Roll No

22447
TEST CH-3
Institute Name: SMV’S Institute Of Civil & Rural Engineering, Gargoti
Programme Name : Computer Engineering
Semester : Fifth
Course Name: Environmental Studies (CO 22447)
Marks: 20 Time: 1 hour
__________________________________________________________
Instructions:
(1) Write down Roll Number on question paper before attempting it.
(2) All questions are compulsory.
(3) To solve question write down the correct option in the blank.

Sr. No. Questions and Options Answers

1. Photosynthesis is also known as ________.
a) Photo citosis b) Photo crysis c) Photo autotrophs d) Photo
geology
2. In an ecosystem,_______ shows one way passage

a) Nitrogen b) Carbon c) Potassium d) Free energy

3. Upper part of aquatic ecosystem contains_______________
a) Plankton b) Nekton c) Benthos d) Plankton & Nekton

4. Grassland ecosystem is _____in numbers of pyramid.

a) always upright b) always inverted c) Both a and b d) spindle
shaped
5. Herbivores are primary consumers which feed mainly on
a)plants b) meat c) carnivores d) omnivores

6. Primary consumers are ____which feed mainly on plant.

a) herbivores b) scavengers c) carnivores d) omnivores
7. Association of animals when both partners are benefited is
a) mutualism b) colony c) Commensalism d) Ammensaliam

8. Pyramid of numbers always deals with the number of a)

Species in an area b) Species in a society
c) Subspecies in community d) Individuals in tropic level
9. The volume of population of same kind of organism constitute a ____ .
a) Colony b) Species c) Genus d) Community
10. Which of the following carbon compounds would be utilized as an
energy source by heterotrophs during the carbon cycle?
a) Calcium carbonate b) Carbonic acid c) Carbon dioxide d) organic
molecules
11. Which of the following are bacteria and fungi which obtain energy and
nutrients by decomposing dead organisms, substances of plants and
animal origin?
a) Decomposers b) Both a and c c) Osmotrophs d) None of these
12. The biome has greatest diversity of species.
a) Tropical rain forest b) taiga
c) Artic Tundra d) temperate grassland

13. ____% of world's plant and animal species are in tropical rain forest
a) 50 b) 30 c) 40 d) 90

14. Many individuals of same species living together in an defined area

form a/an
a) community b) genus
c) population d) ecosystem

15. Primary producers are basically all green plants and also certain______
a) Bacteria and algae b)Man c) Wolf d)Tiger

16. Nitrogen gas returns to atmosphere by the action of

a) Nitrogen fixing bacteria b) Denitrifying bacteria
c) Nitrifying bacteria d) Nitrate fertilizers

17. _________is not a functional unit of ecosystem

a) Productivity b) Stratification c) Energy flow d) Decomposition
18. The upright pyramid of number is absent in
a) Lake b) Grassland c) Pond d) Forest
19. Which one of the following is not a gaseous biogeochemical cycle in
ecosystem?
a) Nitrogen cycle b) Carbon cycle
c) Sulphur cycle d) Phosphrous cycle
20. Tundra is an example of ___________type of ecosystem
a) Marine b) Terrestrial
c) Microbiological d) None of the above
Roll No
22447
TEST CH-3
Institute Name: SMV’S Institute Of Civil & Rural Engineering, Gargoti
Programme Name : Computer Engineering
Semester : Fifth
Course Name: Environmental Studies (CO 22447)
Marks: 20 Time: 1 hour
__________________________________________________________
Instructions:
(1) Write down Roll Number on question paper before attempting it.
(2) All questions are compulsory.
(3) To solve question write down the correct option in the blank.

Sr. No. Questions and Options Answers

1. Dead tissues and waste products are are used by
a) Detrtivores b) Metagens c) Soil d) None of the above

2. Snake is a _______ consumer in food chain.

a) Secondary b) tertiary c) primary d) None of the above

3. Ecological pyramid is a _________ presentation
a) Geological b) pyramidal c) Graphical d) None of the above

4. _________ survive on herbivorous.

a) Carnivores b) plants c) aquatics d) All of the above

5. Most animals are part of more than _______ food chain. a)

1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4

6. Alpine is at ______ feet height.

a) 5000 b) 7000 c) 10000 d) 8000
7.
In all ecological pyramids, producers are always at
a) center b) bottom c) top d) middle

8. Nearly _____% photosynthesis takes place in ocean by acquifers.

a) 75 b) 40 c) 100 d) 85
9. Grass is categorized as ______ in grazer food chain.
a) producer b) plant c) vegetable d) None of the above

10.
The interconnected food chains form
a) Ecosystem b) environment c) food web d) None of the above

11. Energy flow through an ecosystem was explained by

a) E.P.Odum b) E.P.Rax c) E.P.Zen d) E.P. Watson

12. The study of ecosystem is called

a) Environment b) Ecology
c) E-study d) Cosmos
13. Approximately _______-% of species known to us are insects.
a) 50 b) 21 c) 65 d) 80
14. Carnivorous means
a) Meat Eaters b) Plant Eaters
c) Fish Eaters d) None of above

15. Environment protection act is also called as

a) Literacy act
b) Water pollution act
c) Umbrella act
d) sound pollution act
16. The three divisions of ecosystems are
a) Sun, grassland, desert b) Forest, ocean, lakes
c) Producers, consumers, decomposers d) None of above
17. Plants under ocean are
a) Aquatic b) Aquifires c) oceaenicy d) None of above
18. In ecosystem standing crop refers to________________
a) All the green plants b) All the non living materials c) All the
living and dead animals d) All the living materials both animals and
plants

19. ____________is the term used to describe the variety of life found on
Earth and all of the natural processes.
a) Biodiversity b) Ecosystem
c) Biosphere d) Ecology

20.
About ________% area on earth is oceans .
a) 75 b) 40
c) 30 d) 85
Roll No
22447
TEST CH-3
Institute Name: SMV’S Institute Of Civil & Rural Engineering, Gargoti
Programme Name : Computer Engineering
Semester : Fifth
Course Name: Environmental Studies (CO 22447)
Marks: 20 Time: 1 hour
__________________________________________________________
Instructions:
(1) Write down Roll Number on question paper before attempting it.
(2) All questions are compulsory.
(3) To solve question write down the correct option in the blank.
Sr. No. Questions and Options Answers

1. An organisms that obtains energy by eating animals are known as

a) Carnivore b) herbivores c) detritivore d) Producer
2. A_______ is an assemblage of different populations that live together in
defined areas.
a) Specie b) population c) Niche d) Community
3. A________ is population divided into smaller groups by habitate
fragmentation.
a) Source population b) kiyaton population c) meta population d) sink
population

4. What percentage of coral reels has already been destroyed?

a) 10% b) 25% c) 60% d) 100%
5. The active chemical drug reserpine is obtained from a)
Datura b) Rauwolfia c) Atrops d) Papaver

6. The edge effect ____the amount of habitat typical to an ecosystem.

a) increases b) reduces c) keep same d) none of these
7.
What organism is near extinction due to overexploitation?
a) Exotic pets b) rare cacti c) Siberian tiger d) All of these

8. Food web is a network of

a) food chain b) food resort
c) food balance d) food supply and demand
9.
The term Ecology was given by ____ in 1869.
a) Earnest Haeckel b) Newton c) S.W.Fleming d) S.D.Lal

10. The sequence of eating and being eaten in an ecosystem is known as a)

Food Chain b) Food constant c) Food habit d) Food supply
11.
The maximum biomas occur in
a) Tropical forest b) temperate forest c) taiga d) alpine vegetation

12. Animal existing at the bottommost of the sea are known as

a) Lentic b) Pelagic
c) Benthic d) Lotic

13. ____ is/are the definitive source of energy for all life on earth.
a) Plants b) Decomposers c) Sunlight d) Water

14. Around 70% of global carbon is found in

a) forests b) grassland
c) agroecosystems d) oceans

15.
An______ consist of biotic and abiotic components a)
Environment b) ecology
c) ecosystem
d) None of these

16. Energy flow in ecosystem links_____ and_____ together.

a) biotic and abiotic components b) organisms and plants
c) fruits and plants d) All of the above

17. About _____ million species are found in the tropical forest alone a) 5
b) 10 c) 7 d) 100
18. Biotic component of biosphere is not constituted by
a) Producer b) consumers c) decomposers d) air

19. ___ is the process of converting nitrogen into ammonia a)

Chemosynthesis b) Phtosynthesis
c) Evaporation d) Nitrogen fixation

20. Which of the following country has highest biodiversity

a) India b) Brazil
c) Russia d) South Africa