Environmental Science MCQs

Question 1

5th June is observed as

Accepted Answer

World environment day

Answer

World forest day

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World wildlife day

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World population day

Question 2

If you want to keep an object cool while exposed to direct sunlight,

Accepted Answer

Wrap it in aluminum foil with the shiny side facing outward

Answer

Put it inside a brown paper bag

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Wrap it in black paper

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Wrap it in aluminum foil with the shiny side facing inward

Question 3

Man and biosphere programme is affiliated with

Accepted Answer

UNESCO

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IUCN

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WWF

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WIPO

Question 4

Succession initiated on large sand deposits or deserts is called

Accepted Answer

Psammosere

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Hydrosere

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Xerosere

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Oxylosere

Question 5

The famous Minamata disease in Japan is due to the accumulation of____________in fishes.

Accepted Answer

Mercury

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Cadmium

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Zinc

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Lead

Question 6

All are insitu conservation efforts except

Accepted Answer

Zoo

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National parks

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Sanctuaries

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biosphere reserves

Question 7

_________ is an on-site conservation method.

Accepted Answer

National parks

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Forests

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Zoo

Answer

Parks

Question 8

A red shirt

Accepted Answer

Selectively scatters red wave lengths of visible light and absorbs the rest

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Selectively absorbs red wave lengths of visible light and scatters the rest

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Both A and B

Answer

None of these

Question 9

On the average, about what percentage of the solar energy that strikes the outer atmosphere eventually reaches the earth's surface?

Accepted Answer

50%

Answer

5%

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15%

Answer

30%