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  1. What is Dendrology?

  2. A.

     Study of Plants

    B.

     Study of Butterflies

    C.

     Study of Trees

    D.

     None of these


  3. In which of the following the maximum plant diversity is found

  4. A.

     Tropical evergreen forests

    B.

     Tropical moist deciduous forests

    C.

     Sub tropical mountain forests

    D.

     Temperate moist forests


  5. When water changes from a liquid to a vapour, we call this process:

  6. A.

     Freezing

    B.

     Condensation

    C.

     Sublimation

    D.

     Deposition

    E.

     Evaporation


  7. The area to which a species is biologically adapted to live is known as ________

  8. A.

     Niche

    B.

     Habitat

    C.

     Succession

    D.

     Community


  9. Soap and detergents are the source of organic pollutants like:

  10. A.

     Glycerol

    B.

     Polyphosphates

    C.

     Sulphonated hydrocarbons

    D.

     All of these


  11. Which one of the following cycle is not a gaseous biogeochemical cycle in ecosystem?

  12. A.

     Nitrogen

    B.

     Carbon

    C.

     Sulphur

    D.

     Phosphorus


  13. All are primary pollutants except

  14. A.

     Ammonia

    B.

     Peroxyacetyl Nitrate (PAN)

    C.

     Sulfur dioxide

    D.

     Hydrogen sulfide


  15. Which one of the following is not a primary pollutant?

  16. A.

     Particulate matter

    B.

     Carbon monoxide

    C.

     Sulpuric acid

    D.

     Nitrogen oxides


  17. Chipko movement is a public agitation that occurred in

  18. A.

     Mansbal area in Kashmir

    B.

     Silent valley in Kerala

    C.

     Sundarban area in Bengal

    D.

     Tehri Garhwal area of Uttar Pradesh


  19. Who coined the slogan of Chipko Movement "Ecology is Permanent economy".

  20. A.

     Jawaharlal Nehru

    B.

     Salim Ali

    C.

     Sunderlal Bahuguna

    D.

     Rachel Carson