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Environment Test Questions

1)The green house gases, otherwise called radioactively active gases includes

A. Carbon dioxide
B. CH4
C. N2O
D. All of these✔

2) Greenhouse effect is caused by

A) Green plants
B) infrared rays✔
C) UV rays
D) X- rays

3) The conservation of natural resources

A) Was not encouraged in ancient India

B) Was encouraged in ancient india.✔
C) Is recently being used in India
D) None of these

4) Reduce,Recycle,Reuse,Recover are popularly known as___

A) 4 R for sustainable development✔

B) R’s to be followed
C) Essential R’s for better life.
D) None of the above.

5) Which of the following global trend is of great concern for the future of our environment?

A) degradation of fertile soils

B) change in the global atmospere
C) species extinction leading to the loss of biodiversity
D) All of the above✔

6) The refrigeration industries contribute one of following gas which adds to green house effect.

A) Chloro fluoro carbon [CFC]✔

B) Chloro fluoro chloride [CFCI]
C) Chloro fluoro carbonate (CFC)
D) None of the above

7) Ozonosphere is a separate layer in stratosphere, at a height of

A) 10-20 kms from sea level

B) 15-30 kms from sea level✔
C) 30-40 kms from sea level
D) None of the above
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8) Hydrocarbons and NO, interact leading to formation of photochemical smog in atmosphere. In which layer
of atmosphere such an interaction takes place?

A) Middle layer of atmosphere✔

B) Lower layer of atmosphere
C) Higher layer of atmosphere
D) None of the above

9) Which of these causes the sea level change over flooding due to process of melting of snow?

A) Global warming✔
B) Ozone layer damaging
C) Beth (i) and (ii)
D) None of these.

10) Which of the following diseases is caused to humans due to ozone layer depletion?

A) Skin, lungs and blood cancer✔

B) Brain tumor
C) Heart attack
D) None of the above

11) Due to acid rain, how fertility of soil gets affected?

A)Soil gets more fertile

B) Soil remains unaffected
C) Fertility of soil reduces✔
D) None of the above

12) USCB is short form for

A)United States Census Bureau✔

B) United States Community BureauUnited and Communist
C) United and Communist for Society Beaurocrates.
D) None of the above

13) Our natural environment has and values.

A) Qualitative and quantitative✔

B)Preservation and conservation
C)Utilization and recreation
D) None of the above

14)The species in world have numerous number of

A)Complex chemicals✔
B) Toxic elements
C) Useless substances
D) None of the above
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15) Gaseous compounds of carbon,fluorine and chlorine

A)CEC
B) HCP
C)CHC✔
D) HC

16) CFC used widely as

A) Coolant
B) Refrigerant✔
C) Air coolers
D) None of the above

17) Global warming can be controlled by

A. increasing deforestation, reducing efficiency of energy usage

B. reasing deforestation, slowing down the growth of human population
C. reducing deforestation, increasing the use of fossil fuel
D. reducing deforestation, cutting down use of fossil fuel✔

18) Taj Mahal is said to be suffering from “Marble Cancer”. What is Marble Cancer?

A) Acidic Rain which corrodes marble

B) Large number of fungus in TajMahal marbles
C) Yellowing of the marble on account of Soot particles✔
D) Smokes filling the Taj Mahal from adjoining industries

19) Which one of the following is an example of non-renewable resources?

A) Wind
B) Vegetation
C) Coal and Minerals✔
D) Water

20) Which one of the following is not fossil fuel?

A) Petroleum
B) Coal
C) Natural gas
D) Uranium✔

21)._________________ is the major raw material for biogas.

A) Tree leaves
B) Grass
C) Cow dung✔
D) Waste from kitchen

22) Van Mahotsav is an annual tree-planting festival in India, celebrated on:

A) 2nd June
B) 1st July✔
C) 1st December
D) 15th September
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23) Which is true?

A) Oxygen content may not get reduced if forest cover is not sufficient on the earth
B) Forests can be said to behave like non-renewable resources if not overused.✔
C) Fishes are capable of reproducing at the rate at which they are being caught.
D) None of the above

24) The unlimited Exploitation of Nature by Human being resulted in

A) Environmental pollution
B) Health Problems
C) decrease in biodiversity
D) all the given✔

25) Which of the following facts is incorrect?

A) Global warming is the rise in the average temperature of the earth's climate system
B) Eutrophication is observed in water bodies
C) The greenhouse effect is a natural phenomenon
D) Ozone is harmless to breathe✔