EST-22447 (Assignment-2)

1. The Biosphere is also called as

a. Zone of life on earth
b. Zone of wild life on earth
c. Life in environment
d. Life on earth and moon
2. The major greenhouse gases are-
a. CO2,CH4,N2O
b. CO2,O2,SO2
c. CH4,CH3,CH2
d. CO2,CO3,O2
3. ……..on cryotic soil is soil at or below the freezing point of water 0ºC (32ºF) for two
or more years-
a. Frost
b. Riparian
c. Permafrost
d. Thermofrost
4. USA dropped bomb in Nagasaki on ……1945-
a. August 06
b. August 01
c. August 09
d. August 11
5. Why didn’t the Fukushima plant systems which were designed to keep the nuclear
fuel cool work?
a. They were poorly designed and didn’t have the necessary capacity
b. The reactor were so badly damaged that there were no pipes let to carry cooling
water into the reactor.
c. The operators, like those at Three Mile Island, misunderstood what was going on
and they shut down the key systems.
d. Between the earthquake and the Tsunami, all the sources of electrical powers were
comprised and the cooling systems could not function.
6. Nobel peace prize in 2004 for contribution towards environment conservation was
awarded to-
a. Ratan Tata
b. S.D.Bush
c. Mangal Singh
d. Wangari Maathaii
7. Mining depends on-
a. Concentration of minerals
b. Ease of Extraction
c. Nearness of the market
d. All of the above
8. Which one is not true-
a. Lithosphere includes Crust and the upper most mantle
b. Lithosphere is underlain by the asthenosphere
 c. Lithosphere provides timber
d. Lithosphere is broken into tectonic plates
9. Biodiversity includes-
a. Refers to reconstruction of tropical forest
b. Refers to biological effects on commercial plantation
c. Refers to genetic, species, ecosystem and functional diversities
d. Refers to diversifying earths renewable and non-renewable resources
10. Which one of the following is the passive factor affecting soil formation
a. Topography
b. Time
c. Parent Material
d. All of the above
11. The forest cover of India in 1980 was around …..of the total land mass.
a. 32.7
b. 22.7
c. 42.7
d. 12.7
12. The Himalayas, which is often called as…..
a. The top of the world
b. The cover of the world
c. The roof of the world
d. The shield of the world
13. EFL stand for-
a. Ecological Fractured land
b. Ecological Fragile land
c. Ecological Fertile land
d. Ecological Fruitful land
14. In Maharashtra Nuclear power plant is in……
a. Chandrapur
b. Nagpur
c. Tarapur
d. Mumbai
15. In a food chain, accumulation of non-biodegradable materials is called as-
a. Biomagnification
b. Biosequestration
c. Detoxification
d. Buffer
16. The Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MOEF) is the nodal agency for
implementing provisions of ….. in India.
a. NBA
b. CBD
c. LMMC
d. OCED
17. The book list containing a record of the threatened species is called as-
a. Yellow data book
b. Red data book
 c. Orange data book
d. Wild data book
18. Kaziranga National Park is in-
a. Maharashtra
b. Bihar
c. Assam
d. Uttaranchal
19. MAB programme stands for-
a. Man and Biology
b. Man and Biosphere
c. Man and Biotechnology
d. Material and Biology
20. ICUN headquarters are at-
a. Morges, Switzerland
b. Paris, France
c. Vienna, Austria
d. New York, USA
21. Study the four statements (i-iv) given below and select the two correct of them
i. A lion eating a deer and a sparrow feeding on grain are ecologically similar in
being consumers
ii. Predator star fish Pisaster helps in maintaining species diversity of some
invertebrates
iii. Predators ultimately lead to the extension of the prey species
iv. Production of the chemicals such as nicotine, strychnine by the plants are
metabolic disorders
a. (i) and (ii)
b. (ii) and (iii)
c. (iii) and (iv)
d. (I) and (iv)
22. Decibel (dB) is the measure of….
a. Sound language
b. Sound intensity
c. Sound bells
d. Sound frequency
23. Primary sewage removes what percentage of the biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)
from domestic sewage?
a. 3
b. 13
c. 30
d. 33
24. WEEE stands for
a. Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
b. Waste Environmental and Electronic Equipment
c. Worst Electrical and Electronic Equipment
d. Worst Environmental and Electronic Equipment
25. Cotton dust produce lung fibrosis is, also called as…
a. Silicosis
b. Byssinosis
c. Siderosis
d. None of the above
26. Pesticides are also called as…
a. Supercides
b. Biocides
c. Nanocides
d. Catcides
27. The water coming out from the house sinks, bathtubs, laundry machine and which can
be used in water plants is called as..
a. Grey water
b. Yellow water
c. Black water
d. Blue water
28. Factories are the ……of water pollution
a. Actual source
b. Point source
c. Non-point source
d. Artificial source
29. VOC stands for…
a. Volcanic Organic Compound
b. Volatile Organic Compound
c. Various Organic Compound
d. Volcanic Obtainable Compound
30. Radon gas is responsible for…
a. Bone cancer
b. Lung cancer
c. Skin cancer
d. Blood cancer
31. Radioactivity is a property of certain elements to spontaneously emit protons. It
means emission of…
a. Alpha radiation
b. Beta radiation
c. Gamma radiation
d. None of the above
32. Volcanic eruption releases gases and volcanic…..
a. Chemical
b. Ash
c. Dust
d. Carbon
33. Because warming is global, earth is warming up uniformly everywhere
a. True b. False
34. The pollutant which occurs in nature but becomes pollutant when their concentration
reaches beyond the threshold value in the environment is called as…
a. Primary pollutants
b. Secondary pollutants
c. Quantitative pollutants
d. Qualitative pollutants
35. Carbon credit is meant for
a. Deforestation
b. Rural infrastructure
c. Protection of environment
d. Diamond trading
36. In nuclear fission
a. A large atom of one element is split to produce two smaller atoms of different
elements
b. A large molecule of one element is split to produce two smaller molecules of
different elements
c. Two smaller atoms combine to form a larger atom of a different element
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
37. Closing down of nuclear power plant can cost more than building the plant in the first
place
a. True b. False
38. The greenhouse effect is caused by…
a. Greenhouse gases in the lower atmosphere absorbing solar radiation
b. Greenhouse gases in the lower atmosphere absorbing radiation form the earth’s
surface, and preventing much of it escaping into space
c. Too much heat in the atmosphere
d. Too much sunshine reaching earth
39. Which one of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas?
a. Nitrous oxide
b. Carbon dioxide
c. Methane
d. Oxygen
e. All are greenhouse gas
40. What is a watershed?
a. Area of land that water flows across as it moves towards a larger water body
b. Area of land from which water drains to particular water body
c. Moisture realised from clods in the form of rain, snow, hail etc…
d. All of the above