Q1.Which one of the Q3.

The greenhouse effect

following is important is mostly caused by
strategy for the
conservation of (A) Ozone layer
biodiversity? (B) Moisture in the
(A) Wild Life Sanctuaries atmosphere

(B) National Parks (C) Infra red radiation

(C) Botanical Gardens (D) Carbon dioxide in the

atmosphere
(D) Biosphere Reserves
S3. Ans.(D) Carbon
S1. Ans.(D) Biosphere dioxide in the atmosphere
Reserves

Q4.Which one of the

Q2.Which one of the following adopted “Agenda
following trees is 21”?
considered to be an
environmental hazard? (A) Kyoto Protocol

(A) Eucalyptus (B) Montreal Protocol

(B) Babool (C) Summit on Sustainable

Development
(C) Neem
(D) First Earth Summit
(D) Amaltas
S4. Ans.(D) First Earth
S2. Ans.(A) Eucalyptus Summit
Q5.Which of the following
is not a greenhouse gas?
(A) Nitrogen
(B) Methane
Q7.The use of fossil fuels
is responsible for the
increase in the amount of
which gas in the
atmosphere?

(C) Nitrous oxide (A) Argon

(D) Carbon dioxide (B) Carbon dioxide

S5. Ans.(A) Nitrogen (C) Ozone

(D) Nitrogen
Q6.Which one of the S7. Ans.(B) Carbon
following is the best dioxide
source of generating
electricity in India from the
viewpoint of sustainable Q8.The Ramsar
development? convention is associated
with the conservation of
(A) Atomic energy
(A) Wet lands
(B) Coal
(B) Dry lands
(C) Mineral oil and gas
(C) Forests
(D) Hydro electricity
(D) Bio fuels
S6. Ans.(D) Hydro
electricity S8. Ans.(A) Wet lands
Q9.The greatest diversity Q11.The transitional zone
of animal and plant between two distinct
species occurs in communities is known as
(A) Equatorial forests (A) Ecotone
(B) Deserts and Savanna (B) Ecotype
(C) Temperature (C) Ecade
deciduous forests
(D) Ecosphere
(D) Tropical moist forests
S11. Ans.(A) Ecotone
S9. Ans.(A) Equatorial
forests
Q12.Which one among the
following is not an
Q10.In a food chain, the endangered bird on India?
solar energy utilized by
plants is only (A) Forest Owlet

(A) 1.0% (B) Mallard

(B) 10% (C) Great Indian Bustard

(C) 0.01% (D) White bellied Heron

(D) 0.1% S12. Ans.(B) Mallard

S10. Ans.(A) 1.0%

Q13.Chipko movement
was basically against
(A) Cultural pollution
(B) Deforestation (B) Environmental
pollution
(C) Noise pollution
(C) The destruction of
(D) Water pollution natural bahitats of
S13. Ans.(B) Deforestation organism
(D) All of the above
Q14.Global-500 Award is S15. Ans.(D) All of the
given for achievement in above
the field of
(A) Population control Q16.In ecosystem, a
(B) Movement against stable biogroup is called
terrorism (A) Succession
(C) Movement against (B) Seral
narcotics
(C) Climax
(D) Environmental
protection (D) Ecotone
S14. Ans.(D) S16. Ans.(D) Ecotone
Environmental protection

Q17.Which of the following

Q15.The loss of is not helpful in
biodiversity is due to maintaining ecological
stability?
(A) Destruction of forests
(A) Ecosystem diversity
(B) Homeostatic (D) Methane
mechanism
S19. Ans.(A) Nitrous oxide
(C) Ecosystem complexity and sulphur dioxide
(D) Ecosystem uniformity
S17. Ans.(D) Ecosystem Q20.Which of the following
uniformity components of ecosystem
acts as intermediatory
between biotic and abiotic
Q18.Which of the following components?
is not a water pollutant? (A) Habitat
(A) Sulphur dioxide (B) Decomposer
(B) Zinc (C) Consumer
(C) Copper (D) Producer
(D) Nickel S20. Ans.(D) Producer
S18. Ans.(C) Coppe
Q21.What term denotes
Q19.Acid rain is caused the organisms getting their
due to air pollution by food from others?

(A) Nitrous oxide and (A) Autotrophs

sulphur dioxide (B) Heterotrophs
(B) Carbon dioxide (C) Synthesizers
(C) Carbon monoxide (D) Producers
S21. Ans.(B) Heterotrophs
Q24.The maximum
biodiversity is found in
Q22.The Ozone layer (A) Arctic forests
restricts
(B) Tropical rain forests
(A) Ultraviolet radiation
(C) Temperate forests
(B) X-rays and Gamma
rays (D) Coniferous forests
(C) Infrared radiation S24. Ans.(B) Tropical rain
forests
(D) Visible light
S22. Ans.(A) Ultraviolet
radiation Q25.Which of the following
is designated as the “lungs
of the world”?
Q23.Among the biotic (A) Equatorial evergreen
components of the forests
ecosystem the producer
system is (B) Taiga forests
(A) Green plants (C) Mid-latitudes mixed
forests
(B) Tiger
(D) Mangrove forests
(C) Cow
S25. Ans.(A) Equatorial
(D) Peacock evergreen forests
S23. Ans.(A) Green plants
Q26.Global warming is (A) Hydrological cycle
caused due to the
emission of (B) Nitrogen cycle

(A) Hydrocarbon (C) Hydrogen cycle

(B) Carbon monoxide (D) Carbon cycle

(C) Carbon dioxide S28. Ans.(A) Hydrological

cycle
(D) Nitrogen
S26. Ans.(C) Carbon Q29.Which one of the
dioxide following energy is most
utilized in biomass?
Q27.An artificial (A) Tidal energy
ecosystem is represented
by (B) Geothermal energy

(A) Aquarium (C) Solar energy

(B) Agriculture land (D) Atomic energy

(C) Pisciculture tank S29.Ans.(C) Solar energy

(D) Zoo
Q30.The word ‘Ecology’
S27. Ans.(A) Aquarium was coined in 1866 by
(A) Ernst Haeckel
Q28.Which one of the
following is a part of (B) Charles Darwin
Geological cycle? (C) Robert Whittaker
 (D) Oxygen cycle
(D) Arthur Tansley
S32. Ans.(A) Water cycle
S30. Ans.(A) Ernst
Haeckel
Q33.The author of Green
Development is
Q31.Which one of the
following is related to (A) M.J. Bradshaw
ozone formation?
(B) M. Nicolson
(A) Photosynthesis
process (C) W.M. Adams

(B) Photochemical process (D) R.H. Whittaker

(C) Chemosynthesis S33. Ans.(C) W.M. Adams

process
(D) Hydrolysis process Q34.Lichens are the best
indicator of
S31. Ans.(B)
Photochemical process (A) Noise pollution
(B) Soil pollution
Q32.Solar radiation plays (C) Water pollution
the most important role in
the (D) Air pollution
(A) Water cycle S34. Ans.(D) Air pollution
(B) Nitrogen cycle
(C) Carbon cycle Q35.The term ‘ecosystem’
was enunciated by
 (C) Animal system
(A) A.G. Tansley
(D) Soil system
(B) E.P. Odum
S37. Ans.(D) Soil system
(C) G. Mendal
(D) C.C. Park
Q38.Which one of the
S35. Ans.(A) A.G. Tansley following ecosystems is
known as the ‘Land of Big
Games’?
Q36.Mangrove forests in
Asia are largely (A) Prairie
concentrated in (B) Taiga
(A) Philippines (C) Savannah
(B) Indonesia (D) Selvas
(C) Malaysia S38. Ans.(C) Savannah
(D) India
S36. Ans.(B) Indonesia Q39.The National
Environment Research
Institute is locate at
Q37.Biotic component of
the environment does not (A) Dehradun
include (B) New Delhi
(A) Micro-organism system (C) Jaipur
(B) Plant system (D) Nagpur
S39. Ans.(D) Nagpur

Q40.The uses of CFCs are

(A)Insulators
(B)Aerosol propellants
(C)Refrigerants
(D)All of the above
Ans.(D)All of the above