Punjab University 2010 B.A Environmental Education, : Part - II - Question Paper

(A) 16th September, 1987
(B) 11th July, 1987
(C) 5th June, 1972
(D) 5th April, 1997.

19. The green house gases are responsible for:

(A) Global cooling
(B) Improvements in climate
(C) Global warming
(D) Increased humidity.

20. Forest Research Institute(F.R.I.) is situated in:

(A) Delhi
(B) Shimla
(C) Dehradun
(D) Nanital.

21. Which are the main forests kinds of India:

(A) Tropical moist deciduous
(B) Tropical dry deciduous
(C) Tropical thorn forests
(D) Temperate forests

22. The term 'Social Forestry' was coined by:

(A) H.Bahuguna
(B) J.L. Westby
(C) Maneka Gandhi
(D) Pandurang Hegde.

23. Mangrove vegetation exists in:

(A) Hilly area
(B) Swampy shores of sea
(C) Plains
(D) Deserts

24. Social and agroforestry aims at growing trees of:

(A) Multipurpose trees
(B) Shade trees
(C) Medicinal use
(D) Soft wood.

25. Red data book concerns:

(A) Extinct plants
(B) Fossils
(C) Aquatic plants
(D) Endangered plants and animals.

26. Nanda Devi Biosphere reserve is located in:

(A) Himachal Pradesh
(B) Punjab
(C) Kashmir
(D) Uttaranchal.

27. Wild life includes:

(A) All domesticated plants and animals
(B) Undomesticated animals and plants
(C) Only wild animals
(D) Only invertebrates.

28. The Wild Life Protection Act was passed in:

(A) 1979
(B) 1972
(C) 1974
(D) 1970.

29. Where the animals lives in called its:

(A) Habit
(B) House
(C) Habitat
(D) Whole.

30. Urbanization outcomes in:

(A) Depletion of forest cover
(B) Depletion of oxygen
(C) Protection of wild life
(D) Depletion of wild life.

31. Unit of noise is:

(A) Hertz
(B) Decible
(C) Sones
(D) Pitch

32. Substances produced in Plastic recycling are:

(A) Peroxy acylnitrate and ozone
(B) CH4
(C) Dioxins and furans
(D) Lead.

33. Hospital waste is managed by:

(A) Composting
(B) Land filling
(C) Incineration
(D) Throwing away.

34. Sewage water is purified by the action of :

(A) Micro-organisms
(B) Light
(C) Aquatic plants
(D) Fishes.

35. Outdoor air pollution causes:

(A) Dysentry
(B) Renal disease
(C) Bronchinal diseases
(D) Diseases of ear.

36. Humid indoor environment encouraes growth of:

(A) Microorganisms
(B) Mammals
(C) Reptiles
(D) Fish.

37. Solar cells are made up of:

(A) Silicon and Germanium
(B) Silicon only
(C) Iron
(D) Zinc.

38. Solid wastes generate energy by:

(A) Biomass production
(B) Dumping
(C) Burning
(D) Action of microbes.

39. HIV AIDS spread through:

(A) Air
(B) Water
(C) Flies
(D) Unprotected sex.

40. Congress grass is the popular name of:

(A) Parthenium
(B) Lantana
(C) Calotropis
(D) Acacia.

41. Weedicides are used by:

(A) Spraying
(B) Mixing the irrigation water
(C) Dressing the seeds
(D) Mixing with fertilizers.

42. Which of the subsequent is obtained in the exhaust fumes of the
petrol vehicles:

(A) Tin
(B) Zinc
(C) Silver
(D) Lead.

43. National ban on tiger hunting was enforced in:

(A) 1980
(B) 1998
(C) 2005
(D) 1970.

44. Pollution casused by petrol vehicles can be controlled by:

(A) use of diesel vehicles
(B) use of hybrid vehicles
(C) use of manually driven vehicles
(D) use of Kerosene.

45. Vermiculture employs:

(A) Microorganisms and invertebrates
(B) Chemicals
(C) Pesticides
(D) Antibiotics.

46. Organic farming involves:

(A) use of Organic Acids
(B) use of Pesticides
(C) use of Saline water
(D) cultivation without involving chemical fertilizers and Pesticides.

47. Savannas are obtained in:

(A) Tropical parts of the world
(B) Arctic parts of the world
(C) High altitude mountains
(D) Antarctic areas.

48. Human activity is prohibited in Biosphere reserves:

(A) in buffer zone
(B) in core zone
(C) in the peripheral areas
(D) everywhere.

49. Orchid is a :

(A) Plant
(B) Liverwort
(C) Microorganism
(D) Lichen.

50. Geothermal energy :

(A) Energy harvest from coal
(B) Energy harvested from petroleum
(C) Energy harvested from thermal plants
(D) Energy harvested from natural heat produced in the earth.

Earning:   Approval pending.