Environmental Science MCQs

Question 1

Cement factory labourers are prone to

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cytosilicosis

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leukemia

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bone marrow disease

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asbestosis

Question 2

In India, tropical evergreen forests occur in

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Assam

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Himachal Pradesh

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Madhya Pradesh

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Tamil Nadu

Question 3

The state which constituted green bench

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Tamilnadu

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Kerala

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Assam

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Madhya Pradesh

Question 4

The one-horned Rhinoceros is now restricted to which state?

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Assam

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Maharashtra

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Gujarat

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Uttar Pradesh

Question 5

What is symbiosis?

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Association between members of two species

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Study of distribution of related species

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Association between members of same species

Question 6

Where are the days and nights of equal length all year long?

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At the Equator

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At 66.5o

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Nowhere

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At 23.5o

Question 7

During the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere:

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All of the above

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Astronomical winter begins in the Northern Hemisphere

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The noon sun is overhead at 23.5o S latitude

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At middle latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere, this marks the longest night of the year

Question 8

The largest annual ranges of temperatures are found:

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At polar latitudes over land

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At polar latitudes over water

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At middle latitudes near large bodies of water

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At the Equator

Question 9

Night time temperatures rarely drop below the dew point temperature because

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At saturation, latent heat of condensation is released into the air

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The dew will absorb all the heat

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Saturation vapor pressures always increase at night

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Both (b) and (c)