Environmental Studies MCQ Set 12

Environmental Studies MCQ with Answers

Question 1. Point Calimere sanctuary is situated in which state? 

(A) Gujarat

(B) Karnataka

(C) Kerala

(D) Tamilnadu

View Answer
(D) Tamilnadu

Question 2. Largest reptile in the world?

(A) Python

(B) Crocodile

(C) Anaconda

(D) Dragon

View Answer
(C) Anaconda

Question 3. In which year Silent Valley was declared a National Park? 

(A) 1981

(B) 1984

(C) 1982

(D) 1988

View Answer
(B) 1984

Question 4. The most endangered ecosystem in India?

(A) Tundra Ecosystem

(B) Pond ecosystem

(C) Evergreen forest ecosystem

(D) Shola forest ecosystem

View Answer
(C) Evergreen forest ecosystem

Question 5. The snow leopard is found in which National Park? 

(A) Nagarhole

(B) Bharatpur

(C) The Great Himalayan

(D) Kaziranga

View Answer
(C) The Great Himalayan

Question 6. Eravikulam National Park conserves __________.

(A) Nilgiri Tahr

(B) Elephant

(C) Tiger

(D) Lion tailed macaque

View Answer
(A) Nilgiri Tahr 

Question 7. The movement Beej Bachao Andolan was aimed for the conservation of __________.

(A) Coconut

(B) Crops

(C) Shrubs

(D) Trees

View Answer
(B) Crops

Question 8. First National Park in India is?

(A) Sunderbans National Park

(B) Gir National Park

(C) Bandipur National Park

(D) Jim Corbert National Park

View Answer
(D) Jim Corbert National Park

Question 9. The Red Data book which lists endangered species is maintained by?

(A) WWF

(B) IUCN

(C) WHO

(D) UNO

View Answer
(B) IUCN

Question 10. Agastyamalai Biosphere reserve is in __________.

(A) Wayanad

(B) Idukki

(C) Thiruvananthapuram

(D) Pathanamthitta

View Answer
(C) Thiruvananthapuram 

Question 11. Name the endangered animal which is protected in Rajamalai National park. 

(A) None of below

(B) Nilgiri Tahr

(C) Blackbuck

(D) Chital

View Answer
(B) Nilgiri Tahr

Question 12. Centre of Modern nuclear technology in India is?

(A) None of below

(B) BARC

(C) SARC

(D) CRAS

View Answer
(B) BARC

Question 13. First Biosphere reserve in India?

(A) Chinnar

(B) Eravikulam

(C) Agastyamala

(D) Nilgiri

View Answer
(D) Nilgiri

Question 14. What is meant by ex-situ conservation? 

(A) Conservation of plants

(B) Conservation of a species outside its natural habitat

(C) Conservation of forest ecosystem

(D) Conservation of a species by protecting its habitat along with all other species living there.

View Answer
(B) Conservation of a species outside its natural habitat

Question 15. The flagship species of the Choolannur sanctuary is?

(A) Rhino

(B) Elephant

(C) Peacock

(D) Tiger

View Answer
(C) Peacock

Question 16. Animals and plants are best protected in?

(A) Sanctuaries

(B) National Parks

(C) Botanical Gardens

(D) Zoos

View Answer
(B) National Parks

Question 17. The heating of earth’s atmosphere due to trapped radiation is known as?

(A) Green House Effect

(B) Thermal effect

(C) Glass-House effect

(D) Global warming

View Answer
(A) Green House Effect

Question 18. What is an Incinerator?

(A) Furnace used for treating liquid waste

(B) Furnace used for burning solid waste

(C) Both A & B

(D) None of these

View Answer
(A) Furnace used for treating liquid waste

Question 19. World’s first Teak Forest was planted in 1842 in Kerala. Identify the place. 

(A) Nelliyampathy

(B) Silent Valley

(C) Nilambur

(D) Wayanad

View Answer
(C) Nilambur

Question 20. Which of the following is an extinct species? 

(A) Ostrich

(B) Dodo

(C) Lion

(D) Tiger

View Answer
(B) Dodo

Question 21. Photochemical smog is called?

(A) Paris smog

(B) Los Angeles smog

(C) London smog

(D) Tokyo smog

View Answer
(B) Los Angeles smog 

Question 22. The Native Place of Redwood trees? 

(A) Thailand

(B) California

(C) Amazon

(D) Australia

View Answer
(B) California

Question 23. The combustion of waste in the absence of Oxygen is called?

(A) Hydrolysis

(B) Pyrolysis

(C) Haemolysis

(D) None of above

View Answer
(B) Pyrolysis

Question 24. The state which constituted the green bench?

(A) Madhya Pradesh

(B) Assam

(C) Tamilnadu

(D) Kerala

View Answer
(C) Tamilnadu

Question 25. Many wild plants and animals are on the verge of extinction due to?

(A) Non-availability of food

(B) Habitat destruction

(C) Climatic changes

(D) None of the above

View Answer
(B) Habitat destruction