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Audit Course Examination, November 2023 Phase I
E01 | Environmental Studies
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1) What are the chemicals that lead to acid rain?

Ans: B) sulfur dioxide & nitrogen oxide
2) Magazine of Bombay Natural History Society is named as
Ans: D) Hornbill
3) The inherent ability of organisms to reproduce and multiply is called,
Ans: B) biotic potential
4) The forests which occur in law rain fall area is
Ans: B) Deciduous forests
5) Which is the second largest in species richness?
Ans: C) Coral reefs
6) BNHS is located in
Ans: B) Mumbai
7) Gharial is a
Ans: A) Crocodile
8) The largest brackish water lake situated in Asia is in Orissa. Which is the lake?
Ans: A) Chilka lake
9) Who coined the slogan of 'Chipko Movement' Ecology is Permanent Economy?
Ans: C) Sunderlal Bahuguna
10) Which of the following is not a viable protection against deforestation?
Ans: C) Privatisation of forest land
11) The intensity of earthquake is measured in ____________
Ans: B) Richter scale
12) The noise is measured in
Ans: A) Decibels
13) Environment Protection Act of 1986 is meant for
Ans: A) Waste management
14) Which tree is known as Coral tree?
Ans: C) Erythrina
15) The worst nuclear accident happened to date is occurred at ___________
Ans: A) Chernobyl in 1986
16) Some pollutants combine with hemoglobin and impede oxygen transport. Such pollutants are...
Ans: C) CO
17) Patches of tall grasslands interspersed with Sal forest ecosystem is
Ans: A) Terrai
18) Organisms which depened on Producers for nutrition are called
Ans: C) Consumers
19) Forests grow in high rain fall areas are
Ans: A) Ever green forests
20) Largest reptile in the world
Ans: B) Anaconda
21) Autobiography of Dr. Salim Ali
Ans: B) Fall of a sparrow
22) The Little Rann of Kutch is home to
Ans: D) Wild Ass
23) A Hawk that eats a frog is a
Ans: D) Tertiary Consumer
24) Ozone in lower atmosphere is an example of ...

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Audit Course Examination, November 2023 Phase I
E01 | Environmental Studies
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Ans: B) Secondary pollutant

25) Bears are usually hunted and killed for their
Ans: B) Skin
26) What is UNCED?
Ans: C) United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
27) Soil pollution is caused by....
Ans: D) All of these
28) Exxon Valdez?
Ans: A) Oil Tanker which sank in 1989 along the coast of Alaska and marine life seriously affected
29) Colorless odorless and non corrosive air pollutant is
Ans: C) Carbon dioxide
30) The teeth are likely to be pitted, more susceptible to cavities and wear, when the fluoride concentration is:
Ans: D) More than 4 mg/1
31) Study of inter-relationship between organisms and their environment is called
Ans: A) Ecology
32) Fungi is a
Ans: D) Microconsumer
33) Karnataka State Pollution Control Board was established in the year
Ans: A) 1974
34) The environmental (protection) act of India was enacted in the year
Ans: A) 1956
35) Plants which grow in shade are called
Ans: A) Sciophytes
36) Increase in fauna and decrease in flora would be harmful due to increase in:
Ans: B) CO
37) Sulphur bacteria are examples of
Ans: D) Autotrophs
38) The term Ecology was coined by
Ans: B) Earnst Haeckel
39) Water pollution is caused by....
Ans: A) CO
40) Earth summit of Rio de Janeiro 1992) resulted in
Ans: B) Establishment of biosphere reserves
41) Salmonellosis is a disease related to consumption of
Ans: D) All of these
42) Which of the following is a natural source of Air pollution?
Ans: A) Acid rain
43) World wildlife week is observed during
Ans: D) First week of September
44) The area to which a species is biologically adapted to live is known
Ans: B) Habitat
45) Weather occurs in the Earths:
Ans: D) Thermosphere
46) Energy flow in an ecosystem is always:
Ans: A) Unidirectional
47) Which of the following are consequences of ozone depletion
Ans: A) Skin cancer and cataract

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 FAROOK COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)
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Audit Course Examination, November 2023 Phase I
E01 | Environmental Studies
Register No.: Name:

48) The legally binding international agreement to reduce Greenhouse gases by 5% 2012 is_________
Ans: C) Kyoto Protocol
49) Ozone layer is situated in which strata of artmosphere?
Ans: B) Stratosphere
50) Boron, Zinc and Manganese are usually referred to as
Ans: A) Micronutrients
51) Largest source of air pollution in cities are ....
Ans: C) Automobiles
52) Environmental protection is the responsibility of
Ans: D) All of the above
53) The Red Data book which lists endangered species is maintained by
Ans: C) IUCN
54) Wetlands in the flood plains of rivers are also considered as nature?s ________
Ans: C) flood control systems
55) What is edge species?
Ans: A) The species which occur abundantly in the ecotone
56) Global worming means
Ans: D) All the above.
57) The word Tsunami is derived from two Japanese words
Ans: B) tsu (harbour) and nami (wave)
58) Zoos are examples for
Ans: C) Ex-situ conservation
59) What is deforestation?
Ans: B) Destruction of forest
60) Exposure of human body to radiation may cause...
Ans: D) Leukemia

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