Question 1. Forest and wildlife are_________.
(A) Renewable resource
(B) Inexhaustible resources
(C) Non-renewable resources
(D) None of these
Question 2. Fossil fuel and metallic minerals are ______________.
(A) Renewable resource
(B) Non-renewable resources
(C) Inexhaustible resources
(D) None of these
Question 3. Energy in the rays from the sun is called?
(A) Water energy
(B) Tidal energy
(C) Wind energy
(D) Solar energy
Question 4. Forests prevent soil erosion by binding soil particles in their ______________.
(A) Stems
(B) Buds
(C) Roots
(D) Leaves
Question 5. Green house effect is linked to ______________.
(A) Carbon monoxides
(B) Carbon dioxides
(C) Sulphur dioxides
(D) Nitrogen oxides
Question 6. In respect of water crisis, there have been conflicts/disputes between two countries,or states of the same country. Which of the following has never been the case of water conflict?
(A) canal dispute between Punjab and Haryana
(B) Sutlej Yamuna Link SYL)
(C) Yamuna-Betwa dispute between U.P. and M.P.
(D) Cauvery water dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka
Question 7. The environment is the life support system that includes ______________.
(A) Land
(B) Water
(C) Air
(D) All of the above
Question 8. Instrumentation technology is used to locate suitable places for mining ______.
(A) Camera trap
(B) GIS
(C) Salinometer
(D) Microscope
Question 9. Extensive planting of trees to increase cover is called?
(A) Social forestry
(B) Deforestation
(C) Agroforestation
(D) Afforestation
Question 10. In our country the percentage of land under forest is about ______________.
(A) 30.24%
(B) 26%
(C) 21.54%
(D) 24%
Question 11. Formation of hole in Ozone is maximum over ______________.
(A) Africa
(B) Antarctica
(C) Europe
(D) India
Question 12. Major consumer of wood from forest is ______________.
(A) Paper Industry
(B) Chemistry Industry
(C) Thermal Power Plant
(D) None
Question 13. Khetri Rajasthan) is famous for ______________.
(A) Marble stone
(B) Marble stone
(C) Copper mines
(D) Coal mines
Question 14. Name the country which virtually closed cod fishery in the 1990’s due to depletion of fish reserves ______________.
(A) Canada
(B) India
(C) Argentina
(D) Italy
Question 15. Noise is measured by a sound meter and the unit is?
(A) Seconds
(B) Decibel
(C) Joule
(D) Hertz
Question 16. Ozone day is observed on _______.
(A) 26th March
(B) 10th November
(C) 16th September
(D) 3rd January
Question 17. Soil erosion removes surface soil which contains_________.
(A) Organic matter
(B) Plant nutrients
(C) Both a and b
(D) None of the above
Question 18. eeling of Ozone umbrella, which protects us from UV rays, is caused by?
(A) Methane
(B) Coal burning
(C) CFCs
(D) Carbon monoxide
Question 19. Ozone Umbrella is located in which layer of the atmosphere ?
(A) Troposphere
(B) Stratosphere
(C) Mesosphere
(D) Ionosphere
Question 20. The main source of acid rain is?
(A) Carbon monoxide
(B) Carbon dioxide
(C) Nitrogen
(D) Sulphur dioxide
Question 21. Name the financial agency which hesitate to support the Sardar Sarovar Project in India in 1993 as a result of the demands of local people threatened with the loss of their livelihoods and homes in the submergence area.
(A) International Monetary Fund
(B) Bank of India
(C) World Bank
(D) Swiss bank
Question 22. One of India’s serious environmental problems is forest degradation. What is the main cause of forest degradation?
(A) Low Rainfall
(B) high altitude
(C) honey extraction
(D) timber extraction
Question 23. Nitrogen constitutes about 78% of the atmosphere ______________.
(A) By volume
(B) By weight
(C) By mass
(D) None of these
Question 24. Moisture in the air is known as ______________.
(A) Humidity
(B) Snow
(C) Fog
(D) Water
Question 25. Kaveri water dispute is in between ______________.
(A) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
(B) Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh
(C) Punjab and Haryana
(D) India and Pakistan