EST Question Bank for UT1 (S-23)

S. No Questions Answers
1 EST does not involve __________ Literature
a. Psychology b. Demography c. Ethics d. Literature
2 Which of the following is abiotic? Soil
a. Soil b. Plants c. Herbivores d. Carnivores
3 Which day is celebrated as World Environment Day? June 5th
a. June 5th b. July 10th c. June 10th d. March 24th
4 Environment is derived from ______________ word French
a. English b. Latin c. Greek d. French
5 Montreal Protocol is related to ______________ Depletion of
a. Depletion of ozone layer c. Depletion of oxygen Ozone Layer
b. Depletion of nitrogen d. None of these
6 Development that meets the needs of present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own Sustainable
needs is called _______________ Development
a. Future development c. Sustainable development
b. Stable development d. Natural development
7 The percentage of Earth’s surface covered by water is __________ 75%
a. 75% b. 80% c. 60% d. 65%
8 The most frequent and naturally occurring disaster in India is ____ Flood
a. Drought b. Tsunami c. Flood d. Earthquake
9 Place or type of site where an organism or population naturally Habitat
occurs is called ________
a. Habitat b. Biosphere c. Biotope d. Ecozone
10 Producers, consumers and decomposers constitute ___________ Biosphere
a. Lithosphere b. Atmosphere
c. Hydrosphere d. Biosphere
11 Van Mahotsav is an annual Tree Planting festival in India 1st July
celebrated on ______________
a. 2nd June b. 1st July c. 1st Dec d. 15th Sept
12 Environmental issues are discussed and solved in the subject ___ EVS
a. Sociology b. Economics c. EVS d. None of these
13 Which of the following power stations produces Sulphur dioxide? Thermal Power
a. Thermal power station c. Hydroelectric power station Station
b. Nuclear power station d. None of these
14 The estimated percentage of forest land that India should have is
______ 33%
15% b. 33% c. 43% d. 55%
15 Which of the following is an underground water source? Well
a. River b. Lake c. Reservoir d. Well
16 ________ resources are important because they sustain the growth Land
of plants, which support all life forms by providing food.
a. Land b. Forest c. Mineral d. Energy
17 Energy in the form of heat and light is obtained from _________ Sun
a. Biomass b. Fossil fuels c. Sun d. Wind
18 Oxygen is returned to the atmosphere mainly by _____________ Photosynthesis
a. Respiration b. Photosynthesis
c. Fungi d. Transpiration
19 Land area which is in continuation with ecologically sensitive area,
supporting the growth of flora and fauna of ecological significance
is called __________ Ecologically
a. Economically Fragile Land c. Environmentally Free Fragile Land
Land
b. Ecologically Fragile Land d. Economically Sensitive
Land
20 Energy stored in materials such as wood, grain sugar, municipal
waste and industrial waste is called ___________ Biomass
a. Biomass energy c. Food energy energy
b. Geothermal energy d. Tidal energy
21 Most of the electricity generated in the world is from ___________ Fossil fuels
a. Water b. Nuclear c. Fossil fuels d. Renewable sources
22 Resources in Earth’s crust are _____________ Natural
a. Renewable b. Natural c. Artificial d. Ancient
23 Which of the following is not a benefit of forest resources Global
a. Erosion control c. wilderness protection warming
b. Aesthetics d. global warming
24 Non-renewable resources once used __________________
a. Remain on the Earth in a different form
b. Become waste materials All the above
c. Are recycled
d. All the above
25 Which of the following is not a fossil fuel? Uranium
a. Petroleum b. Coal c. Uranium d. Natural gas
26 _________ is a major raw material for Biogas. Cow dung
a. Tree leaves b. Cow dung c. Kitchen waste d. Grass
27 Parks and playgrounds are examples of ________ form of land use.
a. Commercial b. Agricultural Recreational
c. Recreational d. Residential
28 The biggest crisis of the 21st Century was caused due to _________ Shortfall in
a. Shortfall in overall crop production in the world overall crop
b. Shortfall in overall crop production in Asia production in
c. Shortfall in overall crop production in India the world
d. None of the above
29 Soil erosion due to mining is ______ times more than that from all
the rivers 10
a. 10 b. 15 c. 20 d. 25
30 India has the largest reserve of ____________ after Brazil Iron Ore
a. Coal b. Bauxite c. Iron Ore d. Copper
31 Any material that can be transformed into more valuable and useful Resource
product or service is called ______________
a. Mineral b. resource c. product d. none of these
32 The main purpose of dam construction is _____________ hydroelectricity
a. Irrigation b. recreation
c. water supply d. hydroelectricity
33 ___________ resources include metals, non metals and fossil fuels Mineral
a. Forest b. Mineral c. Land d. Water
34 ________________ involves using technology that requires less
energy to perform the same function Energy
a. Energy efficiency c. Energy use efficiency
b. Energy conservation d. Energy loss
35 __________ factors are those which are related to soil. Edaphic
a. Climatic b. Edaphic c. Arboreal d. Aerial
36 In Ecological pyramid, Tertiary consumers are shown at the ______ Top
a. Base b. Middle c. Corner d. Top
37 The graphical representation of interrelation between producer and Ecological
consumer in an Ecosystem is termed as _____________ pyramid
a. Ecological niche b. Ecological pyramid
c. Food web d. Trophic level
38 In Alpine Ecosystem, animals have _______ blood vessels. More
a. Large b. thick c. more d. no
39 Man engineered ecosystem consists of ________________ Agriculture and
a. Desert and forest b. Grassland and forest aquatic
c. Agriculture and aquatic d. None of these
40 The food chain in an ecosystem helps to maintain ____________
a. The feeding relationship in nature All the given
b. The passage of nutrients in ecosystem options
c. The flow of energy in ecosystem
d. All the given options
41 In a National Park, protection is given to ______________ The entire
a. The entire flora b. Endangered species only ecosystem
c. The entire fauna d. The entire Ecosystem
42 Interconnected food chains form ___________ Food web
a. Ecosystem b. Environment
c. Food web d. Energy pyramid
43 Which of the following statements is true regarding Ecosystems? Producers are
a. Primary consumers are least dependent upon producers more than
b. Primary consumers outnumber producers primary
c. Producers are more than primary consumers consumers
d. Secondary consumers are largest and most powerful
44 ___________ return nutrients from waste material and dead
organisms into the soil where plants can take them up again.
Decomposers
a. Producers b. Primary Consumers
c. Decomposers d. Secondary Consumers
45 ________ can absorb the energy of Sun and prepare their own food Producers
a. Producers b. Consumers
c. Decomposers d. None of these
46 ___________ can only harvest 10% of energy contained in what
they eat so there tends to be less biomass at each stage as we move
up the food chain Consumers
a. Producers b. Consumers
c. Decomposers d. Autotrophs
47 _____________ exist where rainfall is about 15-75 cm per year, not
Grasslands
 enough to support a forest, but more than that of a true desert
a. Rainforests b. Deciduous forests
c. Desert d. Grasslands
48 A system that includes all living organisms (biotic factors) in an
area as well as its physical environment (abiotic factors)
functioning together as a unit is known as ____________. Ecosystem
a. Ecosystem b. Forest
c. Environment d. Ecology
49 Which of the following are biotic components of an ecosystem? Plants
a. Soil b. Temperature c. Humidity d. Plants
50 Rivers and Streams are types of ________ ecosystem
a. Terrestrial b. Freshwater Freshwater
c. Marine d. Both Freshwater and Marine