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(1) In biogeochemical cycle, a chemical element or molecule moves through
(1) Biosphere and lithosphere
(2) Biosphere, lithosphere and atmosphere
(3) Biosphere,lithosphere, atmosphere and hydrosphere
(4) Lithosphere and atmosphere
Answer: Biosphere,lithosphere, atmosphere and hydrosphere
(2) Which of the following is not considered as a major type of seashore ?
(1) Rocky shore
(2) Sandy shore
(3) Muddy shore
(4) Clayey shore
Answer: Clayey shore

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(3) Low-high tides are called
(1) Spring tide
(2) Neap tide
(3) Perigean tide
(4) Apogean tide
Answer: Neap tide
(4) At present, what is the share of renewable energy in the total energy production of India ?
(1) ~ 11 – 12%
(2) ~ 2 – 3%
(3) ~ 20%
(4) ~ 25 – 30%
Answer: ~ 11 – 12%
(5) If all of the atmosphere were at standard temperature and pressure, then present day CO2 concentration of 392 ppm would correspond to how much carbon in the atmosphere ?
(1) ~ 415 Gt
(2) ~ 831 Gt
(3) ~ 1245 Gt
(4) ~ 1620 Gt
Answer: ~ 831 Gt
(6) Risk assessment is different from Environmental Impact Assessment in terms of
(1) Hazard identification
(2) Disaster management
(3) Probability expression
(4) Considerationof human environment
Answer: Probability expression
(7) Reliable, quantitative and verifiable data used in Environmental Impact Assessment study are called
(1) Hard data
(2) Soft data
(3) Continuous data
(4) Discrete data
Answer: Hard data
(8) Which category of projects do not require Environmental Impact Assessment in accordance with the Indian EIA Notification 2006 ?
(1) Category A
(2) Category B1
(3) Category B2
(4) None of the above
Answer: Category B2
(9) Environmental Protection Act was enacted in India during
(1) 1986
(2) 1984
(3) 1994
(4) 1987
Answer: 1986
(10) Minimum Stock height of incinerators should be
(1) 10 m
(2) 15 m
(3) 30 m
(4) 60 m
Answer: 30 m
(11) Basal convention on transboundary movement of hazardous waste was implemented in the year
(1) 1969
(2) 1979
(3) 1989
(4) 1999
Answer: 1989
(12) The events A and B are mutually exclusive. If P(A) = 0.5 and P(B) = 0.2, then what is P(A & B) ?
(1) 0.5
(2) 0.1
(3) 0.7
(4) 0.3
Answer: 0.1
(13) A population, from where samples are drawn, is called
(1) Total population
(2) Target population
(3) Accessible population
(4) Universal population
Answer: Accessible population
(14) In which part of the atmosphere the momentum, heat flux and moisture content are conserved ?
(1) Surface Boundary Layer
(2) Mesosphere
(3) Troposphere
(4) Stratosphere
Answer: Surface Boundary Layer
(15) The soil type which is good for agriculture is
(1) Podozols
(2) Latosols
(3) Serpent soil
(4) Solonachak
Answer: Latosols

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