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Env Science Entrance Prvious.Pdf DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES KANNUR UNIVERSITY Entrance Test for M.Sc Environmental Science Admission Model Question Paper Duration: Two Hours Maximum Marks:100 1. Green revolution was started in the year of a. 1950s b. 1960s c. 1980s d. 1985s 2. Which of the following is the cause of Plumbism: a.Mercury b. Silica c. Cadmium d. Lead 3. The land area corresponds to the land area necessary to supply natural resources to a community and disposal of its waste is a. Ecological footprint b. Ecotone c. Ecad d. ecological niche 4. Example for an air borne bacterial disease a. Diarrhea b. Asthma c. Tuberculosis d. Silicosis 5. Depletion of Ozone occur in the a. Stratosphere b. Troposphere c. Ionosphere d. exosphere 6. Amoebiasis is a. water born disease b. parasitic infection c. air borne disease d. bacterial disease 7. HIA means a. Health Impact Assessment b. Human Impact Assessment c. Human Immunity Assessment d. Human individual assessment [1] 8. AIDS causing viruses a. Hepatitis virus b. Influenza virus c. HIV d. Bacteria 9. TB is spread through a. water b. air c. contact d. food 10. The mosquito transmitting malaria is a. female anopheles b. male anopheles c. male culex d. female culex 11. Black foot disease is caused by a. Lead b. Arsenic c. Mercury d. Cadmium 12. Benzene can lead to a. Leukemia b. Stomach cancer c. Skin cancer d. throat cancer 13. IPRs means a. International Population Rights b. Indian Property Rights c.International Property Rights d. intellectual property rights 14. CBRs means a. Community Biodiversity Register b. Community Biological Register c. Centre of Botanical Research d. Centre for Biological Research 15. Expand GIS a. Geographical Information System b. Geographical Information Source c. Geological Information System d. Geological Information System 16. Air pollution control act in India was passed in a. 1984 b. 1981 c. 1986 d.1980 [2] 17. Bhopal gas tragedy took place in a. Sep 1986 b. Dec 1986 c. Dec 1984 d. Nov.1980 18. The person popularly known as Water Man in India is: a.Medha Patekar b.Rajendra Singh c.S.L.Bahuguna d.Baba Amte 19. In troposphere temperature is a. decreases with altitude b. Increase with altitude c. No change d. none 20. Which one is the primary pollutant a. CO2 b. H2SO4 c. Carbonic acid d.Ozone 21. The largest source of CO is a. industries b. vehicular exhausts c. agriculture d.effluents 22. Small pieces of solid materials is dispersed into the atmosphere is called a. Particulate b. aerosols c. solid waste d.moisture 23. The major source of atmospheric lead is a. industries b. vehicles c. domestic d. rocks 24. Acid rain is caused by a. H2SO4 b. Acetic acid c. HCl d. Nitric Acid 25. The pollutant that reduces the oxygen carrying capacity of blood is a. Lead b. CO c. As d. Cd 26. Ozone depleting pollutant is a. CFCS b. Lead c. Cadmium d. Arsenic 27. ………… aim at controlling the production and consumption of Ozone depleting substance. a. Montreal protocol b. Kyoto protocol c. Geneva protocol d. Vienna protocol [3] 28. CPCB MEANS a. Central pollution control board b. Central public control board c. Central population control board d. Central Plantation control board 29. Expansion of EPA a. Environmental Protection Agency b. Ecosystem Productivity Act c. Environmental pollution act d. Environmental Policy Agency 30. ------------ % of earth surface is covered by water. a. 71% b. 75% c. 90% d.80% 31. Porous water – saturated layers of sand, gravel or bed rock through which ground water flows are called a. water table b. well c. aquifers d. infiltration 32. The source of E. coli in waste water is a. vegetable waste b. Human excreta c. agricultural waste d. industrial wastes 33. The amount of Oxygen required to breakdown a certain amount of organic matter is called a. COD b. DO c. BOD d. none of these 34. A famous environmentalist is: a. Jahangir Baba b. Anna Hazare c. Arjun Singh d.All of these 35. The excessive growth of algae due to added nutrient is called a. Oligotrophication b. Eutrophication c. sedimentation d.dystrophication 36. The nutrients causing Eutrophication is a. lead and cadmium b. mercury and arsenic c. phosphate and nitrate d. Iron and cobalt [4] 37. The major source of nutrient in water body is A. Industries b. Agriculture c. fisheries d. rain 38. The source of arsenic in ground water is a. rocks b. industries c. agriculture d. sewage 39. MoFE means a. Ministry of Forest and Energy b. Ministry of Forest and Environment c. Ministry of Fuel and Energy d. Ministry of Foreign Exchange 40. Which ecological cycle is directly driven by sunlight a.Nitrogen b.phosphorus c.Hydrologic d.Carbon 41. Soils with approximately equal mixture of clay, sand, silt and humus are called a. loam b. gravel c. peat d. clay 42. Sedimentation is a a. Primary water treatment b. Secondary water treatment c. Tertiary water treatment 4.none of these 43. Some species of plants and animals are extremely rare and may occur only at a few locations are called a. endemic b. endangered c. vulnerable d. threatened 44. A plant introduced from America which has become hazardous water weed in India,is: a. Typha b. Eichhornia c.Trapa d.Cyperus 45. Forest grow in high rain fall areas are a. ever green forest b. tropical forest c. conifers d. deciduous forest 46. Ozone molecules are concentrated in the ---------- layer of atmosphere. a. troposphere b. stratosphere c. mesosphere d. ionosphere [5] 47. Red data book provides data on : a. red coloured fishes b. endangered plants and animals c. red coloured insects d. red flowered plants 48. The biosphere reserve Gulf of Mannar is located in which state A. Tamilnadu b. Bihar c. Kerala d. Karnataka 49. The principal constituents of biogas are a. methane and CO2 b. butane and H2S c. ethylene and CO2 d. acetylene 50. The elimination of some species seriously affect the ecosystem. These are called ----------- a. key stone species b. endangered species c. endemic species d. exotic species 51. The main source of carbon in ‘carbon cycle’ is-------------- a. Carbohydrate b. Carbon di oxide c. Carbon monoxide d. Calcium carbonate 52. Biodiversity is ------------------- a. diversity of flora b. diversity of fauna c. diversity of flora and fauna d. diversity of microbes 53. The major plant type predominate in the coniferous forest is ------------- a. angiosperms b. gymnosperms c. thallophytes d. bryophytes 54. --------------- forests grow in the high rain fall areas of the Western Ghats& North – eastern India. a. ever green b. deciduous c. coniferous d.Scrub 55. Which of the following is the most stable ecosystem? a. forest b. desert c. mountain e. ocean 56. Panchsheel concept of value education was proposed by: a. W. Churchill b. Mahatma Gandhi c. J.L. Nehru d. Ho Chi Minh [6] 57. Indian Research station Maitri is located at: a.Bombay b.Chennai c.Kochi d.Antartica 58. World Water Vision has its goal to provide safe and sufficient water to all by the year: a.2010 b.2015 c.2020 d.2025 59. The Sunderban delta is situated in the --------- river. a. Narmada b. Ganga c. Brahmaputra d.Indus 60. Kokkare Bellure, one of the ten breeding site of an endangered species Pelican is situated in a. Rajasthan b. Maharashtra c. Karnataka d. Tamilnadu 61. The species which are localized or restricted in a country is called------------ a. endangered b. endemic c. exotic d. endangered 62. ----------- is an example for key stone species. a. mango b. Sal. c. ficus sp d. Jack fruit 63. The tamarind fruit contain high concentrations of a. vitamin-A b. vitamin-C c. vitamin-E d. vitamin-D 64. ----------- tree is known as ‘flame of the forest’? a. Zizyphus sp. b. Butea monosperma c. jack fruit d. Neem 65. ---------- is an example of insectivorous plant. a. lotus b. Drosera c. Quercus d. Santalum 66. The very rare endemic species seen in Little Rann of Kutch. a. Chital b. Indian Wild Ass c. Nilgai d.Elephant 67. The rare monkey species found only in the Southern Western Ghats and Annamalai. a. bonnet macaque b. rhesus macaque c. lion-tailed macaque d.Nilgiri Langur [7] 68. The only floating National Park in India a. Corbett b. Keibul Lamjoo c. Kaziranga d. Keoladeo Ghana 69. The Project Elephant was launched in the year of ---------- a.1995 b. 1992 c. 1993 d.1994 70. Snow leopard is found in which National Park? a. Kaziranga b. The Great Himalaya c. Bharatpur d.Sunderban 71. Most famous water- bird Sanctuary in India a. Vedanthankal b. Bharatpur c. Kaziranga d. Choolanur 72. The study of water of earth a.Earth science b.Hydrology c.Geology d.Ecology 73. The highly threatened species of the Malabar giant squirrel is seen in the forests of --------- a. The Western Ghats b. Ranthambore c. Kaziranga d. Manas 74. The state of India with highest percentage of its area covered by forest is a. Rajasthan b. Karnataka c. Bihar b. Madhya Pradesh 75. The mass nesting of Olive Ridley turtles, is occurring in the coastal regions of a. Orissa b. Gujarat c. Kerala d.Tamilnadu 76. An example for ex-situ conservation is ----------- a. Wild Life Sanctuaries b. National Parks c. Zoological Parks d.none of these 77. H2S is converted in to elemental Sulphur by the activity of: a.Nitrosomonas b.Clostridium c.Thiobacillus d.Bacillus 78. Who had stated in the Stockholm Conference in 1972 that poverty was the greatest polluter? a. Indira Gandhi b. Mahatma Gandhi c. Rajiv Gandhi d.
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