Fri. Sep 26th, 2025

Definition, Scope and Concepts

  1. The objective of environmental education is/are:

    Options:
    1. Raise consciousness about environmental education
    2. To teach environmentally appropriate behavior
    3. Create an environmental ethic that fosters awareness about ecological interdependence of economics, social and political
    4. All of the above

    Option: D

  2. Environmental education is important only at

    Options:
    1. Primary school stage
    2. Secondary school stage
    3. College stage
    4. All stages

    Option: D

  3. Who published the first comprehensive text book of ‘Environmental Geography’ in India?

    Options:
    1. Savindra Singh
    2. Alka Gautam
    3. Majid Hussain
    4. R.C. Tiwari

    Option: A

  4. In which year, the first comprehensive book ‘Environmental Geography ‘was published:

    Options:
    1. 1992
    2. 1994
    3. 1991
    4. 1990

    Option: C

  5. Weather occurs in which of the following atmospheric layers:

    Options:
    1. Troposphere
    2. Mesosphere
    3. Ionosphere
    4. Thermosphere

    Option: A

  6. The natural residence of every organism is known as :

    Options:
    1. Biome
    2. Niche
    3. Habit
    4. Habitat

    Option: D

  7. Biosphere consists of :

    Options:
    1. Lithosphere
    2. Atmosphere
    3. Hydrosphere
    4. All of the above

    Option: D

  8. The main source of energy in the biosphere is:

    Options:
    1. Producer
    2. Decomposer
    3. Sunlight
    4. Heat of the earth

    Option: C

  9. The circulation of elements in an ecosystem is called :

    Options:
    1. Geological cycling
    2. Geo - chemical cycling
    3. Bio geochemical cycling
    4. Chemical cycling

    Option: C

  10. The importance of ecosystem lies in

    Options:
    1. Flow of energy
    2. Cycling of materials
    3. Both a and b
    4. None of the above

    Option: C

  11. When the problem of ozone depletion was first identified :

    Options:
    1. 1971
    2. 1970
    3. 1972
    4. 1973

    Option: B

  12. Who gave the theory of ‘Origin of species?’

    Options:
    1. Charles Darwin
    2. James Hutton
    3. W.M. Davis
    4. L.C. Penck

    Option: A

  13. In which year the theory of ‘Origin of species ‘was published:

    Options:
    1. 1850
    2. 1859
    3. 1869
    4. 1879

    Option: B

  14. UNFCCC stands for :

    Options:
    1. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
    2. United Nation Federation Convention on Climate Change
    3. United Nations Framework Council on Climate Change
    4. United Nations Federation on Climate change

    Option: A

  15. Biosphere is :

    Options:
    1. Area occupied by living beings
    2. Plants of the world
    3. Plants of a particular area
    4. Special Plants

    Option: A

  16. Biogeochemical cycles are also known as :

    Options:
    1. Sedimentary cycles
    2. Gaseous cycles
    3. Material cycling
    4. Cycles of water

    Option: C

  17. Ecosystem is the smallest unit of

    Options:
    1. Biosphere
    2. Lithosphere
    3. Ionosphere
    4. Mesosphere

    Option: A

  18. Ecology deals with the study of

    Options:
    1. Environment
    2. Relationship between Living and non living components
    3. Living beings
    4. All of the above

    Option: B

  19. A population is a group of

    Options:
    1. Individual in a family
    2. Individuals in a species
    3. Communities in an ecosystem
    4. Species in a community

    Option: B

  20. Formation of hole in ozone is maximum over

    Options:
    1. India
    2. Europe
    3. Antarctica
    4. Africa

    Option: C