Question Bank of EST for C Division (CE-4-G)

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1.The word environment is derived from French
word ________ 6. The inter-governmental conference on
a) Environner environmental education in 1977 was held in
b) Environnering a) Tbillisi(USSR)
c) E- Environner b) Delhi(indi)
d) Envo c) Albita
d) Newyork(USA)
2.As per Ecomark of our country
is________________ 7. Edaphic means_____
a) Earthen Pitcher _____
b) Water Drop a) Related to water
c) Sun b) Related to soil
d) Ashoka Tree c) Related to air
d) Related to sun
3. --------- is a greenhouse gas
a) CO2 8. Biogas generation is mainly based on the principle
b) H2S of
c) N2 a) Anaerobic degradation
d) None of the above b) Aerobic decomposition
c) Putrefaction
4. WHO stands for d) None of these
a) World Hygiene Observation
b) World Health Oranization 9. Atomic energy is obtained by using ores of
c) Wild Hazardious Organism ________
d) None of the above a) Copper
b) Uranium
5. The main source of water is: c) Lead
a) Rivers d) Crude oil
b) Ponds
c) Rain 10. Which rays are stopped by ozone layer in
d) Canals stratosphere?
a) UV Rays
b) Infrared
c) X-Rays
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d) Gamma rays a) Nitrogen
b) Carbon
c) Potassium
d) Free energy

11. The main greenhouse Gas absorbed by forests as

a raw material for photosynthesis 18. Pick up the correct food chain____
a) O2 a) Grass-Chameleon-Insect-Birds
b) CO2 b) Grass-fox-rabbit-bird
c) SO2 c) Fallen leaves – bacteria-insect larvae
d) O3 d) Phytoplankton-zooplankton-fish

12. The trees are called as Earths _________ 19. In an aquatic ecosystem the tropical level
a) Heart equivalent to cows in grassland is
b) Brain a) Zooplankton
c) Lungs b) Nekton
d) Beli c) Phytoplankton
d) Benthos
13. Mineral resources are natural resources_______
a) True 20. The remains of the dead plants and animals is
b) False called

14. The main driving force of ecological ecosystem a) Detritus

is________ b) Detritivores
a) Wind energy c) Humus
b) Water Energy d) Litter
c) Solar Energy
d) Earth Energy 21.About ______ millions species are found in
tropical forest alone
15. Coal is an example of_________ a) 5
a) Renewable resources b) 10
b) Nonrenewable resources c) 7
d) 100
16. CNG stands for_________
a) Cooling Natural Gas 22.Diamond is non metallic minerals
b) Compressed Natural Gas a) True
c) Compund Natural Gas b) False
d) Critical natural Gas
23. SNG stands for
17. In an ecosystem which one shows one way a) Synthetic Natural Gas
passage? b) Systematic natural Gas

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 c) Sulphuric Natural Gas d) April 22
d) Silver Nitrogen Gas
25. A network of complex interactions formed by the
24.Earth Day is on_______ feeding relationships among the various organisms in
a) Januarry 22 an ecosystem is a ________
b) February 22
c) March 22

a) Food web
b) Trophic level
c) Food chain
d) community
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26. The word environment day is on ________ c) Anthropogenic Environment
a) June 5 d) Semi natural Environment
b) June 11
c) July 5
d) Jully 11
31. He got the Magsaysay award for the water
27. Earth summit, the conference on the environment conservation effort
& development held at Rio de Janerio in a) Rajendra Singh
a) 1892 b) Ashok singh
b) 1992 c) Nana Patekar
c) 2012 d) Anil Agrawal
d) 2004
32. Abiotic environment does not include____
28. He is known as ‘Chipko Movement’ a) Soil
a) Atal Bihari Bajpeyi b) Water
b) Anna Hajare c) Air
c) Sundarlal Bahuguna d) Plant
d) Pandit Neharu
33. Which of the following term best describes the
29 The term Ecology was introduced by inter relationship between nitrogen –fixing bacteria
a) Haeckel and the clover in whose roots they live?
b) Newton a) Mutualism
c) S.S.Rao b) Commensalism
d) Tansley c) Amensalism
d) Parasitism
30. The environment which has been modified by
human activity is called 34. Many individuals of the same species living
a) Natural Environment together in a defined area from a /an
b) Modern Environment a) community
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 b) genus 40. ___________ is the ultimate source of energy for
c)population all life on Earth
d) ecosystem a) Plants
b) Decomposers
35. This biome has the greatest diversity of species: c) Sunlight
a) Taiga d) Water
b) Tropical rain forest
c) Desert 41. A ____________is a step in the food chain
d) Temperate grassland a) Community
b) Trophic level
c) Biosphere
36. Identify the possible link “A” in the following food d) Food Web
chain
PlantInsectFrog”A”Eagle 42. The natures Cleaners are_________
a) Cobra a) Producers
b) Parrot b) Consumers
c) Rabbit c) Decomposers & Scavengers
d) Wolf d) Symbionts

37. The Final Stable Community in ecological 43. Environmental friendly products are given ISO
succession is certification called ISO____________
a) Climax a) 12000
b) Sere b) 13000
c) Pioneers c) 14000
d) Carnivores d) 15000

38. Transfer of energy in different trophic levels of an 44. The Nobel peace prize in 2004 for conference on
ecosystem is called Environmental conservation was awarded to
a) Biosystem a) Ratan Tata
b) Bioenergetics b) Wangari Maathai
c) Geobiocoenosis c) S.D. Bush
d) Holocoenotic d) Dr. Manamohan Singh

39. A ________ is an assemblage of different 45. The upper part of sea/aquatic is called
populations that live together in a defined area
a) Species a) Plankton
b) Population b) Nekton
c) Niche c) Benthos
d) Community d) Plankton & Nekton

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46.During carbon cycle, which of the following carbon
compounds would be utilized as an energy source by
heterotrophs?
a) Calcium carbonates
b) Carbonic acid
c) Carbon dioxide
d) Organic molecules

47.Which of the following is not a gaseous

biogeochemical cycle in an ecosystem?
a) Nitrogen Cycle
b) Carbon Cycle
c) Sulphur Cycle
d) Phosphorous Cycle

48. SNG stands for

a) Synthetic Natural Gas
b) Systematic natural Gas
c) Sulphuric Natural Gas
d) Silver Nitrogen Gas

49.Pyramid of _____________is always upright

a) Energy
b) Biomass
c) Forest
d) Mass

50. A network of complex interactions formed by the

feeding relationships among the various organisms in
an ecosystem is a ________
a) Food web
b) Trophic level
c) Food chain
d) community