Environmental Studies 21CIV57

Subject Name : Environmental Studies

Course Code : 21CIV57

Semester :V

Course outcome (Course Skill Set)

At the end of the course the student will be able to :

CO1: Understand the principles of ecology and environmental issues that apply
to air, land, and water issues on a global scale,

CO2: Develop critical thinking and/or observation skills, and apply them to the
analysis of a problem or question related to the environment.

CO3: Demonstrate ecology knowledge of a complex relationship between biotic

and a biotic components.

CO4: Apply their ecological knowledge to illustrate and graph a problem and
describe the realities that managers face when dealing with complex
issues.

Module-2
Advances in Energy Systems (Merits, Demerits, Global Status and
Applications):

Hydrogen, Solar, OTEC, Tidal and Wind.

Natural Resource Management (Concept and case-studies):

Disaster Management, Sustainable Mining, case studiesng, and Carbon Trading.

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MCQ Questions & Answers

Q1. Which of the following is a disadvantage of renewable energy?

a) High pollution

b) Available only in few places

c) High running cost

d) Unreliable supply

Q2. A Solar cell is an electrical device that converts the energy of light directly into electricity by the
____________

a) Photovoltaic effect

b) Chemical effect

c) Atmospheric effect

d) Physical effect

Q3. Which mining causes breathing and chest problems?

a) Open cast mining

b) Deep mining

c) Digging

d) None of these

Q4. In hydroelectric power, what is necessary for the production of power throughout the year?

a) Dams filled with water

b) High amount of air

c) High intense sunlight

d) Nuclear power

Q5. The main composition of biogas is _______________

a) Methane

b) Carbon dioxide

c) Nitrogen

d) Hydrogen

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Q6. Which Ministry is mainly responsible for research and development in renewable energy sources
such as wind power, small hydro, biogas and solar power?

a) Human Resource Development

b) Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

c) Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

d) Health and Family Welfare

Q7. Which among the following have a large amount of installed grid interactive renewable power
capacity in India?

a) Wind power

b) Solar power

c) Biomass power

d) Small Hydro power

Q8. The world’s first 100% solar powered airport located at ____________

a) Cochin, Kerala

b) Bengaluru, Karnataka

c) Chennai, Tamil Nadu

d) Mumbai, Maharashtra

Q9. Which of the following is not under the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy?

a) Wind energy

b) Wind energy

c) Tidal energy

d) Large hydro

Q10. Where is the largest Wind Farm located in India?

a) Jaisalmer Wind Park, Rajasthan

b) Muppandal Wind Farm, Tamil Nadu

c) Vaspet Wind Farm, Maharashtra

d) Chakala Wind Farm, Maharashtra

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Q11. Which is the most dangerous radiation?

a) Alpha radiation

b) Beta radiation

c) Gamma radiation

d) All of the above

Q12. . Which Indian enterprise has the Motto “ENERGY FOREVER”?

a) Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency

b) Indian Non-Renewable Energy Development

c) Indian Agricultural Development

d) Indian Biotechnology Development

Q13. . Solar radiation flux is usually measured with the help of a

a) Pyranometer

b) Anemometer

c) Sunshine recorder

d) None of the above

Q14. What does hydrogen fuel cell emit?

a) Water

b) Steam

c) Greenhouse gas

d) Methane

Q15. . The most nuclear fuel used in the world is________________

a) Thorium – 232

b) Uranium – 238

c) Uranium – 235

d) Plutonium – 239

Q16. The blades in wind turbines are connected to________________

a) Nacelle

b) Tower

c) Foundations

d) String

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Q17. In the production of wave energy which form of energy is used?

a) Potential energy

b) Kinetic energy

c) Solar energy

d) Wind energy

Q18. A tidal barrage is a barrier built over a___________________

a) River bed

b) River estuary

c) River end

d) River starting

Q19. In hydroelectricity power_________________

a) Kinetic energy is transferred to potential

b) Potential energy is transferred to kinetic

c) Solar energy is transferred to wind energy

d) Wind energy is transferred to solar energy

Q20. OTEC is an energy technology that converts

a) Energy in large tides of ocean to generate electricity

b) Energy in ocean waves to generate electricity

c) Energy in ocean due to thermal gradient to generate electricity

d) Energy in the fast moving ocean currents to generate electricity

Q21. In order to produce solar energy during sunlight, where the energy is stored in the batteries?

a) Nickel Sulfur

b) Zinc Cadmium

c) Nickel Cadmium

d) Nickel Zinc

Q22.Which place in India the tidal energy has been experimented

a) Goa

b) Karnataka

c) Kerala

d) Tamil Nadu

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Q23. . According to WHO, how many premature deaths annually linked to air pollution causing by
the burning of fossil fuels?

a) One million

b) Three million

c) Five million

d) Seven million

Q24. Energy in the form of heat and light is obtained by________________

a) Biomass

b) Fossil fuels

c) Sun

d) Wind

Q25. SI unit for energy is_____________

a) Watt

b) Kilogram

c) Newton

d) Joule

Q26. Trapped heat inside the earth is known as______________

a) Heat energy

b) Kinetic energy

c) Geothermal energy

d) Thermal energy

Q27. How much of the known universe mass is made up of hydrogen?

a) 62

b) 75

c) 99

d) 10

Q28. Hydrogen energy can be tapped through

a) Heat pumps

b) Fuel cells

c) Photovoltaic cells

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d) Gasifiers

Q29. Most widely used solar material is

a) Arsenic

b) Silicon

c) Cadmium

d) teel

Q30. From the list given below pick the item that is not a natural resource

a) Soil

b) Water

c) Electricity

d) Air

Q31.Pick the right combination of terms which has no fossil fuel.

a) Wind, ocean and coal

b) Kerosene, wind and tide

c) Wind, wood, sun

d) Petroleum, wood, sun

Q32. Which environmental problem is associated with the construction of high rise dams?

a) A large number of human settlements are submerged in the water.

b) It contributes to deforestation and loss of biodiversity

c) It involves the spending of huge amounts of money

d) All the above.

Q33. What is the function of fuel reformer in a fuel cell

a) Enabling the fuel cell to use a hydrocarbon instead of hydrogen

b) Control of emission from fuel cell.

c) Cooling of fuel cell

d) Enabling the fuel cell to use water as a fuel

Q34.Energy is measured in

a) Blu

b) Bhu

c) Btu

d) Ntu

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Q35.Btu (British thermal unit) is equal to

a) 1055J

b) 955J

c) 1550J

d) None of these

Q36. Electromagnetic radiation energy is energy in the form of

a) Light

b) Wave

c) Heat

d) All the above

Q37.Cancer & related diseases are caused due to

a) Primary radiation

b) Non-ionizing radiation

c) Ionizing radiation

d) Secondary radiation

Q38. Mineral resources are

a) Renewable

b) Available in plenty

c) Non-renewable

d) Equally distributed

Q39. Which of the following is considered as an alternate fuel?

a) CNG

b) Kerosene

c) Coa

d) Petrol

Q40. Wind energy generation depends on

a) Direction of wind

b) Velocity of wind

c) Humidity

d) Precipitation

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Q41. Nuclear fusion uses the following as a fuel

a) Carbon

b) Helium

c) Hydrogen

d) Water

Q42. Nuclear power plant in Karnataka is located at

a) Bhadravathi

b) Sandur

c) Raichur

d) Kaiga

Q43. About ¾ of the country's coal deposits are found in

a) Karnataka

b) Tamilnadu

c) Kashmir

d) Bihar & Orissa

Q44. Smelting of metallic minerals into copper, lead and zinc release large amounts of

a) Carbon dioxide

b) Nitrogen oxide

c) Sulphur dioxide

d) Hydrogen Sulphide

Q45. The quantity of solar energy received by the earth is

a) 5%

b) 15%

c) 99%

d) 45%

Q46. Problems of Hydrogen fuel cell is

a) Storage and distribution

b) Availability of hydrogen

c) Creates pollution

d) None of the above

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Q47 . Good example of renewable energy resource is

a) Hydropower

b) Coal

c) Oil

d) All the above

Q48. The basic element of fossil fuels is

a) Sulphur

b) Phosphorous

c) Carbon

d) Oxygen

Q49. The energy released by the decay of one U-235 atom will be of the order of

a) 100MeV

b) 10MeV

c) 200MeV

d) 1000MeV

Q50. Renewable energy source is

a) Primary source

b) Secondary source

c) Tertiary source

d) None of the above

Q51. The energy consumption for global transportation is

a) 42%

b) 24%

c) 4%

d) 34%

Q52. Annual oil consumption in India is about

a) 3.25million tons

b) 325million tons

c) 32.5 million tons

d) 0.325million tons

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Q53. Fossil fuels largely consists of

a) Hydrocarbon

b) Hydrogen sulphide

c) Hydrochloric acid

d) Carbon dioxide

Q54. Wind Farms are located in

a) River basin

b) Plain area

c) Hilly area

d) Valley area

Q55. How is OTEC caused?

a) By wind energy

b) By geothermal energy

c) By solar energy

d) By gravitational force

Q56. What does OTEC stand for?

a) Ocean thermal energy cultivation

b) Ocean thermal energy conversion

c) Ocean techno energy conservation

d) Ocean thermal energy consumption

57. Which of the following is not a world heritage site

a) Francis turbine

b) Kaplan turbine

c) Pelton wheel

d) Gorlov turbine

Q58. What type of tide is it if the difference between high and low tide is greatest?

a) Diurnal tide

b) Neap tide

c) Spring tide

d) Ebb tide

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Q59. How fuel cells generate electricity?

a) Combustion

b) Fusion

c) Electrochemical reaction

d) Condensation

Q60. A disease that becomes unusually widespread and even global in its reach is referred to as

a) Epidemic

b) Pandemic

c) Spanish flu

d) Hyper endemic

Q61. Which of the following volcanoes is known for its most destructive volcanic eruption in?

recorded history?

a) Mount Kilimanjaro

b) Mauna Loa

c) Krakatoa

d) Mount St Helens

Q62. Bhopal Gas Disaster is a kind of

a) Natural disaster

b) Manmade disaster

c) Climatological disaster

d) None of the above

Q63. Which of the following buildings of Tripura are identified as vulnerable to earthquake

a) MBB College

b) Nir Mahal

c) Ujjayanta Palace

d) All of the above

Q64. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is headed by

a) Prime Minister of India

b) President of India

c) Governor of States

d) Chief Minister of States

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Q65. Volcanoes are generally found where

a) Intraplates pull apart or are coming together

b) Tectonic plates pull apart or are coming together

c) Earth's crust pull apart or are coming together

d) None of these pull apart or are coming together

Q66. Volcanic erupted material when inside the hill/earth/mountain it is called

a) Lava

b) Magma

c) Lahars

d) None of these

Q67. International Tsunami information Centre is located in

a) Honolulu

b) Goa

c) Jakarta

d) Puducherry

Q68. Which of the following is not a man-made hazard?

a) Leakage of Toxic waste

b) Wars and Civil Strife

c) Drought

d) Environmental pollution

Q69. Cyclones occurring in North Atlantic ocean are called

a) Typhoon

b) Hurricanes

c) Tornado

d) None of the above

Q70. High intensity and long duration of rainfall in Tripura causes

a) Earthquakes

b) Floods

c) Landslides

d) Cyclone

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Q71. Generally the number on Richter Scale ranges between

a) 0 and 6

b) 0 and 9

c) 1 to 5

d) 1 to 12

Q72. Disaster Management includes:

a) Mitigation

b) Reconstruction

c) Rehabilitation

d) All of the above

Q73. United Nations disaster management team are responsible for solving problems resulting from
disaster in

a) Asia

b) Africa

c) Australia

d) All continents

Q74. In India National Institute of Disaster Management is located at

a) Manipur

b) Punjab

c) Hyderabad

d) New Delhi

Q75. The Disaster Management Act was made in

a) 2006

b) 2003

c) 2005

d) 2009

Q76. The level of harm by a hazard is governed by

a) Magnitude of the hazard

b) Frequency of the hazard

c) Intensity at the impact point

d) All of the above

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Q77. Which of the following is not an atmospheric hazard

a) Epidemic in human

b) Hail

c) Heavy rainfall

d) Hurricanes

Q78. Which of the following is a man-made disaster

a) Terrorism

b) Major fire

c) Pollution

d) All of the above

Q79. Which of the following organization is the apex authority of disaster management in India?

a) NDA

b) NDMA

c) CDMA

d) INDR

Q80. The instrument which records earthquake wave is called

a) Climograph

b) Seismograph

c) Hythergraph

d) None of the above

Q81. The name of the largest active volcano in the world is

a) Mauna Lao in Hawaii

b) Mount Fuji in Japan

c) Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania

d) None of the above

Q82. Which country is known as the most forest fire prone country in the world ?

a) Uganda

b) Canada

c) Australia

d) India

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Q83. The Chernobyl disaster of 1986 in Ukraine was a case of

a) Epidemic disaster

b) Toxic gas disaster

c) Nuclear disaster

d) None of the above

Q84. What is it called when a large number of people in a community get a disease at the same

time?

a) Influx

b) Black death

c) Epidemic

d) Pandemic

Q85. In India Tsunami Warning centre is located at

a) Kolkata

b) Hyderabad

c) Ahmadabad

d) None of the above

Q86. The two atom bombs dropped in Hiroshima and Nagashaki in Japan by USA during

a) World war I

b) World war II

c) Gulf war I

d) Gulf war II

Q87. Which is the only active volcano in India?

a) Volcano Popa

b) Volcano of Barren Island

c) Volcano Etna

d) None of the above

Q88. In disaster management, mitigation measures involves

a) Governmental action and administration

b) Community action and administration

c) Military action and administration

d) None of the above

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Q89. Which one of the following is a geological (geophysical) disaster?

a) Tsunami

b) Storm surge

c) Flood

d) Wild fire

Q90. Which one of the following is a Meteorological disaster?

a) Cyclone

b) Tornado

c) Floods

d) All of the above

Q91. Which one of the following is a Climatological disaster?

a) Drought

b) Freezes

c) Wild fire

d) All of the above

Q92. Which one of the following is a Geological/geophysical disaster?

a) Earthquakes

b) Tsunami

c) Valcono

d) All of the above

Q93. What is drought?

a) No rainfall for a long continuous period

b) Heavy rainfall for a long continuous period

c) Moderate rainfall for a long continuous period

d) None of the above

Q94. What is the name of instrument used for measuring earthquake intensity?

a) Modified Mercalli Scale

b) Metrological scale

c) Vernier scale

d) Barometer

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Q95. Disaster management is aimed at

a) Resettling people in the closest unaffected urban area

b) Collection of valuable data for future management objectives

c) Strengthening sewage and drinking water treatment facilities to resist the impact of a future
disaster

d) Restoring a community’s services, facilities and residences to pre-disaster levels

Q96. What are the major Hazard/disaster management related activities?

a) Preparedness

b) Response

c) Recovery

d) All of the above

Q97. Pandemic disease is defined as:

a) Outbreak of a disease in international scale

b) Outbreak of a disease beyond the area of a disease

c) Congestion in urban areas.

d) None

Q98. The process by which mined land is returned to its original state or better is known as

a) Refurbishing

b) Reclamation

c) Revolution

d) Renovation

Q99. Which of the following are major environmental issues involved in mining?

a) Air pollution

b) Water pollution

c) Soil degradation

d) All of the above

Q100. Environmental impact assessment (EIA)

a) is the study of feasibility of a project

b) is a study of bio-physical characteristics of the environment that may result from a

human action

c) Both a and b

d) None of the above

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