Environmental Economics Set 4

Bachelor of Arts in Economics (BA Economics)

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This set of Environmental Economics Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Environmental Economics Set 4

Q1 | The biggest award for environmental activities in India is given in the Name of an individual. Inwhose name is it constituted?
  • lal bahadur shasthri
  • morarji desai
  • indira gandhi
  • kamaraj
Answer: indira gandhi
Q2 | On which date was the Stockholm Conference on Human Environment held ?
  • july 6th 1974
  • aug 8th 1976
  • june 5th 1972
  • dec 12th 1990
Answer: june 5th 1972
Q3 | Where was the Stockholm conference on Human Environment held?
  • sweden
  • austria
  • india
  • greece
Answer: sweden
Q4 | World Earth Day is observed on
  • may 24
  • july 5
  • aug 2
  • april 22
Answer: april 22
Q5 | The controversial dam across the river Narmada ?
  • sardar sarovar
  • hirakud
  • bhakranangal
  • sutlej
Answer: sardar sarovar
Q6 | Leader of ‘Narmada Bachao Andolan’
  • vandana siva
  • medha patkar
  • menaka gandhi
  • mayilamma
Answer: medha patkar
Q7 | Most abundant noble gas of the atmosphere is
  • neon
  • xenon
  • argon
  • krypton
Answer: neon
Q8 | 91. The most harmful of ultraviolet radiations are
  • uv-c
  • uv-b
  • uv-a
  • all the above
Answer: uv-c
Q9 | Formation of soil takes place by
  • weathering
  • pedogenesis
  • melting
  • both a and b
Answer: both a and b
Q10 | Favorable morphological and physiological response to a change in environment is called
  • preadaptation
  • ecotyping
  • formation of ecophenes
  • accilimatisation
Answer: accilimatisation
Q11 | Plants adapted to open, sunny habitats are
  • sciophytes
  • heliophytes
  • mesophytes
  • epiphytes
Answer: sciophytes
Q12 | Plants growing under shade are
  • epipytes
  • semi-epiphytes
  • mesophytes
  • sciophytes
Answer: sciophytes
Q13 | Study of inter-relationship between organisms and their environment is
  • ecology
  • ecosystem
  • phytogeography
  • ethology
Answer: ecology
Q14 | Who among is a famous plant ecologist of India ?
  • charles darwin
  • ramdeva misra
  • birbal sahani
  • jagdish chandra bose
Answer: ramdeva misra
Q15 | Grassland of USA is referred to as
  • praires
  • steppes
  • pampas
  • veldts
Answer: praires
Q16 | Deserts occur in area of
  • adverse human disturbance
  • underground saline water
  • little underground water
  • rain shadow
Answer: little underground water
Q17 | The term sustainable development was first used by…….
  • world development report
  • brundtland report
  • world environment report
  • none of the
Answer: brundtland report
Q18 | The research report “The Limits to Growth” was published by:
  • uno
  • iucnn
  • green peace
  • club of rome.
Answer: club of rome.
Q19 | An example of green house gases is……
  • oxygen
  • carbon monoxide
  • helium
  • methane
Answer: methane
Q20 | ‘Tragedy of the Commons” is explained by
  • garret hardin
  • a
  • pigou c) brundtland
  • simon kuznet.
Answer: garret hardin
Q21 | The term bio-diversity is coined by:
  • w.g.rosen
  • ronald coarse
  • rachel carson
  • none of the above.
Answer: w.g.rosen
Q22 | The presence of Ozone layer in the atmosphere was first observed by:
  • w.g.rosen
  • ronald coarse
  • chapman
  • none of the above.
Answer: chapman
Q23 | The term Green House Effect was coined by:
  • ronald coarse
  • garret hardin
  • j.fourier
  • none of these.
Answer: j.fourier
Q24 | What is called the biodiversity of habitat?
  • alpha diversity
  • beta diversity
  • gamma diversity
  • biosphere
Answer: alpha diversity
Q25 | Which regions are included in Biodiversity Hot-spot?
  • sanctuary
  • national park
  • only hotspot
  • all the above.
Answer: sanctuary
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