CURIOUSITY QUIZ : OUR ENVIRONMENT

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Test Your knowledge on 'Our Environment ' devised on the upcoming occasion of World Environment Day on 5th June, 2024. Attempt all the questions by clicking on the right option. Submit the completed Form by clicking the 'Submit' button at the end of the Form. Get your score and the correct answer by clicking the 'View score' button. Good Luck! You can also write your comments on the quiz in the Comment space given at the end of this Page or send your comments and questions related to this quiz for answer directly to the email account given below:

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Background :

Our environment that includes both biotic and abiotic factors represents a dynamic natural system with interactions among its various components ensuring the flow of energy. A healthy environment promotes healthy life. However, since the industrial revolution of the 18th century, our environment is at constant threat due to pollution of land, air and water. This has posed a serious threat to our very survival on the planet. Various climate summits were held in past to address the environmental issues and to mitigate the environmental hazards. However, a lot needs to be done in this regard. The World Environment Day is celebrated on June 5 every year to remind us the role of the environment to shape our life and our commitments to safeguard its fragile processes.

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The environment includes:

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Living things (Biotic factors) only

Non-living things (Abiotic factors) only

Both Living things ang Non-living things

Living and non-living things and their mutual intraction

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The food chain in an eco-system is generally not very long extending maximum up to 3 to 4 trophic levels. Why?

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There are few animals available in the ecosystem to sustain the food chain.

There are few producers available in the ecosystem to sustain the food chain.

Because there is a substantial energy loss at each trophic level, little energy is available for top level predators.

Energy flow is unidirectional in a food chain.

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A thin envelope extending 8 to 10 km above Earth's surface and few meters into the ground that is capable of supporting and sustaining life is called :

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Lithosphere

Troposphere

Hydrosphere

Biosphere

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A warm ocean current that flows off the coast of Peru that determines most of the world's climate is called :

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El-Nino

Gulf Stream

Kuroshio Current

Humboldt or Peruvian Current

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Which book , for the first time, brought out the harmful effects of DDT to public attention ?

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The Winds of Change by Eugene Linden

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

The End of Nature by Bill McKibben

The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells

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All the eco-systems that share the same geographical region and climate are called :

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Biosphere Reserve

Biodiversity Hotspot

Ecological Hub

Biome

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Which animal is the symbol of World Wide Fund for Nature ( WWFN) ?

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Baird's tapir

Giant Panda

North American beaver

Fennec fox

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In which layer of the atmosphere does water vapour exist that determines the weather ?

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Lithosphere

Hydrosphere

Troposphere

Biosphere

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Which animal is mostly threatened due to Arctic ice melt ?

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Reindeer

Walrus

Arctic Seal

Polar Bear

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Which place of the Earth contains the most number of plant and animal species (bio-diversity) ?

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Mangrove forests of the world

River valley system

Tropical Rain Forest

Temperate grasslands

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Which is the largest mangrove ecosystem of the world ?

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Bahia Mangroves, Brazil

Gulf of Panama Mangroves, South america

Sunderbans, India

Godavari-Krishna Mangroves, Southern India

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The largest rookery of the world for Olive Ridley turtles that attracts thousands of sea turtles every year for mass nesting is :

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Gahirmatha, Odisha

Sundarbans delta

Godavari basin

Amazon basin

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Which feature of the ocean is referred to as the 'Sea garden' because the largest number of species are found there ?

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Deep ocean trenches

Mid-ocean ridges

Coral Reef

Continental slope

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Who first coined the term Ecosystem ?

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Charles Darwin (1872)

Rachel Carson (1949)

Carolus Linnaeus (1730)

A.V Tansley (1930)

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Which country is the largest emitter of greenhouse gases ? Which country is the highest per capita emitter of Greenhouse gases ?

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Russia, USA (respectively)

USA, Russia (respectively)

USA, China (respectively)

China, USA (respectively)

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A plant growing in the bark of trees is a useful biological indicator of Sulphur dioxide pollution in air . Can you name it ?

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Tillandsia

Aechmea Fasciata

Dodder

Lichen

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Which animals are the most affected by acid rain ?

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Arboreal animals

Aquatic animals

Terrestrial animals

Amphibians

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Biodiversity hotspots are Earth's most biologically rich but threatened terrestrial regions. There are currently 36 recognized biodiversity hotspots in the world . How many biodiversity hotspots are in India and what are these?

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2 (Western Ghats, Eastern Ghats)

4 (The Himalayas, The Western Ghats, The Indo-Burma region and The Sundaland that Includes Nicobar group of Islands)

3 (Western Ghats , Sundarbans, Terrai)

5 ( Western Ghats, The Aravalis, Terrai-duar Savannah, Sundarban, The North-east Himalayas)

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Which is the first reserve forest of India?

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Kondapalli Reserve Forest ( Andhra Pradesh)

Satpura Reserve Forest (MP)

Begur Reserve Forest (Kerala)

Sholayar Reserve Forest ( Tamil Nadu)

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How are the tiger population of a forest counted ?

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By secretly watching the tigers near the water body of the forest which they often visit for drinking water.

By sending search teams to different parts of the forest for manual count

By watching them in concealed cameras

By counting their pug marks

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In which year was Project Tiger launched ?

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1975

1974

1973

1980

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A book published by IUCN that keeps a record of all the endangered animals and plants of the world called :

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Blue Data Book

Red Data Book

Orange Data Book

Yellow data Book

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Where and when a hole in the Ozone layer was first discovered ?

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Alaska ( 1985)

Finland ( 1986)

Australia ( 1987)

Antarctica ( 1985)

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Which protocol for the first time banned the production of CFC, Halons and other Ozone Depleting Substances ?

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Kyoto Protocol (1997)

Montreal Protocol ( 1987)

Copenhagen Accord (2009)

Paris Agreement (2015)

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Which river in India is among the ten most polluted rivers of the world ?

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The Yamuna

The Godavari

The Brahmaputra

The Ganga

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What structural modification of Oxygen is an air pollutant at the lower atmosphere, but highly beneficial for life in the upper atmosphere?

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Nitrogen dioxide gas

Ozone

Carbon dioxide

Methane

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Which greenhouse gas present in our atmosphere produces most of the warming ?

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Methane

Water vapour

Carbon dioxide

Nitrous Oxide

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A gas leak in a plant in Bhopal on Dec 2 ,1984 killed more than 2000 people immediately in the worst ever gas tragedy. What was the name of the gas leaked and what was the plant producing ?

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Ammonia, Fertilizer (respectively)

Ammonia, Pesticides (respectively)

Methyl isocyanate, Fertilizer (respectively)

Methyl isocyanate, Pesticides (respectively)

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Ozone is a known air pollutant at the ground level. In the presence of sunlight, it reacts with Nitrogen dioxide exhaust and hydrocarbon emissions from the automobiles to produce a yellowish grey chemical compound which was first time observed in the city of Los Angeles of USA. What is the name of this phenomenon ?

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Acid Rain

Photo-chemical Smog

Air Pollution

Ozone Hole

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A toxic substance contaminated in ground water produces short term ailments like vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and long term complications like thickened skin, hard patches on palms and soles of feet and cancer. What is the substance responsible for this?

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Fluoride

Graphite

Arsenic

Alum

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What is the best way to deal with solid wastes ?

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Recycling

Burying in underground pits

Burning

Putting these in sealed bottles and dumping in the sea.

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In the world’s worst nuclear accident in a nuclear power station now in Ukraine , 31 people died, 129 others suffered acute radiation and many thousands are expected to die prematurely as a result of exposure to radiation released from the stricken plant. Name the disaster.

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Fukushima nuclear disaster (2011)

Three Mile Island accident (1979)

Chernobyl disaster (1986)

SL-1 accident (1961)

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Name the gas released from landfills, decaying organic matter under shallow water in marshes and bogs, flooded paddy fields, by ruminant animals and termites, and by the burning of biomass. A molecule of this gas has 21 times more global warming potential than a molecule of Carbon dioxide.

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Chlorofluorocarbon

Carbon Monoxide

Ozone

Methane

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This species of bird native to North America was considered to have been one of the most numerous birds on earth at one time . Intensive shooting and the destruction of its natural breeding ground brought about a sudden fall in their numbers. The last of this species on earth died in a zoo in Circinnati in 1914. Name this bird.

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Least Vermilion Flycatcher

Great auk

Dodo

The Passenger pigeon

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A process by which a water body becomes progressively enriched with minerals and nutrients, (particularly nitrogen and phosphorus). It leads to excessive growth of unwarted plants like algae that caused significant environmental degradation by depleting dissolved oxygen in water. What is this phenomenon called?

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Algal Bloom

Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD)

Eutrophication

Dissolved Oxygen Depletion

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Which animals are affected the most as a result of Plastic pollution?

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Animals living in the Tropical Rain Forests of the world

Marine Life like Sea birds and Sea Turtles

Polar Bears and Arctic Seals

Migratory birds

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