BEVAE-181

Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course (AECC) on

Environmental Studies
Duration : 90 minutes
Maximum marks : 50
Mark per question-1.
All questions are compulsory.
1. Which one of the following is a biotic component of the
environment?
A) Precipitation
B) Topography
C) Light
D) Micro-organisms

2. How many goals objectives are there in Sustainable Development

Goals?
A) 8
B) 11
C) 17
D) 21

3. Who coined the term ‘Possibiltism’?

A) Fredrick Ratzel
B) Lucien Febvre
C) Ellisworth Huntington
D) Vidal de la Blache

4. WCED stands for:

A) World Commission on Environmental and Development
B) World Commission on Economic Development
C) World Commission on Education and Development
D) World Commission on Energy and Development
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5. Arrange the following size of ecosystem in descending order.

A) Ecosystem, Biome, Population, Community
B) Biome, Ecosystem, Community, Population
C) Population, Community, Ecosystem, Biome
D) Community, Biome, Population, Ecosystem

6. Match the following:

Consumer Species
(a)Primary (i) Tigers
(b) Secondary (ii) Cats
(c)Tertiary (iii) Birds
(d) Quaternary(iv) Plants
A) a) – i); b) – ii), c) – iii), d) – iv
B) a) – ii); b) – i), c) – iv), d) - iii
C) a) – iv); b) – iii), c) – ii), d) - i
D) a) – iii); b) – iv), c) – i), d) - ii

7. Which of the following trophic level has the maximum energy?

A) Trophic level 4
B) Trophic level 3
C) Trophic level 2
D) Trophic level 1

8. The main reservoir of Sulphur in the biosphere is:

A) Soil and Sediments
B) Oceans
C) Atmosphere
D) Organisms

9. On which animal calotes and Uromastyx are predatory in Thar

desert?
A) Desert snakes
B) Desert dragon flies
C) Desert locust
D) Desert gerbil
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10. Organisms associated with the surface films of water is

known as:
A) Nekton
B) Neuston
C) Plankton
D) Periphyton

11. Hemlock, yew and maple are found in:

A) Temperate rain forest
B) Tropical rain forest
C) Tropical seasonal forest
D) Temperate evergreen forest

12. Kerl, a traditional irrigation practice is found in which state

of India?
A) Uttarakhand
B) Himachal Pradesh
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Sikkim

13. Which one of the following soil is goal for cultivation of

potatoes, bananas and pine apple?
A) Red soil
B) Black soil
C) Laterite soil
D) Alluvial soil

14. Which one of the following is not considered as one of the

cause for land degradation?
A) Industrialization
B) Construction of roads and highways
C) Afforestation
D) Farming
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15. Which one of the following is not a social impact of drought?

A) Water conflicts
B) Health damage
C) Food shortage
D) Loss of crops

16. Which one of the following is not an economic significance

of forest?
A) Food
B) Protection of biodiversity
C) Provides odder
D) Raw material to different industries

17. Ability to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by the

forest is known as:
A) Carbon sink
B) Carbon flux
C) Carbon sequestration
D) Carbon cycle

18. India ideally needs __________ % of it’s area under forest to

meet the ecological and economic needs.
A) 30
B) 35
C) 33
D) 40

19. Which one of the following is not one of the consequences of

deforestation?
A) Habitat destruction of wild animals
B) Increased soil erosion
C) Loss of plant, animal and microbial diversity
D) Increased in the oxygen liberated by plants through
photosynthesis
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20. Western Ghats represents which types of forest in India ?

A) Tropical Evergreen
B) Tropical Deciduous
C) Boreal
D) Temperate Forest

21. Which biogeographical zones of India covers the largest

area?
A) Himalaya
B) Deccan peninsula
C) Western Ghats
D) Gangetic plains

22. The term biodiversity was coined by:

A) Norman Myers
B) Thomas Lovejoy
C) E.O. Wilson
D) A.G. Tansely

23. Which one of the following is a non-conventional form of

energy?
A) Coal
B) Hydro-power
C) Atomic energy
D) Geo-thermal energy

24. Which one of the following is the largest oil producing field?
A) Bombay High
B) Digboi
C) Gulf of Cambay
D) Cavery Basin

25. Reactor generates:

A) Geothermal energy
B) Atomic energy
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C) Biogas
D) Biomass energy

26. Which one of the following invasive species is responsible

for skin allergies?
A) Water Hyacinth
B) Golden Apple Snail
C) Congress Weed
D) Mesquite

27. Which of the following provides genetic insurance?

A) Tissue culture
B) Somatic cell cloning
C) Introduction
D) Seed bank

28. MAB stands for:

A) Man and Biosphere
B) Man and Biome
C) Man and Biodiversity
D) Man and Biology

29. Which one of the following is not a service provided by

wetlands?
A) Mitigating floods
B) Recharging aquifers
C) Absorbing excess nitrogen and activating phosphates
D) Reducing surface run off and the consequent erosion

30. Which one of the following is not a water quality parameter?

A) Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD)
B) Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD)
C) Total Dissolved Solids (TDS)
D) Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM)
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31. Entry of a pollutant in a food chain is known as:

A) Biomagnification
B) Bioaccumulation
C) Bioconcentration
D) Biodegradation

32. Which of the following is a secondary air pollutant?

A) Sulphur dioxide
B) Sulphur trioxide
C) Nitrogen oxide
D) Carbon monoxide

33. Which of the following building material pollutant cause

indoor pollution?
A) Formaldehyde
B) Asbestos
C) Mercury
D) Radon

34. Which one of the following is generally not an effect of acid

rain?
A) Adverse effect on soil fertility
B) Advances melting of glacier
C) Damaging forests and lakes
D) Injurious to plant and other soil biota

35. Which one of the following is not a strategy for hazardous

waste management?
A) Minimising the quantity of wastes
B) Recycling of industrial wastes
C) Dumping the waste in open space
D) Treatment of the waste
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36. Which one of the following is a physical treatment of

hazardous waste.
A) Lagooning
B) Oxidation
C) Digestion
D) Conditioning

37. Which one of the following method provide an

environmentally and economically viable options in case of
radioactive waste disposal?
A) Incineration
B) Landfill disposal
C) Dumping at sea
D) Underground disposal

38. Which of the following organizations established IPCC?

A) WMO and UNDP
B) WMO and UNEP
C) UNDP and UNEP
D) WMO and UNISDR

39. Which one of the following gas is the major contributor for
global warming?
A) Ozone
B) Methane
C) Carbon Dioxide
D) Carbon Monoxide

40. What is the pH of non-polluted rain?

A) About 5.7
B) About 6.7
C) About 7.0
D) About 6.0
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41. Principal bench of the National Green Tribunal in India is

located at:
A) Chennai
B) Mumbai
C) Bengaluru
D) New Delhi

42. The Stockholm Convention is related to:

A) Trans-boundary movements of hazardous waste
B) Persistent organic pollutant
C) Protection of the ozone layer
D) Biological diversity

43. Which one of the following is not correctly matched

A) The Wildlife (Protection) Act — 1972
B) The Forest (Conservation) — 1980
C) Biodiversity Act — 2005
D) National Green Tribunal Act — 2010

44. Which one of the following is not related to geological

calamities?
A) Landslide
B) Avalanche
C) Earthquake
D) Heat Wave

45. Which of the following disease is due to genetic influence?

A) Hemophillia
B) Schizophrenia
C) Diabetes
D) Hypertension

46. Which one of the following is a social impact of drought?

A) Soil erosion
B) Damage to health
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C) Loss of crops
D) Damage to plants

47. Which among the following diseases is not due to genetic

influences?
A) Hemophilia
B) Sickle cell aneamia
C) Mongolism
D) Allergies

48. “All living organisms have values and rights regardless of

whether they are useful or not.” Which of the following views
about nature propagate the above mentioned statement?
A) Anthropocentrism
B) Stewardship
C) Biocentrism
D) Ecofeminism

49. Holding hearing in remote location to minimize public

participation is an example of __________ .
A) Procedural in equity
B) Social inequity
C) Geographical inequity
D) Economic inequity

50. ENVIS stands for:

A) Environmental International System
B) Environmental Information System
C) Environmental Institutional System
D) Environmental Instrumental System