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Objectives Question Bank Env Studies

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Objectives Question bank

Sub : Environmental Studies


• 5 June - World Environment Day
• 11 July - World Population Day
• 16 September - World Ozone Layer Protection Day
• 1st to 7th October - World Wild Life Week
• 28 February - Science Day
• 21 March - Forest Day
• 22 March - Water Day
• 23 March - Weather Day
• 22 April - World Earth Day (Vasundhara Divas)

1) Total land portion of India - 2.4%


2) According to area India rank 7th in the world
3) According to forest policy, out of total land portion of country 33% of land portion should be
under Forest.
4) India’s forest cover - 20 to 23%
5) 97.2% of the total water resources lies under sea water.
6) Renewable energy resources - Solar, Wind, Geothermal, Biomass, Hydroelectricity (hydel) and
Tidal Energy
7) Non - renewable energy resources - Petrol , Diesel , Kerosene , Coal , Natural gas , LPG , CNG
(LPG - Liquefied Petroleum Gas; CNG - Compressed Natural Gas)
8) Biomagnification occurs due to pesticides
9) Eutrophication occurs due to enrichment of nutrients, phosphates and nitrates
10) The term ecology was firstly coined by scientist Ernest Haeckel in 1869
11) The term ecosystem is coined by A. G. Tansley in 1935.
12) The term ecological pyramid given by scientist Elton hence ecological pyramid are also known as
Eltonian Pyramids.
13) Energy pyramids are always upright in nature.
14) Double channel flow (energy flow ) modal is also known as ‘Y’ shaped energy flow models.
15) Interrelationship between biotic (living) and abiotic (non – living)factors throught that system
gets developed known as ecosystem.
16) A sequence of eating and being eaten through that transfer of energy from one level to other
level known as Food chain.
17) Network of food chain known as Food web.
18) All the living things present in planet varieties and variation are among them known as
biodiversity.
19) Levels of biodiversity - Genetic, species and ecosystem.
20) Direct use value of biodiversity also known as consumptive use value.
21) Ways to conserve biodiversity - a) In situ conservation - conservation of biodiversity within the
habitat. b) Ex situ conservation - conservation of biodiversity outside the habitat
22) Causes for threads to biodiversity - a) Loss of habitat b) Hunting c) Man and wild life conflicts.
Sr. No. Name of National State Famous for Animal
Park/Wildlife sanctuary
1. Kaziranga Aasam One horned Rhinoceros
2. Gir National Park Gujarat Asiatic Lion
3. Jim Corbett National Park Uttarakhand Tiger
4. Kanha National Park Madhya Pradesh Tiger
5. Sariska, Ranthambor Rajasthan Tiger
6. Kanha National Park Madhya Pradesh Tiger
7. Bandipur wildlife Sanctuary Karnataka - Tamilnadu Elephant
8. Dajipur – Radhanagari Maharashtra Bison

23) The most important gaseous material released from vehicular exhaust is CO (carbon monoxide).
24) Agent responsible for global warming - CO2 (carbon dioxide)
25) Agent responsible for ozone layer depletion -CFC (Chloro Fluro Carbon)
26) Ozone is present in Stratosphere (16 to 50 km range above earth)
27) Protocol signed for global warming - Kyoto protocol.
28) Protocol signed for ozone layer protection - Montreal (Canada)
29) Agent responsible for acid rains NOX (Oxide of nitrogen ) - HNO3
SOX (Oxide of sulpher) - H2SO4
30) Wildlife Protection Act - 1972
31) Water Prevention and Control of Pollution Act -1974
32) Forest Conservation Act - 1980
33) Air Prevention and Control of Pollution Act - 1981
34) Environmental Protection Act - 1986
35) First conference on environment: United Nation Conference on Human & Environment (UNCHE)
- 1972 (Stockholm, Sweden)
36) Rio Summit or Earth Summit: United Nation Conference on Environment and
Development (UNCED)- 1992 (Rio - De - Janerio, Brazil)
37) WSSD World Summit on Sustainable Development - 2002(Johannesburg, South Africa)
38) Percentage of Nitrogen in Atmosphere - 78.04%
Percentage of Oxygen in Atmosphere - 20.95% (21%)
Percentage of Carbon Dioxide in Atmosphere – 0.03%
39) Biotic components in Ecosystem -
Producers (green plants),
Consumers (Primary - Herbivores, Secondary - Carnivores, Tertiary - Omnivores
Decomposers (Microorganisms, Bacteria, Fungi, Actinomycetes)
40) Abiotic components in Ecosystem -
Sunlight, temperature, rainfall, humidity, humus, soil material, rock material

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