Thursday 19 September 2013

Environmental Science-13

                  1.     For a comprehensive EIA study, it is to be conducted for:
a.     The whole year
b.    Any three seasons including monsoon
c.     Three seasons excluding monsoon
d.    The worst season

                  2.     Which of the following forest types is most widespread in India?
a.     Tropical evergreen forest
b.    Tropical deciduous forest
c.     Temperate forest
d.    Scrub forest

                  3.     The presence of pneumatophores is seen in:
a.     Desert plants
b.    Climbers and lianas
c.     Trees of tropical moist forests
d.    Mangroves

                  4.     A significant effect of climate change on account of global warming on terrestrial plants will be on:
a.     Stomatal mechanism
b.    Amino acid composition of cereal grains
c.     Phenology
d.    Bark formation in trees

                  5.     A tree, which is popular in social forestry programme in India,is:
a.     Shorearobusta
b.    Ailanthus excels
c.     Cedrusdeodara
d.    Callistemon lanceolatus

                  6.     According to the Botanical Survey of India, the total number of plant species in India is about:
a.     45,000
b.    75,000
c.     17,000
d.    30,000

                  7.     Oxygen toxicity (in humans) is caused by:
a.     Inhalation of molecular oxygen
b.    Generation of free radicals
c.     Interactions of singlet oxygen with membrane
d.    None of the above

                  8.     Which of the following shows bioaccumulation and contaminate food chains?
a.     Pesticides
b.    Polychlorinated biphenyls
c.     PAN
d.    All of the above

                  9.     Removal of which of the following impurities from contaminated water requires the of coagulants:
a.     Colloidal impurities
b.    dissolved solids
c.     micro organisms
d.    all of the above

                  10.  The most efficient method of biodegradable urban solid waste management is:
a.     Landfills
b.    Pelletisation
c.     Gasification

d.    Composting

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