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Q.1
Public awareness of environment creates ___________
Environment protection
Environment degradation
Environmental improvement
Environmental cultivation
Q.2
When is the World Wildlife week ?
First week of September
Last week of September
First week of October
Last week of October
Q.3
Green revolution is associated with _________
sericulture
agriculture
fish culture
silviculture
Q.4
Sunlight that bounces off a surface is said to be ________ from the surface.
Radiated
Absorbed
Emitted
Reflected
Q.5
If we uncover half of the forest, covering of the earth, what crisis will be produced at most and at first?
Some species will be extincted
Population and ecological imbalance will rise up
Energy crisis will occur
Rest half forests will maintain this imbalance
Q.6
The primary source of energy for the earth's atmosphere is:
Energy from within the earth
The sun
Erupting volcanoes
Lightning discharges associated with thunderstorms
Latent heat released during the formation of hurricanes
Q.7
Torrey Canyon is famous for
Gulf of War
Industries
Electric Potential
Oil spillage
Q.8
Most of the natural gas used in the United States is consumed by
industry
residential use
electrical utilities
transportation
Q.9
An association between two individuals or populations where both are benefitted and where neither can survive without the other is
competition
commensalism
mutualism
protocoperation
Q.10
In July, at middle latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere, the day is ____ long and is ____ with each passing day.
Less than 12 hours; getting longer
Less than 12 hours; getting shorter
More than 12 hours; getting longer
More than 12 hours; getting shorter
Q.11
The effect of interspecific competition on niches is to make them
larger
smaller
more triangular
change location
Q.12
The pyramid of number of a parasitic food chain in forest ecosystem is
always inverted
always upright
mixture of inverted and upright
sometimes inverted and sometimes upright
Q.13
Two opposite forces operate in the growth and development of every population. One of them is related to the ability to reproduce at a given rate. The force opposite to it is called
fecundity
mortality
environmental resistances
biotic control
Q.14
When the two ecosystems overlap each other, the area is called
Habitat
Niche
Ecotone
Ecotype
Q.15
An ecosystem gradually merges with an adjoining one through a transitional zone is called the ______________
Ecological niche
ecological footprint
ecotone
shore effect
Q.16
What is deep ecology?
Protecting nature for its own sake
Ecology of deep sea
Ecology of forest
Ecology of caves
Q.17
Red data book contains data of
all plant species
all animal species
economically important species
threatened species
Q.18
MoEF means
Ministry of Forest and Energy
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Ministry of Fuel and Energy
Management of Environment and Forestry
Q.19
During a radiation inversion, wind machines
Bring warm air down toward the surface
Lift cool, surface air to higher altitudes
Mix the air near the ground
All of the above
Q.20
The green house gases, otherwise called radioactively active gases includes
Carbon dioxide
CH
4
N
2
O
All of these
Q.21
An example of one way ecological cycle is
carbon dioxide cycle
water cycle
energy cycle
oxygen cycle
Q.22
Eravikulam National Park conserves
Lion tailed macaque
Tiger
Elephant
Nilgiri Tahr
Q.23
The relationship between nitrogen fixing bacteria and leguminous plants is an example for
Parasitism
Predation
Mutualism
Commensalism
Q.24
The carrying capacity of a population is determined by its
population growth rate
natality
mortality
limiting resources
Q.25
The order of succession in a lithosere or xerosere is
Foliose lichen stage->Crustose lichen stage->moss stage->herb stage>shrub stage->forest stage (climax community)
Crustose lichen stage->Foilose lichen stage->moss stage->herb stage>shrub stage->forest stage (climax community)
Moss stage ->Foilose lichen stage-> Crustose lichen stage ->herb stage->shrub stage->forest stage (climax community)
Crustose lichen stage->Foilose lichen stage->moss stage-> ->shrub stage-> herb stage->forest stage (climax community)
Q.26
The intensity of earthquake is measured in ____________
Beaufort scale
Richter scale
Mohs scale
Joules
Q.27
The most widely used pesticides function by disrupting
neurological cellular function
endocrine function
molecular events
renal function
Q.28
The term "Eco" implies
Environment
Ecotone
Ecotourism
Soil
Q.29
Germ Layer includes
mesoderm layer
ectoderm, mesoderm, endoderm
ectoderm
endoderm
Q.30
A group of individuals of a plant or animal species, inhabiting a given area is called
Biome
Population
Ecosystem
Community
Q.31
The amount of solar radiation reaching the surface of the earth is called
Solar flux
reflected light
minerals
solvents
Q.32
________ is the degradation of land in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas.
Land fertility
Desertification
Ecosystem
Vegetation
Q.33
Which of the following will increase in a rising parcel of air?
Saturation vapor pressure
Relative humidity
Mixing ratio
Air temperature
None of the above
Q.34
The maximum pressure that water vapor molecules would exert if the air were saturated is called the:
Absolute humidity
Boiling point
Mixing ratio
None of the above
Q.35
CFC releases a chemical which is harmful to ozone is
chlorine
fluorine
N
2
O
SO
2
Q.36
Birth rate is called
mortality
vital index
natality
viability
Q.37
Diversity of organisms include three Domains such as
bacteria, archae, eukarya
binomial system of classification
monera, protista, fungi, plantae, animalia
membrane bound organelles, no peptidoglycan in cell walls, introns
Q.38
What do you call the rain that contains chemical waste and cause damage to plants and animals?
Smog
Acid rain
Monsoon rain
Seasonal rain
Q.39
Maximum deposition of DDT will occur in
phytoplankton
crab
eel
sea gull
Q.40
Habitat loss and fragmentation, over exploitation, alien species invasion and co extinction are causes for
Population exploitation
Pollution
Migration
Ecological succession
Biodiversity loss
Q.41
MAB program stands for
Man and biotechnology
Material and biology
Man and Biology
Man and Biosphere
Q.42
MAB stands for
Man and biosphere
Man, antibiotics and bacteria
Man and biotic community
Mayer, Anderson and Bisby
Q.43
Lotic ecosystem refers to
Static water system
Ecosystem of flowing water
Ecosystem of estuaries
Deep marine water system
Q.44
What is troposphere?
Portion of air
Portion of water
Lowest layer of atmosphere where we survive
Portion of sky
Q.45
When human body is infected by infection __________ type of cells are activated to defend the body.
erythrocytes
leukocytes
lymphocytes
monocytes
Q.46
Ozone layer is present in
Troposphere
Stratosphere
Mesosphere
Ionosphere
Q.47
Leader of "Narmada Bachao Andolan"
Vandana Siva
Medha Patkar
Menaka Gandhi
Mayilamma
Q.48
Who wrote the book "Violence of Green Revolution"
Vandana Siva
Sheela Dikshit
Menaka Gandhi
Arundhathi Roy
Q.49
The density of water vapour in a given parcel of air is expressed by the:
Absolute humidity
Relative humidity
Mixing ratio
Specific humidity
Saturation vapor pressure
Q.50
Death rate of the population
Mortality
Viability
Natality
Vitality
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