Environmental Studies-6

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Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

Social Issues and Environment

1   A geographic unit that collects, stores, and releases water is
    (A)   Wasteland
    (B)   Watershed
    (C)   Wetland
    (D)   Water divider
[showhide type=”button7c1″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: B [/showhide]
2   Saline and alkaline lands are types of
    (A)   Barren land
    (B)   Fallow land
    (C)   Uncultivable land
    (D)   Wasteland
[showhide type=”button7c2″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: D [/showhide]
3   Smog is an odd combination of
    (A)   Mist and fog
    (B)   Smoke and fog
    (C)   Smoke and fog
    (D)   Smoke, fog and mist
[showhide type=”button7c3″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: C [/showhide]
4   The Appiko Movement (tree hugging) was started in
    (A)   Karnataka
    (B)   Delhi
    (C)   Orissa
    (D)   Gujarat
[showhide type=”button7c4″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: A [/showhide]
5   The United Nations Conference on Human Environment was organized at
    (A)   Rio de JANERIO
    (B)   Paris
    (C)   Stockholm
    (D)   Delhi
[showhide type=”button7c5″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: C [/showhide]
6   Acid rain is any rain with pH
    (A)   Below 5.6
    (B)   Above 5.6
    (C)   Equal to 5.6
    (D)   Exactly equal to 7
[showhide type=”button7c6″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: A [/showhide]
7   The Apex body of standardization in the world formed in 1946 is.
    (A)   The International society of standardization
    (B)   The International organization of standardization
    (C)   The International of standard organization
    (D)   The council of International standardization
[showhide type=”button7c7″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: C [/showhide]
8   PAN is byproduct of
    (A)   Photochemical smog
    (B)   London smog
    (C)   Sulphurous smog
    (D)   Reducing smog
[showhide type=”button7c8″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: A [/showhide]
9   Chlorofluorocarbons and Freon are
    (A)   Used as coolants in refrigerators
    (B)   Air conditioners
    (C)   Responsible for ozone layer depletion
    (D)   All of the given
[showhide type=”button7c9″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: D [/showhide]
10   Carbon trading
    (A)   Is fundamental concept of national environmental laws and regulations?
    (B)   Monitors impact of pollution upon environmental, social and economic justice
    (C)   Suggests that funding for environmental improvement should be obtained from its beneficiaries
    (D)   Monitor emission of hydrocarbons for automobiles
[showhide type=”button7c10″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: B [/showhide]
11   Which of the following are terms used to describe types of development?
    (A)   Financial, Educational
    (B)   General, Specific
    (C)   Static, Dynamic
    (D)   None of the above
[showhide type=”button7c11″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: C [/showhide]
12   Which of the following gases cause Green House Effects?
    (A)   CO2, NOx, CH4
    (B)   CO2, CH4, H2
    (C)   H2, Cl2, N2
    (D)   None of the above
[showhide type=”button7c12″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: A [/showhide]
13   Which of the following term describes the rise in temperature of atmosphere due to green house gases?
    (A)   Paradoxical warming
    (B)   Global warming
    (C)   Sun stroke
    (D)   None of the above
[showhide type=”button7c13″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: B [/showhide]
14   Which of the following makes it difficult to use only eco – friendly chemicals, so that ozone depletion stops / minimizes?
    (A)   Due to their high cost
    (B)   Due to non – availability
    (C)   Due to lesser availability
    (D)   None of the above
[showhide type=”button7c14″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: A [/showhide]
15   Hydrocarbons and NOx undergo chemical reactions and form corresponding products like aldehydes, ketones, etc. these products are called,
    (A)   Primary pollutants
    (B)   Secondary pollutants
    (C)   Tertiary pollutants
    (D)   None of the above
[showhide type=”button7c15″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: B [/showhide]
16   Photochemical smog causes irritation of,
    (A)   Ears
    (B)   Skin
    (C)   Eyes
    (D)   None of the above
[showhide type=”button7c16″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: C [/showhide]
17   Water stored using rain water harvesting useful for,
    (A)   All purposes
    (B)   Drinking only
    (C)   Agriculture only
    (D)   None of the above
[showhide type=”button7c17″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: A [/showhide]
18   Carbon credits is a _ _ _ _ given to countries reducing green house emission,
    (A)   Certificate
    (B)   Value
    (C)   Price
    (D)   None of the above
[showhide type=”button7c18″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: A [/showhide]
19   Modern fusion bombs are also known as,
    (A)   Nuclear bombs
    (B)   Explosives of H2
    (C)   Fire extinguishers
    (D)   None of the above
[showhide type=”button7c19″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: A [/showhide]
20   One carbon credit represents _ _ _ _ of _ _ _ _ gas removed from atmosphere or saved from being emitted
    (A)   One Tonne, CO2
    (B)   Half Tonne, CO2
    (C)   One Tonne, SO2
    (D)   None of the above
[showhide type=”button7c20″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: A [/showhide]
21   The death of the last individual of a species is called_______
    (A)   Extinction
    (B)   Endanger
    (C)   Neither A nor B
    (D)   Diversity
[showhide type=”button7c21″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: A [/showhide]
22   Which one of the following is not true about the term “CARBON CREDITS”?
    (A)   A Carbon credit gives the owner the right to emit one tonne of carbon dioxide
    (B)   Carbon credits are a tradable permit scheme and can be exchanged between businesses having short of quotas or below the quotas
    (C)   These can be bought and sold in international/national market at the Govt. controlled prices
    (D)   All the above are true
[showhide type=”button7c22″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: D [/showhide]
23   Shifting back to a more localized production of food and other resources would lead to all of the following except
    (A)   Reduced local environmental sustainability
    (B)   More stable source of jobs and income
    (C)   More profits circulating within each community
    (D)   Reduced transportation fuel use
[showhide type=”button7c23″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: A [/showhide]
24   Which of the following would not traditionally support an environmental-friendly economy?
    (A)   Shift taxes from wages and profits to pollution and waste
    (B)   Improve energy efficiency
    (C)   Shift from a carbon-based economy to a renewable fuel-based economy
    (D)   Decrease subsidies for alternative fuel vehicles
[showhide type=”button7c24″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: D [/showhide]
25   Which of the following is not true of watershed management?
    (A)   Watershed management is continuous and needs a multidisciplinary approach
    (B)   A watershed management framework support partnering, using sound science, taking well planned actions and achieving results
    (C)   Watersheds are natural systems that we can work with
    (D)   Watersheds are a type of building for storing bottled water
[showhide type=”button7c25″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: B [/showhide]
26   What is watershed?
    (A)   Area of land that water flows across as it moves toward a larger water body
    (B)   Area of land from which water drains to a particular water body
    (C)   Moisture released from clouds in the form of rain, snow, hail, etc
    (D)   Both I) and II)
[showhide type=”button7c26″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: D [/showhide]
27   Which is not a treatment measures for watershed development?
    (A)   Contour bunding
    (B)   Gravity dam
    (C)   Contour trenching
    (D)   Contour stone walls
[showhide type=”button7c27″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: B [/showhide]
28   A sustainable society
    (A)   Returns to a more primitive style of living
    (B)   Meets the needs and aspirations of the present without compromising those of the future
    (C)   Curtails all further development
    (D)   Continues as always and assumes that things will work out for the best
[showhide type=”button7c28″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: B [/showhide]
29   Rain Water harvesting is not___________
    (A)   Catching and holding rain where it falls and using it
    (B)   Storing it in tanks
    (C)   Recharging groundwater
    (D)   Harvesting the crops with rain water
[showhide type=”button7c29″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: D [/showhide]
30   Which of following are terms used to describe types of development?
    (A)   Financial, educational
    (B)   General, specific
    (C)   Static, Dynamic
    (D)   None of the above
[showhide type=”button7c30″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: C [/showhide]
31   Which of the following are likely to be present in photochemical smog?
    (A)   Sulphur dioxide
    (B)   Sulphur
    (C)   Chlorofluorocarbon
    (D)   Ozone
[showhide type=”button8c1″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: A [/showhide]
32   Which of the following is not a basis for opposition to nuclear power?
    (A)   High construction costs
    (B)   Generation of greenhouse gases
    (C)   The risk for serious accident
    (D)   Security risks
[showhide type=”button8c2″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: B [/showhide]
33   IPCC stands for
    (A)   Intergovernmental panel on climate change
    (B)   International panel on climate change
    (C)   Intergovernmental policies of climate change
    (D)   International policies of climate protection
[showhide type=”button8c3″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: A [/showhide]
34   The lower most layer of the atmosphere is called as
    (A)   Troposphere
    (B)   Nano-sphere
    (C)   Ozone-sphere
    (D)   Nitro sphere
[showhide type=”button8c4″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: A [/showhide]
35   Nuclear power plants are typically fuelled with what?
    (A)   Plutonium
    (B)   Deuterium
    (C)   Uranium-238
    (D)   Uranium-235
[showhide type=”button8c5″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: D [/showhide]
36   Which is a not treatment measure for watershed development
    (A)   Contour bunding
    (B)   Gravity dam
    (C)   Contour trenching
    (D)   Contour stone walls
[showhide type=”button8c6″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: B [/showhide]
37   3R stands for one of following:
    (A)   Re-use, Reduce, Recycle
    (B)   Reproduce, Reduce, Recycle
    (C)   Redevelop, Reproduce, Recycle
    (D)   None of the above
[showhide type=”button8c7″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: A [/showhide]
38   Due to acid rain, how pH of soil gets affected?
    (A)   pH decreases
    (B)   pH increases
    (C)   pH is unaffected
    (D)   None of the above
[showhide type=”button8c8″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: A [/showhide]
39   Which of the following diseases is caused to humans due to ozone layer depletion?
    (A)   Skin, lungs and blood cancer
    (B)   Brain tumour
    (C)   Heart attack
    (D)   None of the above
[showhide type=”button8c9″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: A [/showhide]
40   Atomic oxygen reacts with ______to give acryl radical
    (A)   Hydrocarbon
    (B)   CFC
    (C)   SO2
    (D)   None of the above
[showhide type=”button8c10″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: A [/showhide]
41   Photochemical smog causes irritation of
    (A)   Ears
    (B)   Skin
    (C)   Eyes
    (D)   None of the above
[showhide type=”button8c11″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: C [/showhide]
42   The main advantage of watershed approach is
    (A)   High cost
    (B)   Time consuming method
    (C)   Environment friendly
    (D)   None of the above
[showhide type=”button8c12″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: C [/showhide]
43   The black soot spread absorbs —–radiations
    (A)   Gamma
    (B)   UV
    (C)   Solar
    (D)   None of the above
[showhide type=”button8c13″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: C [/showhide]
44   Phenomenon opposite to global warming is—–
    (A)   Infra-red
    (B)   Nuclear winter
    (C)   UV radiations
    (D)   None of the above
[showhide type=”button8c14″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: B [/showhide]
45   Crop productivity —–substantially due to nuclear accidents
    (A)   Increases
    (B)   Reduce
    (C)   Will not affect
    (D)   None of the above
[showhide type=”button8c15″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: B [/showhide]
46   —–is a new currency
    (A)   Carbon credits
    (B)   US dollars
    (C)   Swiss Franks
    (D)   None of the above
[showhide type=”button8c16″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: A [/showhide]
47   Use of renewable energy sources can replace
    (A)   Fossil Fuels
    (B)   Solar power
    (C)   Hydropower
    (D)   None of the above
[showhide type=”button8c17″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: A [/showhide]
48   From Feb-2005, —–was enforced,
    (A)   Kyoto protocol
    (B)   Green fuels
    (C)   Bio energy
    (D)   None of the above
[showhide type=”button8c18″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: A [/showhide]
49   The concept of Carbon credits is one of the outcomes of
    (A)   Hiroshima disaster
    (B)   Kyoto protocol
    (C)   Holocaust
    (D)   None of the above
[showhide type=”button8c19″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: B [/showhide]
50   One —– is equal to one tonne —– emission
    (A)   Carbon credit, CO2
    (B)   Carbon credit, UV
    (C)   Carbon dioxide, I.R.
    (D)   None of the above
[showhide type=”button8c20″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: A [/showhide]
51   Methane capture from landfills/live stocks can generate
    (A)   Hydropower
    (B)   Solar Power
    (C)   Carbon credits
    (D)   None of the above
[showhide type=”button8c21″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: C [/showhide]
52   Carbon credits are also called ________
    (A)   Emission permits
    (B)   Pollution control
    (C)   Environment ethics
    (D)   None of the above
[showhide type=”button8c22″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: A [/showhide]
53   The open Water reservoirs face ______of water
    (A)   Evaporation
    (B)   Reduction
    (C)   Waste waters
    (D)   None of the above
[showhide type=”button8c23″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: A [/showhide]
54   Shortage of water faced can be solved by
    (A)   Water storage
    (B)   Well digging
    (C)   Rain water harvesting
    (D)   None of the above
[showhide type=”button8c24″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: C [/showhide]
55   Photochemical smog affects ____________ of plant species
    (A)   Growth
    (B)   Sowing
    (C)   Harvesting
    (D)   None of the above
[showhide type=”button8c25″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: A [/showhide]
56   Ozonosphere is a separate layer in stratosphere, at a height of
    (A)   10-20 kms from sea level
    (B)   15-30 kms from sea level
    (C)   30-40 kms from sea level
    (D)   None of the above
[showhide type=”button8c26″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: B [/showhide]
57   One chlorine atom is estimated to destroy up to how many ozone molecules approximately?
    (A)   About 1 lakh
    (B)   About 2 lakh
    (C)   More than 5 lakh
    (D)   None of the above
[showhide type=”button8c27″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: A [/showhide]
58   The atmosphere was attached by photochemical smog first time in Los Angeles in Year
    (A)   1947
    (B)   1945
    (C)   1940
    (D)   None of the above
[showhide type=”button8c28″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: C [/showhide]
59   Which one is not a greenhouse gas?
    (A)   CO2
    (B)   Ozone
    (C)   CH4
    (D)   CFC
[showhide type=”button8c29″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: B [/showhide]
60   The subatomic particles released during a nuclear chain reaction are what?
    (A)   Gluons
    (B)   Electrons
    (C)   Neutrons
    (D)   Protons
[showhide type=”button8c30″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: C [/showhide]
61   Human Rights come under which of the following type of development?
    (A)   Social aspect of sustainable development
    (B)   Economical development
    (C)   Cultural development
    (D)   None of the above
[showhide type=”button9c1″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: A [/showhide]
62   The time for half the amount of a radioactive isotope to decay is known as its
    (A)   Half life
    (B)   Radioactive decay
    (C)   Halving time
    (D)   Rate of decay
[showhide type=”button9c2″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: A [/showhide]
63   Clean or Natural rain water has a pH of _________at 20o c
    (A)   1.6
    (B)   2.6
    (C)   3.6
    (D)   5.6
[showhide type=”button9c3″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: D [/showhide]
64   In India at this place acid rain is recorded
    (A)   Kodaikanal
    (B)   Delhi
    (C)   Mumbai
    (D)   Yavatmal
[showhide type=”button9c4″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: A [/showhide]
65   The amount of atmospheric ozone is measured by
    (A)   Wilson spectrometer
    (B)   Rockson spectrometer
    (C)   Ultra-spectrometer
    (D)   Dobson spectrometer
[showhide type=”button9c5″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: D [/showhide]
66   1 DU is equivalent to a ______mm thickness of pure ozone
    (A)   0.001
    (B)   1
    (C)   0.01
    (D)   100
[showhide type=”button9c6″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: C [/showhide]
67   The National council of environmental planning and coordination was set up in
    (A)   1952
    (B)   1953
    (C)   1972
    (D)   1974
[showhide type=”button9c7″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: C [/showhide]
68   The annual average rainfall in India is______
    (A)   1200mm
    (B)   1600mm
    (C)   2100mm
    (D)   4100mm
[showhide type=”button9c8″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: A [/showhide]
69   Sardar Sarover projects of dam is on
    (A)   Ganga River
    (B)   Narmada River
    (C)   Kali River
    (D)   Yamuna River
[showhide type=”button9c9″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: B [/showhide]
70   CFC are a group of synthetic chemical and it is first discovered by
    (A)   Thomas Midgley
    (B)   N.K. Bose
    (C)   P.W. Wrinker
    (D)   N.S. Rao
[showhide type=”button9c10″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: A [/showhide]
71   _____ are used as coolants in refrigerators and air conditions
    (A)   CFCs
    (B)   O3
    (C)   O2+ O3
    (D)   CFCFCs
[showhide type=”button9c11″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: A [/showhide]
72   The natural sunscreen in the stratosphere is called as
    (A)   Oxygen layer
    (B)   Hydrogen layer
    (C)   Ozone layer
    (D)   Sulphur layer
[showhide type=”button9c12″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: C [/showhide]
73   In atmosphere, aldehydes are attacked by __________to form hydroxyl radical
    (A)   Atomic hydrogen
    (B)   Atomic oxygen
    (C)   Oxygen radical
    (D)   None of the above
[showhide type=”button9c13″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: B [/showhide]
74   What country has the greatest reliance on nuclear power for generation of electricity?
    (A)   Japan
    (B)   Germany
    (C)   England
    (D)   France
[showhide type=”button9c14″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: D [/showhide]
75   Which of these countries has the highest per capita carbon dioxide emission?
    (A)   United States
    (B)   Australia
    (C)   Saudi Arabia
    (D)   China
[showhide type=”button9c15″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: B [/showhide]
76   Which state has made it compulsory to harvest rain water for all buildings?
    (A)   Rajasthan
    (B)   West Bengal
    (C)   Tamilnadu
    (D)   Maharashtra
[showhide type=”button9c16″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: C [/showhide]
77   In Mumbai, what is the minimum plot area for which rain water harvesting is mandatory?
    (A)   2000 sq. m
    (B)   500 sq. m
    (C)   1000 sq. m
    (D)   1500 sq. m
[showhide type=”button9c17″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: C [/showhide]
78   Which one below is NOT an example of a freshwater body of water?
    (A)   Lakes
    (B)   Rivers
    (C)   Ponds
    (D)   Oceans
[showhide type=”button9c18″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: D [/showhide]
79   What is watershed?
    (A)   Area of land that water flows across as it moves toward a larger water body
    (B)   Area of land from which water drains to a particular water body
    (C)   Moisture released from clouds in the form of rain, snow, hail etc
    (D)   Both A and B
[showhide type=”button9c19″ more_text=”Show Answer” less_text=”Hide Answer”] Answer: Option: D [/showhide]

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