Environmental Studies MCQ

Environmental Studies MCQ with Answers

Question 1. Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not for every man’s greed – words by?

(A) Sardar Patel

(B) Nehru

(C) Gandhiji

(D) Tagore

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(C) Gandhiji

Question 2. Indian Prime minister who played significant role in conservation of wild life ___________.

(A) A B Vajpai

(B) Manmohan Singh

(C) Indira Gandhi

(D) Rajiv Gandhi

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(C) Indira Gandhi

Question 3. Magazine of Bombay Natural History Society is named as ___________?

(A) Hornbill

(B) Tiger

(C) Peacock

(D) Panda

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(A) Hornbill

Question 4. ‘Narmada Bachao Andholan’ is an initiative by ___________?

(A) Sunderlal Bahguna

(B) Madhav Gadgil

(C) Medha Patkar

(D) Indhira Gandhi

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(C) Medha Patkar

Question 5. BNHS is located in ___________?

(A) Assam

(B) Bihar

(C) Mumbai

(D) Delhi

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(C) Mumbai

Question 6. Expand WWF ___________.

(A) World Wide Fund for Biodiversity

(B) World Wide Fund for Environment

(C) World Wide Fund for Forest

(D) World Wide Fund for Nature

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(D) World Wide Fund for Nature 

Question 7. Autobiography of Dr. Salim Ali is ___________?

(A) Life of a sparrow

(B) Song of a sparrow

(C) Fall of a sparrow

(D) Wings of a sparrow

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(C) Fall of a sparrow

Question 8. Wild Life Institute of India is located in _______.

(A) Bangalore

(B) Dehradun

(C) Hyderabad

(D) Andaman

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(B) Dehradun

Question 9. Indias s most famous environmental Lawyer ___________.

(A) Anil Agarwal

(B) M. S. Swaminathan

(C) S. P. Godrej

(D) M. C. Mehta

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(D) M. C. Mehta

Question 10. E. O. Wilson’s book which won the award for Best Book on Environmental issues ___________.

(A) Man and Life

(B) Nature

(C) Diversity of Life

(D) Biodiversity

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(C) Diversity of Life

Question 11. The book silent spring was written by ___________?

(A) E.O.Wilson

(B) Rachel Carson

(C) Anil Agarwal

(D) Madhav Gadgil

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(B) Rachel Carson

Question 12. World Environment Day ________.

(A) 5th September

(B) 5th August

(C) 5th July

(D) 5th June

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(D) 5th June 

Question 13. The portion of the earth and its environment which can support life is known as_______.

(A) Atmosphere

(B) Exosphere

(C) Biosphere

(D) Crust

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(C) Biosphere

Question 14. All forms of water that come down on Earth, including rain, snow, hail, etc. are known as_______.

(A) Accumulation

(B) Precipitation

(C) Fixation

(D) Calcification

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(B) Precipitation 

Question 15. The main energy source for the environment is_______.

(A) Solar energy

(B) Electrical energy

(C) Bioelectric energy

(D) Chemical energy

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(A) Solar energy 

Question 16. Atmospheric humidity is measured by ___________?

(A) Photometer

(B) Auxanometer

(C) Hygrometer

(D) None

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(C) Hygrometer

Question 17. The ocean covers ________ percentage of Earth’s surface.

(A) 91%

(B) 71%

(C) 61%

(D) 51.5%

View Answer
91%

Question 18. Study of inter-relationship between organisms and their environment is called ___________?

(A) Ethology

(B) Phytogeography

(C) Ecosystem

(D) Ecology

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(D) Ecology

Question 19. What is UNCED? 

(A) United Nations Conference on Environment and Development

(B) United Nations Conference on Environmental Day

(C) United Nations Conference on Education

(D) None of these

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(A) United Nations Conference on Environment and Development

Question 20. The biggest award for environmental activities in India is given in the name of an individual. In whose name is it constituted? 

(A) Kamaraj

(B) Indira Gandhi

(C) Morarji Desai

(D) Lal Bahadur Shasthri

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(B) Indira Gandhi

Question 21. An example of an abiotic component_________.

(A) Bacteria

(B) Animals

(C) Soil

(D) Plants

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(C) Soil 

Question 22. The area to which a species is biologically adapted to live is known_____.

(A) Community

(B) Succession

(C) Habitat

(D) Niche

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(C) Habitat 

Question 23. The area to which a species is biologically adapted to live is known ______.

(A) Community

(B) Succession

(C) Habitat

(D) Niche

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(C) Habitat

Question 24. The term Ecology was coined by_______.

(A) Linnaeus

(B) Aristotle

(C) Earnst Haeckel

(D) A.G.Tansley

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(C) Earnst Haeckel 

Question 25. What is the troposphere ?

(A) Portion of sky

(B) Lowest layer of the atmosphere where we survive

(C) Portion of water

(D) Portion of the air

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(B) Lowest layer of atmosphere where we survive