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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
3rd Exam/Common/1008/Sept'2020
Duration: 1.00 Hrs. M.Marks:25

1. Ecology deals with the study of 9. Types of ecological pyramids are

a) Living beings a) Pyramid of biomass
b) Non living components b) Pyramid of numbers
c) Reciprocal relationship between living c) Pyramid of energy
and non living components d) All of above
d) Environment 10. BOD value of sewage water than that of tap
2. Environmental degradation means water is:
a) Overall lowering of environmental a) More
qualities b) Less
b) Adverse change brought in by human c) Equal
activities d) Somewhere more somewhere less
c) Ecological imbalance 11. Global warming is a phenomenon related to:
d) All the above a) Evaporation
3. Environmental protection is the responsibility of b) Ecological balance
a) Individuals c) Greenhouse effect
b) NGO's d) Desertification
c) Government of India 12. Acid Rain contains
d) All of the above a) Sulphur acid
4. A system in which exchange takes place b) Nitric acid
between living and non-living things is known as c) Both (a) and (b)
a) cycle d) Carbon dioxide
b) computer system 13. Carrot  rabbit  fox is an example of____
c) ecosystem a) Food web
d) none of them b) Food chain
5. Two major components of ecosystem are c) Food cycle
a) Abiotic and biotic d) Food round
b) Cyclic and biologic 14. A network of interconnected food chains is
c) Adiabatic and isotropic called
d) Ecologic and climatologi a) food web
6. Plants, animals, microbes, and humans are b) web cycle
considered ____ factors of the environment c) chain web
a) Abiotic d) ecosystem
b) Biotic 15. What will happen if deer is missing in the food
c) Climate chain given below?
d) Community Grass → Deer → Tiger
7. The outer solid part of the earth is called – a) The population of tiger increases
a) Crust b) The population of grass decreases
b) Lithosphere c) Tiger will start eating grass
c) Surface d) The population of tiger decreases and
d) Water table the population of grass increases
8. The part of earth which contains water is called 16. The ecosystem which are located in water
a) Hydrosphere bodies are known as
b) Atmosphere a) Aquatic Ecosystem
c) Troposphere b) Forest Ecosystem
d) Ionosphere c) Savanna Ecosystem
d) Tundra Ecosystem
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17. We should reduce the use of the plastic bags, 25. In which unit sound is measured?
bottles etc. because: a) Hertz
a) They are not durable b) Pascal
b) They are non-biodegradable c) ppm
c) They are made of toxic materials d) Decibe
d) They react with the atmospheric gases 26. Layer of atmosphere which saves life from
18. What does e-Waste stands for? harmful effects of 'UV' radiations is known as
a) electronic waste a) ozone layer
b) environmental waste b) alpha layer
c) earth waste c) gamma layer
d) equipment waste d) infrared layer
19. One of the best solutions to get rid of non- 27. Which of the following is not the natural source
biodegradable wastes is – of environment pollution?
a) Burning a) Earthquake
b) Dumping b) Volcanic eruptions
c) Recycling c) Forest fires
d) Burying d) Vehicles
20. Contamination of soil system by considerable 28. Which of the following is regarded as the main
quantities of chemicals and substance is known cause of groundwater contamination?
as a) agricultural products
a) Water pollution b) landfills
b) Soil Pollution c) septic tanks
c) Air pollution d) All of the above
d) Noise Pollution 29. Reduce, reuse and recycle principle by which
21. Cow, goats, deer eat grass and other plants to wastes can be reduced is classified as
survive, but they do not eat animals. What kind a) waste organizer principle
of animal are rabbits? b) waste management principle
a) Decomposers c) RE principle
b) Carnivores d) 3R principle
c) Producer 30. The depletion in the Ozone layer is caused by:
d) Herbivores a) Carbon dioxide
22. What are called for organisms which get energy b) Nitrous oxide
by eating dead organisms? c) Methane
a) Decomposers d) Chlorofluorocarbon (CFCs)
b) scavengers 31. The basic principle of noise control
c) Carnivores a) Sound insulation
d) Herbivores b) Sound absorption
23. Plants utilize water, carbon dioxide and light to c) Vibration damping/isolation
produce their own food by d) All of the above
a) respiration
b) photosynthesis 32. With the increase in water pollution, the BOD:
c) circulation a) Decreases
d) transportation b) Increases
24. X-rays are sources of c) Remains the same
a) Thermal pollution d) Is no measure of pollution
b) Air pollution 33. Water pollution can be identified by testing its
c) Radioactive pollution a) pH level
d) Noise pollution b) Biological oxygen demand (BOD)
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None of these
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43. Biogas plants using cattle dung are called -

34. The process by which fertile land becomes a) Hydro Plants
desert is called b) Gobar Gas Plants
a) Deforestation c) Thermal Power Plant
b) Desertification d) Gas Station
c) Soil Erosion 44. Trapped heat inside the earth is known as
d) Land degradation a) thermal energy
35. The basic principles of noise control is – b) geothermal energy
a) Sound insulation c) heat energy
b) Sound absorption d) volcano
c) Vibration damping/ isolation 45. The process of burning of municipal solid waste
d) All of the above at high temperature is called
36. Major pollutants from automobiles exhausts is – a) Incineration
a) NO b) Composting
b) CO c) Land filing
c) SO2 d) Shredding
d) Soot 46. The Taj Mehal at Agra may be damaged by –
37. Which of the following are major Environmental a) Sulfur dioxide
issues in mining activities? b) Chlorine
a) Water pollution c) Hydrogen
b) Soil Degradation d) Oxygen
c) Air pollution and Dust 47. Noise Pollution can cause
d) All the above a) Hypertension
38. What is vermicomposting? b) Hearing loss
a) Composting using rats c) Sleep disturbance
b) Composting using birds d) All of the above
c) Composting using worms 48. The source of energy in an ecosystem -
d) A name for landfill a) ATP
39. Organic farming is b) Sunlight
a) enhancing biodiversity c) DNA
b) promoting soil biological activity d) RNA
c) farming without using pesticides and 49. Smog is combination of
chemical fertilizers a) Smoke and snow
d) all the above b) Snow and fog
40. Soil conservation is the process where c) Smoke and fog
a) Soil is aerated d) All the above
b) Soil erosion is allowed 50. Ozone layer thickness is measured in -
c) Soil is protected against loss a) Millimeter
d) Sterile soil is converted into fertile soil b) Centimeter
41. Soil erosion can be reduced by c) Decibels
a) Reducing over grazing d) Dobson units
b) Planting proper plants
c) Forestation
d) All of the above
42. EIA stands for what?
a) Ecological Impact Assessment
b) Environmental Impact Audit
c) Environmental Impact Area
d) Environmental Impact Assessment