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1. Dancing Deer is found in which of the following states of India?
Gujarat
Manipur
Tamil Nadu
Jammu & Kashmir

2. Which of the following is not a primary greenhouse gas found in earths atmosphere?
Carbon dioxide
Methane
Water vapour
Nitrogen oxides (NOx)

3. Which of the following is not a feature of the Eutrophic lakes?
They are generally occupied by blooms
They have high plant nutrient flux
They have low primary productivity
They are dominated by blue green algae

4. Lichens, which are capable of initiating ecological succession even on a bare rock, are actually a symbiotic association of 
algae and bacteria
algae and fungi
bacteria and fungi
fungi and mosses

5. In India, the Eastern swamp deer (Rucervus duvaucelii ranjitsinhi), is currently found only in
Manas National Park
Kaziranga National Park
Namdapha National Park
Wandur National Park

6. The Satpura National Park (SNP) is located in which district of Madhya Pradesh?
Jabalpur district
Hoshangabad district
Indore district
Chhindwara district

7. The Lakh Bahosi Sanctuary (LBS) is located in which state of India?
Madhya Pradesh
Odisha
Uttar Pradesh
Jharkhand

8. Which among the following is responsible for depletion of Ozone?
Carbon monoxide
Carbon dioxide
Chlorofluoro carbon
Mercuric oxide

9. Which among the following is correct ?
Except the buffer zones there is no Biotic interference in National Park, Biosphere Reserve & Sanctuary
Except the buffer zones there is no Biotic interference in National Park & Biosphere Reserve
Except the buffer zones there is no Biotic interference in National Park only
None of the above

10. Which among the following is not correctly matched?
Dampa Sanctuary to Mizoram
Valmiki Reserve to Bihar
Rohla National park to Himachal Pradesh
Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary to Rajasthan

11. Largest National park in North East India is located at?
Assam
Mizoram
Arunachal Pradesh
Nagaland

12. One of the major objectives of the National Water Mission is to increase the water use efficiency by 20%. Which among the following is the correct definition of the water use efficiency?
Increase the ground water level by proper management of rainwater
To make the irrigation facilities to maximum crop areas
To save water from evaporation and runoff or subsurface drainage
To make bodies of water clean and usable for drinking purpose

13. Which among the following crops would enrich the Nitrogen content in the soil?
Potato
Sorghum
Sunflower
Pea

14. What is Malathion?
A pigment
A Vitamin
A Pesticide
An explosive

15. Lion-tailed Macaque is found in which of the following regions?
Eastern Himalayas
North East India
Eastern Ghats
Western Ghats

16. Green Climate Fund was proposed in which of the following environment conferences?
2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference
2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference
2010 G 20 Seoul summit
None of them

17. How many number of the Biogeographic zones are present in India?
4
8
10
15

18. Which among the following is key faunal species that is being conserved and monitored in Dachigam National Park ?
Musk Deer
Golden Oriole
Yellow throated Marten
Hangul or Kashmir Stag

19. The birds not have respiratory trouble at the time of flying at high altitude. What is the reason for this?
The size of lungs of birds is larger in comparison to their body
At higher altitudes birds fly inactively
Birds have extra air sacs
None of the above is a correct reason

20. Which one of the following groups of animals belongs to the category of endangered species?
Snow Leapord, Asian Black Bear, Himalayan Palm Civet, Western Hoolock Gibbon
Snow Leapord, Olive Ridley Turtle, Gharial, Indian Rhinoceros
Snow Leapord, Red panda, Western Hoolock Gibbon, Golden Langur
Pygmy Hog, Red Panda, Golden Langur, Indian Star Tortoise

21. The highest Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) can be expected in ?
A running river
A running polluted river
Treated Municipal waste water
Untreated Municipal waste water

22. Which of the following pollutants is the major reason behind adverse affect on the white marbles of Taj Mahal?
Black carbon
Nitrogen oxides
Brown carbon
Sulphur dioxide

23. In which of the following cases, the ecological pyramid is never inverted?
Pyramid of energy
Pyramid of biomass
Pyramid of numbers
Pyramid of species richness

24. Which of the following is/are the harmful effect of lead?
Breakdown of nervous system
Cancer
Digestive problems
All of the above

25. Which of the following proposed the term Ecosystem?
E. Hartigan
Tansley
G. Tailor
D.R. Stoddart

26. Which of the following is the study of the interactions among a collections of species that inhabit the same geographic area?
Ecosystem ecology
Community ecology
Population ecology
None of the above

27. Which of the following is true about Ecological diversity?
It refers to the variety of ecosystems present in a geographical region
It refers to the variety of niches present in a region
It refers to the climate diversity present over a wide geographical region
None of the above is true

28. In which of the following type of biotic interaction one species benefits and the other is unaffected?
Commensalism
Competition
Mutualism
Predation

29. In which of the following forests Chilauni, Indian chestnut, birch, plum, machilus, cinnamomum, litsea are found?
Tropical wet evergreen forests
Tropical moist deciduous forests
Montane Wet temperate forests
Sub tropical Dry evergreen forests

30. Which of the following whales can be easily identified by the white calluses on their heads?
Humpback Whale
Antarctic Minke Whales
North Atlantic Right Whale
None of the above

31. What is the IUCN status of Grauers gorilla?
Endangered
Critically Endangered
Threatened
Near Threatened

32. Which of the following is the result of rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide in oceanic chemistry?
Salinity will increase
salinity will decrease
pH will increase
pH will increase

33. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is headquartered at which of the following places?
London
Geneva
Hague
Washington D.C.

34. Which of the following Award is given for significant contribution in the field of wildlife protection and is recognised for having shown exemplary courage or having done exemplary work for the protection of wildlife?
Amrita Devi Bishnoi Wildlife Protection Award
Rajiv Gandhi Wildlife Conservation Award
Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar
None of the above

35. Which among the following is known as the earliest example of Panchayatana style of temple?
Dashavatara temple at Deogarh
Temple at Pathari
Shatrughneshwara temple at Bhubaneshwar
Lakshmana temple at Sirpur

36. Who is regarded as the first tirthankar of Jainism?
Rishabhanatha
Parshvanatha
Mahavira
Kashinath

37. By which of the following is Hinduism defined?
Six darsanas (philosophies)
Two schools
Four major modern currents
All of the above

38. How many vows do Jains take while practicing Jainism?
Five
Four
Six
Seven

39. What is the most common and basic prayer of Jainism?
Satkara
Puruskar
amokara
Sataachaar

40. The concepts of Brahman (ultimate reality) and Atman (soul, self) are central ideas in which of the following Hindu religious books?
Vedas
Upnishadas
Both of the above
None of the above

41. Which of the following is the oldest Upnishadas?
Shvetashvatara upanishad
Brihadaranyaka upanishad
Mukhya upanishad
Brahmasutra upanishad

42. Vaisesika  school of Hinduism accepts which of the following as reliable means to knowledge?
perception and inference
observation and discussion
discussion and interaction
inference and study

43. In which of the following Upnishads  is the practice of pranayama mentioned ?
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
Shvetashvatara upanishad
Brahmasutra upanishad
Chandogya Upanishad

44. About which of the following Frit Staal said, it is the Rigveda set to music.
Samveda
Atharvaveda
Yajurveda
Aranayaks

45. Which of the following is considered as the Veda of the melodies and chants?
Samaveda
Yajurveda
Rigveda
Atharvaveda