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MSBTE 22447 Environmental Studies MCQ with Answers
Unit no. 3
1. Which one of the following is not a gaseous biogeochemical cycle in an ecosystem?

a) Carbon cycle
b) Phosphorous cycle
c) Sulphur cycle
d) Nitrogen cycle
Ans: b
2. Transfer of energy from source of plants through a series of organism is known as ________________
a) Food web
b) Energy cycle
c) Food chain
d) Biological system
Ans: c
3. The type of ecosystem with the highest mean plant productivity is _______________
a) Tundra
b) Temperate grassland
c) Desert
d) Tropical rain forest
Ans: d
4. In ecosystem standing crop refers to________________

a) All the green plants
b) All the non living materials
c) All living and dead animals
d) All the living materials both animals and plants
Ans: d
5. An ecosystem which can be easily damaged but can be recovered after some time if damaging effect
stops will be having ____________________
a) High stability and high resilience
b) High stability and low resilience
c) Low stability and low resilience
d) Low stability and high resilience
Ans: d
6. Which ecosystem produce the highest annual net primary productivity?

a) Tropical evergreen forest
a) b)Tropical rain forest
b) Tropical deciduous forest
c) Temperate evergreen forest
Ans: b
7. ____________is the term used to describe the variety of life found on Earth and all of the natural
processes.
a) Biodiversity
b) Ecosystem
c) Biosphere
d) Ecology
Ans: a
8. Which of the following is not the value of biodiversity?
a) Social use
b) Aesthetical use
c) Environmental use
d) Moral
Ans: c
9. The biodiversity contained in the ecosystem provides forest dwellers with all their daily needs
is______use value.
a) Ethical and Moral
b) Consumptive
c) Aesthetical
d) Social
Ans: b
10. The initiative of biodiversity assessment focuses on which ecosystem types:

a) Forest
b) wetland
c) Marine
d) All of the above
Ans: d
11. Which of the following is not a Causes of biodiversity losses?

a) Over exploitation
b) Eco-friendly
c) Co-extinction
d) Habitat loss and fragmentation
Ans: b
12. marketable products such as animal skins, ivory, medicinal plants, honey, etc comes under_______.
a) Productive value
b) Consumptive value
c) Aesthetic value
d) Social value
Ans: a
13. _______called the ‘lungs of the planet’.

a) Sahyadri rain forest
b) Kankan rain forest
c) Amazon rain forest
d) South Africa rain forest
Ans: c
14. Which leads to over- exploitation of natural resources?

a) Greed
b) Eco-friendly
c) Need
d) All of the above
Ans: a
15. Which of the following is not an Important hot spots in India?
a) Himalayan
b) Western ghat
c) Indo-Berma
d) Central ghat
Ans: d
16. What flows through the ecosystem while matter cycles within them?
a) Energy
b) Force
c) Pressure
d) wind
Ans: a
17. The process in which green plants and few organisms use sunlight to synthesize nutrients is
known__________
a) Chemosynthesis
b) Photosynthesis
c) Food chain
d) Food web
Ans: b
18. Which type of ecosystem accounts for most of the net primary productivity on earth even though it
has a low average net primary productivity?
a) Tropical rain forest
b) desert
c) Tropical evergreen forest
d) Ocean
Ans: d
19. What makes plant producers?

a) Plants produce their own food
b) Plants depend on other organisms for food
c) Plants are decomposers
d) Plants do not require any energy
Ans: a
20. Into how many areas the energy that is received by organisms during energy transfer is converted?
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) Four
Ans: c
21. The area to which a species is biologically adapted to live is known

as--------------
a) Niche
b) Habitat
c) Succession
d) All of the above
Ans: b
22. A set of organisms that resemble one another in appearance and
behaviour is called a --------------
a) Exons
b) Prions
c) Species
d) None of the above
Ans: c
23. Habitat of Dog Fish is

a) River
b) Pond
c) Lake
d) Sea
Ans: d
24. The destruction of habitat of plants and animals is called

a) endemism
b) endangered species
c) habitant loss
d) flood
Ans: c
25. Each organism in an ecosystem is at a specific feeding stage called as

the ----
a) Climax level
b) Producer level
c) Trophic level
d) Consumptive level
Ans: c
26. Zoos are examples for

a) insitu conservation
b) in vivo conservation
c) exsitu conservation
d) exvivo conservation
Ans: c
27. Study of inter-relationship between organisms and their environment

is
a) Ecology
b) Ecosystem
c) Phytogeography
d) Ethology
Ans: a
28. How is the atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere connected ?

a) Hydrological cycle
b) Nitrogen cycle
c) Oxygen cycle
d) Carbon cycle
Ans: d
29. An ecosystem consist of
a) Green plants and animals
b) Green plants and decomposers
c) Producers and consumers
d) Green plants, animals, decomposers and abiotic environment
Ans: d
30. An ecosystem gradually merges with an adjoining one through a Transitional zone called the ---------
a) ecological niche
b) ecological footprint
c) ecotone
d) Biodiversity loss
Ans: c
31. Driving force in an ecosystem is

a) Plants
b) Producers
c) Solar energy
d) Biomass energy
Ans: c
32. Which of the following is a possible producer in an ecosystem?

a) Plants
b) Animals
c) Human
d) Fish
Ans: a
33. A trophic level refers to:

a) Area in the tropics
b) An organism’s portion in a food chain
c) An organism’s position in an ecosystem
d) An organism’s position in a biome
Ans: c
34. Levels of biodiversity include all but one:

a) Genetics
b) Species
c) Population
d) Ecosystem
Ans: c
35. Which ecological pyramid is always upright?

a) Pyramid of number
b) Pyramid of biomass
c) Pyramid of energy
d) Pyramid of number and biomass
Ans: c
36. The type of diversity including all the different kinds of living things found in a certain habitat is called
as:
a) Species diversity
b) Genetic diversity
c) Ecosystem diversity
d) Population diversity
Ans: a
37. Conservation of biodiversity outside the natural habitat is called as:

a) Ex-situ
b) In-situ
c) Conservation
d) In-vivo
Ans: a
38. An ecosystem may not undergo changes because:

a) It is in a state of homeostasis
b) It has plants and animals both
c) It gets solar energy continuously
d) The decomposers are present in it
Ans: a
39. The primary producers in a forest ecosystem are:

a) Chlorophyll containing trees and plants
b) Herbivores
c) Carnivores
d) Bacteria and other micro-organism
Ans: a
40. Energy flow in an ecosystem is always:

a) Unidirectional
b) Cyclic
c) Reversible
d) Multi-directional
Ans: a

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MSBTE 22447 Environmental Studies MCQ with Answers

1. Which one of the following is not a gaseous biogeochemical cycle in an ecosystem?

4. In ecosystem standing crop refers to________________

6. Which ecosystem produce the highest annual net primary productivity?

10. The initiative of biodiversity assessment focuses on which ecosystem types:

11. Which of the following is not a Causes of biodiversity losses?

13. _______called the ‘lungs of the planet’.

14. Which leads to over- exploitation of natural resources?

19. What makes plant producers?

21. The area to which a species is biologically adapted to live is known

23. Habitat of Dog Fish is

24. The destruction of habitat of plants and animals is called

25. Each organism in an ecosystem is at a specific feeding stage called as

26. Zoos are examples for

27. Study of inter-relationship between organisms and their environment

28. How is the atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere connected ?

31. Driving force in an ecosystem is

32. Which of the following is a possible producer in an ecosystem?

33. A trophic level refers to:

34. Levels of biodiversity include all but one:

35. Which ecological pyramid is always upright?

37. Conservation of biodiversity outside the natural habitat is called as:

38. An ecosystem may not undergo changes because:

39. The primary producers in a forest ecosystem are:

40. Energy flow in an ecosystem is always:

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