GENERAL KNOWLEDGE ARTICLES

Environment
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ASSISSTANT AGRICULTURAL OFFICER

ENVIRONMENT QUESTIONS
1. Insectivorous plants not able to synthesize enough protein due to the deficiency of
A) Hydrogen
B) Carbon
C) Nitrogen
D) Oxygen

2. Which is known as “Sundew Plant”?

A) Cuscuta
B) Drosera
C) Vanda
D) Viscum

3. Johannesburg 2002 United Nations Conference was on

A) Software development
B) Transport development
C) Sustainable development
D) Community development
Answers

1.C 2.B 3.C 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

ASSISTANT WORKS MANAGER FOR PRESS

ENVIRONMENT QUESTIONS
1. Identify the correctly matched pair

A) Baseeonvention Bio diversity conservation

B) Kyota protocol Climatic change

C) Montreal protocol Air pollution

D) Ramsar convention Ground water pollution

 2. Which one of the following statement is correct?
A) George Perkins Marsh wrote the famous book about conservation and the
environment called Walden in 1856
B) Henry David Thoreau wrote the famous book about conservation and the
environment called Walden in 1854
C) John Muir wrote the famous book about conservation and the environment called
Walden in 1853
D) Theodore Roosevelt wrote the famous book about conservation and the environment

Answers

1.B 2.B 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

GEOLOGIST / ASSISTANT GEOLOGIST

ENVIRONMENT QUESTIONS
1. The Wild Life Protection Act of India was introduced in the year of
A) 1962
B) 1972
C) 1982
D) 1992

2. Which one is a correct pair?

A) Gir National Park Uttar Pradesh

B) Corbett Nationla Park Madhya Pradesh

C) Nagarjunasagar Sanctuary Andhra Pradesh

D) Periyar Sanctuary Karnataka

3. Match the following:

List I List II

State National Park / Sanctuary

a) Gujarat 1. Bandipur

b) Uttrakhant 2. Manas
 c) Assam 3.Gorbett

d) Karnataka 4.Gir

Codes:

  a b c d

A) 1 2 3 4

B) 2 1 4 3

C) 4 3 1 2

D) 4 3 2 1

Answers

1.B 2.C 3.D 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING IN THE MVM DEPT AND

THE POLICE TRANSPORT WORKSHOP-CUM-TRAINING SCHOOL
1. Which year the India Priyadarshini Vriksha Mitra Award was instituted in the field of
afforestation in India?
A) 1984
B) 1985
C) 1986
D) 1987

Answers

1.C 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER IN GROUP VII-B SERVICES

ENVIRONMENT QUESTIONS
1. Which of the following is considered as ‘hot spot biodiversity’ in India ?
A) Aravalli Hills
B) Western Ghats
C) Indo-Gangetic Plain
D) Eastern Ghats
2. The popular stockholm earth summit was held in
A) 1972
B) 1992
C) 2002
D) 2012

Answers

1.B 2.A 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

JAIL SUB ORDINATE SERVICE

ENVIRONMENT QUESTIONS
1. Red Data Book provides data on?
A) Biota of Red sea
B) Infra red rays
C) Red pigmented plants
D) Endangered species

Answers

1.D 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

JAILOR IN T.N JAIL SERVICE

ENVIRONMENT QUESTIONS
1. The convention on biological diversity was held from 4th —17th December 2016 at
A) Cancum, Mexico
B) Davos, Switzerland
C) Nagoya, Japan
D) New Delhi, India

2. Which of the following plant groups is best example for symbiosis?

A) Algae
B) Fungi
C) Bryophyte
D) Lichens
3. Who introduced the concept of hot spot in biodiversity?
A) Christopher Columbus
B) Norman Myers
C) WWF
D) Charles Darwin

4. In which Prevention and Control of Pollution Act, the noise is defended as Air Pollutant?
A) Pollution Act 1981 Section 2(a)
B) Pollution Act 1986 Section 2(a)
C) Pollution Act 2000 Section 3(b)
D) Pollution Act 2001 Section 3(b)
5. Sustainable development does not include
A) Improvement in health status
B) Improvement in environment quality
C) No-utilisation of natural resources
D) Reduction in emissions and waste

Answers

1.A 2.D 3.B 4.A 5.C 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

HOSTEL SUPERINTENDENT CVM PHYSICAL TRAINING OFFICER

ENVIRONMENT QUESTIONS

1. Consider the following statements.

Micro organisms play an important role in recycling of minerals between 

Assertion (A) :
biotic and biotic environment.

Reason (R)  : Bacteria and fungi act on dead and decaying organisms.

Now select your answer according to the cording scheme given below:
Codes:
A) (A) is wrong and (R) is true.
B) (A) is true and (R) is wrong.
C) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
D) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

Answers

1.C 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
 ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF HANDLOOM AND TEXTILES
ECONOMICS
1. Who was appointed as the first Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog ?
A) Ashok Gulati
B) Arvind Panagariya
C) Subramaniyam Swamy
D) Y.V. Reddy

2. Justice Sachar Committee was appointed to make recommendations for the welfare of
A) economically and educationally backward sections among the minorities
B) backward communities
C) women
D) transgenders

3. Planning Commission was set up in the year

A) 1950
B) 1947
C) 1955
D) 1958
4. Which Bank was called Imperial Bank?
A) State Bank of India
B) Reserve Bank of India
C) Bank of India
D) Indian Bank

5. Second Five Year Plan was formulated based on the ______________ model.
A) Mahalanobis
B) Rudra
C) Myrdal
D) A.K. Sen

6. The GDP growth of India for the financial year 2015-16 is

A) 8.0%
B) 7.6%
C) 7.2%
D) 7.9%

7. The new agricultural technology was tried as a pilot project and was called as
A) Integrated Rural Development Programme [IRDP]
B) Integrated District Development Programme [IDDP]
C) Intensive Agricultural Development Programme [IADP]
D) Intensive Agricultural District Programme [IADP]
 8. Which plan had set the correct goal in the form of moving “Towards faster and more
inclusive growth”?
A) 10th Plan
B) 9th Plan
C) 11th Plan
D) 12th Plan

9. Which district has the highest per capita income in Tamil Nadu in 2010-11 ?
A) Coimbatore
B) Chennai
C) Tanjavur
D) Kannyakumari

Answers

1.B 2.A 3.A 4.A 5.A 6.B 7.D 8.C 9.D 10.

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