Environment Quiz of space where human travellers are considered

astronauts. What is it called?

May 19, 2019 by Veerendra A.Appleton–Barnett layer
B.Karman line
C.Heaviside layer
Environment Quiz D.Van Allen belts
Answer: Karman line
Environment Quiz
Environment stands for surrounding and it has 5. The study of weather is called?
been defined as the sum total of all conditions and A.meteorology
influences that affect the development of an B.climatology
organism. Here, we are giving the Environment C.aeronomy
Quiz Questions with answers on the Basic D.aerology
Concepts of Environment and Ecology in the form Answer: meteorology
of multiple choice questions which strengthen the
knowledge of aspirants who are preparing for the 6. Which one of the following is NOT a primary
competitive Exams. layer of the atmosphere?
A.Mesosphere
B.Troposphere
Environment Quiz Questions 1 to 10 C.Exosphere
D.Stratosphere
1. Name the atmospheric layer closest to the Answer: Exosphere
ground
A.Troposphere 7. A millimetre of mercury is a manometric unit of
pressure, defined as precisely 133.322387415
B.Mesosphere pascals. What is the symbol for a millimetre of
mercury?
C.Thermosphere A.hhMg
D.Stratosphere B.MPA
C.mmHg
Answer: Troposphere D.inHg
Answer: mmHg

2. The most abundant gas on the earth’s 8. Name the atmospheric layer that is completely
atmosphere is cloudless and free of water vapor.
A.Exosphere
A.Oxygen B.Troposphere
B.Carbon C.Thermosphere
D.Stratosphere
C.Nitrogen Answer: Thermosphere
D.Hydrogen
9. The ozone layer or ozone shield is a region of
Answer: Nitrogen Earth’s atmosphere that absorbs most of the Sun’s
ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Which layer of the
3. What atmospheric layer has most of the clouds? atmosphere contains ozone layer?
A.Mesosphere
B.Thermosphere
C.Exosphere A.Troposphere
D.Troposphere B.Mesosphere
Answer: Troposphere C.Thermosphere
D.Stratosphere
4. An altitude of 100 kilometres (62 mi; 330,000 Answer: Stratosphere
ft) above the Earth’s sea level marks the beginning
10. What is the average atmospheric pressure at b. Lizards
sea level as defined by the International Standard c. Fish
Atmosphere? Answer: a
A.101325 pascals
B.14.6959 pascals 18. What is the safe level of noise intensity for
C.1013 pascals humans?
D.984.43 pascals a. Up to 90 decibels
Answer: 101325 pascals b. up to 70 decibels
c. up to 80 decibels
Environment Quiz Questions 11 to 30 Answer: c

11. Who coined the word ‘ecology’?

19. The region of air close to the earth and
a. Ernst Haeckel
extending up to 10km high is called
b. Charles Darwin
a. Atmosphere
c. Gregory Mendel
b. Stratosphere
Answer: a
c. Troposphere
Answer: c
12. What are saprophytes?
a. Living beings that feed on the sap from tree
20. What are planktons?
bark
a. Plants living in water
b. Living beings that feed on dead or decayed
b. Very small plants and animals living in water
organic matter
c. Very small animals living on land
c. Living beings that feed on other living beings.
Answer: b
Answer: b

21. What is the meaning of the term

13. Who are ethologists?
‘abyssopelagic’?
a. Scientists who study about ethos
a. Organisms living at water depths greater than
b. Scientists who study about the behaviour of
2000 m
wild animals
b. Organisms living at water depths greater than
c. Scientists who study about the behaviour of
4000 m
animals in a particular eco system.
c. Organisms living at water depths greater than
Answer: b
3000m
Answer: b
14. What are terricolous animals?
a. Animals that live in a particular territory
22. The production of light by living beings is
b. Animals that live on high mountains
known as
c. Animals that live in the soil
a. Bio-luminescence
Answer: c
b. Bio-lighting
c. Bio-fluorescence
15. What are arboreal animals? Answer: a
a. Animals living in trees
b. Animals living in water
23. Which country is popularly knowns as ‘land of
c. Animals living in marshy lands
the windmills’?
Answer: a
a. The Netherlands
b. Poland
16. Who is known as the father of evolution? c. Norway
a. Gregory Mendel Answer: a
b. Charles Darwin
c. Albert Einstein
Answer: b

17. Which of the following is an amphibian?

a. Salamanders
24. Who was the first man to travel in space? his abducted son Nemo all the way to Sydney
a. Edwin Aldrin Harbour. What species of a fish is Nemo?
b. Neil Armstrong A.Godfish
c. Yuri Gagarin B.Clownfish
Answer: c C.surgeonfish
D.Blowfish
25. Which instrument is used to measure wind Answer – Clownfish
velocity?
a. Barometer 32.The film ‘Happy Feet’ features a species of
b. Anemometer penguins that inhabit the continent of Antarctica.
c. Hygrometer Name this species of penguin.
Answer: b A.King Penguin
B.Gentoo Penguin
26. What is the instrument used to detect C.Emperor Penguin
earthquakes? D.Little blue penguin
a. Radiometer Answer – Emperor Penguin
b. Barometer
c. Seismograph 33.World Wetlands Day is observed on
Answer: c A.February 2
B.February 28
27. What is the unit in which radio activity is C.February 22
measured? D.February 12
a. Newton Answer – February 2
b. Roentgen
c. Decibel 34.Agrostology is the study of
Answer: b A.Plants
B.Agriculture
28. The region of the atmosphere above 400 km C.Algae
and higher is known as D.Grasses
a. Exosphere Answer – Grasses
b. Mesosphere
c. Thermosphere 35.What does an anemologist study?
Answer: a A.Animals
B.Names
29. The major diet of pandas is C.Wind
a. Acacia leave D.Atoms
b. Bamboo Answer – Wind
c. Grass
Answer: b 36.Name the largest freshwater lake in Northeast
India
30. Which of the following is not an endangered A.Gurudongmar Lake
animal? B.Loktak Lake
a. Siberian tiger C.Lake Tsongmo
b. Loggerhead turtle D.Dipor Beel
c. The Maned Wolf. Answer – Loktak Lake
Answer: c
37.Do you know the only floating park in the
Environment Quiz Questions 31 to 60 world, located in North East India?
A.Keibul Lamjao National Park
31.Finding Nemo is a 2003 American computer- B.Kanchendzonga National Park
animated comedy-drama adventure film which C.Dibru-Saikhowa National Park
tells the story of the fish named Marlin who, along D.Manas National Park
with a regal blue tang named Dory, searches for Answer – Keibul Lamjao National Park
38.The sangai is an endemic, rare and endangered D.neutrophiles
subspecies of brow-antlered deer. In which state it Answer – Psychrophiles
is found?
A.Gujarat 44.Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) describes
B.Sikkim which phenomenon?
C.Manipur A.Indoor air pollution
D.Meghalaya B.Indoor water pollution
Answer – Manipur C.Indoor noise pollution
D.All the above
39.The Ramsar Convention is an international Answer – Indoor air pollution
treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of
wetlands.[1] It is also known as the Convention on 45.The energy possessed by a body by virtue of its
Wetlands. What does Ramsar stand for? position relative to others
A.An environmentalist A.Kinetic energy
B.A city B.Potential energy
C.An endangered animal C.Chemical energy
D.A Greek God D.Positional energy
Answer – A city Answer – Potential energy

40.Which of these areas has been designated as 46.The outermost layer of Earth’s atmosphere or
the area with the greatest concentration of marine the upper limit of the atmosphere is
biodiversity on planet Earth? A.Thermosphere
A.Raja Ampat, Indonesia B.Exosphere
B.Great Barrier Reef, Australia C.Ionosphere
C.Andaman Islands, India D.Mesosphere
D.Galapagos islands Answer – Exosphere
Answer – Raja Ampat, Indonesia

47.To be classified as a hurricane in the Saffir

41.This islands are famed for their vast number of Simpson hurricane wind scale (SSHWS), a
endemic species and were studied by Charles tropical cyclone must have maximum sustained
Darwin during the voyage of the Beagle. winds of at least
A.Raja Ampat, Indonesia A.74 mph
B.Great Barrier Reef, Australia B.100 mph
C.Andaman Islands, India C.50 mph
D.Galapagos islands D.80 mph
Answer – Galapagos islands Answer – 74 mph

42.The Encantadas, or Enchanted Isles” is a 48.The injection of fertilizers, soil amendments,

novella by American author Herman Melville and other water-soluble products into an irrigation
which consists of ten philosophical “Sketches” on system is termed as
the islands. Which one of the following is referred A.Fertilization
to as Enchanded Isles? B.Fertigation
A.Andaman Islands, India C.Drip irrigation
B.Galapagos islands D.Foliar feeding
C.Coronado Island Answer – Fertigation
D.Greenland
Answer – Galapagos islands
49.What does UNEP stand for?
A.United Nations Educational Plan
43.The microbes that are active at low B.United Nations Environmental Protection
temperatures C.United Nations Environmental Programme
A.thermophiles D.United Nations Environmental Policy
B.Mesophiles Answer – United Nations Environmental
C.Psychrophiles Programme
50.The head quarters of UNEP is at 56.Project Tiger is a tiger conservation
programme launched by the Government of India
A New York ensuring a viable population of Bengal tigers in
B.Geneva their natural habitats and also to protect them from
C.Sockholm extinction. Which year it was launched?
D.Nairobi A.1973
Answer – Nairobi B.1975
C.1978
D.1970
51.Name the intergovernmental body under the Answer – 1973
auspices of the United Nations that shared the
2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore, former
U.S. Vice President 57.Name India’s first national park
A.WTO A.Manas National Park
B.UNEP B.Gir Forest National Park
C.UNESCO C.Bandhavgarh National Park
D.IPCC D.Hailey National Park
Answer – IPCC Answer – Hailey National Park

52.Who was the Chairman of IPCC in 2007 when 58.Which state in India has got its own Wildlife
it was awarded Nobel Peace Prize? Act and not covered under Wildlife Protection
A.Hoesung Lee Act, 1972?
B.RK Pachauri A.Kerala
C.Bert Bolin B.Karnataka
D.Robert Watson C.Jammu and Kashmir
Answer -RK Pachauri D.Assam
Answer – Jammu and Kashmir

53.Which camel species has two humps on its

back? 59.The Hollywood movie “Jurassic Park” was
A.Arabian camel based on the novel with the same name written by
B.Australian camel A.Robin Cook
C.Bactrian camel B.Michael Crichton
D.dromedary camels C.Agatha Christie
Answer – Bactrian camel D.Jules Verne
Answer – Michael Crichton

54.OPEC is the Organization of Petroleum

Exporting Countries which was founded at a 60.The first asteroid, today known as the largest
meeting on September 14, 1960. Which one of the member of the asteroid belt, was discovered by
following was NOT a founding member? Giuseppe Piazzi in 1801. Name the asteroid.
A.Qatar A.Ceres
B.Iran B.Vesta
C.Iraq C.Pallas
D.Venezuela D.Hygiea
Answer – Qatar Answer – Ceres

55.By 2040, the world s population is expected to Environment Quiz Questions 61 to 90

rise to approximately
61.Which is the longest mountain range in the
A.7 billion
world?
B.9 billion
A Karakoram
C.12 billion
B.Rockies
D.20 billion
C.Himalayas
Answer – 9 billion
D.Andes
Answer : Andes
62.Which country ratified the Kyoto Protocol in 68.PVC is a very toxic form of plastic. What is the
late 2004 and thus caused it to become an full form of PVC?
international law? A.Plastic vinyl compounds
A.US B.Polymer vinyl chloride
B.Russia C.Polyvinyl chloride
C.Japan D.Polyvinyl camphor
D.France Answer : Polyvinyl chloride
Answer : Russia
69.Which Bollywood actor was the ambassador of
63.The natural process of the atmosphere heating the Earth Hour 2009 in India?
through the trapping of re-radiated infrared A.Shahrukh Khan
radiation is known as B.Naseruddin Shah
A. The green house effect C.Anupam Kher
B. Thermal inversion D.Aamir Khan
C. Solar heating Answer : Aamir Khan
D. Global warming
Answer : The green house effect 70.Which of the following materials can be
recovered from the recycling of soft drink cans?
64.About how much of the wold’s land area is A.Paper
tropical rainforests? B.Plastic
A.2 per cent C.Metal
B.7 per cent D.Glass
C.10 per cent Answer : Metal
D.15 per cent
Answer : 71. Coined the word ‘ecology’?
A. Ernst Haeckel
65.Temperate forests are likely to have which of B. Charles Darwin
the following species of trees? C. Gregory Mendel
A.Pine D. Albert Einstein
B.Spruce Answer : Ernst Haeckel
C.Redwood
D.All the above 72. What are saprophytes?
Answer : All the above A Living beings that feed on the sap from tree
bark
66.In what type of bioregion is desertification is B. Living beings that feed on dead or decayed
most likely to occur? organic matter
A.Tropical Forests C. Living beings that feed on other living beings.
B.Temperate Forests D. Living beings that feed on dead or decayed
C.Coniferous Forests inorganic matter
D.Grasslands Answer : Living beings that feed on dead or
Answer : Grasslands decayed organic matter

67.Around the North Pole of Earth, tiny 73. Who are ethologists?
electrically charged particles high in the A. Scientists who study about ethos
atmosphere react with rays from the sun to create B. Scientists who study about the behaviour of
beautiful sheets of light. Theser are called wild animals
A.Aurora Borealis C. Scientists who study about the behaviour of
B.Aurora Australis animals in a particular eco system.
C.Aurora Solaris D. Scientists who study about the
D.None of the above Answer : Scientists who study about the behaviour
Answer : Aurora Borealis of wild animals
74. What are terricolous animals? 81. What is the meaning of the term
A. Animals that live in a particular territory ‘abyssopelagic’?
B. Animals that live on high mountains A. Organisms living at water depths greater than
C. Animals that live in the soil 2000 m
D. Animals that live in a particular region B. Organisms living at water depths greater than
Answer : Animals that live in the soil 4000 m
C. Organisms living at water depths greater than
75. What are arboreal animals? 3000m
A. Animals living in trees D. Organisms living at water depths greater than
B Animals living in water 1000m
C. Animals living in marshy lands Answer : Organisms living at water depths greater
D. Animals living in water and land than 4000 m
Answer : Animals living in trees
82. The production of light by living beings is
76. Who is known as the father of evolution? known as
A. Gregory Mendel A. Bio-luminescence
B. Charles Darwin B. Bio-lighting
C. Albert Einstein C. Bio-fluorescence
D. Ernst Haeckel D. Bio-diversity
Answer : Charles Darwin Answer : Bio-luminescence

77.Which of the following is an amphibian? 83. Which country is popularly knowns as ‘land of
A. Salamanders the windmills’?
B. Lizards A. The Netherlands
C. Fish B. Poland
D. Snake C. Norway
Answer : Salamanders D. Japan
Answer : The Netherlands

78. What is the safe level of noise intensity for

humans? 84. Who was the first man to travel in space?
A. Up to 90 decibels A. Edwin Aldrin
B. up to 70 decibels B. Neil Armstrong
C. up to 80 decibels C. Yuri Gagarin
D. Up to 60 decibels D. Gregory Mendel
Answer : up to 80 decibels Answer : Yuri Gagarin

79. The region of air close to the earth and 85. Which instrument is used to measure wind
extending up to 10km high is called velocity?
A. Atmosphere A. Barometer
B. Stratosphere B. Anemometer
C. Troposphere C. Hygrometer
D. Barometer D. Radiometer
Answer : Troposphere Answer : Anemometer

80. What are planktons? 86. What is the instrument used to detect
A. Plants living in water earthquakes?
B. Very small plants and animals living in water A. Radiometer
C. Very small animals living on land B. Barometer
D. Plants living on land C. Seismograph
Answer : Very small plants and animals living in D. Anemometer
water Answer : Seismograph
87. What is the unit in which radio activity is 93. Man causes soil erosion through
measured? 1. use of improper ploughing methods.
A. Newton 2. leaving roots of crop in the field after harvest.
B. Roentgen 3. practicing trash farming.
C. Decibel 4. use of heavy machines.
D. Gagarin Select the correct answer using the codes given
Answer : Roentgen below.
a) 1, 2 and 3 only
88. The region of the atmosphere above 400 km b) 1 and 4 only
and higher is known as c) 1, 3 and 4 only
A. Exosphere d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 only
B. Mesosphere Answer: b) 1 and 4 only
C. Thermosphere
D. Atmosphere 94. Which of the following is a part of the
Answer : Exosphere biogeochemical cycle ?
1. soils
89. The major diet of pandas is 2. plants
A. Acacia leave 3. atmosphere
B. Bamboo 4. oceans
C. Grass Select the correct answer using the codes given
D. Tree below.
Answer : Bamboo a) 1, 2 and 3 only
b) 1 ,3 and 4 only
c) 2 ,3 and 4 only
90. Which of the following is not an endangered d) 1 ,2, 3 and 4
animal? Answer: d) 1 ,2, 3 and 4
A. Siberian tiger
B. Loggerhead turtle
C. The Maned Wolf 95. Which of the following evidences support the
D. Indian tiger theory of gradual rise in air temperature and
Answer : The Maned Wolf consequent global warming?
1. spreading of tropical diseases towards
temperate regions.
Environment Quiz Questions 91 to 115 2. downward shifting of snow lines of tropical
mountains.
91. The non-point pollution of river water 3. freezing of permafrost areas.
involves discharge of pollutants through Select the correct answer using the codes given
a) urban sewage drains below.
b) industrial effluents a) 1 only
c) agricultural fields b) 1 and 2 only
d) both (a) and (b) c) 2 and 3 only
Answer: c) agricultural fields d) 1 and 3 only
Answer: a) 1 only
92. With reference to forest ecosystems, consider
the following statements : 96. In ecological terms, what does the term
1. The number pyramid is neither inverted nor “standing crop” signify ?
upward. a) total weight of whole organic matter
2. The biomass pyramid is inverted. b) total weight of heterotrops
Which of the statements given above is/are correct c) total area covered by crops
? d) None of the above
a) 1 only Answer: a) total weight of whole organic matter
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2 97. Biofuels are fuels extracted from plants and
Answer: a) 1 only crops and these have various advantages. These
include
1. increasing agricultural diversity. Select the correct answer using the codes given
2. reduced use of fertilizers. below.
3. renewable source of energy. a) 1 and 2 only
Select the correct answer using the codes given b) 2 only
below. c) 3 only
a) 1 and 3 only d) none
b) 3 only Answer: d) none
c) 2 and 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 3 102. Ozone depletion would impact the plant
Answer: b) 3 only community in several ways. These include :
1. increase in photosynthesis
98. Which among these would increase carbon 2. decline in water use efficiency
dioxide in the atmosphere ? 3. decline in yield of plants
1. deforestation Select the correct answer using the codes given
2. burning of firewood below.
3. automobiles a) 1 and 2 only
Select the correct answer using the codes given b) 1 and 3 only
below. c) 2 and 3 only
a) 1 and 2 only d) 1, 2 and 3
b) 1 and 3 only Answer: c) 2 and 3 only
c) 2 and 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 3 103. With to the IUCN classification, extinct
Answer: d) 1, 2 and 3 species are those which have been:
1. completely eliminated from wild areas.
99. The sources of mercury pollution include 2. completely eliminated from managed areas.
1. coal fired thermal power plants. Which of the statements given above is/are
2. supersonic jets. correct?
3. automobiles. a) 1 only
4. waste incinerators b) 2 only
Select the correct answer using the codes given c) Both 1 and 2
below. d) Neither 1 nor 2
a) 1, 2 and 3 only Answer: c) Both 1 and 2
b) 1, 3 and 4 only
c) 1 and 3 only 104. Which among these is/are a cryogenic
d) 1 and 4 only indicator of climate change ?
Answer: b) 1, 3 and 4 only 1. ice sheets and ice chores
2. sea level changes
100. The energy flow in an ecosystem is : 3. lacustrine deposists
1. unidirectional Select the correct answer using the codes given
2. non-cyclic below.
3. cyclic a) 1 only
4. bidirectional b) 1 and 2 only
Select the correct answer using the codes given c) 2 and 3 only
below. d) 1, 2 and 3
a) 1 and 2 only Answer: a) 1 only
b) 1 and 3 only
c) 2 and 4 only 105. The Great Indian Bustard is a critically
d) 3 and 4 only endangered species. Its population has been
Answer: a) 1 and 2 only declining due to
1. habitat loss
101. A balanced ecosystem is one in which the 2. frequent poaching
1. number of organisms at all levels is equal. 3. construction of windmills
2. amount of biomass at all trophic levels is equal. Select the correct answer using the codes given
3. organisms are interdependent on each other. below.
a) 1 only 2. Phosphorous
b) 1 and 2 only 3. Potassium
c) 2 only Select the correct answer using the codes given
d) 1, 2 and 3 below.
Answer: d) 1, 2 and 3 a) 1 only
b) 1 and 2 only
106. The National Air Quality Monitoring c) 1 and 3 only
Programme (NAMP) run by Central Pollution d) 1, 2 and 3
Control Board, monitors which of the following Answer: d) 1, 2 and 3
pollutants at all locations ?
1. carbon dioxide 110. Which among the following are mechanical
2. sulphur dioxide method of soil conservation ?
3. oxides of nitrogen 1. bunding
4. suspended particulate matter 2. terracing
Select the correct answer using the codes given 3. contour farming
below. 4. stubble mulching
a) 1, 2 and 3 only Select the correct answer using the codes given
b) 1 ,3 and 4 only below.
c) 2 ,3 and 4 only a) 1, 2 and 3 only
d) 1 ,2, and 4 only b) 1 ,3 and 4 only
Answer: c) 2 ,3 and 4 only c) 2 ,3 and 4 only
d) 1 ,2, and 4 only
107. With reference to Biological Oxygen Answer: a) 1, 2 and 3 only
Demand (BOD) and Chemical Oxygen Demand
(COD), consider the following statements: 111. Which of the following is/are have been
1. BOD is a measurement of consumed oxygen by provided for in the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972?
aquatic microorganisms to decompose organic 1. National Parks
matter. 2. Wildlife Sanctuaries
2. COD refers to the requirement of dissolved 3. Biosphere Reserves
oxygen for the oxidation of organic constituents. Select the correct answer using the codes given
Which of the statements given above is/are below.
correct? a) 1 only
a) 1 only b) 1 and 2 only
b) 2 only c) 1 and 3 only
c) Both 1 and 2 d) 2 and 3 only
d) Neither 1 nor 2 Answer: b) 1 and 2 only
Answer; a) 1 only
112. Which of the following Tiger reserves is/are
108. The ecological processes follow the principle also a National Park ?
of uniformitarianism. This means : 1. Manas
a) the ecological processes have a uniform effect 2. Indravati
b) same physical and biological processes that 3. Namdapha
operates today operated in the past. 4. Sariska
c) physical and biological processes operate with a Select the correct answer using the codes given
uniform rate below.
d) None of the above a) 1,2 and 3 only
Answer: b) same physical and biological b) 1,3 and 4 only
processes that operates today operated in the past. c) 2,3 and 4 only
d) 1,2,3 and 4
109. Fertlizers are added to supply mainly three Answer: d) 1,2,3 and 4
nutrients – Nitrogne (N), Phosphorous (P) and
Potassium (K). Biofertlizers can supply which of 113. The brown haze dome formed in cities is
these nutrients? because of which gas?
1. Nitrogen a) sulphur dioxide.
b) nitrogen oxide.
c) carbon dioxide.
d) volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
Answer: b) nitrogen oxide

114. Water in a wetland can be:

1. Fresh
2. Brackish
3. Static
Select the correct answer using the codes given
below.
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 1 and 3 only
c) 2 and 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 3
Answer : d) 1, 2 and 3

115. A biofertilizer helps in increasing the supply

of primary nutrients to plants. Which of the
following is/are examples of biofertilizers?
1. Azotobacter
2. Rhizobium
3. Azospirillium
Select the correct answer using the codes given
below.
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 1 and 3 only
c) 2 and 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 3
Answer: d) 1, 2 and 3