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126. The range of normal human hearing is in the range of

A. 10 Hz to 80 Hz

B. 50 Hz to 80 Hz

C. 50Hz to 15000 Hz

D. 15000 Hz and above

Answer: C

127. The pollution which does not persistent harm to life supporting
system is

A. Noise pollution

B. Radiation pollution

C. Organochlorine pollution

D. All of these

Answer: A

128. Soap and detergents are the source of organic pollutants like:

A. glycerol

B. polyphosphates

C. sulphonated hydrocarbons

D. all of these

Answer: D

129. Growing agricultural crops between rows of planted trees is known as

A. Social forestry

B. Jhum

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130. The main atmospheric layer near the surface of earth is

A. troposphere

B. mesophere

C. ionosphere

D. stratosphere

Answer: A

131. Man made sources of radiation pollution are:

A. mining

B. explosion of nuclear weapons

C. nuclear fuels and preparation of radioactive isotopes

D. all of these

Answer: D

132. The cutting down of trees and setting them on fire and raising crops
on the resulting ash is called:

A. Pyrolysis

B. Jhum

C. Taungya system

D. Shift cultivation

Answer: B

133. Percentage of forest area recommended by the the national forest

policy for plains is

A. 33%

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Answer: A

134. Example of primary pollutant

A. SO2

B. NO2

C. CO

D. hydrocarbons

Answer: D

135. Commonly used radioactive isotopes in scientific research

A. 14 C

B. 125 I

C. 32 P

D. all of these

Answer: D

136. Drinking of fluoride containing water results :

A. fluorosis

B. chlorosis

C. minemata

D. methaemoglobinema

Answer: A

137. Chipco movement is a public agitation that occurred in

A. Mansbal area in Kashmir

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B. Silent valley in Kerala
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D. Tehri Garhwal area of Uttar Pradesh

Answer: D

138. High biological oxygen demand indicates:

A. absence of microbial pollution

B. moderate microbial pollution

C. intense level of microbial pollution

D. all of these

Answer: C

139. Ozonosphere seen in

A. ionosphere

B. thermosphere

C. mesophere

D. stratosphere

Answer: D

140. Harmful trace metals in fly ash:

A. antimony

B. cadmium

C. arsenic

D. all of the above

Answer: D

141. In a pyramid of numbers, in a grassland ecosystem, the largest

population is that of

A. Producers

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Answer: A

142. Which of the following statements regarding species interdependence

are true? A) An association of two species where one is benefitted and
other remains unaffected called mutualism B) An interspecific association
where both partners derive benefit from each other is called
commensalism C) A direct food relation between two species of animals in
which one animals kills and feed on another is referred as predation D) A
relationship between two species of organism where both the partners are
benefitted from each other is called symbiosis.

A. A and B only

B. C and D only

C. A and C only

D. B and C only

Answer: B

143. The formula of growth rate for population in given time is

A. dt/dN=rN

B. dt/rN=dN

C. dt/rN=dt

D. dN/dt=rN

Answer: D

144. One greenhouse gas contributes 14% to total global warming and
another contributes 6%. These are respectively identified as

A. N2O and CO2

B. CFCs and N2O

C. Methane and CO2

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145. Which of the following is false?

A. Quantity of biomass in a trophic level at a particular period is called as standing crop

B. The energy content in a trophic level is determined is determined by considering a few

individuals of a species in that trophic level.

C. The succession that occurs in newly cooled lava is called primary succession

D. Rate of succession is faster in secondary succession

Answer: B

146. Many freshwater animals cannot live for long in sea water and vice
versa mainly because of the

A. Change in N levels

B. Change in the levels of thermal tolerance

C. Variations in light intensity

D. Osmotic problems

Answer: D

147. Which of the following regarding ecological pyramids is not correct?

A. In most ecosystems, the pyramid of numbers and biomass are up right

B. In tree dominated ecosystem the pyramid of numbers is inverted

C. The pyramid of energy expresses mainly the rate of food production

D. In deep water ecosystem, the pyramid of biomass is upright

Answer: A

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