PU CET PG 2018 Question Paper MSc_2Yr__Environment Science_

MSc(2Yr)(Environment Science)

1. Which of the following is not covered in 8 missions under India’s National Action Plan
on Climate Change?
A) Waste to Energy Conservation B) Solar Power
C) Afforestation D) Nuclear energy

2. Which of the following sector is the single largest consumer of water accounting for
about 93% of the total fresh water in India?
A) Industry B) Agriculture C) Power D) Domestic

3. Which of the following Environmentalists first gave the concept of ‘Biodiversity
hotspots’?
A) Julia Muir B) Norman Myers C) Gaylord Nelson D) Julia Butterfly Hill

4. Windrow is a method of solid waste disposal by
A) Secure landfill B) Sanitary landfill C) Composting D) Incineration

5. Turpentine oil used in medicine' is obtained from
A) Willow B) Chir Pine C) Salix D) Acacia

6. Which of the following element do many scientists believe can provide an unlimited
source of clean energy?
A) Hydrogen B) Helium C) Selenium D) Oxygen

7. Earth is said to be divided into
A) A.12 time zones B) 24 time zones
C) 18 time zones D) 30 time zones

8. Beryllium fumes are emitted from
A) Auto exhaust B) Fluorescent lamp industry
C) Thermal power plant D) Fertilizer industry

9. Ziegler process
A) Produces high density polyethylene B) Uses No catalyst
C) Produces low density polythene D) Employs very high pressure

10. Mho’s scale of hardness is used for the measurement of ………….. hardness
A) Scratch B) Indentation C) Dynamic D) Rebound

11. Most nuclear power reactors using uranium, require U-235 content to be enriched from
0.7% to
A) 80% to 85% B) 50% to 55% C) 3% to 5% D) 90% to 95%

12. The reflectance from a surface is called specular reflection if it follows
A) Snell’s law B) Lambert's cosine law

C) Planktan's law D) Fleming’s Law

13. Which one among the following is not a tributary of River Ganga?
A) Tamsa B) Ghaghara C) Son D) Hooghly

14. Polycaprolactone (PCL) is a
A) Biodegradable polyester B) Non Biodegradable polyester
C) Dacron D) Rayon

15. Which of the following organism can act as primary, secondary, tertiary consumer or
scavenger in different types of food chains?
A) Tiger B) Raven C) Snake D) Phyto planktons

16. The traditionally used flux for Brazing is
A) Zinc chloride B) Borax
C) Ammonium Chloride D) Rosin

17. The transmission electron microscope (TEM) works much like a
A) Amphitheatre B) Dual projector C) Imaging projector D) Slide projector

18. In the world of GIS, another term for the property of connectivity is
A) Proximity B) Location C) Topology D) Boolean identity

19. Which of the following rocks has the lowest primary porosity?
A) Shale B) Gravel C) Granite D) Sandstone

20. The highest seismic domain in India is in
A) The Himalayas B) The Dharwar Craton
C) The Western Ghats D) The Indo-gangetic plains

21. Halon-1301 or BTM is commonly used as
A) Catalyst B) Solvent C) Fire suppressant D) Surfuctant

22. Major aerosol pollutant in jet plane emission is
A) Sulphur dioxide B) Carbon monoxide
C) Methane D) Fluorocarbon

23. Skin diseases, eye infections and diarrhea are examples of
A) Water-borne diseases B) Water-washed diseases
C) Water-stress diseases D) Anti-water diseases

24. Spacing of contour lines depend on
A) Relief B) Altitude C) Area D) Elevation

25. Which one of the following pairs in mismatched?
A) Tundra – permafrost B) Prairie – epiphytes
C) Coniferous forest - evergreen trees D) Savanna - acacia trees

26. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
A) World Earth Day 22nd of April
B) World Biodiversity Day 22nd of May
C) World Environment Day 5th of June
D) World Water Day 22nd of July

27. The rocks formed deep inside the earth are called
A) Volcanic rocks B) Plutonic rocks
C) Sedimentary rocks D) Hypabassal rocks

28. Which of the following is comparatively stable part of the atmosphere?
A) Asthenosphere B) Stratosphere C) Troposphere D) Lithosphere

29. In case of minamata epidemic, the causative agent identified was
A) Mercurous ion B) Mercuric ion
C) Inorganic mercury D) Organo mercurials

30. Tetraethyl lead poisoning affects
A) Kidneys B) Hypothylamus C) Brain D) Organ of corti

31. Which of the following is most tolerant to sewage pollution?
A) Scenedesmus B) Chlorella C) Daphnia D) Chironomous

32. The residual dissolved inorganic impurities from the waste water can be removed by
A) Oxidation B) Coagulation C) Ion-exchange D) Chlorination

33. _________ is added to fuel to suppress smoke.
A) Barium B) Sodium C) Potassium D) Magnesium

34. A location with luxuriant growth of lichens on the trees indicates that
A) Trees are very healthy B) Trees are heavily infested
C) Location is highly polluted D) Location is not polluted

35. Reason of lanthanide contraction is
A) Negligible screening effect of 'f' orbitals
B) Increasing nuclear charge
C) Decreasing nuclear charge
D) Decreasing screening effect

36. Artificial sweetener which is stable under cold condition is
A) Sucralose B) Aspartame C) Alitame D) Saccharine

37. When 22.4 litres of H2(g) is mixed with 11.2 litres of Cl2(g), each at STP, the moles of
HCl(g) formed is equal to
A) 1 mol of HCl(g) B) 2 mol of HCl(g)
C) 0.5 mol of HCl(g) D) 1.5 mol of HCl(g)

38. Which amongst the following is referred to ‘Biodiesel Plant’?
A) Tulsi B) Neem C) Peepal D) Jatropha

39. The Delhi Metro is the first ever railway system in the world to be awarded with the
prestigious Gold Standard Foundation (GSF) certification standard for
A) Providing security to the people
B) Using energy efficiently
C) Carrying largest number of passengers
D) Carrying maximum poor passengers

40. On a winter day, most automobiles keep the passengers warm by using heat generated by
the engine. This use of the heat by-product from a gas engine is an example of
A) Non-fossil fuel energy
B) Combined Heat & Power (CHP) Technology
C) Nuclear power
D) A sustainable source of energy

41. Oxides of Nitrogen are also held responsible for the depletion of Ozone layer. Which of
the following is not a major source of NOx?
A) Industrial emission
B) Fertilizers which are used in agricultural activities
C) Thermo-nuclear weapons
D) Emissions from paddy fields

42. Which of the following lake has been named ‘Destination Flyways’ by the United
Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) on 21st January, 2014?
A) Chilika Lake in Odisha B) Dal Lake in Kashmir valley
C) Loktak Lake in Manipur D) Kolleru Lake in Andhra Pradesh

43. The circular motion of a particle with constant speed is :
A) Simple harmonic but not periodic B) Periodic and simple harmonic
C) Neither periodic nor simple harmonic D) Periodic but not simple harmonic

44. What is the transition area between two biomes called?
A) Landscape B) Ecotype C) Population D) Ecotone

45. Which of the following is generally used for induced mutagenesis in crop plants?
A) Alpha particles B) X-rays
C) UV (260 nm) D) Gamma rays (from cobalt 60)

46. Carbohydrates, the most abundant bio-molecules on earth, are generally produced by
A) All bacteria, fungi and algae
B) Fungi, algae and green plant cells
C) Some bacteria, algae and green plant cells
D) Viruses, fungi and bacteria

47. Prolonged liberal irrigation of agricultural fields is likely to create the problem of
A) Soil acidity B) Aridity C) Metal toxicity D) Soil salinity

48. Which functional group participates in disulphide bond formation in proteins?
A) Thiolactone B) Thiol C) Thioether D) Thioester

49. Electrolytic reduction of nitrobenzene in a weakly acidic medium will produce
A) Aniline B) Nitroso benzene
C) N-phenyl hydroxyl amine D) Amino acid

50. Which of the following dams is not on River Narmada?
A) Indira Sagar Project B) Koyna Power Project
C) Jobat Project D) Maheshwar Hydel Power Project

51. At above Curie temperature
A) A ferromagnetic substance becomes paramagnetic
B) A paramagnetic substance becomes diamagnetic
C) A diamagnetic substance becomes paramagnetic
D) A paramagnetic substance becomes ferromagnetic

52. The appearance of colour in solid alkali metal halides is generally due to
A) F-centres B) Schottky defect
C) Frenkel defect D) Interstitial positions

53. The bacterium (Clostridium botulinum) that causes botulism is
A) A facultative anaerobe B) An obligate anaerobe
C) A facultative aerobe D) An obligate aerobe

54. In Cri-du-chat syndrome in humans, the infant cry is like a high pitch sound of
A) Cat B) Cow C) Camel D) Dog

55. The Pb-Zn mineralization in Zawar belt in India, is mainly confined to the
A) Schist rocks B) Sandstone rocks C) Dolomite rocks D) Slate rocks.

56. Chrysolite is commercially referred to
A) Blue asbestos B) White asbestos C) Black asbestos D) Green asbestos

57. Lotic ecosystem refers to
A) Static water system B) Terrestrial flowing water
C) Ecosystem of straits D) Deep marine water system

58. The inherent ability of organisms to reproduce and multiply is called
A) C value B) Biotic potential C) Carrying capacity D) K value

59. Which of the following is a derived unit of pressure?
A) Steradian B) Candela C) Kelvin D) Pascal

60. The number of significant figures in 0.0500 is
A) 4 B) 3 C) 2 D) 1

61. Maxwell’s equations relate to _______.
A) Law of gravitation
B) Basic laws of electricity and magnetism
C) Laws of electrostatics
D) Laws of Nuclear fission

62. What are the rings of Saturn made from?
A) Gases and clouds B) Large pieces of ice and rock material
C) Wind and storms D) Iron and Nickle

63. What is nuclear transmutation?
A) Conversion of one chemical element or isotope into another
B) Conversion of solid directly into gas
C) Conversion of gas directly into solid
D) Conversion of a nucleated human nerve cell into a non-nucleated one

64. Consider the following statements:
Assertion (A): An enzyme is basically a protein which acts like a catalyst in the
metabolic reactions of an organism.
Reason (R): The pancreatic juice is basically composed from three enzymes trypsin,
amylase and lipase.
A) A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
C) A is true, but R is false
D) A is false, but R is true

65. Consider the following statements:
Assertion (A): Human diet should compulsorily contain glycine, serine and tyrosin.
Reason (R): Essential amino acids can’t be synthesized in the human body.
A) A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
C) A is true, but R is false
D) A is false, but R is true

66. Crude oil can be categorized as either "sweet crude" where the ________content less than
0.5%
A) Sulphur B) Carbon C) Hydrogen D) Nitrogen

67. Hydro-fluoric acid is not kept in glass bottles because it reacts with
A) Visible light B) Sodium oxide of glass
C) Aluminium oxide of glass D) Silicon dioxide of glass

68. If by mistake some radioactive substance gets into human body, then from the point of
view radiation damage, the most harmful will be one that emits
A) Gamma rays B) Neutrons C) Beta particles D) Alpha particles

69. What does the airbag, used for safety of car driver, contain?
A) Sodium bicarbonate B) Sodium azide
C) Sodium nitrite D) Sodium peroxide

70. Which of the following countries will host World Environment day, 2018?
A) India B) Pakistan C) China D) Australia

71. Which of the following greenhouse gases has the greatest heat-trapping ability per
molecule?
A) SO2 B) CO2 C) CH4 D) CFC’s

72. The key faunal species that is being conserved and monitored in Dachigam National Park
is
A) Asiatic Lion B) Musk Deer C) Hangul D) Golden Oriole

73. Which of the following ecological pyramid is always upright?
A) Pyramid of number B) Pyramid of energy
C) Pyramid of biomass D) Pyramid of species richness

74. ‘The Cartegena Protocol’ relates to safe use, transfer and handling of
A) Radioactive substances B) Living Modified Organisms
C) Toxic Substances D) Dead Modified Organisms

75. Haemoglobin in blood contains which of the following element?
A) Iron B) Selenium C) Manganese D) Calcium

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