UNIT I {Multidisciplinary Nature of c) Nature

Environment} d) Urbanisation
7. Environment is the life support
PRACTICE SHEET
system that includes
1. The term ‘Environment’ has been a) Air
derived from the French word b) Water
which means to encircle or c) Land
surround. d) All of the above
a) Environ 8. Biosphere is
b) Oikos a) The solid shell of inorganic
c) Geo materials on the surface of the
d) Aqua earth
2. The objective of Environment b) The thin shell of organic
studies is matter on the surface of the
a) Raise consciousness about earth comprising of all the
environment conditions living things
b) To teach environmentally c) The sphere which occupies the
appropriate behaviour maximum volume of all the
c) Create an environmental ethic spheres
sensitive society d) All the above
d) All of the above 9. Atmosphere consists of 79 percent
3. Which of the following is not Nitrogen and 21 percent Oxygen
influenced by human activities? by
a) Destruction of mangroves and a) Volume
wetlands b) Weight
b) Depletion of ground water c) Density
c) Increased extinction rate of d) All of these
species 10. The word ‘Environment’ is derived
d) None of the above from
4. Which of the following is a) Greek
management option for air b) French
pollution? c) Spanish
a) Regulations and standards d) English
b) Transport planning 11. The World environment day is on:
c) Using CNG as fuel a) 5th May
d) All of these b) 5th June
5. Development activities on the c) 18th July
hydrosphere cause d) 16th August
a) Air pollution 12. Which of the following are major
b) Soil pollution environmental issues involved in
c) Water pollution mining?
d) Soil erosion a) Air pollution
6. The basic requirements of human b) Water pollution
beings are provided by c) Soil degradation
a) Industrialisation d) All of the above
b) Agriculture 13. Sustainable development means
 a) Meeting present needs without 17. Which of the following is the most
compromising on future needs environment friendly agricultural
b) Progress of human beings practice?
c) Balance between human a) Using chemical fertilizers
needs and the ability of earth b) Using insecticides
to provide the resources c) Organic farming
d) All of the above d) None of the above
14. The most important remedy to 18. Which of the following is an
avoid negative impact due to inexhaustible form of energy?
industrialisation is a) Water
a) Industry should be closed b) Fossil
b) Don’t allow new industrial c) Solar
units d) All of the above
c) Industry should treat all the 19. Biogas contains mainly
wastes generated by it before a) Methane
disposal b) Propane
d) Industries should be shifted far c) Butane
away from human habitats d) Carbon dioxide
15. Sustainable development will not 20. What are the consequences of
aim at excessive mining in an area?
a) Social economic development a) Air and water pollution
which optimizes the economic b) Deforestation
and social benefits available in c) Migration of large numbers of
the present, without spoiling population
the likely potential for similar d) All of the above
benefits in the future 21. Resources which are directly
b) Reasonable and equally derived from nature are referred to
distributed level of economic as
well-being that can be a) Organic resources
perpetuated continually b) Natural resources
c) Development that meets the c) Man-made resources
needs of the present without d) None of the above
compromising the needs of 22. Resources that take too long a
future generations to meet their period of time to be used as a
own needs resource are called as
d) Maximising the present day a) Renewable resource
benefits through increased b) Non-renewable resource
resource consumption c) Exhaustible resource
16. What would you do to prevent d) Inexhaustible resource
environmental damage 23. A resource that cannot be replaced
a) Plant trees in a reasonably short time is
b) Stop deforestation usually referred to as
c) Control pollution a) Renewable
d) All of the above b) Non-renewable
c) Natural
d) Man made
24. Man-made resources are alternative b) To teach environmentally
to natural resources for a variety of appropriate behaviour
reasons. Which of these would not c) Create an environmental ethic
be one of those? that fosters awareness about
a) They increase variety and ecological inter-dependence of
choice economics, social and political
b) They are cheaper to produce d) All of the above
than natural resources 30. Environmental education is
c) They are made from important only at
renewable resources a) Primary school stage
d) They are better suited for the b) Secondary school stage
purpose for which they will be c) Collage stage
used d) All stages
25. Energy in the rays from the sun is 31. The Chipko movement was
called originated in_____district of
a) Solar energy Uttarakhand
b) Wind energy a) Harridwar
c) Tidal energy b) Dehradun
d) Water energy c) Champawat
26. Which is a list of renewable d) Chamoli
resources? 32. _____is the example of non-
a) Petroleum, geothermal, wind renewable natural resources
b) Biomass, geothermal, a) Water
hydropower b) Solar energy
c) Natural gas, wind, biomass c) Crops
d) Hydropower, solar, wind d) Coal and petroleum
energy 33. Which of the following is a fossil
27. Which out of the following are the fuel?
causes of soil erosion? a) Tar
a) Unrestricted grazing b) Coal
b) Over cultivation c) Petroleum
c) Deforestation d) All the above
d) All of the above 34. Soil erosion can be prevented by
28. The process of restoring forests a) Afforestation
that once existed but was removed b) Deforestation
at some time in the past is known c) Over growing
as d) Removal of vegetation
a) Afforestation 35. Earth’s surface is covered with
b) Reforestation nearly _____ of water.
c) Deforestation a) 80%
d) None of these b) 64%
29. The objective of environmental c) 71%
education is d) 78%
a) Raise consciousness about 36. Deforestation is caused by
environmental education a) Over population and shifting of
cultivation
 b) The increase in demand for fuel a) Sweden
is another reason b) Austria
c) Over grazing and forest fire c) India
d) All the above d) Greece
37. IUNC stands for 44. What is the name of the action plan
a) International Union for for sustainable development in the
Twenty first century framed in the
Conservation of Nature
Rio Declaration on Environment
b) International Union for
&Development (1992)?
Conservation of Nature and a) Action 21
Natural Resources b) Agenda 21
c) International Union Council for c) Rio 21
Nature d) Declaration 21
d) International Union council for 45. Enrichment of water body by
Conservation of Nature and nutrients like phosphorus and
Natural Resources nitrogen is called
38. Expanding population trend is a) Succession
predicted for the coming years b) Eutrophication
when age pyramid is c) Stratification
d) None of these
a) Bell shaped
46. Salinization is
b) Pyramid shaped
a) Accumulation of salts in water
c) Urn shaped
b) Accumulation of salts in soil
d) None of these c) Accumulation of salts in body
39. World Water Day is celebrated on d) Accumulation of salts in
a) May 22 animals
b) June 05 47. Aquatic life is damaged by
c) March 22 a) Sound pollution
d) May 11 b) Air Pollution
40. Public awareness of environment c) Thermal pollution
creates ___________ d) All of these
a) Environment protection 48. Lead in water can cause
b) Environment degradation a) eye disease
c) Environmental improvement b) arthritis
d) Environmental cultivation c) kidney damage
41. Official date of Earth Day is on d) hair falling
a) April 22 49. MOEF means
b) March 21 a) Ministry of Forest and Energy
c) May 22 b) Ministry of Environment and
d) June 05 Forests
42. On which date was the Stockholm c) Ministry of Fuel and Energy
Conference on Human d) Management of Environment
Environment held? and Forestry
a) July 6th 1974 50. Extensive planting of trees to
b) Aug 8th 1976 increase forest cover is called
c) June 5th 1972 a) Afforestation
d) Dec 12th 1990 b) Agroforestry
43. Where was the Stockholm c) Deforestation
conference on Human Environment d) Social forestry
held?