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NATURAL RESOURCES
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1. Acid rains are produced by
(A) Excess NO2 and SO2 from burning fossil fuels
(B) Excess production of NH2 by industry and coal gas
(C) Excess release of carbon monoxide by incomplete combustion
(D) Excess formation of CO2 by combustion and animal respiration

2. In an ecosystem, which one shows one way passage?

(A) Free energy (B) Carbon
(C) Nitrogen (D) Potassium

3. Competition for light, nutrients and space is most severe between:

(A) Closely related organisms growing in different niches
(B) Closely related organisms growing in the same area/niches
(C) Distantly related organisms growing in the same habitat
(D) Distantly related organisms growing in different niches

4. Which is not a pollutant normally?

(A) Hydrocarbons (B) Carbon dioxide
(C) Carbon monoxide (D) Sulphur dioxide

5. A mutually beneficial association necessary for survival of both partners are

(A) Mutualism/symbiosis (B) Commensalism
(C) Amensalism (D) Both (A) and (B)

6. What is true of ecosystem?

(A) Primary consumers are least dependent upon producers
(B) Primary consumers out number producers
(C) Producers are more than primary consumers
(D) Secondary consumers are the largest and most powerfull

7. The relation between algae and fungi in a lichen is

(A) Symbiosis (B) Parasitism
(C) Commensalism (D) Protocooperation

8. Green-house effect is warming due to

(A) Infra-red rays reaching earth
(B) Moisture layers in atmosphere
(C) Increase in temperature due to increase in carbon dioxide concentration of atmosphere
(D) Ozone layer of atmosphere

9. Major aerosol pollutant in jet plane emission is

(A) Sulphur dioxide (B) Carbon monoxide
(C) Methane (D) Chlorofluoro-carbons

10. Gas released during Bhopal tragedy was

(A) Methyl isocyanate (B) Potassium isothiocyanate
(C) Sodium isothiocyanate (D) Ethyl isothiocyanate

11. Domestic waste constitutes

(A) Non-biodegradable pollution (B) Biodegradable pollution
(C) Effluents (D) Air pollution

12. Soil water available to roots is

(A) Surface water (B) Hygroscopic water
(C) Gravitational water (D) Capillary water

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13. Deep black soil is productive due to high proportion of
(A) Sand and zinc (B) Gravel and calcium
(C) Clay and humus (D) Salt and earthworm

14. Food chain in which micro-organisms breakdown the food formed by primary producers are
(A) Parasitic food chain (B) Detritus food chain
(C) Consumer food chain (D) Predator food chain

15. Pick up the correct food chain

(A) Grass  Chameleon  Insect  Bird
(B) Grass  Fox  Rabbit  Bird
(C) Phytoplankton  Zooplankton  Fish
(D) Fallen leaves  Bacteria  Insect larvae

16. Most hazardous metal pollutant of automobile exhausts is

(A) Mercury (B) Cadmium
(C) Lead (D) Copper

17. Soil best suited for plant growth is

(A) Clay (B) Loamy
(C) Sandy (D) Gravel

18. Ultraviolet radiations from sunlight cause a reaction which produces?

(A) O3 (B) SO2
(C) CO (D) CH4

19. Fish die in water bodies polluted by sewage due to

(A) Pathogens (B) Clogging of gills by silt
(C) Reduction in oxygen (D) Fuel smell

20. Bulk CO2 fixation occurs in

(A) Crop plants (B) Oceans
(C) Tropical rain forests (D) Temperate forests

21. The pyramid which cannot be inverted in a stable ecosystem is that of

(A) Biomass (B) Number
(C) Energy (D) All of these

22. Sound becomes hazardous noise pollution at level:

(A) Above 30 dB (B) Above 80 dB
(C) Above 100 dB (D) Above 120 dB

23. Drawback of DDT as pesticide is

(A) It becomes ineffective after some time
(B) It is less effective than others
(C) It is not easily/rapidly degraded in nature
(D) Its high cost

24. Highest DDT deposition shall occur in

(A) Phytoplankton (B) Sea gull/birds
(C) Crab (D) Eel

25. Atmosphere of big/metropolitan cities is polluted most by

(A) Automobile exhausts (B) Pesticide residue
(C) Household waste (D) Radioactive fall out

26. Disease caused by eating fish found in water contaminated with industrial waste having
mercury is
(A) Minamata disease (B) Bright’s disease
(C) Hashimoto’s disease (D) Osteosclerosis

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27. In a biotic community, the primary consumers are
(A) Carnivores (B) Omnivores
(C) Detritivores (D) Herbivores

28. The primary succession refers to the development of communities on a

(A) Fleshy cleared crop field
(B) Forest clearing after devastating fire
(C) Pond, freshy filled with water after a dry phase
(D) Newly-exposed habitat with no record of earlier vegetation

29. Sunken stomata is the characteristic feature of

(A) Hydrophyte (B) Mesophyte
(C) Xerophyte (D) Halophyte

30. Which of the following pair is a sedimentary type of biogeochemical cycle?

(A) Oxygen and nitrogen (B) Phosphorus and sulphur
(C) Phosphorous and nitrogen (D) Phosphorus and carbon dioxide

31. Which of the following does not have stomata?

(A) Hydrophytes (B) Mesophytes
(C) Xerophytes (D) Submerged hydrophytes

32. The Taj Mahal is threatened due to the effect of

(A) Oxygen (B) Hydrogen
(C) Chlorine (D) Sulphur dioxide

33. When huge amount of sewage is dumped into a river, its BOD will
(A) Increase (B) Decrease
(C) Sharply decrease (D) Remain unchanged

34. The transfer of energy from one trophic level to another is governed by the 2nd law of
thermodynamics. The averages efficiency of energy transfer from herbivores to carnivores is
(A) 5% (B) 10%
(C) 25% (D) 50%

35. Niche of a species in an ecosystem refers to its

(A) Function at its place of occurrence (B) Place of its occurrence
(C) Competitive ability (D) Centre of origin

36. The most common indicator organism which represents polluted water is
(A) Escherichia coli (B) Salmonella typhi
(C) Vibrio cholerae (D) Entamoeba histolytica

37. The CO2 content by volume, in the atmospheric air is about

(A) 0.0314% (B) 0.34%
(C) 3.34% (D) 4%

38. Formation of ozone hole is maximum over

(A) India (B) Antarctica
(C) Europe (D) Africa

39. Which of the following is free-living aerobic non-photosynthetic nitrogen fixing bacterium?
(A) Rhizobium (B) Azotobacter
(C) Nostoc (D) Azospirillum

40. In coming years, skin related disorders will be more common due to
(A) Air pollution (B) Use of detergents
(C) Water pollution (D) Depletion of ozone layer

41. Key stone species in an ecosystem are those which

(A) are present in maximum number (B) are most frequent
(C) attain a large biomass (D) contribute to ecosystem properties

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42. Which one of the following organism is used as indicator of water quality?
(A) Beggiatoa (B) Chlorella
(C) Azospirillum (D) Escherichia

43. Carbon monoxide is a pollutant because

(A) it reacts with O2 (B) It inhibits glycolysis
(C) It reacts with haemoglobin (D) It makes nervous system inactive

44. A sewage treatment process in which a portion of the decomposer bacteria present in the
waste is recycled into the beginning of the process, is called
(A) Cyclic treatment (B) Primary treatment
(C) Activated sludge treatment (D) Tertiary treatment

45. The supersonic jets cause pollution by the thinning of

(A) CO2 layer (B) SO2 layer
(C) O2 layer (D) O3 layer

46. The response of different organisms to the environmental rhythms of light and darkness is
called
(A) Phototaxis (B) Phototropism
(C) Vernalization (D) Photoperiodism

47. Species restricted to a given are called

(A) Sibling (B) Endemic
(C) Sympatric (D) Allopatric

48. In a terrestrial ecosystem such as forest, maximum energy is in which trophic level?
(A) T1 (B) T2
(C) T3 (D) T4

49. Which part of the world has high density of organisms?

(A) Deciduous forests (B) Grasslands
(C) Savannas (D) Tropical rain forests

50. Which of the following is a secondary pollutant?

(A) Aerosol (B) CO
(C) PAN (D) CO2

51. Green house effect refers to

(A) Production of cereals (B) Cooling of earth
(C) Trapping of UV rays (D) Warming of earth

52. Special kinds of roots called pneumatophores are characteristics of the plants growing in
(A) Sandy soils (B) Saline soils
(C) Marshy places and salt lakes (D) Dryland regions

53. What is BOD?

(A) The amount of O2 utilized by organisms in water
(B) The amount of O2 utilized by micro-organisms for decomposition
(C) The total amount of O2 present in water
(D) All of the above

54. What is the intensity of sound in normal conversation?

(A) 10-20 dB (B) 30-60 dB
(C) 70-90 dB (D) 120-150 dB

55. Fluoride pollution mainly affects

(A) Teeth (B) Kidney
(C) Brain (D) Heart

56. Mycorrhiza is an example of

(A) Endoparasitism (B) Decomposers
(C) Symbiotic relationship (D) Ectoparasitism
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57. Escherichia coli is used as an indicator organism to determine pollution of water with
(A) Industrial effluents (B) Pollen of aquatic plants
(C) Heavy metals (D) Faecal matter

58. Which of the following is not used for disinfection of drinking water?
(A) Phenyl (B) Chloramine
(C) Chlorine (D) Ozone

59. Montreal Protocol which calls for appropriate action to protect the ozone layer from human
activities was passed in the year?
(A) 1986 (B) 1987
(C) 1988 (D) 1985

60. Photochemical smog pollution does not contain

(A) Ozone (B) Nitrogen dioxide
(C) Carbon dioxide (D) PAN (Peroxy Acyl Nitrate)

61. Which one of the following is the correct percentage of the two (out of the total of 4) green-
house gases that contribute to the total global-warming?
(A) CFCs – 14%, CH4 – 20% (B) CO2 – 40%, CFCs – 30%
(C) N2O – 6%, CO2 – 86% (D) CH4 – 20%, N2O – 18%

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ANSWERS
NATURAL RESOURES
1. A 2. A 3. B 4. B
5. A 6. C 7. A 8. C
9. D 10. A 11. B 12. D
13. C 14. B 15. C 16. C
17. B 18. A 19. C 20. B
21. C 22. B 23. C 24. B
25. A 26. A 27. D 28. D
29. C 30. B 31 D 32. D
33. A 34. B 35. A 36. A
37. A 38. B 39. B 40. D
41. D 42. D 43. C 44. C
45. D 46. D 47. B 48. A
49. D 50. C 51. D 52. C
53. B 54. B 55. A 56. C
57. D 58. A 59. B 60. C
61. A

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