Calicut University 2011 Entrance Exams Other Entrance Exams ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES Bank by University Of Calicut - Question Paper

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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
ques. BANK
1. The phenomenon of occurrence of additional species obtained in the ecotone or transitional zone ranging from adjoining ecosystems is known as _________
a) Edge effect b) Root effect c) Raman effect
2. The complex network of interconnected food chains is called ___________
a) Trophic level b) Food web c) Ecological pyramid
3. every organism in an ecosystem is at a specific feeding stage called as the _______________
a) Climax level b) Producer level c) Trophic level
4. The area to which a species is biologically adapted to live is known as _____________
a) Niche b) Habitat c) Succession
5. Official date of Earth Day is on _________
a) April 22 b) March 21 c) May 22
6. All forms of water that comes down on Earth, including rain, snow, hail etc. is known as _____________
a) Calcification b) Fixation c) Precipitation
7. The forests in the Arctic are called _____________
a) Savanna b) Tundra c) Prairies
8. The ocean covers ________ percentage of Earth's surface.
a) 51% b) 61% c) 71%
9. The salt-tolerant trees growing in shallow marine sediment or estuaries
known as __________
a) Mangroves b) Xerophytes c) Epiphytes
10. The largest brackish water lake situated in Asia is in Orissa. Which is
the lake?
a) Chilka lake b) Vembanad lake c) Woolar lake
11. Ramsar Convention refers to the conservation of ____________
a) Deserts b) Wetlands c) Agriculture lands
12. The World Wetlands Day is celebrated on ________
a) February 02 b) February 28 c) June 05
13. National Maritime Day of India is celebrated on ______________
a) October 16 b) April 05 c) March 21
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14. The animal which consumes decaying organic matter is _________
a) Carnivore b) Detrivore c) Herbivore
15. Ganga Action Plan in India was launched in the year _________
a) 1988 b) 1985 c) 1980
16. What is the name of the action plan for sustainable development in the twenty 1st century framed in the Rio Declaration on Environment & Development (1992) ?
a) Action 21 b) Agenda 21 c) Rio 21
17. A set of organisms that resemble 1 a different in appearance and behaviour is called a _____________
a) Exons b) Prions c) Species
18. The area where all the residing organisms interact with every other and their environment is _________
a) biosphere b) exosphere c) mesosphere
19. An ecosystem gradually merges with an adjoining 1 through a transitional zone called the ______________

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