GBGS SCHEME BESK508
USN
Question Paper Version : A
Fifth Semester B.E./B.Tech Degree
Examination, Dec.2024/Jan.2025
Environmental Studies
Time: 1 hr.]
[Max. Marks: 50
INSTRUCTIONS TOTHE CANDIDATES
1. Answer all the fifty questions, each question carries one mark.
2.
Use only Black ball point pen for writing /darkening the circles.
3. For each question, after selecting your answer, darken the appropriate circle
Corresponding to the same question number on the OMR sheet.
t. Darkening two circles for the same question makes the answer invalid.
S. Damaging/overwriting, using whiteners on the OMR sheets are strictly
prohibited.
1. Which of the following is a Producer?
a) Animals b) Human beings c) Plants d) Fish
2. An ecosystem consists of
a) Biotic species b) Biotic species and physical factors
c) Only insects d) Only materials
3. The term Ecology was coined by
a) E.P. Odiyum b) A. G. Tansley c) Albert Einstein d) A.G. Haeckal
4. Which year did the concept of sustainability first appear?
a) 1992 b) 1978 c) 1980 d) 1987
5. According to United Nations, the following are the significant issues of social progress.
a) Instruction b) Public Health c) Living standards d) All of these
6. The number of SDGS are
a) 10 b) 15 c) 17 d) 16
7. Which one of the following is not comes under SDG's?
a) Zero Hunger b) Political activity c) Education d) Gender quality
8. Which of the following has the largest population in food chain?
a) Producers b) 1 degree consumers
c) 2d degree consumers d) Decomposers
9. U.N era of scheduling for sustainable growth is from d) 2005 - 14
a) 2002- 11 b) 2003 - 12 c) 2004 - 13
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10. Which of the following is an example ofArtificial Ecosystem?
a) Forest c) Aquarium d) Lake
b) River
11. Solar Energy is an example of
a) Renewable b) Cont inuous c) Non - renewable d) None of these
12. Hydrogen energy can be tapped through
a) Heat pumps b) Fuel cells c) Petroleum d) Gassifiers
13. OTECis an energy techno logy that converts
a) Energy in large tides ofocean to generate electricity
b) Energy in ocean waves to generate clectricity
e) Energy in ocean due to thermal gradient to generate electricity
d) Energy in the fast moving ocean currents to generate electricity.
14. Which of the following source of energy is less eco - friendly?
a) Biogas b) Wind c) Solar d) Nuclear
15. O; Represents
a) Oxygen b) Planets c) Ozone d) Green house gases
16. Which of the following is an example of Water Borne Diseases
a) Hepatitis - A b) Hepatitis - B c) Hepatitis -C d) Hepatitis - H
17. Identify the renewable soured of energy from the following:
a) Coal b) Wind power c) Uranium d) Oil
18. Which of the following is biotic?
a) Forest b) Iron c) Water d) None
19. World Environment Day celebrated on
a) 6" June b) 5th July c) S June d) sth Jan
20. Which of the following is conventional source of Energy?
a) Wind Energy b) Solar Energy c) Bio gas d) None of these
21. Temporary hardness of water is due to
a) Chloride hardness b) Manganese hardness
c) Calcium hardness d) Carbonate hardness
22. The green house gas is
a) N0 b) CH, c) CO, d) Allof these
23. Which is not a natural source of pollution?
a) Volcanoes b) Forest - Fire c) Coal - fire d) Dust storms
24. Air pollution from automobiles can be controled by providing
a) Wet collector b) Scrubbers c) Catalytic converter d) Al of these
25, Normal sound level of quiet speech is
a) 120 dB b) 90 dB c) 140dB d) 50dB
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ofp for drinking water as per the Indian standard?
26. What is the permissible range 7.5 d) 6.5 to 8.5
a) 6to9 b) 6.5 to c) 6 to 8.5
cause of soil polution?
27. Which of the following is a major
vehicles that are transporting waste material.
a) Accidents involving the agricultural lands
b) Pesticides and chemical fertil1zers from
disposal d) All of these
c) Improper solid waste
28. What does E - Waste stand for?
a) Environment Waste b) Electronic Waste
c) Equipment Waste d) Allof these
29. What is municipal solid waste disposar?
a) The placement on the load b) The lack of waste
c) In sanitary land fill site d) All of these
30. What is major cause of air pollution?
a) Fossil fuel burning b) Industry emission
c) Wild fire d) All of these
31. Average long - term weather of an area is called
a) Weather conditions b) Seasonal variations
c) Average weather d) Climate
32. Climate and global air circulations are mainly affected by the properties of
d) None of these
a) Water and Air b) Temperature c) Precipitation
33. The p of acid rain is
a) less than 5.2 b) 5.2 6.2 c) 6.2 7.2 d) Above 7.2
34. Acid rain has been increasing day by day due to
a) Urbanisation b) Industrialisation
c) Increase in vehicle population d) None of these
35. Which is responsible for Ozone depletion?
a) Methyl bromide b) CFC's
c) Hydro chlorofluorocarbons d) Allof these
36. The International protocol to protect the Ozone layer's
a) Kytoto protocol b) Basal protocol c) Montreal protocol d) Viema protocol
37. The Ozone layer is locate upto km above the earth surface.
a) 1000 b) 50 c) 80 d) 100
38. Acid rain effects on
a) Materials b) Plants c) Soil d) All of these
39. High - Concentration of fluoride content in drinking water causes.
a) Dental flurosis b) Bone brittling c) Dental caries
d) Plague
40. Desired concentration of fluoride content in drinking water in mg/ is
a) 0.7- 1.2 b) 0.5 2 c) 2-5 d) 1-1.75
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41. The First United Nationaf held at StickhoIm in
Human Environment was
a) December 1972 b) conference
June
as c) June 1974 d) June 1992
1972
42. To achieve the goal of clcan environment, important strategies required are
the publics
a) Effective laws b) Active participation of
c) Active participation of NGO's d) Both (a) and (b)
43. There are provisions for protection for our environment under
a) Indian Penal Code b) Police Act c) Municipal Act d) All of these
44. The Government of India enacted the Water Act in the
year.
a) 1970 b) 1974 c) 1975 d) 1980
45. The Environmental Act of India was enacted in the
year.
a) 1986 b) 1992 c) 1984 d) 1974
46. The Environmental Act, 1986 deals with
a) Air b) Water c) Land d) Allof these
47. Karnataka State "Polution Control Board" was established in the year.
a) 1974 b) 1982 c) 1986 d) 1976
48. Which of the following is not a waste treatment method for biomedical waste?
a) Incineration b) Chemical disinfecting
c) Auto claving d) Sieving
49. The Organic material of the solid waste will decompose.
a) By the flow of water b) By the soil particles
c) By the action of micro organisms d) B Oxidation
50. Which of the following element make e -waste hazardous innature?
a) Lead b) Glass c) Plastic d) Iron
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