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WorksheetsEnvironment Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
An altitude of 100 kilometres (62 mi; 330,000 ft) above the Earth’s sea level marks the beginning of space where human travellers are considered astronauts. What is it called?
Applton Barnett layer
Karman line
Heaviside layer
Van Allen belt
Which one of the following is NOT a primary layer of the atmosphere?
A.Mesosphere
Mesosphere
Exosphere
Troposphere
Stratosphere
What is the average atmospheric pressure at sea level as defined by the International Standard Atmosphere?
101325 Pascal
14.6959 Pascals
1013 Pascals
984.43 Pascals
Who coined the word ‘ecology’?
Ernst Haeckel
Charles Darwin
Gregory Mendel
Heisenberg
What are terricolous animals?
Animals that live in a particular territory
Animals that live on high mountains
Animals that live in the soil
Animals that fly.
What is the safe level of noise intensity for humans?
up to 80 decibels
up to 70 decibels
Up to 90 decibels
Up to 40 decibels
Which country is popularly knowns as ‘land of the windmills’?
Norway
Netherland
Poland
Switzerland
.Finding Nemo is a 2003 American computer-animated comedy-drama adventure film which tells the story of the fish named Marlin who, along with a regal blue tang named Dory, searches for his abducted son Nemo all the way to Sydney Harbour. What species of a fish is Nemo?
Goldfish
Clownfish
Surgeonfish
Blowfish
Do you know the only floating park in the world, located in North East India?
Keibul Lamjao National Park
.Kanchendzonga National Park
Dibru-Saikhowa National Park
Manas National Park
Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) describes which phenomenon?
Indoor Air pollution
Indoor water pollution
Indoor noise pollution
All the above
The head quarters of UNEP is at
New York
Geneva
Stockholm
Nairobi
Which state in India has got its own Wildlife Act and not covered under Wildlife Protection Act, 1972?
Kerala
Karnataka
Jammu and Kashmir
Assam
Which country ratified the Kyoto Protocol in late 2004 and thus caused it to become an international law?
US
Russia
Japan
France
Which Bollywood actor was the ambassador of the Earth Hour 2009 in India?
Shah rukh Khan
Nasseruddin Shah
Anupam Kher
Aamir Khan
The natural aging of the lake is called
Biomagnification
Eutrophication
BOD
None of the above
The world’s most problematic aquatic weed is also called
Terror of Delhi
Terror of Mumbai
Terror of Bangalore
Terror of Bengal
E-wastes are referred to
Radioactive waste
Nuclear waste
Both A and B
Electronic waste
The present average temperature of earth is
10°C
12°C
14°C
15°C
The Environment Act of Government of India was passed in
1976
1966
1986
1996
Presence of large amount of nutrients in water cause excessive growth of
Lotus
Fungal bloom
Bacterial bloom
Algal bloom
