MADHYANCHL PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY

PhD ENTRANCE TEST 2018

QUESTION PAPER FOR SUBJECT ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(QUESTION PAPER ALONG WITH ANSWER IN BOLD)

1) Reliable, quantitative and verifiable data used in Environmental Impact Assessment study
are called
A) Hard data
B) Soft data
C) Continuous data
D) Discrete data.

2)which of the following bacterium is called as the superbug that could clean up oil spills
A)Bacillus subtilis
B)Pseudomonas putida.
C)Pseudomonas denitrificans
D)Bacillus denitrificans.

3)Which of the following is/are example(s) of conventional source of energy.

A)Fossil fuels
B)Solar energy.
C)Tidal energy
D)all of the above.

4)Which of the following is/are example(s) of Non-conventional source of energy.

A)Solar energy.
B)Tidal energy.
C)Geothermal energy.
D)All of the above.

5) An international agreement signed by 33 countries to phase out use of CFCs is known as __.
A) CFC treaty
B) Montreal Protocol
C) 30 percent protocol
D) international clean air treaty

6) United Nations Conference on Environment, also termed as Earth Summit, was held in 1992 in which
city ?
A) Rio de Janeiro
B) Kyoto
C) Stockholm
D) Copenhagen

7)Minamata disease was caused by pollution of water by

A)Mercury
B)Lead.
C)Tin
D)Methyl iso cyanide.

8)BOD stands for

A)Biotic oxidation demand
B)Biological oxidation demand.
C)Biological oxygen demand
D)Biochemical oxygen demand

9) IAIA stands for

A) International Association of Impact Assessment
B) Indian Association of Impact Assessment
C) International Assembly of Impact Assessment
D) Indian Assembly of Impact Assessment

10) According to WHO, maximum permissible level of chlorides in drinking water is

A) 100 mg/L
B) 200 mg/L
C) 600 mg/L
D) 800 mg/L

11)To reduce the water pollution which of the following genetically modified organism will
be best choice…
A)Plant
B) Animal
C)Bacteria
D)None of the above.

12)Among the following which is the most hazardous UV radiation..

A)UV-A
B) UV-B
C)UV-C
D) UV-D.

13) The uppermost zone of atmosphere of earth, where shortwave ultraviolet radiations are absorbed, is
A) Troposphere
B) Stratosphere
C) Mesosphere
D) Thermosphere

14)Which of the following will be best fuel

A)That burn yellow in color
B)That burn green in color
C)That burn black in color.
D)That burn blue in color.

15) Baba Amte was the leader of

A) Appiko Movement
B) Chipko Movement
C) Narmada Bachao Andolan
D) Tehri Dam Movement

16) Which one of the following techniques can be used for determining the level of cadmium in soil ?
A) UV – Visible spectrophotometer
B) Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer
C) XRD
D) IR spectrometer
17) Nalgonda technique of fluoride removal involves the use of
A) Aluminium salts
B) Sodium salts
C) Potassium salts
D) Magnesium salts

18) Radioactive waste management in our country is governed under:

A)Hazardous Waste (Management, Handling and Transboundary Movement)
B)Atomic Energy Act, 1962
C)Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
D)Biomedical Waste (Management & Handling) Rules 1998

19) The chemical formula for CFC11 is

A) CF2Cl2
B) CFCl3
C) CHFCl2
D) CHCl3

20) Which category of projects does not require Environmental Impact Assessment in accordance with the Indian
EIA Notification 2006?
A) Category A
B) Category B1
C) Category B2
D) None of the above

21) Acid rain is produce due to…

A) Oxides of nitrogen
B)Oxides of sulphur
C)Both A and B
D)none of the above.

22) Global warming is caused due to…

A) Decrease in co2 conc.
B) increase in co2 conc.
C) decrease in So2 conc.
D) Increase in No2 conc.

23) Establishment of a species in a new area is referred to as

A) Stabilization
B) Aggregation
C) Ecesis
D) Migration

24) Algal biofertilizer consists of

A) Blue green algae and earthworm
B) Algal biomass and Mycorrhiza
C) Blue green algae and Azolla
D) Green algae and Rhizobia

25) In biogas, 96% concentration is of…

A) Carbon dioxide
B)hydrogen sulphide
C)carbon monoxide.
D)Methane.

26) which of the following statement is /are correct…

A)Methanogens are anaerobes.
B) Methanogens are psychrophilic.
C) Methanogens are mesophilic.
D) Both A and B.

27) Ozone layer is found in…

A)trophposphere.
B)stratosphere
C) thermosphere
D)ionosphere

28)The overall result of global warming is/ are

A)increase in temperature
B)Melting of ice
C)Rise in level of sea.
D)All of the above.

29) Risk assessment is different from Environmental Impact Assessment in terms of

A) Hazard identification
B) Disaster management
C)Probability expression
D) Consideration of human environment

30) Ex-situ conservation is the conservation of species outside its habitat

A) outside its habitat
B) inside its habitat
C) Both habitat
D)None of the above.

31) In-situ conservation is the conservation of species outside its habitat

A) outside its habitat

B) inside its habitat
C) In marine water
D)In Fresh water.

32) Expansion of (MAB) is

A) Man and Biology Programme

B) Man and Biosphere Programme
C) Man and Biotic Programme
D)All the above.

33) Sundarban national park of West Bengal is a Tiger reserve

A) Tiger and Lion reserve

B) Tiger reserve
C) Black buck Sanctuary
D)Snake park.
34) The only Butterfly Park in India is located in.

A) Gangtok (Assam)
B) Gir forest
C) Sariska
D)Bandhvgarh national park.

35) 5th June is celebrated as

A) World Environment day.
B) World Ecology day.
C) World water day.
D) World Earth day.

36) 16th september is celebrated as

A) World Environment day.
B) World wetland day.
C) World ozone day.
D) World Earth day.

37) The concept of Hot spot was developed by

A) Reiter.
B) R. Mishra.
C) Darwin.
D) Norman Myers.

38) The Hotspots of India are

A) Mekal Range
B) Western Ghats and Eastern Himalayas.
C) Satpura Range
D) Vindhyanchal range

39) The diversity of habitats over the total landscape or geographical area.

A) Gamma diversity
B) Beta diversity
C) Alpha diversity
D) None of the above

40) Recombinant DNA technology was developed by

A) Kary. B. Mullis
B) Cohen and Boyer
C) Pristley
D) Spencer

41) Environmental Protection Act was enacted in India during

A) 1986

B) 1984

C) 1994
D) 1987

42) a programming error that causes a program to behave in an unexpected way.

A) Bug
B) Boot
C) card
D) catche

43) A copy of a file or disk you make for archiving purposes.

A) Formate
B) Backup
C) clean up
D) Restore

44) A paper printout of what you have prepared on the computer.

A) soft copy
B) file
C) Hard copy
D) All the above

45) Salinity of soil can be corrected by the use of

A) Pottasium
B) Lime
C) Sulphates
D) All the above

46) Black soil is rich in

A) Nitrogen
B) Magnessium
C) Clay and Humus.
D) silt

47) The correct sequence of organizational complexity is –

A) Species - Population –– Community -Ecosystem.

B) Population – Species – Community -Ecosystem.
C) Community -Population – Species –-Ecosystem.
D) None of the above

48) Allopatric speciation is due to

A) Geographical isolation.
B) Reproductive isolation.
C) Species isolation.
D)Class isolation

49) Communication in honey bee (waggle dance) is discovered by

A) lamarck
B) Muller
C) Karl Von Frisch.
D) Edward
50) The Ecological pyramid that never occurs in the Inverted form is

A) Pyramid of number
B) Pyramid of Biomass
C) Pyramid of Energy
D) All the above

51) Warm ocean surge of Peru Current recurring every 5-8 years or so in the East Pacific of SouthAmerica is

A) La Nino
B) El Nino.
C) Volcano
D) Tussocks

52) The part of the world that has high density of organisms is

A) Tropical rain forests.

B) Savana
C) Deciduous Forest
D) Deserts

53) The Phosphorous rich fertilizer obtained from Sea birds along the cost of Chili and Peru is

A) Asphalt
B) Lime
C) Calcitrol
D) Guano.

54) The most dangerous Radio isotope to humans is

A) Iodine 131
B) Strontium 90.
C) C14
D) Potassium 40

55) Kock knee disease is due to

A) Excess Fluoride in the water.

B) Excess chloride in the water.
C) Minimum Potassium in the water.
D) Excess Potassium in the water.

56) NEERI is –

A) National Environmental Engineering Research Institute.

B) National Ecology Engineering Research Institute.

C) National Environmental Engineering Regain Institute.

D) All the above

57) The most common microbiological indicator that represents polluted water is –

A) Escherichia coli.

B) Scendesmus

C) Spirogyra

D) Azolla

58) National Pollution Prevention day are celebrated on

A) Sept 16

B) Dec 2

C) June 5

D) April 22

59) Periyar wild life sanctuary of Kerala is famous for

A) Tiger Only

B) Elephants and other animals.

C) Snake only

D) Koyote Only

60) The symbol of WWF is

A) Tiger

B) Elephants

C) Giant Panda

D) Barn Owl

61) Strongtium-90 causes

A) Lung cancer

B) Bone cancer

C) Bile duct cancer

D) None of the above

Find the Correct Spelling

62)
A) Comitment
B) Comittment
C) Committment
D) Commitment

63)
A) Fulifil
B) Fulfil
C) Fulfill
D) FulIfill

64)
A) Defendant
B) Defendent
C) Defandent
D) Defandant

65) Animal living on land and in water

A) Ambiguous
B) Pacify
C) Amphibian
D) Ambivalend

66) Camouflage (Choose correct word )

A) Deject
B) Disappear
C) Drown
D) Conceal

67) Pick out the most appropriate word from the given alternatives
To fill in the blank
In hot weather I like lying in the……….of a tree.
A)shadow
B)shelter
C)protection
D) shade

68) Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word

TRANSPARENT
A)Coloured
B) Childlike
C)Opaque
D) Imminent

69) Find out the word correctly spelt

A) Accesible
B) Accesibel
C) Accessible
D) Acessible

70) Choose the correct preposition

The river flows…….. the bridge.
A)below
B) under
C)into
D) to

71) 3251 + 587+ 369— ? = 3007

A) 1250
B) 1300
C) 1375
D) 1200

72) Insert the missing number— 16,33,65,131,261,……..

A) 523
B) 521
C) 613
D) 721

73) If 2 tables and 3 chairs cost Rs.3500 and 3 tables and 2 chairs cost Rs. 4000, then how much does a table cost?
A) As. 500
B) As. 750
C) As. 1000
D) Rs. 1500

74) When a number is divided by 893, the remainder is 193. What will be the remainder when it is divided by
47?
A)3
B)5
C)25
D)33

75) Air pressure is shown?

A) By isobars
B) By isotherms
C) By isosalines
D) By none of these

76) Main occupation of primitive man was?

A) Hunting
B) Cattle-rearing
C) Food-gathering
D) Fishing

77) If in a certain code UMBRELLA is written as 12345678, then how would BEAR be written?
A)3684
B) 3594
C)3584
D) 3585

78) Find out the next one in following series: BDF, CFI, DHL, EJO
A)EIN
B) JEN
C)CFI
D) FLR

79) Which one of the following silver salts is used for producing artificial rains?

A) Silver chloride

B) Silver bromide

C) Silver nitrate

D) Silver iodide

80) Methane is present in the atmosphere of?

A) Moon

B) Sun

C) Jupiter

D) Mars

81) In which of the following industries is mica used as a raw material?

A) Iron and Steel

B) Toys

C) Glass and Pottery

D) Electrical

82) Which of the following leguminous plant is also a petro-plant?

A) Pigeon-pea

B) Pea

C)Gram

D) Jatropha

83) Phytoalexins are

A) Phenolic compounds
B) produced by host cells
C) it is produced against fungal attack
D)all of these

84) In soil water, the principal water available to the plants is

A) hygroscopic
B) surface
C) capillary
D) gravitational

85) The Himalayan mountain ranges are not a part of which of the following state ?
A) Uttarakhand
B) UP
C) Sikkim
D) Himachal Pradesh

86) The equator does not pass through which of the Following country ?
A) Kenya
B)Mexico
C)Indonesia
D) Brazil

87) Study of fresh water ecosystems.

A) Limnology
B) Malacology
C)Entomology
D) Ecology

88) Simlipal National Park is situated in?

A)West Bengal
B)Orissa
C)Chillasgarh
D) Bihar

89) Biodegradable plastics are made using which of the following compounds?
A) Proteins
B) Lipids
C) Poly beta Hydroxy alconates
D) Alkaloids

90) Exotic weed which has proved very harmful for wetlands
A) Salvia
B) Eichornia
C) Verbenia
D) Eupatromia

91) Lotka- Voltera model explains

A) Competition
B) Herbivory
C) Mutualism
D) Predation

92) Which of the following require silica for survival?

A) Molluscs
B) Coral reefs
C) Cyanobacteria
D) Diatoms

93) Which of the following is correct?

A) NPP=GPP
B) NPP=GPP-R
C) NPP=GPP+R
D) GPP-R

94) Term ‘niche’ was coined by

A) Hutchinson
B) Odum
C) J. Grinell
D) Kormondy

95 ) Which of the following is not an example of atypical lotic habitat

A) Spring
B) River
C) Stream
D) Swamp

96 ) Laminar Flow is used for

A) Sterilization
B) Filtration
C) Inoculation during tissue culture
D) Filtration

97) In which of the following organisms did Woodell, Wurster, and Isaacson find the highest concentration of
DDT residues?
A) plankton
B) flounders
C) herring gulls
D)grass shoots

98) Why is drinking water tested for the presence of coliform bacteria?
A) All coliform bacteria cause disease.
B) Coliform bacteria are indicative of fecal contamination.
C) They interfere with steps in water purification.
D) They ferment lactose
99) The family name of the scientist who coined the term "limnology" was:
A) Birge
B) Edmondson
C) Forel
D) Hutchinson

100) Water with a high concentration of calcium and magnesium ions is called:
A) Alkaline water
B) Hard water
C) Saline water
D) Ice