Multiple Choice Questions

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The Montreal Protocol (1987) refers to

  • Presistent organic pollutants

  • Global warming and climatic changes

  • Biosafety of genetically modified organisms

  • Controlling the emission of ozone depleting substances

  • Controlling the emission of ozone depleting substances


D.

Controlling the emission of ozone depleting substances

The Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer in an international treaty, designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances that are responsible for ozone depletion.


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Match the items in Column I with their uses in Column II and choose the right option.

Column I Column II
A. ELISA 1. Antigen - antibody interaction
B. PCR 2. Gene amplification
C. Biolistics 3. Direct introduction of recombinant DNA
D. Micro- injection 4. Gold coated DNA

  • A - 3; B - 4; C - 1; D - 2

  • A - 2; B - 1; C - 4; D - 3

  • A - 4; B - 1; C - 2; D - 3

  • A - 1; B - 4; C - 2; D - 3

  • A - 1; B - 4; C - 2; D - 3


The asscoiation that includes herbivores and phytophagous insects is called

  • Competition

  • Parasitism

  • Predation

  • Commensalism

  • Commensalism


The pioneer species in xerarch and hydrarch succession are respectively

  • Lichens and sedges

  • Phytoplanktons and sedges

  • Lichens and zooplanktons

  • Lichens and phytoplanktons

  • Lichens and phytoplanktons


Match mean annual precipitation in Column I with the biome in Column II and choose the right option.

Column I Column II
1. 0-50 cm A. Tropical forest
2. 50-100 cm B. Coniferous forest
3. 150-400 cm C. Grassland
4. 50-250 cm D. Desert

  • 1 - D; 2 - C; 3 - A; 4 - B

  • 1 - C; 2 - A; 3 - B; 4 - D

  • 1 - C; 2 - D; 3 - A; 4 - B

  • 1 - B; 2 - D; 3 - A; 4 - C

  • 1 - B; 2 - D; 3 - A; 4 - C


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Organisms that tolerate narrow range of salinity are

  • Euryhaline

  • Stenohaline

  • Eurythermal

  • Hypersaline

  • Hypersaline


The number of individuals of the same species that have come into the habitat from elsewhere during the time period under consideration is known as

  • Emigration

  • Mortality

  • Natality

  • Immigration

  • Immigration


The figure below is the diagrammatic representation relative contribution of various greenhouse gases to total global warming. What do (a), (b), (c) and (d) represent respectively?

  • A - Carbon dioxide; B - Methane; C - CFCs; D - N2O

  • A - Carbon dioxide; B - CFClC; C - Methane; D - N2O

  • A - Carbon dioxide; B - N2O ; C - CFClC; D - Methane

  • A - Carbon dioxide; B - Methane; C - N2O ; D - CFCs

  • A - Carbon dioxide; B - Methane; C - N2O ; D - CFCs


The gross primary productivity of an ecosystem is 170 tons organic matter and amount used in respiration is 50 tons. Calculate the net primary productivity of the ecosystem.

  • 120 tons

  • 100 tons

  • 70 tons

  • 12 tons

  • 12 tons


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Match the environmental activist in Column I with the environmental issue in Column II and choose the right option

Column I Column II
1. Ramesh Chandra Dagar A. Conservation od forests
2. Ahmed Khan B. Organic farming
3. Amrita Devi C. Plastic waste recycling.

  • 1 - B; 2 - C; 3 - A

  • 1 - C; 2 - A; 3 - B

  • 1 - A; 2 - B; 3 - C

  • 1 - B; 2 - A; 3 - C

  • 1 - B; 2 - A; 3 - C