Environmental Studies MCQ Set 16

Environmental Studies MCQ with Answers

Question 1. Which blood cells get affected by HIV?

(A) Basophil

(B) Monocytes

(C) Lymphocytes

(D) RBC

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(C) Lymphocytes

Question 2. What is ‘Black Lung?

(A) Occupational Hazard to pesticide applicators

(B) Occupational Hazard to navigators

(C) Occupational Hazard to the miners

(D) None of these

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(C) Occupational Hazard to the miners 

Question 3. Which of the following is considered a nuclear disaster?

(A) Both b & c

(B) Three mile incident

(C) Chernobyl USSR

(D) Bhopal Tragedy of 1984

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(A) Both b & c

Question 4. What causes acid rain? 

(A) the use of cowdung

(B) increase spread of paddy fields

(C) Burning of fossil fuels

(D) Open defecation

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(C) Burning of fossil fuels

Question 5. Which among the following is a water-borne disease?

(A) Dermatitis

(B) AIDS

(C) Tuberculosis

(D) Cholera

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(D) Cholera

Question 6. What are the chemicals that lead to acid rain? 

(A) Ammonium phosphate & various silicates

(B) Carbon dioxide

(C) sulfur dioxide & nitrogen oxide

(D) Hydrogen peroxide

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(C) sulfur dioxide & nitrogen oxid

Question 7. Which state proposed a ban on all types of polythene packing for the first time in India?

(A) Karnataka

(B) Kerala

(C) Madhya Pradesh

(D) Himachal Pradesh

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(D) Himachal Pradesh

Question 8. Water pollution is caused by?

(A) Fossil fuels

(B) PAN

(C) Fertilizers

(D) CO

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(C) Fertilizers

Question 9. Where was the Stockholm conference on Human Environment held? 

(A) Greece

(B) India

(C) Austria

(D) Sweden

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(D) Sweden

Question 10. Which one is the permanent sterilization method used for females? 

(A) Contraceptive pills

(B) Microtomy

(C) Vasectomy

(D) Tubectomy

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(D) Tubectomy

Question 11. Vermicomposting is a natural method of?

(A) Destroying worms

(B) Managing waste it creates

(C) Producing worms

(D) Producing compost manure

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(D) Producing compost manure

Question 12. Which one is an example of a megacity in India?

(A) Madras

(B) Bangalore

(C) Mumbai

(D) Kochi

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(C) Mumbai

Question 13. What is the average increase in temperature over the last century? 

(A) 0.8

(B) 0.7

(C) 0.2

(D) 0.6

View Answer
(A) 0.8 

Question 14. Which is the warmest year on record? 

(A) 2016

(B) 2015

(C) 2010

(D) 1998

View Answer
(A) 2016

Question 15. Utilization of natural resources in a moderate manner to remain something for the next generation is termed?

(A) Mutual development

(B) Rehabilitation

(C) Sustainable development

(D) Resettlement

View Answer
(A) Mutual development

Question 16. What is meant by GM foods? 

(A) Good mobility food

(B) Growth marked foods

(C) Genetically modified food

(D) Growth modified foods

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(C) Genetically modified food

Question 17. Which is the first state in India that enforced a ban to the manufacture and use of plastics?

(A) Delhi

(B) Uttarpradesh

(C) West Bangal

(D) Kerala

View Answer
(B) Uttarpradesh 

Question 18. Torrey Canyon is famous for?

(A) Oil spillage

(B) Electric Potential

(C) Industries

(D) Gulf of War

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(A) Oil spillage 

Question 19. What is GIS? 

(A) Geographical Information Status

(B) Geographical Index System

(C) Geological Information System

(D) Geographical Information System

View Answer
(D) Geographical Information System

Question 20. What is a Carcinogen? 

(A) Food colourants

(B) Cancer causing agent

(C) Drugs used for curing cancer

(D) Drugs for curing infectious disease

View Answer
(B) Cancer causing agent

Question 21. World Wetlands Day is celebrated on _______.

(A) March 21

(B) June 05

(C) February 28

(D) February 02

View Answer
(D) February 02 

Question 22. Which heavy metal is the cause for black foot disease? 

(A) Lead

(B) Mercury

(C) Arsenic

(D) Cadmium

View Answer
(C) Arsenic

Question 23. What is Bagasse? What is it used for? 

(A) Vermi compost – as fertilizer

(B) Liquid waste – as fertilizer

(C) Biogas – used as fuel

(D) Sugar cane waste – to make paper

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(D) Sugar cane waste – to make paper

Question 24. Which group of mosquitoes are the vectors of malaria? 

(A) Mansonia

(B) Anopheles

(C) Aedes

(D) Culex

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(B) Anopheles

Question 25. What is a ‘temporary threshold shift’? 

(A) inaudible noise

(B) Tolerable noise

(C) Noise that is intolerable

(D) Hearing loss due to excessive noise

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(D) Hearing loss due to excessive noise