...

## Environmental Science Quiz **1. Aerosol is ..... (CO-4, L1)** * a) General term for particles in air * b) General term for particles in soil * c) General term for particles in water * d) General term for particles inside humans **2. Aerosol + solid particles + liquid particles results in (CO-4, L2)** * a) Dust * b) Mist * c) Smog * d) Smoke **3. asthma cause to human beings. (CO-4, L2)** * a) Because of excessive diet * b) Because of water pollution * c) Because of air pollution * d) Because of soil pollution **4. the indicator of pollution in water. (CO-4, L2)** * a) Amount of oxygen * b) Amount of hydrogen * c) Amount of BOD * d) Amount of nitrogen **5. prepared the Ganga Action Plan (CO-4, L1)** * a) Department of Pollution * b) Department of Environment * c) Department of Rivers * d) Department of Industries **6. Primary treatment of sewage includes (CO-4, L2)** * a) Screening * b) Grit removal * c) Primary clarifier * d) All of the above **7. The particulate matter is controlled by (CO-4, L3)** * a) Cyclone * b) Settling chamber * c) Scrubber * d) All of the above **8. Fluoride pollution mainly affects (CO-4, L2)** * a) Kidney * b) Brain * c) Heart * d) Teeth **9. is not an air pollutant. (CO-4, L1)** * a) Smoke * b) CO2 * c) Nitrogen gas * d) Sulphur dioxide **10. is the term used to describe the variety of life found on Earth and all of the natural processes. (CO-3, L1)** * a) Biodiversity * b) Ecosystem * c) Biosphere * d) Ecology **11. The total area of India is classified into following number of biogeographical zones (CO-3, L1)** * a) Six. * b) Eight. * c) Nine. * d) Ten **12. is not an E-waste (CO-4, L1)** * a) Cable * b) Refrigerator * c) Monitor * d) Glass **13. Ash generated from incinerator is used ........... (CO-4, L3)** * a) as sand * b) as decorative material * c) as filler material * d) in M 30 concrete **14. Air pollution is caused by (CO-4, L2)** * a) Smoke * b) Insecticides * c) Sewage * d) Loud speaker **15. The unit of sound is (CO-4, L1)** * a) decibel * b) Maribel * c) Sensible * d) Pedicel **16. among the following is not an Act of Environmental Protection. (CO-5, L3)** * a) Biomedical Waste (Management and handling) Rules, 1998 * b) Recycled Plastics, Plastic manufacturers and Usage Rules, 1999 * c) Construction and Demolition Waste Management Rules, 2016 * d) Conservation of Plastic Waste and Increasing act 2016 **17. Administrative Framework for Environmental protection includes (CO-5, L2)** * a) Central Pollution control Board * b) State Pollution Control board * c) Ministry of Environment and Forest * d) All of the above **18. among the following is a product of photosynthesis. (CO-3, L2)** * a) Glucose * b) Carbon * c) Monoxide * d) Nitrogen **19. is the correct full form of IUCN. (CO-3, L1)** * a) International Union for Conservation of Nuts * b) International Union for Conservation of Nature * c) International Union for Conservation of Natural habitat * d) International Union for Conservation of Numbers **20. _called the "lungs of the planet". (CO-3, L1)** * a) Sahyadry rain forest * b) Konkan rain forest * c) Amazon rain forest * d) South Africa rain forest **21. Generally ecosystem consists of basic components. (CO-3, L1)** * a) One * b) Two * c) Three * d) Four **
22. Consumer for food that feeds on producers are known as (CO-3, L2)** * a) Carnivores * b) Consumers * c) Herbivores * d) Producers **23. The food chain level in autotrophy is (CO-3, L2)** * a) Primary * b) Secondary * c) Tertiary * d) Quaternary **24. Night soil is (CO-4, L1)** * a) Soil containing urea * b) Human excreta * c) Animal excreta * d) Human excreta, animal excreta and urea **25. is the head office of the Central Pollution Control Board.(CO-4, L1)** * a) Mumbai * b) Raipur * c) Mysore * d) New Delhi **26. are the two main types of drip irrigation. (CO-5, L1)** * a) Surface and Subsurface drip irrigation * b) Under and Subsurface drip irrigation * c) Top and Surface drip irrigation * d) Top and Under drip irrigation **27. one of the following is the benefit of rainwater harvesting. (CO-5, L3)** * a) Flood mitigation * b) Provide a lot of water to play * c) Create good aesthetic view * d) Decrease the ground water level **28. Central Pollution Control Board established in _(CO-5, L1)** * a) 1970 * b) 1972 * c) 1974 * d) 1976 **29. We achieve the prevention of environmental degradation (CO-5, L3)** * a) By relying on the government to do all the jobs * b) By killing all animals in the forest * c) By creating public awareness among people about the importance of environment * d) By causing more and more pollution **30. Carbon dioxide equivalents can be determined (CO-5, L2)** * a) By multiplying the quantity of the gas by its global warming potential * b) By multiplying the quantity of the gas by its pressure * c) By multiplying the quantity of the water by its global warming potential * d) By multiplying the quantity of the gas by its global cooling potential **31. A trophic level refers to: (CO-3, L3)** * a) Area in the tropics * b) An organism's * c) An organism's position in an ecosystem * d) An organism's position in a biome **32. An ecosystem consist of (CO-3, L2)** * a) Green plants and animals * b) Green plants and decomposers * c) Producers and consumers * d) Green plants, animals, decomposers and abiotic environment **33. ecological pyramid is always upright. (CO-3, L3)** * a) Pyramid of number * b) Pyramid of biomass * c) Pyramid of energy * d) Pyramid of number and biomass **34. The process in which green plants and few organisms use sunlight to synthesize nutrients is known (CO-3, L2)** * a) Chemosynthesis * b) Photosynthesis * c) Food chain * d) Food web **35. of the following is not an Important hot spots in India. (CO-3, L3)** * a) Himalayan * b)Western ghat * c) Indo-Berma * d) Central ghat **36. An ecosystem which can be easily damaged but can be recovered after some time if damaging effect stops will be having (CO-3, L2)** * a) High stability and high resilience * b) High stability and low resilience * c) Low stability and low resilience * d) Low stability and high resilience **37. Bharatpur bird sanctuary is situated in......(CO-3, L1)** * a) Kerala * b) Karnataka * c) Gujarat * d) Rajasthan **38. A world map of hot spots with details of Flora & Fauna is prepared by (CO-3, L2)** * a) The national geographic society * b) Scientific Organizations * c) Environmentalists * d) None of the above **39. Total primary production in an ecosystem is known as (CO-3, L1)** * a) Gross final production * b) Gross primary production * c) Gross middle production * d) Net primary production **40. -one of the following is not a gaseous biogeochemical cycle in an ecosystem. (CO-3, L1)** * a) Carbon cycle * b) Phosphorous cycle * c) Sulphur cycle * d) Nitrogen cycle **
41. is the term used to describe the variety of life found on Earth and all of the natural processes. (CO-3, L1)** * a) Biodiversity * b) Ecosystem * c) Biosphere * d) Ecology **42. The type of diversity including all the different kinds of living things found in a certain habitat is called as:--------- (CO-3, L1)** * a) Species diversity * b) Genetic diversity * c) Ecosystem diversity * d) Population diversity **43. Energy flow in anecosystem is always: (CO-3, L3)** * a) Unidirectional * b) Cyclic * c) Reversible * d) Multi-directional