MCQ IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

1. Who is the founder of Lodhi dynasty?     a) Behlul Lodhi     b) Ibrahim Lodi     c) Sikander Lodi     d) None of the above

2. The State in India with the largest coastline is     a) Tamil Nadu     b) Kerala     c) Gujarat    d) Andhra Pradesh

3. What is rank of India in Human Development Index 2010 report?     a) 112     b) 119     c) 117     d) 132

4. Who was most responsible for the unification of Germany?     a) Hitler     b) Gary Baldy      c) Bismarck    d) Mussolini

5. Which of the following is largest river?     a) Ganga     b) Brahmputra    c) Yamuna     d) Godavari

6. Which is the oldest Veda book?     a) Sama-Veda    b) Yajur-Veda     c) Rig-Veda    d) Atharva-Veda

7. Who is the Chief Election Commissioner of India?     a) S.Y.Qureshi     b) Navin Chawla     c) S.H. Kapadia     d) P. J. Thomas

8. India has how much per cent area of world’s total geographical area?     a) 2.4%     b) 3.5%     c) 3.2%     d) 3.8%

9. Where was Gautama Buddha Born?     a) Porbandar     b) Sarnath     c) Lumbini    d) Bodh Gaya

10. What is the sex-ratio of India in Census 2011?      a) 920      b) 930      c) 935      d) 940

11. Konark temple is located in      a) Tamilnadu      c) Maharashtra      d) Orissa      d) Karanatka

12. The coast runs from south of Goa to Cape Comorin on India’s southern tip is      a) Malabar      b) Konkan      c) Coromandel       d) Sethu

13. Dantewada, which recently came into news due to Maoist attack is a district of      a) Assam      b) Chhatisgarh     c) Bihar      d) West Bengal

14.Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?      a) Kalpakkam  -  Tamil Nadu       b) Tarapur      -  Rajasthan     c) Narora         -  Uttar Pradesh      d) Kaiga          -  Karanatka       All the four names represents name of Nuclear power stations in India, Tarapur is located in Maharashtra.

15. According to 2011Census, density of population in India is     a) 382     b) 376     c) 358     d) 392

16. Which of the following persons was a members of India’s Constituent Assembly?      a) Khurshid Ahmad      b) Sachidanand Sinha      c) Ranbir Singh Hooda     d) Beni Prasad Verma

17. DDT is      a) synthetic bactericides      b) natural pesticieds      c) non biodegradable pollutants     d) Dichloro Diphenyl Titanium

18. Which of the following statements is TRUE about chemical reactions?      a) All chemical reactions are reversible      b) All chemical reactions releases heat during decomposition of molecules      c) Each chemical reaction is carried out by breaking bond between the molecules     d) All the above

19. Which of the following method is used to produce Oxygen in school laboratories?      a) By heating KClO3 with MnO2      b) By electrolysis of H2O      c) By photosynthesis      d) All the above

20. Detergent is mixture of      a) strong acid and strong base      b) weak acid and weak base      c) Strong base and weak acid      d) strong acid and weak base       Detergents are made from sodium hydroxide and fatty acids.Sodium Hydroxide is a strong base in        nature and fatty acids are weak acidic in nature.

21. Which of the following metals is used in amalgam?      a) Carbon      b) Sodium      c) Gold      d) Mercury

22. Sometimes the bottom of steel utensils turn black during cooking. Which of the following      conclusions can be drawn for the same?      a) steel utensils have high percentage of carbon      b) steel utensils have high percentage of iron      b) Insufficient combustion of fuel takes place      d) Non-Conventional source of energy is used

23. What will be the name of subtances used in the mixture in place of A and B in the following       activity carried by a science teacher in classroom?         a) iron, sand     b) sand, iron      c) wood, sand      d) lead, sand

24. If a bar magnet is broken into four pieces how many magnetic poles are there?      a) Two      b) Four      c) Six      d) Eight

25. If mass of the body is doubled, Kinetic energy will be      a) same      b) halved      c) doubled     d) four times       Kinetic energy is the one half the mass multiplied by the square of the velocity, K=1/2mv2. If mass is doubles, the        kinetic energy doubles.

26. The acceleration of a particle executing S.H.M. is      a) always constant      b) maximum at extreme position      c) maximum at the mean position      d) always zero

27. One-horned Rhinoceros are found in which of following states?      a) Gujarat      b) Assam      c) Karanatka      d) Madhya Pradesh

28. Why does an egg sink in pure water but float in salt water?      a) density of egg is less than density of pure water      b) density of egg is less than density of salt water      c) density of egg is more than density of salt water      d) None of the above

29. A solution having pH value 2 represents a      a) Weak Acid      b) Weak Base      c) Strong Base      d) Strong Acid