Environmental Studies MCQ Set 11

Environmental Studies MCQ with Answers

Question 1. World wildlife week is observed during ________.

(A) First week of September

(B) Third week of October

(C) Last week of October

(D) First week of October

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(D) First week of October

Question 2. All the genes of a population is called?

(A) Gene population

(B) Gene bunch

(C) Genome

(D) Gene pool

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(D) Gene pool 

Question 3. Earth summit of Rio de Janeiro 1992) resulted in?

(A) IUCN

(B) Conservation of biodiversity

(C) Establishment of biosphere reserves

(D) Compilation of Red list

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(B) Conservation of biodiversity

Question 4. Which of the following region has maximum diversity? 

(A) Coral reefs

(B) Taiga

(C) Temperate rainforest

(D) Mangroves

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(A) Coral reefs 

Question 5. Zoological Survey of India is at?

(A) Chennai

(B) Kolkata

(C) Mumbai

(D) Delhi

View Answer
(B) Kolkata

Question 6. Lions are found in?

(A) Gir forests

(B) Forests of Madhya Pradesh

(C) Corbett National Park

(D) Western Ghats

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(A) Gir forests

Question 7. The first protected area in India is ________.

(A) Nagar-Hole

(B) Bandipur sanctuary

(C) Corbett National Park

(D) Silent valley

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(C) Corbett National Park

Question 8. National Park associated with rhinoceros is?

(A) Valley of flowers

(B) Corbett

(C) Ranthambore

(D) Kaziranga

View Answer
(D) Kaziranga

Question 9. Which plants die after flowering?

(A) Butea

(B) Chrysanthemum

(C) Bamboo

(D) Lotus

View Answer
(C) Bamboo

Question 10. Some species of plants and animals are extremely rare and may occur only at a few locations are called?

(A) Threatened

(B) Vulnerable

(C) Endangered

(D) Endemic

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(C) Endangered

Question 11. The Salim Ali Bird sanctuary is located at?

(A) Kalakkadj

(B) Anakkatti

(C) Thattekad

(D) Pondicherry

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(C) Thattekad

Question 12. The only known breeding colony of the greater and lesser Flamingos in our country is seen in __________desert. 

(A) Atacama

(B) Ladakh

(C) The Thar

(D) The Great Rann of Kutch

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(D) The Great Rann of Kutch

Question 13. The Indian Parliament passed the Biodiversity Bill in the year_______.

(A) 2007

(B) 2002

(C) 2005

(D) 2000

View Answer
(B) 2002

Question 14. In which Indian state is Corbet National park located?

(A) Tamilnadu

(B) Kerala

(C) Uttarakhand

(D) Madya Pradesh

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(C) Uttarakhand 

Question 15. Who among the following is commonly called ‘Bird Man of India’? 

(A) Raphel Emerson

(B) M.C. Mehta

(C) M.S. Swaminathan

(D) Salim Ali

View Answer
(D) Salim Ali 

Question 16. The first national park of Kerala is?

(A) Iravikulam

(B) Idukki

(C) Kottayam

(D) Aralam

View Answer
(A) Iravikulam

Question 17. The destruction of the habitat of plants and animals is called?

(A) Flood

(B) Habitat loss

(C) Endangered species

(D) Endemism

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(B) Habitat loss

Question 18. The one-horned Rhinoceros is now restricted to which state?

(A) Uttar Pradesh

(B) Assam

(C) Gujarat

(D) Maharashtra

View Answer
(B) Assam

Question 19. The phenomenon of occurrence of additional species found in the ecotone or transitional zone between adjoining ecosystems is known as _________.

(A) Coolidge effect

(B) Raman effect

(C) Root effect

(D) Edge effect

View Answer
(D) Edge effect

Question 20. Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural history is located at _________.

(A) Coimbatore

(B) Kerala

(C) Hyderabad

(D) Pune

View Answer
(A) Coimbatore

Question 21. In which year was Project Tiger launched? 

(A) 1970

(B) 1998

(C) 1964

(D) 1973

View Answer
(D) 1973

Question 22. Asiatic lion is found only in _________.

(A) Sundarbans

(B) Kasiranga

(C) Manas

(D) Gir Forest

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(D) Gir Forest

Question 23. Zoos are examples for _________.

(A) Ex-vivo conservation

(B) Ex-situ conservation

(C) In-vivo conservation

(D) In-situ conservation

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(B) Ex-situ conservation

Question 24. A set of organisms that resemble one another in appearance and behavior is called a _________.

(A) Guilds

(B) Species

(C) Prions

(D) Exons

View Answer
(B) Species

Question 25. Which tree is known as a Coral tree?

(A) Zizypus

(B) Erythrina

(C) Dipterocarps

(D) Quercus

View Answer
(B) Erythrina