Environmental Studies: For B.A. (General)

ENVS SCI. & COM.
P - III (1+1+1) G / 21 (N)

2021
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
For B.A. (General)
Time : 1 Hour Full Marks : 50
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the Correct Alternative [i.e. (A)/(B)/(C)/(D)] against each Question No.
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 There is no negative marking for wrong answer.
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Each question carries 2 marks
²Ì!“þ!Ýþ ²ÌöìÙÀîû ›y˜ 2

1. The word ‘environment’ Originated from the word —
(A) Envios
(B) Environ
(C) Environs
(D) Envirion
1Ð ò~˜¦þyëûîû˜öì›rÝþó Ÿ·!Ýþîû vþzêþ™!_ öë Ÿ· öíöì„þ £öìëûöìŠé éôôôé
(A) ~˜!¦þëû¢
(B) ~˜¦þyëûîû˜
(C) ~˜¦þyëûîû˜¢ä
(D) ~˜!¦þ!îûëû˜
2. Which one of the following is the most important element of ecosystem?

(A) Energy flow
(B) Ecological succession
(C) Food chain
(D) Food web
2Ð !˜Á¬!œ!…“þ ö„þy˜ä!Ýþ îylßþ“þöìsþfîû ¢îöì‰þöìëû =îû&cþ™)’Å vþzþ™y”y˜Ú
(A) Ÿ!_«²Ìîy£
(B) £zöì„þyœ!‹„þÄyœ ¢y„þöì¢Ÿ˜
(C) …y”Ä Ÿ,Cœ
(D) …y”Ä ‹yœ
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3. Which one of the following is biodegradable?

(A) DDT
(B) Plastic
(C) Cowdung
(D) Aluminium
3Ð !˜Á¬!œ!…“þ ö„þy˜ä!Ýþ þ™‰þ˜Ÿ#œÚé
(A) !vþ!vþ!Ýþ
(B) ²Õy!ÞÝþ„þ
(C) ö†yîîû
(D) xÄyœ%!›!˜ëûy›
4. The largest number of tiger reserves are located in —

(A) West Bengal
(B) Karnataka
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Madhya Pradesh
4Ð ¢îÅy!•„þ îÄy‡Ê ¢‚îûÇþ’ îûöìëûöìŠé éôôôé
(A) þ™!Øþ›îD
(B) „þ’ÅyÝþ„þ
(C) xõÉþ²Ìöì”Ÿ
(D) ›•Ä²Ìöì”Ÿ
5. The earth summit organised in —

(A) 1972
(B) 1982
(C) 1985
(D) 1992
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5Ð î¢%õþîûy ¢öìÁ¿œ˜ xyöìëûy!‹“þ £ëû éôôôé

(A) 1972
(B) 1982
(C) 1985
(D) 1992
6. Example of renewable natural resources is —

(A) Coal
(B) Solar power
(C) Iron
(D) Petroleum
6Ð ˜î#„þîû’öìëy†Ä ²Ìy„,þ!“þ„þ ¢Á™öì”îû vþz”y£îû’ £œ éôôôé
(A) „þëûœy
(B) ö¢ïîûŸ!_«
(C) öœy£y
(D) öþ™öìÝþÆy!œëûy›
7. Air pollution is NOT caused by —

(A) Smoke
(B) Loud speaker
(C) Sewage
(D) Insecticides
7Ð ö„þy˜ä!Ýþ îyëû%”)¡ìöì’îû „þyîû’ ˜ëû éôôôé
(A) ö•¤yëûy
(B) œyvþzvþ ßþ™#„þyîû
(C) ˜”Å›y î‹ÅÄ
(D) „þ#Ýþ˜yŸ„þ
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8. The author of the book ‘Silent Spring’ is —

(A) Charles Darwin
(B) Rachel Carson
(C) A. G. Tansley
(D) E. O. Wilson
8Ð ò¢y£zöìœrÝþ ßþ±#‚ó î£z!Ýþîû öœ…„þ éôôôé
(A) ‰þyœÅ¢ vþyîûvþz£z˜
(B) îûÄyöì‰þœ „þy¢Å˜
(C) ~. !‹. ÝþÄyª!œ
(D) £z. ç. vþz£zœ¢˜
9. The chemical that is used to ripen mango is —

(A) Calcium sulphide
(B) Calcium Carbonate
(C) Calcium Chloride
(D) Calcium carbide
9Ð xy› þ™y„þyöì˜yîû ‹˜Ä öë îûy¢yëû!˜„þ!Ýþ îÄî£*“þ £ëû éôôôé
(A) „þÄyœ!¢ëûy› ¢yœšþy£zvþ
(B) „þÄyœ!¢ëûy› „þyöìîÅyöì˜Ýþ
(C) „þÄyœ!¢ëûy› ö„Ïþyîûy£zvþ
(D) „þÄyœ!¢ëûy› „þyîÅy£zvþ
10. Bhopal gas tragedy took place in the year —

(A) 1975
(B) 1980
(C) 1984
(D) 1986
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10Ð ¦)þþ™yœ †Äy¢ ”%‡ÅÝþ˜y öë îŠéöìîû £ëû éôôôé

(A) 1975
(B) 1980
(C) 1984
(D) 1986
11. Deforestation generally decreases —

(A) rainfall
(B) Soil erosion
(C) Draught
(D) Global Warming
11Ð xîû’Ä!î˜yŸ ¢y•yîû’“þ „þ!›öìëû ö”ëû ôôôé
(A) î,!ÜTþ™y“þ
(B) ¦)þ!›Çþëû
(C) …îûy
(D) !îÙ»vþz¡Œyëû˜
12. In which district of West Bengal Buxa Tiger Reserve is situated?

(A) Darjeeling
(B) Alipurduar
(C) Coochbehar
(D) South 24 parganas
12Ð þ™!Øþ›îöìDîû ö„þy˜ä ö‹œyëû î:y îÄy‡Ê ²Ì„þÒ xî!ßþi“þÚ
(A) ”y!‹Å!œ‚
(B) xy!œþ™%îû”%ëûyîû
(C) ö„þy‰þ!î£yîû
(D) ”!Çþ’ 24 þ™îû†’y
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13. Full form of C.N.G. —

(A) Common natural gas
(B) Common national gas
(C) Certified natural gas
(D) Compressed natural gas
13Ð C.N.G ~îû þ™%öìîûy ˜y› éôôôé
(A) „þ›˜ ˜Äy‰þyîûyœ †Äy¢
(B) „þ›˜ ˜ÄyŸy˜yœ †Äy¢
(C) ¢y!ÝÅþšþyöìëûvþ ˜Äy‰þyîûyœ †Äy¢
(D) „þöìÁ±¢vþ ˜Äy‰þyîûyœ †Äy¢
14. The malarial parasite is a —

(A) Protozoa
(B) Bacteria
(C) Virus
(D) Fungus
14Ð ›Äyöìœ!îûëûyîû þ™îû‹#î# ~„þ!Ýþ éôôôé
(A) ö²ÌyöìÝþyöì‹yëûy
(B) îÄy!Q!îûëûy
(C) ¦þy£zîûy¢
(D) šþyDy¢
15. Who discovered Ozone hole?

(A) Dr. J. C. Farman
(B) Charles Darwin
(C) Sir Isaac Newton
(D) Ernst Haeckel
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15Ð çöì‹y˜ !Šéo ö„þ xy!îÜñyîû „þöìîû˜Úé

(A) vþ. ö‹. !¢. šþyîû›Äy˜
(B) ‰þyœÅ¢ vþyîûvþz£z˜
(C) ¢Äyîû xy£z¢Äy„þ !˜vþzÝþ˜
(D) xy˜ÅÞÝþ ö£öì„þœ
16. Who started ‘Narmada Bachao Andolon’?

(A) Medha Patkar
(B) Kiran Bedi
(C) S. L. Bahuguna
(D) None of these
16Ð ò˜›Å”y î¤y‰þyç xyöì¨yœ˜ó ö„þ Öîû& „þöìîû˜Ú
(A) ö›•y þ™yÝþ„þîû
(B) !„þîû’ öî”#
(C) ~¢. ~œ. îý=’y
(D) ö„þyöì˜y!Ýþ£z ˜ëû
17. Radium is discovered by —

(A) Keplar
(B) Dr. J. C. Bose
(C) Gragor Johan Mendel
(D) Madame Curie
17Ð öîû!vþëûy› xy!îÜñyîû „þöìîû˜ éôôôé
(A) ö„þþ™œyîû
(B) vþ. ö‹. !¢. öîy¢
(C) ö@ùÌ†îû ö‹y£y˜ ö›öì[þœ
(D) ›y”y› „%þîû#
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18. Vitamin D deficiency causes —

(A) Scurvy
(B) Ricket
(C) Malaria
(D) None of the above
18Ð !¦þÝþy!›˜ !vþ ~îû x¦þyöìî £ëû éôôôé
(A) ßþñy!¦Åþ
(B) !îûöì„þÝþ
(C) ›Äyöìœ!îûëûy
(D) çþ™öìîûîû ö„þyöì˜y!Ýþ£z ˜ëû
19. Which one of the following is a greenhouse gas?

(A) Nitrogen
(B) Argon
(C) Oxygen
(D) Methane
19Ð ˜#öì‰þîû ö„þy˜ä!Ýþ ~„þ!Ýþ @ùÌ#˜£yvþz¢ †Äy¢Ú
(A) ˜y£zöìÝþÆyöì‹˜
(B) xy†Å˜
(C) x!:öì‹˜
(D) !›öìí˜
20. Full form of COD is —

(A) chemical oxygen demand
(B) cadmium oxygen demand
(C) composite oxygen demand
(D) composite oxygen deficit
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20Ð !¢. ç. !vþ. ~îû þ™%öìîûy „þíy!Ýþ £œ éôôôé

(A) ö„þ!›„þÄyœ x!:öì‹˜ !vþ›yuþ
(B) „þÄyvþ!›ëûy› x!:öì‹˜ !vþ›yuþ
(C) „þöìÁ™y!¢Ýþ x!:öì‹˜ !vþ›yuþ
(D) „þöìÁ™y!¢Ýþ x!:öì‹˜ övþ!šþ!¢Ýþ
21. Which one of the following is a Mangrove?

(A) Ranthambore
(B) Sunderban
(C) Western ghats
(D) Andaman
21Ð !˜Á¬!œ!…“þ ö„þy˜ä!Ýþ ~„þ!Ýþ ›Äy˜öì@ùÌy¦þÚ
(A) îû’íöì½þyîû
(B) ¢%¨îûî˜
(C) þ™!Øþ›‡yÝþ
(D) xy¨y›y˜
22. International forest day observed on —

(A) 21st March
(B) 5th June
(C) 15th August
(D) 10th December
22Ð xyhsþ‹Åy!“þ„þ xîû’Ä!”î¢ þ™y!œ“þ £ëû éôôôé
(A) 21öŸ ›y‰Åþ
(B) 5£z ‹%˜
(C) 15£z xy†ÞÝþ
(D) 10£z !vþöì¢Áºîû
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23. Water pollution protection act in India is enacted in —

(A) 1952
(B) 1964
(C) 1974
(D) 1992
23Ð ¦þyîûöì“þ ‹œ ”)¡ì’ ²Ì!“þöìîûy• xy£z˜ ²Ì’#“þ £ëû éôôôé
(A) 1952
(B) 1964
(C) 1974
(D) 1992
24. Earthquake is measure by —

(A) Barometer
(B) Seismograph
(C) Thermometer
24Ð ¦)þ!›„þÁ™ ›yþ™y £ëû éôôôé
(A) îÄyöìîûy!›Ýþyîû
(B) !¢¢öì›y@ùÌyšþ
(C) íyöì›Åy!›Ýþyîû
(D) vþzþ™öìîûîû ö„þyöì˜y!Ýþ£z ˜ëû
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25. AIDS is caused by —

(A) HIV
(B) HPV
(C) HCV
25Ð AIDS ~îû „þyîû’ éôôôé
(A) ~£z‰þ xy£z !¦þ
(B) ~£z‰þ !þ™ !¦þ
(C) ~£z‰þ !¢ !¦þ
(D) vþzþ™öìîûîû ö„þyöì˜y!Ýþ£z ˜ëû
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P - III (1+1+1) G / 21 (N)

Time : 1 Hour Full Marks : 50

Each question carries 2 marks

²Ì!“þ!Ýþ ²ÌöìÙÀîû ›y˜ 2

2. Which one of the following is the most important element of ecosystem?

3. Which one of the following is biodegradable?

4. The largest number of tiger reserves are located in —

5. The earth summit organised in —

5Ð î¢%õþîûy ¢öìÁ¿œ˜ xyöìëûy!‹“þ £ëû éôôôé

6. Example of renewable natural resources is —

7. Air pollution is NOT caused by —

8. The author of the book ‘Silent Spring’ is —

9. The chemical that is used to ripen mango is —

10. Bhopal gas tragedy took place in the year —

10Ð ¦)þþ™yœ †Äy¢ ”%‡ÅÝþ˜y öë îŠéöìîû £ëû éôôôé

11. Deforestation generally decreases —

12. In which district of West Bengal Buxa Tiger Reserve is situated?

13. Full form of C.N.G. —

14. The malarial parasite is a —

15. Who discovered Ozone hole?

15Ð çöì‹y˜ !Šéo ö„þ xy!îÜñyîû „þöìîû˜Úé

16. Who started ‘Narmada Bachao Andolon’?

17. Radium is discovered by —

18. Vitamin D deficiency causes —

19. Which one of the following is a greenhouse gas?

20. Full form of COD is —

20Ð !¢. ç. !vþ. ~îû þ™%öìîûy „þíy!Ýþ £œ éôôôé

21. Which one of the following is a Mangrove?

22. International forest day observed on —

23. Water pollution protection act in India is enacted in —

24. Earthquake is measure by —

25. AIDS is caused by —

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