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1 Name of subject: ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES Subject code: Semester: IV Question Bank (G scheme) Unit Test: II Course: ALL Each question carries ½ marks ======================================================================= 1) Planting trees in a deforested land is known as a) Afforestation b) Deforestation c) Silviculture d) Sericulture 2) The tropical forests in India are located in. a) Himachal Pradesh b) jammu-kashmir c) Andaman d) Orissa 3) MAB programme stands for.. a) Man and biology b) Man and biotechnology c) Man and biosphere d) Material and biology 4) is an example of ex-situ conservation. a) National park b) wild life sanctuary c) seed bank d) sacred groves 5) Tadoba national park is in.. a) Gujarat b) Maharashtra c) M.P d) U.P

2 6) Approximately.. Of the known species are insects. a) 31 b) 21 c) 11 d) 4)61 7) The outermost part of the biospheres reserve is the... a) Core zone b) buffer zone c) transitional zone d) semi-buffer zone 8) Which of the following is an air pollutant? a) Nitrogen b) Carbon c) Carbon monoxide d) Oxygen 9) Sound becomes hazardous noise pollution at decibels. a) Above 80 b) Above 30 c) Above 100 d) Above ) Which gas is responsible for depletion of ozone layer around earth which protects us from harmful UV rays? a) Chlorofluorocarbons b) Nitrogen c) Oxygen d) Nitrogen oxide 11) Increase in the concentration of pollutants in higher trophic levels is known as.. a) Bio magnification b) Biodegradation c) Eutrophication d) Recycling

3 12) The level of sound level is. a) Decibel b) noise-meter c) Dolphan d) Dub 13) Which state has made it compulsory to harvest rain water for all buildings? a) Rajasthan b) West Bengal c) tamilnadu d) Maharashtra 14) In Mumbai, what is the minimum plot area for which rain water harvesting in mandatory? a) 2000sq.m b) 500sq.m c) 1000sq.m d) 4)1500sq.m 15) What country has the greatest reliance on nuclear power for generation of electricity? a) Japan b) France c) Russia d) Germany 16) has been doing a good job for harvesting rain water by building check dam in rajasthan. a) Rajendra Singh b) Ashok Singh c) S. Naidu d) A.P. Prasad 17) Chlofluroncarbons denoted by a) CFCs b) CLCs c) CFLs d) CFFCs

4 18) In 1992 Earth summit held at.. a) Delhi b) Mumbai c) Rio de Janeiro 19) Which one of the following is NOT greenhouse gas? a) Nitrous oxide b) Methane c) Carbon dioxide d) Oxygen 20) A graph of human population growth to the present resembles. a) An s-shaped curved b) a J-shaped curved c) a horizontal line d) a diagonal line from top left to bottom right 21) Natural pollution is caused by a) Volcanic eruptions b) Vehicle emission c) Cutting of wood d) Smoke from industry 22) The man-made pollution, such as the industrial pollution, agricultural pollution etc. are called as a) Anthropogenic b) Anti-anthropogenic c) semi- anthropogenic d) Natural 23) Lime is added to the soil which is too.. a) Sandy b) Salty c) Alkaline d) Acidic 24) Which of the following countries has the highest biodiversity?

5 a) Brazil b) South Africa c) Russia d) India 25) What percentage of coral reefs has already been destroyed? a) 10% b) 25% c) 3)60% d) 100% 26) The evolution of new species is called as a) Citation b) Mutation c) Mitigation d) Speciation 27) New species entering geographical region are called.species. a) Exotic b) extic c) toxic d) exto exotic 28) The Jim Corbett national park is near a) Nainital b) Delhi c) Mumbai d) Nagpur 29) Corbett national park is is in a) Uttaranchal b) Delhi c) Haryana d) Punjab 30) Gir national park is in.

6 a) Maharashtra b) Goa c) Gujarat d) Madhya Pradesh 31) The water (prevention and control of pollution) act was enacted in year a) 1981 b) 1986 c) 1974 d) ) The air (prevention and control of pollution) act was enacted in year a) 1981 b) 1986 c) 1974 d) ) There are. Chapters in EPA a) Three b) Six c) four d) five 34) As per EPA, environment does not include. a) Air b) Space c) Land d) Water. 35) Noise pollution has been inserted in the air (prevention and control of pollution) act. a) 1987 b) 1977 c) 1967 d) ) Water (prevention and control of pollution) act enforced in...

7 a) 1987 b) b) 1964 c) 1974 d) ) The Environment (protection) act came into force on a) 1 November 1986 b) 19 November 1986 c) 20 November 1999 d) 19 November ) Wild life (protection) act came into force in the year a) 1972 b) 1982 c) 1902 d) ) The present world pollution has just crossed.. a) 6 billion b) 11 billion c) 14 billion d) 18billion. 40) If a nation has 2% annual growth rate, its pollution will double in. a) 25 years b) 15 years c) 100 years d) 35 years