L (A) MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS 1. Environmental Studies : . (a) is an interdisciplinary academic field (©) methodically studies human interaction with the environment (c) includes the natural environment, built environment, and the sets of relationships between them (d) all of the above 2. Environmental Studies does not involve : (a) psychology (b) demography (©) ethics (4) literature1.28 ynmental Studies that orgal anism’s environment is the surrounding conditions that affect t () False itical jurisdictions; environmental problems 3, Anorg (a) True 4, Political decision are made with respect to poli {@) often transcend these jurisdictions (0) respect political boundaries (c) often have little to do with regional economic decisions (d) none of the above. no uses an ecosy: stem approach to comprehend environmental issues wil i, 5. Environmentalist wl into consideration which of the following? {a) human activity (b) the interactions between organisms () geography (a) all of the above (e) none of the above 2 6. Abiotic environment does not include: (a) soil (b) water (0) air (a) plant 7. Van Mahotsav is an annual tree-planting festival in India, celebrated on : (a) 2° June (b) 1*July (c) 1 December (a) 15 September 8, Biotic environment includes : (a) producers (b) consumers (4) all the above (c) decomposers 9, Outcomes of Rio Conference do not include : (@) The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (0) The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) (c) Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (@) Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) Which of the following follow the concept of sustainable development? ( of the young fish. ) Fishing the mature fish instead ( ning coal to generate electricity. Using wing power instead of bu (iii) The prohibition of tradin 10. .g endangered species. (b) (1) and (3) only (a) (2) and (2) only () (2) and (3) only (4) (2), (2) and (3) 4. The evidence that the world is experiencing an environmental crisis is highly visible in many P&™* of the world. (a) True , (b) False ». The natural world uses resources efficiently, while humans tend to waste resources more. (b) False (a) True 3, The Montreal Protocol, signed in 1987 and strengthened in 1990, (a) attains the global optimal level of common property resource. (b) relies on internationally tradable emission permits. lers of public goods. (¢) minimizes free ride tion through the cutting of chlorofluorocarbon production. (a) reduces ozone depletEnvironmental Studi 179 Environment 14. The main outcome of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was (a) it produced a blueprint intended to guide development in sustainable directions. (b) a global agreement on a framework for environmental legislation. (c) a report entitled Our Common Future. (d) it raised awareness of the need to preserve biodiversity in the Amazon River Basin 15. The notion of environmental justice refers to (a) grassroots activities that monitor environmental conditions and work toward equal distribution of environmental impacts and benefits. (v) rewarding those who work hard for environmental improvement, such as grassroots organizations. (©) environmental racism, where waste sites and other hazardous facilities are more likely to be located in nonwhite neighborhoods. (4) prosecution of environmental offenders by government agencies 16. Which of the following global trends is of great concern for the future of our environment? (a) degradation of fertile soils (©) changes in the global atmosphere (©) species extinction leading to the loss of biodiversity (4) population growth and increasing per capita consumption of resources (€) all of the above 17, Introduction of chemicals into atmosphere is known as (a) air pollution (0) radioactive pollution (c) atmospheric pollution (@) dense pollution 18. Second highest layer of Earth's atmosphere is (a) stratosphere (b) mesosphere (©) troposphere (@) thermosphere 19. Re-processing material to make another product : (a) Reduce (b) Reuse (c) Recycle (@) Recovery 20. Most recycling focuses on four major categories of products. Which one of these is NOT one of them? (a) Chemicals (b) Paper (c) Plastic (d) Glass 21. The following is an example of reusin, (a) Using less napkins at eateries. (b) Using waste plastic bags as garbage bags (©) Bringing plastic bottles/bags at recycle facility . (@) Using again the plastic/cloth bags for shopping 22. The following is an example of reducing : (a) Using less water while brushing teeth _(b) Using recycled plastic bags (©) Bringing newspaper at recycle facility (4) Allof the above 23. Which of the following items cannot be recycled? {a) Food items (b) Plastic (©) Paper (4) Batteries: F 24, What is the term used to describe objects that are being washed and used again? (b) Reuse (a) Reduce (a) Recovery (c) Recycle 25, What does it mean if an item is ‘biodegradable’? (a) It means that it will eventually break down completely in nature (b) It means that it is bad for the environment (c) It means that it is perfect for composting, (d) It means that it can be eaten by vultures. 26. When did the Three Mile Island accident happen? (a) March 11,1979 (b) March 28, 1979 (c) May 04, 2011 (d) July 05, 1967 27. The Three Mile Island accident happened in Pennsylvania. The reactor had a number of automate safety systems, Clearly, all did not go as the designers expected. What went wrong with the | automated safety systems? (a) Generally, they worked as designed. However, the operators overrode several of these systems and made the accident much worse than it would otherwise have been. () There was a lightning strike at the plant and the electronic systems were fried. (c) The designers did not account for a loss of feed water to the reactor so there was no backup when that supply of water was cut off. (d) The backup supplies of cooling water were insufficient to cool the nuclear fuel. 2B. There was a lot of debate on the radiation releases from the accident at Three Mile Island. What vas "the final conclusion on the magnitude of the public exposure? (a) The public were not exposed to dangerous levels of radiation from the accident. No discernible health effects occurred. (&) Thousands of people were seriously exposed to high levels of radiation as a result of the accident at Three Mile Island. While tracking deaths is difficult, it is estimated that hundreds died due to their exposures, (6) The radiation exposure would have been very high since the releases were large. However, with the prompt evacuation, no lethal exposures occurred. (4) Hundreds of people were seriously exposed to high levels of radiation as a result of the accident at Three Mile Island. While tracking deaths is difficult, it is estimated that more than ten died due to their exposures. 29. How much response was there from the government and nuclear industry regarding the Three Mil Island accident? (a) Neither the government or industry did much as the event quickly fell out of the public eye. (b) The government made a lot of serious proposals, but the nuclear industry largely ignored them. (c) Both the government and the nuclear industry made fundamental changes in how nuclea! power was regulated and how plants were operated. (4) The government was distracted by the Iran hostage crisis but the nuclear industry seeing the OS of a huge investment took on a big effort to prevent future similar events, 30. Let's turn to the Chernobyl accident which happened in 1986, The Chernobyl power station had feu" RBMK reactors. RBMK is a Russian acronym. The accident occurred in Unit 4, the newest of those the station. How much are the normal modern Wester ‘ n nucle ike the BB reactors? ar power reactors likeEnvironmental Stu 31. 32. 33, 34. 35. 36. n 431 Environment (a) They are very different. (0) The Soviets stole from the French, the British, the Americans, and the Japanese. The RBMK is a mix of all of these and, therefore, alike in some ways to each but not exactly like any. (c) Since the Soviet Union stole the Western reactor designs, they are very similar. (d) The Soviet design was unique and incorporated many advanced features not included in Western designs. In addition to the lack of containment what other feature of the RBMK design magnified the radioactive material releases from Chernobyl?" (a) Water shooting from broken pipes carried radioactive material away from the plant. (®) The graphite caught fire and the thermal plume of the fire pushed radioactive material high into the atmosphere. (c) The other three reactors at the site were damaged by the event in Unit 4 and released additional radioactive material. (4) The workers were afraid and did nothing to even try to contain the event. The radiation releases from the Chernobyl accident are expected to be the major cause of death in the surrounding population for years to come. (a) True (b) False Now the Fukushima reactors in Japan. How did the earthquake cause a loss of control of the power level of the operating reactors? (a) The earthquake jammed all the control rods out of operating reactors and they could not be shutdown. (b) It didn’t. The reactors that were shutdown stayed shutdown. Those operating shutdown automatically. (c) The automated systems tried to shutdown the reactors, but the operators, concerned for the need for electricity after this national disaster, kept them running at full power. (a) The earthquake caused the reactors at Fukushima to run up to very high power like the Chernobyl reactor. Why didn’t the Fukushima plant systems which were designed to keep the nuclear fuel cool work? (a) They were poorly designed and didn’t have the necessary capacity. (©) The reactors were so badly damaged that there were no pipes let to carry cooling water into the reactor. r (©) The operators, like those at Three Mile Island, misunderstood what was going on and they shut dowm key all the key systems. (@) Between the earthquake and the tsunami, all the sources of electrical power were compromised and the cooling systems could not function. Which of the following is greenhouse gas? (@) Carbon mono oxide (b) Carbon dioxide (©) Acid fumes (@) Oxygen Which of the following is greenhouse gas? (a) Sulphur dioxide (b) Methane (c) Nitrogen (a) Oxygen . Which among the following can cause global warming? (a) Fishing (b) Volcanic eruptions () Mudslides (@) Plantation4.32 savin Environmental Studies rons 38. What is green house effect? , ; (a) Increased landslides (b) Extra Volcanic eruptions () More Mudslides 39, What does a green house gas do? (a) It causes more heat to be kept out of (0) It causes the sun’s light to be kept out of the Earth (c) It absorbs and holds in heat (d) It causes acid rain 40. The Tajmahal is affected by (a) Soil Pollution (c) Air Pollution 41. How to prevent Acid Rain : (a) By increasing the emission of SO, and NO, (b) By decreasing the emission of SO, and NO2 (©) By increasing the emission of HCL and Phosphate (@) By decreasing the emission of HCL and Phosphate 42. The appropriate way to reduce the effect of acid rain on soil... (a) By adding hydrochloric acid to the soil (b) By adding limestone to the soil (©) By adding nitrogen to the soil (d) By adding oxygen to the soil (a) Sea level rise f the Earth (b) Water Pollution. (d) Fog }) ADDITIONAL OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS The world environment is derived from French word (a) Environner (b) Environnering (©) E-Environner : (d) Envo 2. As per the French word ENVIRONNER means (a) atmosphere (b) earth and sun (©) encircle and surround (4) earth and energy 3. World Environment day is on (a) June 5 (b) June 11 (©) Julys (@) July 4, World day of water ison (a) April 22 (b) March 23 (©) March 24 (4) March 22 5. Earth day ison (@) January 22 () March 22 6. Ecomark of our country is (a) Earthen pitcher (b) February 22 (@) April 22 (b) Water drop (c) Sun P (a) Ashoka tree 7. Environmental friendly products are given 180 certificati (@) 12000 Fy ion called ISO (©) 14000 ) 13000 (4) 15000Environmental Studies 133 Environment 8. Nobel peace prize in 2004 for contribution towards environmental conservation was awarded to. (a) Ratan Tata (b) Wangari Maathai () S.D. Bush (d) Dr. Manmohan Singh 9. Earth summit, the conference on Environment and Development held at Rio de Janeiro in (a) 1892 (b) 1992 (c) 2012 (4) 2011 10. World summit on sustainable development held at Johannesberg in (a) 2001 (b) 2002 (c) 2003 (a) 2004 11, He is popularly known as the Green judge. (a) Mr. Manmohan Singh () Mangal Singh 12. He is known as Green Advocate, (a) Mr. K.P, Raghav (©) Mr.S.D.Rao 13. He is known for his ‘Chipko Movement’. (a) Atal Bihari Bajpeyi () Sundarlal Bahuguna (b) Kuldeep Singh (@) Mr. Jethmalani (b) Mr. P. Chidambaram (a) Mr. M,C. Mehta (b) Anna Hajare (4) Pandit Nehru 14, He got the Magsaysay award for water conservation effort. (a) Rajender Singh (©) Nana Patekar 15. Wild life week is celebrated in the period of (a) 1-7" October (o) 1-8" March 16. World Forest day is on {a) 11March (©) 13 March 17. Edaphic means (a) Related to water (©) Related to air (b) Ashok Singh (@) Anil Agrawal (b) 11-18" November (d) 1-8" April (b) 12March (@) 21March (b) Related to soil (@) Related tosun 18, The environment which has been modified by human activities is called (a) Natural environment (c) Anthropogenic environment 19, The term Ecology was introduced by (a) Haeckel (0) $.S.Rao (b) Modern environment (d) Semi-natural environment (b) Newton (@) Tansley 20. The ecological factors related to soil and substratum are called....... factors. (a) Edaphic (c) Air-borne (b) Somatic (A) Egis 24, The inter governmental conference on environmental education in 1977 was held in (a) Tbilisi (USSR) (©) Albita (b) Delhi (India) (4) Newyork (USA)eninmment sien 2 () living 22, Abiotic components are ~ (2) non-living (a) earth living (c) artificial Fl jon of 93, CFCs that contributes to the depletion oy catontaset @ methane layer (a) ozone layer (c) SOzJayer ‘24, The major green house gases are ) €0, 0080: 2» Or» (a) CO;, CHa N20 (c) CHa, CHs, CHs (A) CO2,CO3O2 nes are regulated under the UN framework convention on climate change andy, 25, Greenhouse gases {a) Tokiyo protocal (b) Kyoto Ladnea (¢) Mumbai protocal (a Narveyprotocal, ckbone and are visible without magnification are animals that have no ba (b) Mini 26. (4) Non-macro invertebrates (a) Micro (c) Macro invertebrates 27. Montreal protocol is related t (a) Deplete of ozone layer (@) Sulphur layer (c) SOz layer are the most common cause of viral gastroenteritis in human. (b) Bitaviruses (a) Yeasts (v) Cartoon layer 28. (a) Noroviruses (a) Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (0) Organisation for Environmental Company and Development (¢) Organisation for Environmental Company and Department (@) Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Department on cryotic soil i soil at o below the freezing point of water 0°C (32°F) for two or more years: (b) Frost 30. (a) Thermofrost (a) Permafrost (c) Primefrost 31. Area in the interface between land and river or stream is called as... (a) spring () riparian : (c) forest (@) forestland present without compromising the ability of futur | 32, Developments that meets the need of generations to meet their own needs is called as... (b) stable development (a) sustainable development (c) future development (d) natural development 33, Van Mahotsav is an annual tree-planting festival in India, celebrated on (b) 2° March (a) 1 March () 1" July (@) 2" July patterns of tree-rings is called as 34, The scientific method of dating based on the analysis of (a) Dendrochronology (b) Ecosystem (c) Expost (d) EcologyEnvironmental Studies 125 Environment 35, Place or type of site where an organism or population naturally occurs. (a) Habitat (b) Collapse (©) Biotop (4) Biosphere is called as area which is interface between land and river or stream. (a) Riparian (b) Biosphere (©) Biotop (@) Habitat 37. The lowest layer, the troposphere, is only kilometers thick. (a) 1 2 (c) 12 (a) 20 38, The stratosphere is dlometer thick. fa) 1 () 2 () 50 (a) 100 39, The stratosphere contains a layer of........ Which is instrumental in the formation of rain. (a) sulphates (&) co, () O (@) C02 +0, 40, Stratosphere contains layer of, fa) 0 (b) carbon (c) ozone - (d) water 41, Layer of ozone absorbs......... known to cause cancer. (a) Ultra violet light ; (b) Beta violet light (©) Bright light (@) Super light 42. The accumulation of carbon dioxide and other gases cause . global warming phenomenon. in the atmosphere that is leading to (a) light effect (b) green house effect (©) yellow light effect “ (@) solar effect 43, Lithosphere provides us the Soil for sw. (2) rain water harvesting (&) wild life (©) agriculture (@) non-agriculture 44, There are types of lithosphere (@) four () six (©) eleven (a) two 45. The biosphere is also called as. (a) zone of life on earth (0) zone of wild life on earth (© life in environment (d) life on earth and moon 46. The biosphere is postulated to have evolved at least some.. billion years ago. (a) 15 & 25 (9) 35 (a) 45 47. By their percentage contribution to greenhouse effect on earth, the four major gases are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane and... (a) oxygen (>) sulphur (©) ozone (@) Has 48, The global temperature has increased degree Celsius in last 100 years. (@) 100 (&) 200 (2) 0.74 (4) 11.72Environmental Studios 1.36 Environmen | 49, Acid rain is caused by emissions of carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide and .. {a) nitrogen oxides (b) ozone (©) oxygen (@) COs + ozone 50. ODS stands for (a) Ozone depleting substances (b) Oxygen depleting substances (©) Oxygen deposit substances (@) Oxygen developing substances 51, Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster took place on April 26, .. (a) 1986 (b) 1900 (c) 2000 : (d) 2001 52. WHO stands for (a) World Health Organisation (0) World Human Organisation (©) World Human Operations... (@) Whole Health Organisation 53. During the World War II, USA conducted two automic bombs against cities of Japan, Hiroshima and (@) Fuketu (&) Fukeshima (©) Tokiyo (@) Nagasaki 54, USA dropped bomb in Nagasaki on 1945. (a) August 6 (b) August 9 (c) August 11 (@) August1 5S. USA dropped bomb in Hiroshima on wu 1945. (a) August 1 (b) August 6 (0) August 9 (@) Augusta DAL