300+ TOP Environmental Education MCQs and Answers Quiz

Environmental Education Multiple Choice Questions

1. Environment is derived from:
A. Environ

B. Environner

C. Envirner

D. Environr

Answer: B.Environner

2. The development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs is called?
A. Mutual development

B. Integrated development

C. Reasonable development

D. Sustainable development

Answer: D.Sustainable development

3. Which of the Constitution of India provides that the state shall endeavor to protect and improve the environment and to safeguard the forest and wildlife of the country?
A. Article 42-A

B. Article 88-A

C. Article 82-A

D. Article 48-A

Answer: B.Article 88-A

4. It refers to any method which can be used to gather information about an object without coming in contact with it?
A. Database

B. WWW

C. REMOTE SENSING

D. GIS

Answer: C.REMOTE SENSING

5. How many National parks are in India?
A. 78

B. 88

C. 98

D. 108

Answer: B.88

6. what environmental conditions of tropical areas provide favourable environmental conditions for many species that are unable to survive in the temperate areas.
A. Warm temperatures and high humidity

B. cool temperatures and high humidity

C. Warm temperatures and low humidity

D. cool temperatures and low humidity

Answer: A.Warm temperatures and high humidity

7. It is produced from uranium, a non-renewable energy source whose atoms are split (through a process called nuclear fission) to create heat and, eventually, electricity.
A. Renewable energy

B. Non-renewable energy

C. Nuclear energy

D. Wind energy

Answer: C.Nuclear energy

8. It is the permanent destruction of indigenous forests and wood lands.
A. Aforestation

B. Deforestation

C. forestation

D. Reforestation

Answer: B.Deforestation

9. Genetic diversity is defined as:
A. diversity within flora

B. diversity within the fauna

C. diversity within the species

D. diversity within the flora and fauna

Answer: C.diversity within the species

10. Traditional Knowledge of tribes is useful for:
A. medicine

B. increasing forests

C. natural habitat

D. environment degradation

Answer: A.medicine

11. Project Tiger was launched in which year?
A. 1945

B. 1957

C. 1973

D. 2001

Answer: C.1973

12. From which state of India Olive Ridley Turtles programme was initiated?
A. Assam

B. Orissa

C. Himachal Pradesh

D. Kerala

Answer: B.Orissa

13. It is the process of protecting an endangered plant or animal species in its natural habitat, either by protecting or cleaning up the habitat itself, or by defending the species from predators.
A. In-situ conservation

B. Ex-situ conservation

C. Inside-conservation

D. site-conservation

Answer: A.In-situ conservation

14. Where is Nanda Devi National park situated?
A. Gujarat

B. Karnataka

C. Himachal Pradesh

D. Uttrakhand

Answer: D.Uttrakhand

15. Rotterdam convention is related to:
A. wildlife preservation

B. pollution control

C. biodiversity conservation

D. ecosystem preservation

Answer: B.pollution control

16. A biosphere reserve has following parts:
A. Input, Process and output zone

B. In and Ex- zone

C. core, buffer and transition zone

D. legal and illegal zone

Answer: C.core, buffer and transition zone

17. In which year a Crocodile Breeding and Conservation Program was initiated to protect the remaining population of crocodilians in their natural habitat?
A. 1975

B. 1985

C. 1995

D. 2005

Answer: A.1975

18. Where is Ghana Bird sanctuary is situated?
A. Orissa

B. Assam

C. Rajisthan

D. Arunachal Pradesh

Answer: C.Rajisthan

19. Diversity at species level is called:
A. genetics diversity

B. species diversity

C. diversity

D. integration

Answer: B.species diversity

20. Gulf of Mannar Biosphere reserve is situated in which state?
A. Tamilnadu

B. Karnataka

C. Kerala

D. Gujarat

Answer: A.Tamilnadu

21. It is the preservation of components of biological diversity outside their natural habitats.
A. In- conservation

B. Ex- conservation

C. Inside-conservation

D. Ex-situ conservation

Answer: D.Ex-situ conservation

22. Which Convention is not related to protection of Ecosystem?
A. RAMSAR

B. MAB

C. World Heritage Convention

D. Convention on Biodiversity

Answer: D.Convention on Biodiversity

23. It is a powerful antioxidant with many health benefits, including sun protection, improved heart health and a lower risk of certain types of cancer.
A. lycopene

B. androgen

C. estrogen

D. andraline

Answer: A.lycopene

24. It is the study of a region’s plants and their practical uses through the traditional knowledge of a local culture and people.
A. botany

B. ethnography

C. ethnobotany

D. ethology

Answer: C.ethnobotany

25. Itis the deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources such as air, water and soil; the destruction of ecosystems; habitat destruction; the extinction of wildlife;
A. pollution

B. environmental degradation

C. biodegradation

D. geneticdegradation

Answer: B.environmental degradation

26. An increase in the amount of goods and services produced per head of the population over a period of time is called:
A. Economic ratio

B. Economically

C. Economic growth

D. growth in industry

Answer: C.Economic growth

27. In philosophical terms, this word means “farming in spirits of organic relationship.
A. organic farming

B. GM crops

C. conventional

D. traditional

Answer: A.organic farming

28. It is defined as any waste generated during diagnosis, treatment, or immunization of human beings or animals or in
A. e-waste

B. dry waste

C. particle waste

D. bio-medical waste

Answer: D.bio-medical waste

29. According to W.H.O. waste generated from disposable items such as handgloves, saline bottles etc are disposed in which
A. yellow

B. blue

C. red

D. white

Answer: B.blue

30. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) was held in which year?
A. 1973

B. 1980

C. 1990

D. 2004

Answer: A.1973

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