sub (EVS) B.tech first year question paper

Uttarakhand Technical University

B.tech (first year)

odd sem Examination, 2012

sub :- Environmental Studies

time :- 2 hrs}

Note : Attempt all question each carry equal marks (each=01)

1.  The environment which has been modified by human activities is called

(a)    Natural environment

(b)   Anthropogenic environment 

(c)   Urban environment

(d)   Modern environment

2.  Drugs, fuel and wood derived from biodiversity represent

(a)   consumptive value

(b)   Productive value

(c)   Social value

(d)   None

3.  Which of the following is a biodiversity hotspot in India ?

(a)   Gulf of manner 

(b)   Sunderbans

(c)   Panchmarhi

(d)   Western ghats

4.  Which of the following is an endemic species of India ?

(a)   Asian Elephant 

(b)   Panda

(c)   Whales

(d)   Lion-tailed macaque

5.  Red data book is famous for

(a)   Extinct plants

(b)   Endangered animals

(c)   Endangered plants

(d)   Endangered plants and animals

6.  Where is the snow leopard found ?

(a)   Arunachal Pradesh 

(b)   Laddakh

(c)   Sikkim and Himachal Pardesh

(d)   All of these

7.  Which of the following is fast disappearing from India ?

(a)   Cheetah

(b)   Wolf

(c)   Leopard

(d)   Gaur

8.  Wildlife week is celebrated from/in

(a)   Monday of first week of Oct.

(b)   Monday of second week of Oct.

(c)   Any week of Oct.

(d)   Any week in winter.

9.  For which animal is Dachigam National Park is famous ?

(a)   Hangul (Kashmir stag)

(b)   Sambhar

(c)   Musk deer   

(d)   Spotted deer and Black Buck

10.  A highly endangered bird

(a)   Dodo of Mauritius

(b)  Great Indian Bustard of Rajasthan 

(c)   Pink headed duck of India

(d)   All of these

11.  Death while sleeping in closed room with burning coal furnace is due to

(a)   CO2

(b)   CO 

(c)   CCl4

(d)   SO2

12.  Maximum soil erosion takes place in

(a)  Grasslands

(b)   Urban areas 

(c)   Tropical forests 

(d)   Agricultural lands

13.  Bulk of energy that Indian consume comes from

(a)   Nuclear sources

(b)   Wind

(c)   Hydroelectric project 

(d)   Coal

14.  A society that cares of animals

(a)   Chipko 

(b)   Blue Cross

(c)   MAB

(d)   People

15.  Which ones occurs at the same tropic level

(a)   Crow and Cow

(b)   Snake and Earthworm

(c)   Tiger and Wild Bear

(d)   Deer and Bee

16.  Ecological pyramids are of types

(a)   Two

(b)   Three 

(c)   Four 

(d)   Five

17.  Lentic ecosystem occur in

(a)   Rain water

(b)   Running water

(c)   Standing water

(d)   Gravitational water

18.  Which type of waste is Produced in the maximum amount in a household

(a)   Plastic

(b)   Metal

(c)   Paper

(d)   Organic matter

19.  Sound limit in industry is

(a)   75 dB

(b)   55 dB

(c)   30 dB

(d)   45 dB

20.  The Chernobyl disaster in the then USSR was (now Ukraine) was caused on 26.4.1986 by a

(a)   Nuclear test 

(b)   Nuclear reactor accident

(c)   Nuclear waste disposal leak

(d)   Nuclear weapon accident

21.  Maximum threat to the world is form

(a)   Global warming

(b)   Ozone hole

(c)   Water pollution

(d)   Soil erosion

22.  What is Uttarakhand's State Animal ?

(a)   Spotted deer

(b)   Snow leopard 
(c)   Musk deer 

(d)   None

23.  Full form of FSI

(a)   Forest services of India

(b)   Forest special insurance 

(c)   Forest survey of India

(d)   None

24.  Tehri dam is constructed on

(a)   Sutlej river

(b)   Mahanadi

(c)   Bhagirathi

(d)   Alaknanda

25.  The most common indicator organism that represents polluted water is

(a)   Escherichia coli

(b)   Vibrio cholerae

(c)   Entamoeba coli

(d)   Entamoeba histolytica

26.  Nowadays , the buses of Delhi are running on

(a)   Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)

(b)   Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)   

(c)   Compressed Lead Gas (CLG)

(d)   High speed diesel (HSD)

27.  The spread of the 'Stratosphere' above the Earth's surface is

(a)   Below 15 km

(b)   10 to 50 km

(c)   Above 50 km

(d)   Above 100 km

28.  The pungent smelling and light bluish gas in Stratosphere is due to

(a)   Carbon molecules

(b)   Ozone molecules

(c)   Nitrogen gas

(d)   Oxygen

29.  Ozone layer is found in

(a)   Ionosphere

(b)   Troposphere

(c)   Nitrogen gas

(d)   Oxygen

30.  Environment Day is celebrated on

(a)   8 June

(b)   Troposphere 

(c)   Stratosphere

(d)   All

31.  CFC stands for

(a)   Chloro Fluro Carbons

(b)   Carbon Fluorine Carbons

(c)   Compact Fluro Carbons

(d)   None of the above

32.  Blue baby syndrome is caused by the contamination of water due to

(a)   Phosphate

(b)   Sulphur

(c)   Cadmium

(d)   Nitrates

33.  The most important indoor pollutants is

(a)   SO

(b)   NO

(c)   CO

(d)   Random

34.  The main source of CFCs in household sector is__________

(a)   Televisions

(b)   Refrigerators

(c)   Washing Machines

(d)   All

35.  The destroying of forest results in

(a)   Soil erosion

(b)   Floods and drought

(c)   Loss of wildlife

(d)   All of these

36.  Leakage of methyl isocyanate (MIC) caused the biggest industrial disaster of the recent times in1984 (Bhopal Tragedy). What did the industrial plant manufacture where the leakage occurred ?

(a)   Fertilizer

(b)   Explosives

(c)   Pesticides 

(d)   Cement

37.  First National Park of India is

(a)   Kanha N.P.

(b)   Periyar N.P.

(c)   Corbett N.P.

(d)   Bandipur N.P

38.  World forest day celebrated on

(a)   21st March

(b)   27th March

(c)   22nd April

(d)   5th June

39.  Plantation of rows of trees along roads sides,rails,residential complexes , hospital and institutes is known as

(a)   Shelter belt

(b)   Green muffler 

(c)   Wind break

(d)   Both (a) and (c)

40.  Kaziranga National park is famous for

(a)   Tiger

(b)   Musk dear

(c)   Elephant 

(d)   Rhinoceros

41.  Minamata disease in Japan was caused by the contaminated of 

(a)   Hg

(b)   Fe

(c)   Cd

(d)   Zn

42.  Biomass energy can be obtained from 

(a)   Energy plantation 

(b)   Petro crop

(c)   Agricultural waste 

(d)   All of these

43.  Nuclear energy can be generated by

(a)   Nuclear fusion

(b)   Nuclear fission

(c)   Both

(d)   None

44.  Which of the following is responsible for desertification ?

(a)   Deforestation 

(b)   Overgrazing

(c)   Mining

(d)   All

45.  The Environmental Protection Act was enacted in

(a)   1986

(b)   1985

(c)   1987

(d)   1972

46.  The major green house gas is

(a)   ozone

(b)   CFCs 

(c)   Methane

(d)   Carbon dioxide

47.  Who amongst the following formed Narmada Bachow Andolan ?

(a)   S.L Bahuguna

(b)   Medha Patkar

(c)   Arundhati Roy

(d)   Javed Ali

48. Symbol of WWF is

(a)   Tiger

(b)   White bear

(c)   Rhododendron

(d)   Red Panda

49.  Which of the following could be the most important socio-economic impact of dams ?

(a)   Loss of biodiversity

(b)   Poorly managed involuntary displacement and loss of livelihood

(c)   Water logging

(d)   Loss of forests

50.  Which is not associated with structure of forest ?

(a)   Canopy

(b)   understory 

(c)   Forest floor 

(d)   First floor

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