FACULTY OF TECHNOLOGY

Faculty Name Subject/Subject code Semester/Branch

Nisarg Mehta 01EN1101 2nd – Faculty of Technology (MU)

MCQ Quiz

1) The region of earth, where life exists is known as

a. Troposphere
b. Thermosphere
c. Atmosphere
d. Lithosphere

2) In the biosphere energy is received from

a. Air
b. Sun
c. Oxygen
d. Water

3) The Biosphere consists of the following.

a. Lithosphere
b. Hydrosphere
c. Atmosphere
d. Above all

4) Ecosystem is smallest unit of

a. Lithosphere
b. Hydrosphere
c. Atmosphere
d. Biosphere

5) Which type of pollution can be caused due to large dam construction?

a. Air Pollution
b. Solid waste generation
c. Water Pollution
d. Greenhouse gas missions and Land degradation
6) Which among the following is a climatic factor?

a. Pressure
b. Humidity
c. Temperature
d. All of the above

7) What is sustainable development

a. Ecology, Economy and Social

b. Economy, Energy and Defense
c. Religion, Social and Environment
d. Environment, Pollution and Climate

8) Which remedy can be adopted to reduce the negative impact of industrialization?

a. Source Control
b. 3R
c. Environmental Impact Management
d. All of the above

9) Which of the following is an example of a man-made ecosystem?

a. Aquarium
b. Forest
c. Pond
d. Wetland

10) Identify most environment friendly practice.

a. Plant tree
b. Industrialization
c. Urbanization
d. Deforestation

11) Deserts, grasslands, forests and tundra regions are the examples of__________

a. Biomes
b. Ecosystem
c. Biogeographical regions
d. Biospheres

12) A herbivore is also known as a

a. Producer
b. First order consumers
 c. Decomposer
d. None of the Above

13) What product can be gain after photosynthesis?

a. Glucose and oxygen

b. Water
c. Fruit
d. Green leaves

14) What is the primary source in a food web?

a. Microorganism
b. Decomposer
c. Plant
d. Sun

15) The true end of any food chain is the__________

a. Plant
b. Decomposer
c. Carnivore
d. Herbivorous

16) The concept of ecological pyramid was given by __________

a. Charles Elton
b. Charles Darwin
c. Barbara Kozielska
d. Ewa Thomsan

17) The pyramid of number in single tree ecosystem is__________

a. Upright
b. Inverted
c. Both A and B
d. None of the above

18) In pond ecosystem, pyramid of biomass is__________

a. Inverted
b. Upright
c. Both A and B
d. None of the above

19) What is climate?

a. Sum of total weather condition and variation over large area of a long time.
 b. Sum of total weather condition over a particular area
c. Temperature condition of a particular region
d. None of these

20) Conservation of biodiversity within the natural habitat is__________

a. Zoological garden
b. Ex-situ conservation
c. In-situ conservation
d. In-vitro conservation

21) Hotspots are the region where high__________ can be found.

a. Species diversity
b. Wi-fi
c. Water
d. Clean air

22) Ecosystem deals with the study of __________

a. Organisms interact with each other and their environment.

b. Animal interact with soil
c. Impact of forest on Climate
d. How organism survive in water

23) Energy flow in ecosystem is __________

a. Multidirectional
b. Bidirectional
c. Unidirectional
d. None of the above

24) Trophic levels can be formed by __________

a. Animal
b. Plant
c. Organism lined in food chain
d. None of the above
25) What are the three major factors are responsible to balance an ecosystem?

a. Water, Sun, and air

b. Water, Minerals and Energy flow
c. Sun, Plant and animal
d. None of the above
26) Environment is divided into ______ sphere.

a. Four
 b. Six
c. Two
d. Five

27) Lithosphere is made up of which layers?

a. Crust
b. Metal
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. None of this

28) Which of the following is not a scope of environment science?

a. Adoption of environmental friendly practices and habits

b. Promoting a conservation ethic
c. Generating positive and proactive approach in improving the quality of the
environment
d. Developing positive values or non-living things

29) “Burning of Parali (Crop waste) is the major factor to increasing level of AQI in Delhi”-
This issue falls in which category of environmental problems.

a. Water Pollution
b. Land Polution
c. Agriculture pollution
d. Air Pollution

30) Environment Science is a multidisciplinary branch because_____

a. It comprises various branches of studies

b. It is compulsory subject for all higher studies
c. It is part of daily life study
d. None of the above

31) Which one of the following is an example of mass public awareness?

a. Attend rally or mass.

b. Social media
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. None of this

32) Tidal energy is a ________ resource

a. Non-Renewable source
b. Renewable source
c. Unconventional source
d. Both (b) and (c)
33) Construction of Hydraulic dam is an example of ______.

a. Waste to energy
b. Waste minimization
c. Resource conservation
d. None of the above

34) Which of the following is an example of indirect use of forest resource?

a. They provide wood pulp for the paper and rayon industries.
b. They provide sandal wood for carved boxes and small domestic articles.
c. They allowed floods during heavy rain by letting excess rainwater.
d. All of the above

35) Which of the following is not a reason of forest depletion?

a. Mining activities
b. Urbanization
c. Commercial exploitation of forest
d. Volcanic eruption

36) Loss of biodiversity is an example of _______

a. Increase of pollution
b. Dwindling of resources
c. Urbanization
d. All the above

37) Which technique is not use for Forest Conservation?

a. Reforestation
b. Deforestation
c. Afforestation
d. Agro-forestry

38) Which one of the following is not a reason of deforestation?

a. Destruction of Habitat and loss of wildlife

b. Soil degradation
c. Over exploitation of resources
d. Afforestation

39) What percentage of Ground water is available as a Surface water sources?

a. 60%
b. 30%
 c. 35%
d. 65%

40) Which one the following is an in-stream use of water sources?

a. Industrial
b. Agriculture
c. Navigation
d. Mining

41) Identify the following food chain: Dry Leaves--> Microorganisms--> Essential Nutrients

a. Grazing Food chain

b. Detrious food chain
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. None of above

42) Which one of the following is not a type of biodiversity?

a. species biodiversity
b. Genetic biodiversity
c. Ecosystem biodiversity
d. Ecological biodiversity

43) Identify the value of biodiversity from below mentioned options

a. They maintain the economic balance

b. Its help to reduce the pollution
c. It help to dwindle natural recourses
d. None of the above

44) How many species of animals are found in the India?

a. 45,000
b. 91,000
c. 30,000
d. 68,000

45) Who gave the concept of Hotspots for biodiversity conservation?

a. Edward o Willson
b. Norman Mayer
c. A.G Tansley
d. None of above

46) Identify the name of hotspot related to below mentioned species: Antlered muntjac,
Annamite striped rabbit.
 a. Western Ghat
b. Sundaland
c. Himalaya
d. Indo-burma

47) Which one the following is a natural threat to biodiversity?

a. Global Warming
b. Habitat loss
c. Low populations
d. All the above

48) Which one of the following is not a reason for habitat loss?

a. Urbanization
b. Agriculture expansion
c. Recourse depletion
d. Afforestation

49) Which of the following is not a greenhouse gas?

a. CO2
b. CH4
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. None of the above

50) Which one of the following is an example of non-conventional resources?

a. Coal
b. Geo-Thermal
c. Petroleum gas
d. Wood

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Nisarg Mehta Prof. Abhishek Gupta

Subject Faculty Head of the Department
Environmental Sci. & Eng. Environmental Sci. & Eng.
Marwadi University
Marwadi University