Pre 2013
It was one of those papers where 40% questions were not doable. 40% logic and common sense
- Consider the following pairs:
- Nokrek Bio-sphere Reserve : Garo Hills
- Logtak (Loktak) Lake : Barail Range
- Namdapha National Park : Dafla Hills
Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?
- 1 only
- 2 and 3 only
- 1, 2 and 3
- None
- Map based very difficult question but hills of industry very important. Just go through the map once
- Nokrek highest peak in Garo. See, next year, highest peak in Nagaland was asked. Still very difficult
- Consider the following pairs about parks and rivers passing through them:
- Corbett National Park: Ganga
- Kaziranga National Park: Manas
- Silent Valley National Park: Kaveri
Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?
- 1 and 2
- 3 only
- 1 and 3
- None
- Again difficult question.
- Manas flows through Manas national park if you remember the name
- Ganga’s route important. It does not pass through Corbett
- Silent valley in Nilgiris / kerala
- All calculated guesses would result in wrong answer to this question
- In which of the following States is lion-tailed macaque found in its natural habitat?
- Tamil Nadu
- Kerala
- Karnataka
- Andhra Pradesh
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
- 1, 2 and 3 only
- 2 only
- 1, 3 and 4 only
- 1, 2, 3 and 4
Very difficult again
- Which of the following is/are unique characteristic/characteristics of equatorial forests?
- Presence of tall, closely set trees with crowns forming a continuous canopy
- Coexistence of a large number of species
- Presence of numerous varieties of epiphytes
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
- 1 only
- 2 and 3 only
- 1 and 3 only
- 1, 2 and 3
- Simple NCERT/ G.C.Leong
- Dense forest – Continuous canopy, sunlight does not reach the surface, so epiphytes
- 2nd is true. Great divetsity, so much rain and sun
- Consider the following fauna of India:
- Gharial
- Leatherback turtle
- Swamp deer
Which of the above is/are endangered?
- 1 and 2 only
- 3 only
- 1, 2 and 3
- None
Very difficult
- Consider the following
- Star tortoise
- Monitor lizard
- Pygmy hog
- Spider monkey
Which of the above found in India?
- 1, 2 and 3 only
- 2 and 3 only
- 1 and 4 only
- 1, 2, 3 and 4
Very difficult
- Consider the following animals:
- Sea cow
- Sea horse
- Sea lion
Which of the above is/are mammal/mammals?
- 1 only
- 1 and 3 only
- 2 and 3 only
- 1, 2 and 3
Biology question. Sea horse is a fish..
- Mycorrhizal biotechnology has been used in rehabilitating degraded sites because mycorrhiza enables the plants to
- resist drought and increase absorptive area
- tolerate extremes of PH
- Resist disease infestation
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
- 1 only
- 2 and 3 only
- 1 and 3 only
- 1, 2 and 3
- Increase surface area. Mycorrhiza is given in NCERT
- All are true
- Consider the following organisms
- Agaricus
- Nostoc
- Spirogyra
Which of the above is / are used as biofertilizer / biofertilizers
- 1 and 2
- 2 only
- 2 and 3
- 3 only
Very difficult again. Biofertilizer is an important topic. Remember the names of organisms.
- Which of the following adds / add nitrogen to the soil?
- Excretion of urea by animals
- Burning of coal by man
- Death of vegetation
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
- 1 only
- 2 and 3 only
- 1 and 3 only
- 1, 2 and 3
- Coal burning will release CO2. May be some nitrogen impurities buy that would also be release as oxides no addition to the soil
- Urea contains nitrogen
- Vegetation also contain nitrogen, carbon etc. So all of them would be added to the soil
- Contour bunding is a method of soil conservation used in
- desert margins, liable to strong wind action
- low flat plains, close to stream courses, liable to flooding
- scrublands, liable to spread of weed growth
- None of the above
- NCERT
- Contour bunding, terrace farming to prevent soil erosion in hilly areas
- With reference to the usefulness of the by-products of sugar industry, which of the following statements is / are correct?
- Bagasse can be used as biomass fuel for the generation of energy.
- Molasses can be used as one of the feedstocks for the production of synthetic chemical fertilizers.
- Molasses can be used for the production of ethanol.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
- 1 only
- 2 and 3 only
- 1 and 3 only
- 1, 2 and 3
- 1 and 3 are common knowledge. Bagasse cogeneration
- 2nd statement is about chemical fertiliser – bagasse is organic
- Due to improper / indiscriminate disposal of old and used computers or their parts, which of the following are released into the environment as e-waste?
- Beryllium
- Cadmium
- Chromium
- Heptachlor
- Mercury
- Lead
- Plutonium
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
- 1, 3, 4, 6 and 7 only
- 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 only
- 2, 4, 5 and 7 only
- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7
- 7th statement plutonium. Heavy metal, not found in nature. By product of fission. Used in nuclear bombs.
- Eliminate it and reach the answer
- Which of the following can be found as pollutants in the drinking water in some parts of India?
- Arsenic
- Sorbitol
- Fluoride
- Formaldehyde
- Uranium
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
- 1 and 3 only
- 2, 4 and 5 only
- 1, 3 and 5 only
- 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
- You would similarly want to eliminate uranium but uranium is found in nature. Problem in Punjab. So don’t eliminate it
- Sorbitol is like glucose not a pollutants
- Which one among the following industries is the maximum consumer of water in India?
- Engineering
- Paper and pulp
- Textiles
- Thermal power
Thermal power plant requires lots and lots of water plus so much electricity in India by thermal.
- Acid rain is caused by the pollution of environment by
- carbon dioxide and nitrogen
- carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide
- ozone and carbon dioxide
- nitrous oxide and sulphur dioxide
- Simple. Very simple. NCERT. NIOS
- Nitric acid and sulphuric acid
- Co2 is as such present in environment in large quantity
- Photochemical smog is a resultant of the reaction among
- NO2, 03 and peroxyacetyl nitrate in the presence of sunlight
- CO, 02 and peroxyacetyl nitrate in the presence of sunlight
- CO, CO2 and N02 at low temperature
- High concentration of N02, O3 and CO in the evening
- Simple, very simple
- Photo means sunlight, 3 and 4 eliminated.
- If there is peroxylnitrate, there has to be oxides of nitrogen also
- With reference to food chains in ecosystems, consider the following statements:
- A food chain illustrates the order in which a chain of organisms feed upon each other.
- Food chains are found within the populations of a species.
- A food chain illustrates the numbers of each organism which are eaten by others.
Which of the statements given above is / are correct?
- 1 only
- 1 and 2 only
- 1, 2 and 3
- None
- 1st statement true
- 2nd false, members of same species do not eat each other. Tigers do not eat tiger
- Include 1, exclude 2
- Which one of the following terms describes not only the physical space occupied by an organism, but also its functional role in the community of organisms?
- Ecotone
- Ecological niche
- Habitat
- Home range
Simple. Very simple. NCERT
- With reference to the food chains in ecosystems, which of the following kinds of organism is / are known as decomposer organism/organisms?
- Virus
- Fungi
- Bacteria
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
- 1 only
- 2 and 3 only
- 1 and 3 only
- 1, 2 and 3
Viruses are intracellular. They do not decompose anything.
- In the grasslands, trees do not replace the grasses as a part of an ecological succession because of
- insects and fungi
- limited sunlight and paucity of nutrients
- water limits and fire
- None of the above
Simple – think of savannah
- Which one of the following is the correct sequence of ecosystems in the order of decreasing productivity?
- Oceans, lakes, grasslands, mangroves
- Mangroves, oceans, grasslands, lakes
- Mangroves, grasslands, lakes, oceans
- Oceans, mangroves, lakes, grasslands
- Ocean can not have highest productivity. So much of ocean area has no producers.
- Eliminate 1 and 4.
- Among lakes and oceans, obviously lakes would have higher productivity.
- Mangroves, coral reefs have very high productivity