Exam : Environmental Officer
Category Code : 098/2014
Department : Environment and Climate Change Dpt
Qualification : Masters' Degree in Environmental Sciences/Environmental Studies/Environment Management/Environmental Engineering or Environmental Technology.
Date of Test : 03-04-2017
- In aerobic metabolism oxygen is the terminal electron acceptor, in ______ metabolism Nitrate is the terminal electron acceptor
- Anaerobic
- Anoxic
- Obligate aerobic
- Fermentation
- The amount of O3 present in atmosphere above a particular location is measured in
- Dobson Unit
- ppm
- ppb
- mg
- Meteorology is the study of
- Meteors
- Climate
- Atmospheric phenomena
- All of them
- Montreal protocol is related to
- Reducing CO2 emission
- Reducing the use of pesticides
- All of these
- Reducing emission of CFCs
- Love Canal is linked with
- Hazardous waste
- Nuclear power plant
- Algal bloom
- Aral Sea
- Piping is a phenomenon observed
- Below earth surface
- In the atmosphere
- Above earth surface
- In the water column
- Mad hatter disease is linked with
- Cadmium
- Arsenic
- Chromium
- Mercury
- London smog is due to high concentration of
- Oxides of nitrogen
- Oxides of sulphur
- Oxides of carbon
- Volatile organic compounds
- The saturation concentration of O2 at sea level is 8.3 mg/L at _______ °C.
- 0
- 20
- 25
- 30
- Which pesticide is linked with Bhopal gas tragedy?
- DDT
- Sevin
- Aldrin
- Deldrin
- The most abundant fossil fuel on planet earth is
- Coal
- Peat
- Bitumen
- Crude Oil
- Which is causing both global warming and ozone depletion?
- Methane
- Water vapour
- Nitrous oxide
- Carbon dioxide
- Global warming will not result in
- Melting of the ice caps
- Increasing sea levels
- Unpredictable climate patterns
- Increasing the size of the hole in the ozone layer
- CDM technologies are linked to
- CO2 release by plants
- Ozone depletion
- Red rains
- Climate change
- ______ poisoning is known as plumbism
- Copper
- Lead
- Mercury
- Chromium
- Which of the following is not a transboundary pollutant?
- PCB
- CFC
- Hg
- N2O
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- Thermocline in a lake is the zone of
- Rapid temperature change
- Constant temperature
- High temperature
- High temperature with neutral pH
- Critical species whose extinction cause major changes, may also threaten existence of other species constitute a
- Source population
- Sink population
- Metapopulation
- Keystone species
- According to WHO, maximum permissible level of fluoride in drinking water is ________ ppm.
- 0.3
- 0.5
- 1.0
- 1.5
- The earthquake rated as major is with ________ magnitude on Richter scale.
- >8
- 6-6.9
- 5-5.9
- 7-7.9
- Tsunami - literally means
- Giant waves
- Harbor waves
- Water wall
- Destructive waves
- The energy transfer in the food chain is an example of __________ law of thermodynamics.
- First
- Second
- Third
- Zeroth
- The lakes which are poor in nutrients and productivity are ___________ lakes.
- Mesotrophic
- Very small
- Oligotrophic
- Eutrophic
- Black color of the black soils is due to the high content of
- Sodium
- Potassium
- Copper
- Humus
- Which one is an example for a secondary air pollutant?
- SOx
- NOx
- CFC
- PAN
- Silent spring is a _________ on ___________.
- Book, pesticide toxicity
- Documentary, climate change
- Movie, Antarctica
- Book, melting of polar ice
- Abyssal zones are located in
- Ponds
- Rivers
- Lakes
- Oceans
- The chemical reaction Cl +O3 → ClO + O2 results in
- Melting of permafrost
- Glaciations
- Ozone depletion
- Greenhouse effect
- The maximum amount of water that the soil can hold after the loss of gravitational water is known as
- Field capacity
- Hygroscopic water
- Capillary water
- Stored water
- Limnology is a study of
- Freshwater bodies
- Aging
- Tics and mites
- Termites
- 'Silviculture' refers to the practice of
- Honey bee keeping
- Growing Silk-worms
- Silver fish culturing
- Forest management with objective of producing specific plants
- An example of fossil fuel is
- Wood
- Gobar gas
- Charcoal
- Gasoline
- The ecosystem of stagnant freshwater habitat is known as __________ ecosystem
- Standing crop
- Lotic
- Abyssal
- Lentic
- 'Photochemical smog' is caused by the interaction of
- Hydrocarbons and Ozone
- Hydrocarbons and NOx
- NOx and Ozone
- Hydrocarbons, NOx and Ozone
- 'Ramsar Convention' is for
- Tropical Forests
- Oceans
- Mountains
- Wetlands
- Graphite is used as _________ in ___________.
- Moderator, nuclear reactors
- Surface coat, electronic chip
- Brush, electronic devices
- Packing material, GC columns
- Heliophytes are plants which grow in
- Low intensity of light
- Full sunlight
- Complete darkness
- Saltwater
- Sea water will boil at a temperature
- Lower than pure water
- Higher than pure water
- Same as that of pure water
- Cannot be predicted, it can be higher, same or lower
- ________was absent on earth's atmosphere during the early days of origin of life.
- CO2
- CH4
- O2
- H2
- Which one of the following is linked with Methaemoglobinaemia?
- Methyl mercury
- Cadmium
- Arsenic
- Nitrate
- Three Gorges is a
- Nuclear reactor
- Biosphere reserve
- A lake in the USA
- Dam
- The science of cryogenic deals with
- Crystallography
- Low pressure
- Missile technology
- Low temperature
- The salt concentration in the open sea is
- 1.5%
- 2.5%
- 3.5%
- 3.0%
- Monsanto is the firm behind the introduction of _______ in India.
- BT-cotton
- Mobile phones
- LCD Television
- Plasma TV
- El-Nino is
- A freshwater lake
- An air current
- A Glacier
- An Ocean current
- 'Kerogen' is
- Protein found in Human hair
- Protein found in cow's milk
- Solid waxy mixture of hydrocarbons
- Substance found in Fungal cell wall
- Very low BOD level of a water body indicates that the water is
- Less polluted
- Highly polluted
- Rich in heavy metals
- Contain more organic matter
- A vibrational spectroscopy is otherwise known as
- IR spectroscopy
- Microwave spectroscopy
- Electronic spectroscopy
- Raman spectroscopy
- 'Denitrifiers' do the job of converting
- NH4 into NO2
- NO3 into Nitrogen
- NH4 into NO3
- Nitrogen into NO3
- _________ is the zone of ocean where producers of food chain are rarely found.
- Littoral
- Limnetic
- Aphotic of deep sea
- Intertidal
- 'Tektites' are
- Sediments
- Meteorites
- Satellites
- Solidified droplets of molten rock
- Anemometer is used to measure
- Rain fail
- Humidity
- Air temperature
- Wind velocity
- The spectroscopy based on scattering principle is
- NMR
- Electronic
- Microwave
- Raman
- Mycorrhizal association occurs between: Fungi and
- Moss
- Pteridophytes
- Algae
- Angiosperms
- How many Mega diversity hot spots are present in India?
- 2
- 3
- 5
- 1
- Erawady dolphins are found in
- Vembanadu lake
- Chilka lake
- Keibul lamjao
- Lake Superior
- Identify 'Quicklime' from the following
- Ca(OH)2
- CaCO3
- CaHCO3
- CaO
- Biodegradable plastics contains
- PAH
- PCB
- PHA
- POP
- Which one of the following is not found in acid rain?
- HNO3
- CH3COOH
- H2SO3
- H2SO4
- 'Epigeics' is a term related to
- Birds
- Earthworms
- Fishes
- Mammals
- Acute cadmium poisoning is known as
- Plumbism
- Bysinnosis
- Neuralgia
- Itai-Itai
- The presence of which of the following contaminants would be the strongest reason for judging Municipal sewage sludge unfit for use as fertilizer?
- Ammonia
- Phosphates
- Nitrates
- Heavy metals
- 'Our common future' is the report by _________ Commission.
- Brundtland
- Swaminathan
- Gadgil
- Climate change
- 'Betz limit' is linked with __________ energy.
- Wind
- Solar
- Biomass
- Geothermal
- 'Pyrethrin', a biopesticide is derived from
- Chrysanthemum
- Neem
- Bacillus thuringiensis
- Tobacco
- 'Gasohol' is a mixture of ___________ and __________
- Air, Alcohol
- Gas, Alcohol
- Methane, Alcohol
- Gasoline, Alcohol
- Sounds above what level are considered hazardous noise pollution?
- Above 30 db
- Above 120 db
- Above 100 db
- Above 80 db
- 'Solar ponds' function on the basis of
- Photonics
- Non-convection
- Transpiration
- Convection
- Tundra is
- Rich in Conifers
- Rich in Pine trees
- Treeless biome
- A desert
- __________ convention banned the world wide use of endosulfan.
- Nairobi
- Basel
- Stockholm
- Geneva
- 'Knock-knee syndrome' is due to
- Arsenic toxicity
- Cadmium toxicity
- Selenium toxicity
- Fluoride toxicity
- The common coagulant used in water treatment is
- (CaSO4)2. 2H2O
- Al2(SO4)3. 14H2O
- Al2(SO4)3. H2O
- CH3COOH
- Secchi discs are used in __________ studies.
- Microbiological
- Water quality
- Air quality
- Quadrate
- 'Pyrology' is the study of
- Distribution of animals in relation to temperature
- Distribution of plants in forests in relation to light
- Role of fire in ecology
- Variation in species distribution in relation to ambient temperature
- Through a chemical process coal is converted to a liquid/gas fuel known as
- Synfuel
- Coal fuel
- Natural fuel
- Oil shale
- OTEC is a technology for
- Conservation of Ocean biodiversity
- Prevention of marine pollution
- Bioremediation of ocean oil spill
- Obtaining energy from ocean
- 'Albedo' is
- A fraction of incoming solar radiation that is reflected
- Lack of pigmentation in the skin
- A small country in Africa
- A variety of rodent
- Which agency co-ordinates the EIA related activities in India?
- MoEF
- DST
- CPCB
- MoES
- In a completely mixed system of wastewater treatment, when the flow rate (Q) is given as 20,000 L per day, calculate the HRT with which the unit is operated while its volume (V) is one lakh litres?
- 500 days
- 50 days
- 0.5 days
- 5 days
- 'Super fund' was created in _________ country for the purpose of ___________.
- UK, curbing terrorism
- India, for constructing Landfills
- USA, for remediating areas dumped with toxic/hazardous wastes
- Japan, for rehabilitating Tsunami victims
- The founder of Sidhasramam at Alathur was
- Brahmananda Sivayogi
- Vaikunda Swami
- Chattampi Swamikal
- Vagbhatananda
- The venue of 2020 Olympics
- Rio de Janeiro
- Pyeongchang
- Beijing
- Tokyo
- The play Nil Darpan was written by
- Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
- S. C. Bose
- Dinabandhu Mithra
- Vimal Mithra
- The President of the Lahore Congress of 1929
- M. K. Gandhi
- C. R. Das
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- S. C. Bose
- Who gave the epithet 'Pulayaraja' to Ayyankali?
- Sree Narayana Guru
- Swami Vivekananda
- M. K. Gandhi
- Chattampi Swamikal
- Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature 2016?
- Yoshinori
- Juan Manuel Santos
- Bob Dylan
- Svetlana Alexievich
- Which river in Kerala was referred as river Churni in Kautilya's Arthasastra?
- Periyar
- Bharathapuzha
- Pamba
- Chaliyar
- Temple Entry Proclamation was made in the year
- 1924
- 1928
- 1931
- 1936
- Mahatma Gandhi presided over the annual session of the Indian National Congress only once at
- Lucknow
- Belgaum
- Lahore
- Kanpur
- Nadhula Pass is situated in
- Maharashtra
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Sikkim
- Madhya Pradesh
- The winner of the World Chess Championship 2016
- Sergey Karjakin
- Fabiano Caruana
- Viswanathan Anand
- Magnus Carlsen
- The founder and publisher of the newspaper Swadeshabhimani was
- C. Kesavan
- Ramakrishna Pillai
- T. K. Madhavan
- Vakkam Abdul Khader Maulavi
- According to 2011 census which is the most populous State
- Madhya Pradesh
- Rajasthan
- Maharashtra
- Uttar Pradesh
- Whom did B. G. Tilak call 'The Diamond of India'?
- Lalalajpat Rai
- Rabindranath Tagore
- Dadabhai Naoroji
- Gopala Krishna Gokhale
- The largest freshwater lake in Kerala
- Kayamkulam Lake
- Vembanad Lake
- Ashtamudi Lake
- Sasthamkotta Lake
- Who among the following is the Chief Justice of India?
- J. S. Khehar
- H. L. Dattu
- T. S. Thakur
- R. M. Lodha
- 'Sadhu Jana Paripalana Yogam' was founded by
- Vagbhatananda
- K. Ayyappan
- V. T. Bhattathiripad
- Ayyankali
- Who is known as 'Father of Indian Unrest'?
- M. G. Ranade
- B. G. Tilak
- Dadabhai Naoroji
- M. K. Gandhi
- Who is the present Secretary General of UNO?
- Ban Ki-Moon
- Antonio Guterres
- Kofi Annan
- Kurt Waldheim
- Who said "Hinduism dies, if untouchability lives, and untouchability has to die if Hinduism is to live
- Swami Vivekananda
- M. K. Gandhi
- B. R. Ambedkar
- Sree Narayana Guru
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