Environmental Studies MCQ Set 10

Environmental Studies MCQ with Answers

Question 1. Conservation within the natural habitat is ___________?

(A) Exvivo conservation

(B) Invivo conservation

(C) Exsitu conservation

(D) Insitu conservation

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(D) Insitu conservation 

Question 2. Black Buck is a_____________.

(A) Bird

(B) Butterfly

(C) Deer

(D) Goat

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(C) Deer

Question 3. Ex-situ conservation includes?

(A) All of the below

(B) Germplasm bank

(C) Botanic garden

(D) Zoo

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(A) All of the below

Question 4. Dodo is _____________?

(A) Extinct

(B) Rare

(C) Critically endangered

(D) Endangered

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(A) Extinct

Question 5. Approximately, 50% of total world species are present on?

(A) Coral reefs

(B) Temperate deciduous forest

(C) Temperate rain forest

(D) Tropical rain forest

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(D) Tropical rain forest 

Question 6. Blue whale is placed under _____________.

(A) Extinct

(B) Rare

(C) Critically endangered

(D) Endangered

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(D) Endangered

Question 7. All are insitu conservation efforts except_____________.

(A) Bird Sanctury

(B) Zoo

(C) Sanctuaries

(D) National parks

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(B) Zoo

Question 8. Gharial is a __________.

(A) Frog

(B) Tortoise

(C) Cobra

(D) Crocodile

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(D) Crocodile

Question 9. Herpetology is a branch of Science which deals with ?

(A) Fishes

(B) Reptiles

(C) Mammals

(D) Aves

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(B) Reptiles

Question 10. Bears are usually hunted and killed for their_____________.

(A) Nails

(B) Gall bladder

(C) Skin

(D) Teeth

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(C) Skin

Question 11. Endemic species are ________.

(A) Rare species

(B) Species localised in a specific region

(C) Cosmopolitan indistribution

(D) Critically endangered species

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(B) Species localised in a specific region

Question 12. India is primary centre of domestication of _____________.

(A) Elephants

(B) Water Buffalo

(C) Goat

(D) Sheep

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(A) Elephants

Question 13. Hot spots are regions of high_____________.

(A) Diversity

(B) Critically endangered population

(C) Endemism

(D) Rarity

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(C) Endemism

Question 14. Biodiversity _____________.

(A) Has no effect on change in latitude

(B) Remains same throughout the planet

(C) Decreases towards the equator

(D) Increases towards the equator

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(D) Increases towards the equator 

Question 15. IUCN is also called as_____________.

(A) World Wide Conservation Union

(B) World Conservation Consortium

(C) World Conservation Union

(D) Man and Biosphere program

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(C) World Conservation Union

Question 16. What does the MAB program stand for?

(A) Man and Biosphere

(B) Man and Biology

(C) Material and biology

(D) Man and biotechnology

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(A) Man and Biosphere

Question 17. Red data book contains data of ________.

(A) Threatened species

(B) Economically important species

(C) All animal species

(D) All plant species

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(A) Threatened species 

Question 18. The drug morphine is extracted from_____ plant. 

(A) Tannin

(B) Opium Poppy

(C) Belladonna

(D) Cocoa

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(B) Opium Poppy 

Question 19. The only ape found in India is?

(A) Orangutan

(B) Hoolock gibbon

(C) Chimpanzee

(D) Gorilla

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(B) Hoolock gibbon 

Question 20. The most important reason for decrease in biodiversity is?

(A) Habitat destruction

(B) Overexploitation

(C) Introduction of exotic species

(D) Habitat pollution

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(A) Habitat destruction 

Question 21. The first global environmental protection treaty The Montreal Protocol was signed on Sept. 26______.

(A) 1987

(B) 1981

(C) 1990

(D) 1985

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(A) 1987

Question 22. Silent Spring is a well-known book written by?

(A) Aldo Leopold

(B) Rachel Carson

(C) Charles Darwin

(D) John Miller

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(B) Rachel Carson

Question 23. Pangolins feed on?

(A) Roots

(B) Leaves

(C) Fruits

(D) Ants

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(D) Ants

Question 24. Killing of animals disturbs?

(A) None of below

(B) The balance of nature

(C) Good for man

(D) Good for ecosystem

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(B) The balance of nature

Question 25. IUCN (The International Union For Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources) headquarters is at ?

(A) NewYork, USA

(B) Vienna, Austria

(C) Paris, France

(D) Morges, Switzerland

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(D) Morges, Switzerland