Environmental awareness and climate-related knowledge are crucial for candidates appearing in exams such as OSSSC RI,ARI, Amin, SFS, ICDS Supervisor. Here are the top 30 multiple-choice questions with answers to help you prepare for these exams at a moderate difficulty level:
Top 30 Environment and Climate MCQs for OSSSC RI,ARI, Amin, SFS, ICDS Supervisor Exams
A solid understanding of environmental concepts and climate-related issues is essential for candidates preparing for OSSSC RI,ARI, Amin, SFS, ICDS Supervisor exams. Regular practice with these multiple-choice questions will not only enhance your knowledge but also improve your chances of scoring well in the examination. Good luck with your preparation!
1. Namdapha National Park is located in which of the following states?
A. Assam
B. Arunachal Pradesh
C. Manipur
D. Mizoram
Correct Answer: B [Arunachal Pradesh]
2. Which among the following states in India has the maximum number of protected areas viz. wildlife sanctuaries and National Parks?
A. West Bengal
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Karnataka
Correct Answer: C [Madhya Pradesh]
3. Which among the following confers the “Equator Prize” to recognize outstanding community efforts to reduce poverty through the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity?
A. United Nations Environment Programme
B. United Nations Development Programme
C. World Food Organization
D. World Bank
Correct Answer: B [United Nations Development Programme]
4. Which among the following is a biodiversity hotspot?
A. Thar
B. Western Ghats
C. Aravalli Hills
D. Eastern Ghats
Correct Answer: B [Western Ghats]
5. Asiatic lion is the state animal of which of the following states?
A. Rajasthan
B. Haryana
C. Punjab
D. Gujarat
Correct Answer: D [Gujarat]
6. Which among the following National Park in India is also called the last house of White-winged Wood Duck?
A. Salim Ali National Park, Jammu & Kashmir
B. Nameri National Park, Assam
C. Ghana National Park, Rajasthan
D. Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary, Haryana
Correct Answer: B [Nameri National Park, Assam]
7. Which among the following ministry gives Medini Puraskar every year?
A. Ministry of Culture
B. Ministry of Environment and Forests
C. Ministry of Law
D. Ministry of Finance
Correct Answer: B [Ministry of Environment and Forests]
8. On the recommendations of the Santhanam Committee, which among the following offices was set up in India?
A. Central Vigilance Commission
B. Central Economic Intelligence Bureau
C. Foreign Investment Promotion Board
D. Khadi and Village Industries Commission
Correct Answer: A [Central Vigilance Commission]
9. How many numbers of Biogeographic zones are present in India?
A. 4
B. 8
C. 10
D. 15
Correct Answer: C [10]
10. Along with Jatropha, the seed oil of which among the following plants has been found to be useful in diesel generators being explored in hundreds of projects throughout India and other developing countries as feedstock for biodiesel?
A. Arachis hypogea
B. Pongamia pinnata
C. Butea monosperma
D. Pterocarpus santalinius
Correct Answer: B [Pongamia pinnata]
11. In which state is the Sathyamangalam Wildlife Sanctuary located?
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Kerala
C) Karnataka
D) Andhra Pradesh
Correct Answer: A [Tamil Nadu]
12. Which of the following industries is the most polluting among the four?
A) Cement
B) Synthetic Rubber
C) Food Processing
D) Stone Crushing
Correct Answer: A [Cement]
13. Where is the Jaduguda Mine, the most important uranium mine in India, located?
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Jharkhand
C) Bihar
D) Madhya Pradesh
Correct Answer: B [Jharkhand]
14. What happens when a large number of people are enclosed in a room?
A) Oxygen decreases and carbon dioxide increases
B) Oxygen increases and carbon dioxide decreases
C) Both oxygen and carbon dioxide decrease
D) Both oxygen and carbon dioxide increase
Correct Answer: A [Oxygen decreases and carbon dioxide increases]
15. Which statement correctly describes autotrophic succession?
A) In this succession, initially green plants are more in number
B) This succession is brought about by the living members of the particular community
C) This succession occurs when habitation is created on barren land
D) This succession is brought about by external forces
Correct Answer: A [In this succession, initially green plants are more in number]
16. Which of the following can be categorized as quantitative pollutants?
A) Carbon Dioxide
B) Carbon Monoxide
C) DDT
D) Methane
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
A) 1,2,3,4
B) 1,2 and 3 only
C) 1,2 and 4 only
D) 3 only
Correct Answer: C [1,2 and 4 only]
17. What is true about oil spills?
A) Oil spills increase the Biological Oxygen Demand
B) Oil spills reduce the oxygen in sea water
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
A) 1 only
B) 2 only
C) Both
D) None
Correct Answer: C [Both]
18. What is true about Persistent Organic Pollutants?
A) They remain intact for a long period of time
B) They are capable of bio-accumulation
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
A) 1 only
B) 2 only
C) Both
D) None
Correct Answer: C [Both]
19. Which nation’s seaport is “The Port of Chittagong”?
A) Bangladesh
B) Pakistan
C) Iran
D) India
Correct Answer: A [Bangladesh]
20. Where is the Great Blue Hole located?
A) The Bahamas
B) Barbados
C) Argentina
D) Belize
Correct Answer: D [Belize]
21. Where is the headquarters of Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE)?
A) Dehradun
B) Ranchi
C) Shimla
D) Bhopal
Correct Answer: A [Dehradun]
22. Where is the principal bench of the National Green Tribunal?
A) Mumbai
B) New Delhi
C) Hyderabad
D) Lucknow
Correct Answer: B [New Delhi]
23. Who is the chairperson of the National Green Tribunal?
A) Retired Judge of the Supreme Court
B) Retired Judge of the High Court
C) Retired Judge of the District Court
D) Retired Judge of the Subordinate Court
Correct Answer: A [Retired Judge of the Supreme Court]
24. Which of the following are the harmful effects of Carbon Monoxide?
- Shortness of breath
- Short supply of oxygen in blood
- Inactivates nerves
- Cause unconsciousness
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
A) 1,2,3,4
B) 1,2 and 3 only
C) 1,3 and 4 only
D) 2,3 and 4 only
Correct Answer: A [1,2,3,4]
25. Which of the following Indian Wetland sites is in the Montreux Record?
A) Chilika Lake
B) Kaziranga National park
C) Keoladeo National Park
D) None of the above is true
Correct Answer: C [Keoladeo National Park]
26. Which of the following statements are correct about tropical moist deciduous forests?
- Moist deciduous forests are found throughout India except in the western and the north-western regions.
- The trees of tropical moist deciduous forests are tall, have broad trunks, branching trunks and roots to hold
- them firmly to the ground.
Select the correct option from the codes given below:
A) Only 1
B) Only 2
C) Both 1 & 2
D) Neither 1 & 2
Correct Answer: C [Both 1 & 2]
27. Which of the following statements are correct regarding Montane Wet Temperate Forests?
- Trunks have large girth.
- Branches are clothed with mosses, ferns and other epiphytes
- The trees rarely achieve a height of more than 6 meters.
- Select the correct option from the codes given below:
A) Only 1 & 2
B) Only 2 & 3
C) Only 1 & 3
D) 1, 2 & 3
Correct Answer: D [1, 2 & 3]
28. In which of the following type of cultivation a patch of land is cleared, vegetation is burned and the ash is mixed with the soil thus adding nutrients to the soil?
A) Shifting Cultivation
B) Crop Rotation
C) Subsistence Farming
D) None of the above
Correct Answer: A [Shifting Cultivation]
29. The National Lake Conservation Programme considers lakes as standing water bodies of how much depth?
A) 1 m
B) 2 m
C) 3 m
D) 4 m
Correct Answer: C [3 m]
30. Which of the following are the environmental benefits of estuarine ecosystem?
- Estuaries help in water quality regulation and groundwater recharge.
- They are the habitat, breeding and nursery grounds for plants and animals.
- They are useful for commercial fishing.
- Select the correct option from the codes given below:
A) Only 1 & 2
B) Only 2 & 3
C) Only 1 & 3
D) 1, 2 & 3
Correct Answer: D [1, 2 & 3]
