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2. 1 In which of the following place
we can find the cold deserts?
1. Bangalore
2. Chennai
3. Himalaya
4. Rajasthan
3. Himalaya
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3. 2 Why rotational grazing pattern
established?
1. To preserve grassland
ecosystem
2. To destroy grassland ecosystem
3. To graze in the tropical rain
forests
4. To grow grass in grassland
1. To preserve grassland
ecosystem
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4. 3 How many percent of
grassland covered in terms of
permanent pastures in India?
1. 2.7%
2. 3.7%
3. 4.7%
4. 5.5%
2. 3.7%
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5. 4 What kind of climate we can
find in the Thar desert?
1. Cold
2. Dry
3. Cool
4. Moist
2. Dry
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6. 5 Where can we find babul tree?
1. In deserts ecosystems
2. In river deltas
3. In grassland ecosystems
4. In semi-arid ecosystems
4. In semi-arid ecosystems
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7. 6 In which of the following we can
see fluctuation in the water level
dramatically in different season?
1. Coral reefs
2. Brackish water
3. Wetlands
4. Deep oceans
3. Wetlands
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8. 7 Where can we see coral reefs?
1. In pond
2. In desert
3. In shallow trophical seas
4. In dense tropical forest
3. In shallow trophical seas
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9. 8 Which ecosystem is known as
giant permanent pond?
1. Lake ecosystem
2. Pond ecosystem
3. Seashore ecosystem
4. Marine ecosystem
1. Lake ecosystem
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10. Consumer for food that feeds on
producers are known
as_____________________
1. Carnivores
2. Consumers
3. Herbivores
4. Producers
3. Herbivores

11. The food chain level in
autotrophy is_____________
1. Primary
2. Secondary
3. Tertiary
4. Quaternary
1. Primary

12. The producers within an
underwater ecosystem are
called as_____________________
1. Phytoplankton
2. Autoplankton
3. Hectoplankton
4. Semiplankton
1. Phytoplankton

13. Which among the following develop
in the upper portion of the
Winogradsky column?
1. Sulfate-reducing bacteria
2. Green-sulfur bacteria
3. Purple-sulfur bacteria
4. Thiobacilli
4. Thiobacilli
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14. What is called for an organism
which breakdown dead or waste
matter into simpler substances?
1. Decomposers
2. Producers
3. Insects
4. Consumers
1. Decomposers

15. What is the mode of nutrition in
fungi?
1. Saprophytic
2. Heterotrophic
3. Autotrophic
4. Mixotrophic
1. Saprophytic

16. Ammonia oxidizers and nitrite
oxidizers are ______________
1.Gram-negative chemolithotrophs
2. Gram-positive
chemolithotrophs
3. Gram-negative photolithotrophs
4. Gram-positive photolithotrophs
1.Gram-negative chemolithotrophs

17. In India when we will celebrate
Wildlife Week?
1. Between April 1 and 8
2. Between July 1 and 8
3. Between August 1 and 8
4. Between October 1 and 8
4. Between October 1 and 8

18. Which is the first crocodile
conservation breeding centre in
Asia?
1. Madras Crocodile Bank Trust
2. Bombay Crocodile Bank Trust
3. Kolkata Crocodile Bank Trust
4. Mangalore Crocodile Bank Trust
1. Madras Crocodile Bank Trust

19. Cysteine breaks down in presence
of cysteine desulfurase to give
_________________
1. oxaloacetic acid
2. sulphuric acid
3. pyruvic acid
4. glyoxalate
3. pyruvic acid

20. When did the Zoological Survey of
India established?
1. 1900
2. 1909
3. 1916
4. 1920
3. 1916

21. Where is the head quarter of
Wildlife Institute of India
located?
1. New Delhi
2. Mysore
3. Dehradun
4. Bhopal
3. Dehradun

22. Which institute in Sweden has the
motto as “Bridging Science and
Policy”?
1. Stockholm Environmental
Institute
2. Yale Environmental Institute
3. Uppsala Environmental Institute
4. Lund Environmental Institute
1. Stockholm Environmental
Institute

23. Who founded Yale School of
Forestry and Environmental
studies?
1. Jorge Kindly
2. Gifford Pinchot
3. James Harry
4. Peter Mark
2. Gifford Pinchot

24. What is called for the benefits
that nature provides to human
beings?
1. Ecosystem services
2. Ecosystem conservation
3. Ecosystem degradation
4. Ecosystem pool
1. Ecosystem services

25. Which of the following is the
important pool of carbon?
1. Air
2. Water
3. Forest
4. Land
3. Forest

26. How many percents of energy
transferred from one trophic
level to the next higher level?
1. 10%
2. 20%
3. 50%
4. 100%
1. 10%

27. What is called for the term in
which all the living organisms
that occupy an area undergoing
primary succession in the
beginning stages?
1. Climax community
2. Settled community
3. Dense community
4. Pioneer community
4. Pioneer community

28. Soil changes due to erosion is an
example of which of the
following succession?
1. Allogenic succession
2. Autogenic succession
3. Computational succession
4. Emigrational succession
1. Allogenic succession

29. Who developed ecological
pyramids for the first time?
1. Charles Newton
2. Charles Elton
3. Charles Babbage
4. Charles Darwin
2. Charles Elton

30. Why most of the Sun light does not
penetrate to the ground in
evergreen forest?
1. Because of snowfall
2. Because of less temperature
3. Because of trees overlap with
each other
4. Because of less rainfall
3. Because of trees overlap with each
other

31. How forests increase the
atmosphere’s humidity?
1. By transpiration
2. By inspiration
3. By expiration
4. By oxidation
1. By transpiration

32. What are persistent organic
pollutants?
1. Organic manure
2. Weed
3. Sand
4. Chemicals
4. Chemicals

33. What is the main aim of
UNFCCC?
1. Stabilization of greenhouse
gas
2. Increase of greenhouse gas
3. Increase of temperature
4. Stabilization of oxygen
1. Stabilization of greenhouse gas

34. How many principles proclaimed
at Rio de Janeiro Convention?
1. 21 2. 25 3. 27 4. 29
3. 27
The United Nations Conference on Environment
and Development met at the Rio de Janeiro
Convention from 3rd to 14th June 1992. During
this meeting they proclaimed 27 principles with
the goal of establishing a new partnership.

35. What are the substances present
in the ozone layer depleting
substances controlled by the
Montreal Protocol?
1. Either chlorine or bromine
2. Either carbon or nitrogen
3. Either chlorine or carbon
4. Either carbon or bromine
4. Either carbon or bromine

36. UNCED stands for……….
1. United Nations Confederation on
Environment and Development
2. United Nations Conference on
Environment and Development
3. United Nations Conference on Economical
Development
4. United Nations Confederation on Economy
and Development
2. United Nations Conference on
Environment and Development

37. What does mean “Agenda 21”?
1. It’s an agreement between 20 developing
countries of the world on climate change.
2. It’s a free trade agreement between 7
developed countries of the world.
3. Agenda 21 is a non-binding, voluntarily
implemented action plan of the United
Nations with regard to sustainable
development.
4. None of the above
3. Agenda 21 is a non-binding, voluntarily
implemented action plan of the United Nations
with regard to sustainable development.

38. Basel Convention is related to the:
1. Trans-boundary Movements of
Hazardous Wastes and their
Disposal
2. Ozone layer depletion
3. Sustainable development
4. Earth summit
1. Trans-boundary Movements
of Hazardous Wastes and their
Disposal

39. This is not the effect of
transportation:
1. Air emission
2. Material consumption
3. Solid waste generation
4. Acid mine drainage
4. Acid mine drainage

40. Underground and open caste is
the methods of:
1. Agriculture
2. Mining
3. Housing
4. Transportation
2. Mining

41. Which among the following are
the most important agents for
carbon dioxide fixation?
1. bacteria 2. fungi 3. algae
2. 4. protozoa
3. algae
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42. Which of the following processes is
performed by Thiobacillus
thiooxidans?
1. converting sulphur to sulphates
2. converting sulphur to sulphides
3. converting sulphur to sulphites
4. converting organic sulphur to
inorganic sulphur
1. converting sulphur to sulphates

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