Environmental Studies MCQ Set 9

Environmental Studies MCQ with Answers

Question 1. An example of lotic system __________.

(A) Reservoir

(B) Lake

(C) River

(D) Pond

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(A) Reservoir

Question 2. The source of atmospheric oxygen is?

(A) Carbon Cycle

(B) Water

(C) Green Plants

(D) Nitrogen cycle

View Answer
(C) Green Plants 

Question 3. Phytoplankton are ________.

(A) Omnivores

(B) Producers of lakes

(C) Consumers of Ocean

(D) Producers of forest

View Answer
(B) Producers of lakes 

Question 4. What is hibernation and aestivation?

(A) Thermal adaptation is shown by animals

(B) Adaptation of animals to escape from predators

(C) Wind adaptation is shown by animals

(D) None

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(A) Thermal adaptation shown by animals

Question 5. Lotic ecosystem refers to _____________.

(A) Deep marine water system

(B) Ecosystem of estuaries

(C) Ecosystem of flowing water

(D) Static water system

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(C) Ecosystem of flowing water 

Question 6. African grasslands are called?

(A) Light is absent

(B) Savannah

(C) Pampas

(D) Prairies

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(B) Savannah

Question 7. Plants which grow in shade are called?

(A) Epiphytes

(B) Oxylophytes

(C) Heliophytes

(D) Sciophytes

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(D) Sciophytes

Question 8. Organisms which depened on Producers for nutrition are called?

(A) Xerophytes

(B) Consumers

(C) Saprophytes

(D) Autotrophs

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(B) Consumers

Question 9. Sulphur bacteria are examples of __________.

(A) Autotrophs

(B) Saprophytes

(C) Heterotrophs

(D) Carnivores

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(A) Autotrophs

Question 10. Autotrophs are ________.

(A) Producers

(B) Saprophytes

(C) Herbivores

(D) Consumers

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(A) Producers

Question 11. What is a lentic habitat? 

(A) Running water habitat

(B) Marine habitat

(C) Standing or still water habitat

(D) None of the above

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(C) Standing or still water habitat 

Question 12. Photosynthesis is found in?

(A) Scavengers

(B) Consumers

(C) Decomposers

(D) Producers

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(D) Producers

Question 13. _______ is one of the most endangered species of Indian birds.

(A) The great Indian bustard

(B) Owl

(C) Paradise fly catcher

(D) Bee eater

View Answer
(A) The great Indian bustard 

Question 14. The major reservoir of carbon is?

(A) Rock

(B) Plant and animals

(C) Ocean Bed

(D) The atmosphere

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(C) Ocean Bed 

Question 15. What is desertification? 

(A) Conversion of croplands into the desert

(B) Conversion of forests into the desert

(C) Conversion of grassland into desert

(D) All of the above

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(D) All of the above

Question 16. What is Plankton?

(A) Bottom dwelling aquatic organisms

(B) Large plants in water

(C) Microscopic floating organisms – Plants and animals

(D) None of the above

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(C) Microscopic floating organisms – Plants and animals

Question 17. What is deep ecology? 

(A) Ecology of caves

(B) Ecology of forest

(C) Ecology of deep sea

(D) Protecting nature for its own sake

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(D) Protecting nature for its own sake

Question 18. Green Land biome __________.

(A) Pampas

(B) Tundra

(C) Taiga

(D) Thaar

View Answer
(A) Pampas

Question 19. ________Species is known as Azadirachta Indica. 

(A) Banana

(B) Jackfruit

(C) Mango

(D) Neem

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(D) Neem

Question 20. _______Is a marine tortoise that shows the unique phenomenon ‘arribada’. 

(A) B & C

(B) Travancore Tortoise

(C) Star Tortoise

(D) Olive Ridley

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(D) Olive Ridley

Question 21. North American grassland is called?

(A) Savannah

(B) Prairies

(C) Pampas

(D) None

View Answer
(B) Prairies

Question 22. A Hawk that eats a frog is a ______.

(A) Tertiary Consumer

(B) Secondary Consumer

(C) Primary Consumer

(D) Producer

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(A) Tertiary Consumer 

Question 23._______Tree is known as the ‘flame of the forest’? 

(A) Pongamea

(B) Jackfruit

(C) Butea monosperma

(D) Zizyphus

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(C) Butea monosperma 

Question 24. What is Canopy? 

(A) Climbers on trees

(B) Soil in forest

(C) Ground level of the forest

(D) Uppermost level of the forest

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(D) Uppermost level of the forest

Question 25. The simplest aquatic ecosystem can be seen in a __________.

(A) Water Tank

(B) Pond

(C) Lake

(D) River

View Answer
(B) Pond