Ref No EX/EVS/1.

1/2016

Compulsory Examination of Environmental Studies, 2016 for U.G. Courses

Environmental Studies

Time: hours

Full Marks 100

1.virus causes AIDS disease

(a) DNA (b) RNA (c) HIV(d) DNA and RNA both

2. According to ISI norm, maximum limit of arsenic compound in drinking water is ................
mg/litre.
(a)1.25 (b)1.50 (c)0.75 (d) 0.05

3. Ozone layer exists in

(a) Troposphere (b) Stratosphere (c) Ionosphere (d) Exosphere

4. Identify the correct sequence of energy flow through various levels of an ecosystem:
(a) Sun’s energy →Primary producers →Carnivores
(b) Sun’s energy →Primary producers →Carnivores →Herbivores
(c) Sun’s energy →Herbivores →Primary producers
(d) Sun’s energy →Primary producers →Herbivores →Carnivores

5. Which of the following types of pesticides are least biodegradable ?

(a) Organo chloro compounds (b) Organo phosphorous compounds (c) Organo carbamates
(d)All of the above

6. Cattle waste has COD several times higher than BOD because of
(a)High levels of fibre (b) High levels of microflora (c) High levels of cellulose (d) High
levels of fibre, cellulose and lignin

7. In urban areas, the main constituents of photochemical smog in winter season are
(a) SO2+ NOx+ PAN (b) Hydrocarbons + CO + PAN (c) Hydrocarbons + SO2+ PAN
(d)Hydrocarbons + NOx+ O3+ PAN

8. El-Nino effect refers to the periodic extension of warm equatorial current along which coast?
(a) Peru Coast (b) African Coast (c) East Coast of India (d) Somalia Coast
 9. Richael Carsson in her book Silent Spring has raised concern on
a) Economical & social impacts (b) Deforestation ( c) Climate change (d)Impacts of
pesticides on ecological functions

10. Gases emitted from municipal landfill sites include

(a) SO2and CH4 (b) NH4, CO, SO2, CH4 (c) NH4, H2S, CO ( d)CH4, H2S, CO2, NH4

11. In the Earth Summit at Rio de Janeiro, 1992, which of the following was not an agenda?
(a) Ozone depletion (b) Global warming (c) CO2 reduction targets (d) Biodiversity
conservation

12. Black foot disease is associated with poisoning of

(a) Mercury (b) Arsenic (c) Cadmium (d) Selenium and Iron

13. Ramsar Conservation is associated with

(a) Forest (b) Wetlands (c) Ocean (d) Wildlife

14. The term 'Eco-system' was first coined by

(a) Tansley (a) Stamp (c) Darwin (d) Odum

15. One of the reasons for soil erosion is

(a) Terrace cultivation (b)Jhum cultivation (c)Dry farming (d)Mulching

16. The carrier of giardia is

a) protozoa b) parasite c) bacteria d) virus

17. 'Chlorosis' is caused by which type of pollution ?

a)Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) b)Ozone (O3) c) Chlorine (Cl) d) Carbon dioxide

18. At which level (in km) of the atmosphere 'Troposphere' exists ?

a)14 b)18 c)22 d)30

19. In which year Water Pollution Control Act was enacted in Indian Parliament ?
a) 1957 b) 1974 c) 1948 d) 1986

20 DDT is
a) pesticide b) chemical fertilizer c) water purifier d) plant hormone

21. In which state 'Chipko' movement was organised ?

a) Tamil Nadu b) Madhya Pradesh c) Uttar Pradesh d) West Bengal
22. According to WHO, what is the permissible limit of sound (in decibel) ?
a) 45 b) 90 c) 65 d) 120

23. Which gas is released in the marshy area or due to decomposition of animal bodies ?
a) O2 b) CH4 c) SO2 d) O3

24. Polio is transmitted through

a) water, b) air,c) soil d) food

25. During heating pitch, smoke comes out which contains.

a) iodine, b) methane, c) benzpyrine d) chlorine

26. Atomic law in India is

a)existing b) not existing c) to be formulated d) existing from British period

27. For the erosion of marble of the Tazmahal, the responsible chemical is
a) carbon dioxide b) sulphur dioxide c) ) methane d) ammonia

28. pH value of pure water is

(a) 7, (b) 6, (c) 5 (d)6.5

29. Hepatitis B is a …………………borne disease

(i) food, (ii) air, (iii) water(d)mosquito

30. Carriers dengue virus

(a) Mosquito, (b) Fly, (c) Rat(d)tsetsi fly

31. World environment day is celebrated on

(a) 1st June, (b) 5th June, (c) 7th June (d)21 June

32 Environmental law was first enacted in India in

(a) Kolkata, (bi) Chennai, (c) Mumbai (d) Delhi

33. Pure water is

(i) white, (ii) grey, (iii) colourless (d)blue

34. The major green house gas is

(a) CO and NO (b) NO and SO2 (c) CO2 and CH4(d) Black carbon and NO2

35. Tetra ethyl lead was coming out from

(a) hospital waste (b) exhaust of automobile (c) thermal power plants (d) chloralkali plants

36. Minamata disease is related with

(a) lead (b) arsenic (c) Sulphar dioxide (d) mercury

37. Incineration is related with

(a) waste management (b) exhaust of automobile (c) waste dumping (d) open dumping

38. Carrying capacity of Environment is concerned with the growth of

(a) population (b) species (c) community (d) forests

39.Edaphic factors are related to

(a) man (b) Animals (c) Soil (d) temperature

40. On earth autotrophic components can directly fix

(a) mechanical energy (b) light energy (c) wind energy (d) chemical energy

41. Eloctrostatic precipitator and filters are used in factories to reduce

(a) water pollution (b) Noise pollution (c) thermal pollution (d) air pollution

42. When BOD of a river is high, the river is

(a) not polluted (b) very much polluted (c) lack of phytoplankton (d) none of these
43. Land is defined as
(a) non renewable resources (b) renewable resources (c) biomass energy (d) all of these

44. Underground injection is required for disposal of

(a) hazardous solid waste (b) hospital waste (c) radioactive waste (d) none of these

45. Organism that kills and eats other organism is called

(a) Parasite (b) Decomposer (c) Producer (d) Predator

46. Profuse growth of aquatic vegetation that often changes the colour of water body is known as
(a) algal bloom (b) eutrophication (c) fermentation (d) both a) and b)

47.Water pollution may be reduced by the biological treatment with the help of
(a) fungi (b) phytoplankton (c) chlorine (d) ammonia
48. Hardness of water is related with
(a) carbonate and bicarbonate salts of calcium and magnesium (b) carbonate and bicarbonate;
sulphate and bisulphate salts of calcium and magnesium (c) anions of water (d) chlorination of
water

49. The value of earth albedo is

(a) 0.21 (b) 0.021 (c) 0.31 (d) 0.031

50. The temperature range of troposphere is

(a) -2 to 92oC (b) 15 to 56 oC (c) -56 to -6 oC (d) -92 to 1200 oC