Environmental Science MCQs

Question 1

Acid is an example of _____________

Accepted Answer

Corrosive waste

Answer

Infectious waste

Answer

Radioactive waste

Answer

Ignitable waste

Question 2

Symbiosis is shown by

Accepted Answer

E.coli

Answer

Cuscuta

Answer

Rafflesia

Answer

Monotropa

Question 3

Rainfall is measured by an instrument known as

Accepted Answer

Rain gauge

Answer

Seismograph

Answer

Lactometer

Answer

Nanometer

Question 4

A strong radiation inversion is more likely to occur on a:

Accepted Answer

Clear night with light winds.

Answer

Warm, windy night.

Answer

Cool, windy night.

Answer

Rainy night with light winds.

Question 5

Wild life protection act was formulated during the period of ______

Accepted Answer

Mrs. Indira Gandhi

Answer

Lal Bahadur Shasthri

Answer

Rajiv Gandhi

Answer

Morarji Desai

Question 6

Who had stated in the Stockholm Conference in 1972 that poverty was the greatest polluter?

Accepted Answer

Indira Gandhi

Answer

Mahatma Gandhi

Answer

Rajiv Gandhi

Answer

Jawaharlal Nehru

Question 7

The phenomenon of occurrence of additional species found in the ecotone or transitional zone between adjoining ecosystems is known as _________

Accepted Answer

Edge effect

Answer

Root effect

Answer

Raman effect

Answer

Coolidge effect

Question 8

_______ is a cold desert in India.

Accepted Answer

Ladakh

Answer

Thar

Answer

Ran of Kutch

Answer

Bhopal

Question 9

Dodo is

Accepted Answer

Extinct

Answer

Endangered

Answer

Critically endangered

Answer

Rare