EN-1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
1. The word environment is derived from which language?
2. What is the growth rate of world population per year?
3. World Environment Day celebrated on -----
4. Water bodies of the world denoted as________?
5. CFC is acronym of_______?
6. Forest Cover accounts for ________% of the total geographical area of the country.
7. What is the target area to be achieved as suggested by our National Forest Policy_____?
8. The Silent valley hydroelectric project situated at_____
9. Which is the Indian state having maximum number of dams________
10. Chipko Movement was lead by
11. What is the percentage of fresh water in total water?
12. The Satluj-Yamuna link canal Dispute is between
13. Out of total water reserves of the world quantity of the salty water is
14. What are fresh water resources in the form of groundwater?
15. Water exists in liquid farm over a range of temperature from
16. Which one of the following metals used in gasoline?
17. Which one of the following is not a mineral
18. Rate of annual use of Sodium and Iron varies from:
19. Out of total metallic minerals iron contributes:
20. Which of the following metal is used for nuclear purpose?
21. Lack of sufficient calories in available food is known as_____
22. Which of the following occurs due to the deficiency of tryptophan
23. An inability to absorb iron from food is caused by_______
24. Which one of the following animal is not a ruminants
25. Deficiency of specific components of food is known as
26. Which of the following crop is cultivated for bio fuel:
27. Which of the following states not having more than 5000 MW wind energy potential
28. Share of Coal in energy production is
29. Potential of hydro energy in India is
30. Country’s waste land area is
31. Salatation is occurs due to _____
33. land area constitutes
34. Soil is a
35. Term salination refers to
36. Share of more developed countries (MDCs) energy use is
38. Dust on lighting sources decreases lighting levels
39. Which of the following will not promote sustainable agriculture
40. Which of the following is not a method to conserve water
41. Autotrophs are
42. Soil, water, light are
43. Heterotrophs depend upon
44. Trees are
45. Saprophages are
46. Phytoplancton is a part of
47. Flower – grasshopper – bird ---- eagle is an example of food chain in
48. Basic unit of a food chain is
49. Basic unit of detriotic food chain is
50. Ecological pyramids depends upon
51. Desert is classified with rain per year less than
52. Xerophytic plants are present in
53. Thar desert is present in
54. Shara desert is present in
55. Tropical rain forest is located in
56. Biodiversity is more in
57. Biodiversity depends on
58. Karan fries and karan swiss differ at
59. Himalayan zone further can be divided according to attitude
60. India is divided in to biographic zones
61. Eco- tourism and medicinal value is
62. Ethical and existence value is related to
63. Genetic value is important for
64. National Bird of India is
65. Most Important value
66. Tropics are rich in biodiversity because of
67. More species are held at
68. Tropical forest are rich in fauna because of
69. Pest and parasites are more in
70. Chilka lake is present in
71. Name the hot spot of diversity in India
72. Reef building corals in India are worlds
73. Central India comes under ecosystem
74. The species with very small population is
75. Hot spot is
76. Condition for hot spot
77. Which is not a human threat?
78. Exsitu conservation is
79. Protected habitate is
80. India has saueturies
81. Which is not a heritage site
82. The disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station in Ukraine occurred in
83. Which one of the following chemical recently caused severe contamination on cashewnuts.
84. Particulate particles have size
86. In which year did Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear bombings occur?
87. Waste material which cause endanger to living being is known as
88. Combustible and non combustible waste is called
89. Process of burning municipal solid waste is termed as
90. Vermicomposting is prepared by using
91. Safety measures should be enforced strictly to dispose
92. Use of rechargeable batteries will reduce
93. Air pollution can be prevented by using
94. Source to reduce toxic gases in air
95. Individuals can help reduce environmental pollution by motto of
96. CFC is released from
98. Union carbide’s Bhopal disaster occurred in the year of
102. Dam that created incident of minor and major earthquakes
106. Pokharan II test was conducted at
107. Biological control means
108. The need for suppressive measures
109. Careful husbandry of living resources recognized
110. The population-driven environmental deterioration can be averted
111. Environmental degradation needs to
112. Urban environmental problem deals with
113. Priorities of the urban environment to
114. Rainwater harvesting indicates
115. Features of a watershed
116. The goals of water conservation includes
117. Resettlement plan will normally contain a statement of
118. The objective of the resettlement policy is to ensure
119. Environmental analysis is normally not required for
121. Planners should consider when preparing a resettlement plan
122. Environmental ethics deals with
123. A nuclear and radiation accident is defined
124. Ozone depletion describes
125. Acid rain is
126. Environmental economics deals with
127. Environmental protection and management plan will normally contain
128. The objective of the resettlement policy is to ensure
129. Wasteland reclamation is to reclaim
130. The individuals have no assurance or certainty would be sufficient to produce the desired outcome is in
131. Westland is not the land
132. The factor which is not discouraging settlement
133. Urban health problem arises due to lack of
134. Prevalence of mental illness in urban areas is due to
135. Water quality affects on human health
136. The effect of population explosion are Unemployment,
137. Common pool resources are
138. Market-based instruments can control the environment
139. Viable and sustainable conservation of the environment requires
140. Economic instruments helps to protect environment
141. The improvement in the effectiveness of environmental standards needs
142. The imbalance in the sex ratio is due to
143. Women are the major targets of family planning programmes due to
144. India launched a nation-wide family planning programme in the year
145. Population Policy is needed to
146. Factors not encouraging settlements
147. In which stage growth of population will be stabilized
148. Main reasons for failure of water quality is the
149. The effect of air pollution on human health
150. Which is the largest source of air pollution in urban areas
151. The value of education is
152. The strategies of imparting value education depends on
153. Intervention strategies to improve the nutritional status
154. Uncontrolled Reproduction is
155. The dropout rate (from schools) of girls is much higher than the boys because
156. Uncontrolled Reproduction is due to
157. Effects of Malnutrition is acute on
158. Acquired immune-Deficiency Syndrome is a fatal illness
159. Role in Genome Sequencing is
160. Role of information technology in human health is on
161. DNA databases helps with
162. Role in genome sequencing helps
163. The ocean occupies --% of the surface
164. Water provides -- for reduction of CO2.
165. The gaseous cycle in environment does not include
166. Ozone layer is made of.
167. Chief sources of nitrogen for plants in soil is
168. Nitrogen from air is fixed in soil by
169. Desert is classified with rain per year less than
170. Xerophytic plants are present in
171. Thar desert is present in
172. Shara desert is present in
173. Tropical rain forest is located in
174. Type of forest varies with
175. Rodents are the unit of
176. Biodiversity is more in
177. Biodiversity depends on
178. Karan fries and karan swiss differ at
179. Himalayan zone further can be divided according to attitude
180. India is divided in to biographic zones
181. Cold desert in india is
182. Mangroves are present in
183. Western ghats comprise