1. National Land Reform Policy stresses on

Restoration of ecological balance

Natural regeneration

Tenancy reforms

Watershed approach
2. Nalgonda technique of fluoride removal involves the use of

Aluminium salts

Sodium salts

Potassium salts

Magnesium salts
3. In which years the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands was held and came into force

1951, 1955

1961, 1965

1971, 1975

1981, 1985
4. The Stockholm Convention is a global treaty to protect humans from

toxic gases

hospital acquired infections

persistent organic pollutants

carbon monoxide
5. Which of the following is not a Millennium Development Goal

Ensuring environmental sustainability

Eradicating extreme poverty and hunger

Developing global partnership for development

Achieving universal energy security
6. In turbidity analysis, formazin is used

to stabilize the samples

to preserve the samples

to make turbidity standards

to remove colour interferences
7. pE values in water range from approximately

1 to 14

12 to 25

1 to 12

0 to 14
8. Point out the right match concerning the toxic metal and associated adverse impact.

Zn Brain tissue damage

Ni Keratosis

Ar Renal poisoning

Hg Pulmonary disease
9. Amount of 8-hydroxyquinoline (M.W. 145.16) required for preparing 1000 ml of 5 ppm solution is

1.45 mg

5 mg

7.25 mg

14.5 mg
10. What is OH- ion concentration of HCl whose pH is 3



3

10-3

10-11
11. Radioactive waste management in our country is governed under

Hazardous Waste (Management, Handling and Transboundary Movement)

Atomic Energy Act, 1962

Environment (Protection) Act, 1986

Biomedical Waste (Management Handling) Rules 1998


12. Which of the following parameters is not an indicator of water vapour present in a certain quantity of air

Virtual temperature

Potential temperature

Wet bulb temperature

Dew point


13. The background noise level in an area is represented by which of the following noise indices

L10

L50

L90

TNI
14. The chemical formula for CFC-11 is

CF2Cl2

CFCl3

CHFCl2

CHCl3


15. Match the List I with List II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below

List I List II
a. Mollisol 1. Tundra
b. Oxisol 2. Tropical rain forest
c. Soils of high altitude 3. Prairie soil
d. Soils of low altitude4. Rich in iron oxide

Codes a b c d

3 4 1 2

3 4 2 1

1 2 3 4

2 3 4 1


16. Particles which have maximum ability to attract and hold and NH4+ ions on their surface are

Clay

Sand

Loam

Loamy sand


17. Compared to CO2, methane has global warming potential of

5 10 times more

20 25 times more

40 45 times more

60 65 times more


18. Laterite soil contains more of

Iron and Aluminium

Magnesium and Boron

Manganese and Silicate

Potassium and Lead


19. Universally accepted method for isolating semivolatile organic compounds from their matrices is

Double infiltration

Solvent extraction

Sedimentation technique

Permeation


20. The relationship between two organisms in which one receives benefit at the cost of other is known as

Predation

Parasitism

Scavenging

Symbiosis


21. Species diversity increases as one proceeds from

higher to lower altitude and higher to lower latitude

lower to higher altitude and higher to lower latitude

lower to higher altitude and lower to higher latitude

higher to lower altitude and lower to higher latitude


22. Which of the following is not an IUCN-designated threatened species found in India

Asiatic Lion

Bengal Tiger

Indian White rumped vulture

Mountain gorilla


23. Which of the following ecosystems has the lowest net primary production per square metre

A grassland

A coral reef

An open ocean

A tropical rain forest


24. The rate of energy at consumer's level is called

Primary productivity

Gross primary productivity

Net primary productivity

Secondary productivity


25. Peaty soil is found more in

Kerala

Uttar Pradesh

Maharashtra

Gujarat


26. Brown forest soil is also known as

Entisols

Altisols

Spodosols

Mollisols


27. Establishment of a species in a new area is referred to as

Stabilization

Aggregation

Ecesis

Migration


28. The Zooplankton of continental shelf are generally the same as in

Neritic region

Pelagic region

Estuary region

Benthic region


29. 'Mesothelioma' is caused by toxicity of

Mercury

Lead

Arsenic

Carbon monoxide


30. Algal biofertilizer consists of

Blue green algae and earthworm

Algal biomass and Mycorrhiza

Blue green algae and Azolla

Green algae and Rhizobia


31. A volcanic eruption will be violent if there is

High silica and low volatiles

High silica and high volatiles

Low silica and low volatiles

Low silica and high volatiles


32. Which of the following is the satellite for measuring precipitation

GRACE

TRMM

ASTER

SPOT


33. Clay minerals are

Tectosilicates

Sorosilicates

Inosilicates

Phyllosilicates


34. Vertical dimensions can be obtained from

DEM

SRTM

Topographic Sheets

All the above


35. In biogeochemical cycle, a chemical element or molecule moves through

Biosphere and lithosphere

Biosphere, lithosphere and atmosphere

Biosphere, lithosphere, atmosphere and hydrosphere

Lithosphere and atmosphere


36. Which of the following is not considered as a major type of seashore

Rocky shore

Sandy shore

Muddy shore

Clayey shore


37. Low-high tides are called

Spring tide

Neap tide

Perigean tide

Apogean tide


38. Consider an ideal wind mill. For following parameters Vane cross-sectional area 30 m2; wind speed 10 density of air 1.29 kg/m3 and conversion efficiency 0.4 What is the power output of the wind mill

5.24 kW

8.21 kW

10.25 kW

7.74 kW


39. Biogas produced by anaerobic bacterial activity is a mixture of

CH3OH, CO2, NH3 and H2O

CH4, CO2, NH3, H2S and H2O

H2S, CO2, CO, CH4 and LPG

CO2, SO2, NO2, CH4 and H2O


40. At present, what is the share of renewable energy in the total energy production of India

11 12%

2

20%

25 30%


41. If all of the atmosphere were at standard temperature and pressure, then present day CO2 concentration of 392 ppm would correspond to how much carbon in the atmosphere

415 Gt

831 Gt

1245 Gt

1620 Gt


42. Risk assessment is different from Environmental Impact Assessment in terms of

Hazard identification

Disaster management

Probability expression

Consideration of human environment


43. Reliable, quantitative and verifiable data used in Environmental Impact Assessment study are called

Hard data

Soft data

Continuous data

Discrete data


44. Which category of projects do not require Environmental Impact Assessment in accordance with the Indian EIA Notification 2006

Category A

Category B1

Category B2

None of the above


45. Environmental Protection Act was enacted in India during

1986

1984

1994

1987


46. Minimum Stock height of incinerators should be

10 m

15 m

30 m

60 m


47. Basal convention on transboundary movement of hazardous waste was implemented in the year

1969

1979

1989

1999


48. The events A and B are mutually exclusive. If P

0.5 and P

0.2, then what is P(A

0.5

0.1

0.7

0.3


49. A population, from where samples are drawn, is called

Total population

Target population

Accessible population

Universal population


50. The rate of variation of population with time represented by dN equation . follows dt

J-shaped curve

S-shaped curve

Z-shaped curve

Parabolic curve