This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environment > Ecology Biodiversity Conservation Environmental Issues – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology Biodiversity Conservation Environmental Issues Quiz 2 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. United Nations has declared "UN Decade of Education for sustainable Development" and the decade identified for this education is A) 2006 - 2015. B) 2005 - 2014. C) 2012 - 2021. D) 2011 - 2020. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2005 - 2014. 2. Mycorrhizae can be used as bio fertilizers because they A) Fix CO2. B) Fix nitrogen. C) Solubilise phosphate. D) Kill pathogens. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Solubilise phosphate. 3. Sustainable development goals have specific targets to be achieved by A) 2022. B) 2030. C) 2040. D) 2050. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2030. 4. Radioactive waste management in our country is governed under A) Biomedical Waste (Management & Handling) Rules 1998. B) Hazardous Waste (Management, Handling and Trans-boundary Movement). C) Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. D) Atomic Energy Act, 1962. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. 5. The term of Kyoto Protocol has been extended beyond December 2012 by A) 5 years. B) 7 years. C) 8 years. D) 3 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5 years. 6. Azolla pinnata is a A) Green algae. B) Blue green algae. C) Red algae. D) Fern. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fern. 7. A selective Lignin degrading fungus belongs to A) Soft - rot. B) Brown - rot. C) White - rot. D) Red - rot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) White - rot. 8. Rio+20 summit was held in A) Durban. B) Johannesburg. C) Rio de Janeiro. D) Cancun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rio de Janeiro. 9. An interactive association between two populations in which one population benefits from the association, while the other is not affected, is A) Mutualism. B) Neutralism. C) Commensalism. D) Symbiosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commensalism. 10. What is the importance of the 42nd Amendment to the Constitution brought in the year 1976? A) Insertion of Article 48-A. B) Insertion of Article 51-A (g). C) Insertion of Article 48-A and 51-A (g). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Insertion of Article 48-A and 51-A (g). 11. The forest biome characterised by 3-4 tree species/km2 is A) Tropical. B) Temperate. C) Boreal. D) Taiga. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Temperate. 12. In terrestrial ecosystems, roughly how much NPP ends up being broken down by decomposers? A) 10 %. B) 50 %. C) 70 %. D) 90 %. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 90 %. 13. Identify the air pollutant in urban areas which irritates eyes and also respiratory tract of human beings. A) Particulate matter. B) Carbon monoxide. C) Surface ozone. D) Oxides of nitrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Surface ozone. 14. Basal convention on trans-boundary movement of hazardous waste was implemented in the year A) 1999. B) 1969. C) 1989. D) 1979. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1989. 15. Which of the following is a meteorological hazard? A) Avalanche. B) Landslide. C) Coastal erosion. D) Blizzard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blizzard. 16. To survive and avoid competition for the same resources, a species usually occupies only part of its fundamental niche in a particular community orecosystem. This is called A) Mutualism. B) Broad Niche. C) Realized Niche. D) Geographic isolation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Realized Niche. 17. Which region among the following is not Atmospheric Brown Cloud (ABC) hotspot? A) East-Asia. B) AmazonBasininSouth America. C) South Africa. D) Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Australia. 18. Among the following air pollutants which directly impacts human health as well as climate? A) Soot. B) Oxides of nitrogen. C) Sulphur dioxide. D) Chlorofluoro carbons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soot. 19. The sequence of events that occur during primary succession is as follows A) Ecesis - Nudation - Aggregation - Colonization. B) Nudation - Colonisation - Ecesis - Aggregation. C) Aggregation - Colonization - Ecesis - Nudation. D) Nudation - Ecesis - Colonization - Aggregation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nudation - Ecesis - Colonization - Aggregation. 20. At present, what is the share of renewable energy in the total energy production of India? A) ~ 11 - 12 %. B) ~ 25 - 30 %. C) ~ 20 %. D) ~ 2 - 3 %. 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