Model Test booklet for M. Sc Environmental Science
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Total questions: 60 Question
Booklet series......
Time allowed : 70 Minutes
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1. What is the density of Mantle?
a) 4.5 gcm3
b) 14.5 gcm3
c)28.5 gcm3
D) None of the above
2. The theory of contenental
drift was given by
a) Tuzo wilson
b) Alfred
wegner
c) Henery Hess
d0 Humboldt
3. Granite is an example of
a) Acid
igneous rock
b)Basic Igneous rock
c)Sedimentary rock
d)Metamorphic rock
4. The Jhelum river submerged the
Srinagar city with devastating floods in which river.
1) 2013
2) 2014
3)2015
4) 2016
5. world population day is on
a) 5th June
b) 11th
July
c)4th October
d) 21st March
6. According to National Forest
Policy (1998) what percentage of land should be covered with forests in plain
areas?
a) 10%
b)23%
c) 33%
d) 43%
7.Almuminium is extracted from
which ore?
a) pyrite
b)
Bauxite
c) silicate
d) None of the above
8. Oldest Hydroelectric project
(Mohra) in Kashmir was built in
a) 1700
b) 1905
c) 1950
d) 1965
9. A dangerous condition or
event, that threat or have the potential for causing injury to life or damage
to property or the environment is known as
a) Risk
b) Hazard
c)Life
d)None
10. Nodal
Ministry for Management and Mitigation
of Avalanche
a)Min. of Defence (MoD)
b) Min. of Earth
Sciences (MoES)
8 Min. of Water
Resources (MoWR)
d) All of the
above
11. The
percentage of Argon in atmosphere is
a) 0.93
b)0.036
c) 0.002
d)0.0005
12 . Climate of
world is threatened by
a) increasing
concentration of atmospheric oxygen
b) decreasing
amount of oxygen
c) decreasing
concentration of atmospheric nitrogen
d) increasing concentration of atmospheric Carbondioxide
13. The study of soil is called
a) dedology
b)Pedology
c) soilogy
d) horizons
14. Cotton is grown in which type of soils?
a) Red
b) Black
c) Sandy
d) greval
15. Which of the following activitiesare responsible for acelrated soil
erosion?
a) Overgrazing
b) Deforestration
c)Mining
d) All of the above
16. the process of desert formation is
known as
a) landslides
b)
Desertification
c) mining
d) Erosion
17. India receives about what
percentage of global precipitation
a) 4%
b) 10%
c) 20%
d) 26%
18.
Which of the following is natural resource?
(a) Air
(b) Soil
(c) Water
(d) All of these
19. Which of the following is not
natural resource?
(a) Forest
(b) Minerals
(c) Biodiversity
(d) CFCs
20. which of the following is a
sedementary cycle
a)Carbon cycle
b) Nitrogen cycle
c) oxygen cycle
d)Sulphur cycle
21.
Ground water represents of what percentage
of fresh water
a)
0.5%
b)
10%
c)
15%
d)
20%
22.
Minimata disease was caused by which heavy element
a)
Pb
b)
Hg
c)
sn
d)
Cr
23.Chemically
Asprin is
a)
Acetyl Salicyclic Acid
b)
sodium Salicyclic acid
c)
Methyl Salicyclic acid
d)
Ethyl Salicyclic acid
24.
Which ones are the most essential for origin of life ?
a)
Enzymes
b)
Proteins
c)
carbohydrates
d)
Nucleic acids
25. During Photosynthesis the
oxygen in glycose comes from
a) water
b)carbon
dioxide
c) Both a&b
d) oxygen in air
26. The amount of energy given by
one mole of ATP is
a) 7.3
kcal
b) 721 kcal
c)7600 kcal
d) 1000 kcal
27. Fruit ripening is promoted by
a) Ethylene
b) SO2
c) CO2
d) Nitrogen
28..Epigeal germination occurs in
a) Pea
b) Gram
c) Castor
d) Maize
29. Chemical theory for origin of
life was given by
A. Stanley Miller
b) Oparin
and haldane
c) Spallanzani
d) Louis pasture
30. Which one of
the following is used in genetic engineering?
a) RNA
polymerase
b) DNA
polymerase
c) Restriction endonuclease
31. AIDS day is
a) May 1
b) Nov 1
c) June 1
d) December
1
32. Filariasis is caused by
a) Wuchereria
Bancrofti
b) Tse tse fly
c) sand fly
d) All the above
33. Who proposed the term
ecosystem?
a) Odum
b) Gardner
c) Warming
d) Tansley
34.
Green plants constitute
a)
Complete food chain
b)
Second trophic level
c)
First trophic level
d)
third trophic level
35.
Amount of carbon fixed anually through
photosynthesis is
a) 4.6 x 1010 Kg
b)
7 x 1013 Kg
c) 7 x 1020
Kg
d) 4.6 x 1021
Kg
36. Biogeochemical
cycles are also Known as
a) Sedimentary
cycle
b) Gaseous cycles
c) Material cycling
d) cycles of water
37. In one year
.one hectare of forest shall
a) a) consume 10
tonnes of CO2 and evolve 10 tonnes of O2
b)consume 20 tonnes of CO2 and
evolve 10 tonnes of O2
c) consume 30
tonnes of CO2 and evolve 30 tonnes of O2
d) consume 30 tonnes of CO2 and evolve 10 tonnes of O2
38. Ozone layer occurs in
a) Ionosphere
b) Stratosphere
c) Thermosphere
d) Troposphere
39. Green house gases include
a) CO2,CFC,CH4
and NO2
b) CO2,O2,N2, NO2
and NH3
c)Co2,CFC,CH4, N2and
NH3
d)Co2,CFC,NH3 and N2
40. The succession which starts from sand
a) Psammosere
b) Halosere
c) Lithossere
d) xerosere
41. Largest
fresh water lake in india is
a) Dal Lake
b) Wular Lake
c) Gangbal Lake
d) Surinsar lake
42. Sudden mass death of fish is more likely to
occur in
a) Eutrophic lake
b) Mesotrophic Lake
c0 Oligotrophic lake
d) Oxalotrophic lake
43. Which is not dangerous for life?
a) Nuclear Blast
b) Deforestration
c) Ozone Layer
d)Biopollutants
44. 5th june is
a) World forest day
b) World Redcross day
c) World environment day
d) world food day
45. Which is a regional pollution
a) smog
b) acid rain
c) o3 layer depletion
d) both a and b
46. Pollutant emitted from paddy fields
a) CO2
b) CH4
c) CO
d) H2O2
47. DDT is
a) Biodegradable Pollutant
b) Non Biodegradable
Pollutant
c) Not a Pollutant
d) An antibiotic
48. Noise pollution is measured in
a) Loudness
b)Frequency
c) Decibel
d) Kg
49. Hearing loss is caused by which pollution
a) Air pollution
b) Noise pollution
c) water pollution
d) None
50. Entamoeba histolytica causes
a) Chicken pox
b) Tetnus
c) Dysentry
d) Elephantiasis
51.
When a mean deviation is divided by the average used in finding out the mean
deviation itself, the resulting quantity is described as the
a) coefficient of mean deviation
b)
coefficient of standard deviation
(c)
coefficient of variance
d)
none of the above
52.
5th June, The World Environment Day, is associated with which ol the following
international
convention?
(B)
Montreal Protocol
(A)
Earth Summit
(C)Stockholm Conference
(D)
Ramsar Convention
53. silkworm is a
a) Beetle
b) Worm
c) fly
d) Moth
54. Which Zoogeographical region is the largest
a) Palaearctic region
b) Oriental region
c) Australian
d) Neotropical
55. Mycorrhiza helps in the uptake of which nutrient
a) Nitrate
b) Potassium
c)Phosphorus
d) Molybdenum
56. Which is not dangerous for life?
a) Nuclear Blast
b) Deforestration
c) Ozone Layer
d)Biopollutants
57. Floride pollution mainly affects
a) Brain
b) Heart
c) Teeth
d) Kidney
58. Minamata and itai itai are caused by the
pollution of
a) Hg and Pb
b) Hg and Cd
c) Pb and Sn
d) Pb and St
59.
The median of the data 160, 180, 200, 280, 300, 320, 400 will be:
(A)160
(B) 300
(d)
280
D)
180
60.
Probability of a sure event is:
(A)
0
(B)
0.5
(c)
1
(D)
None of these