This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Environment > Development And Environment – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Development And Environment Quiz 1 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Non-Renewable resources are those resources which: A) Are exausted after use. B) Are not exausted after use. C) Have unlimited supply. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are exausted after use. 2. In which city CNG is being used in transport vehicles? A) Kolkata. B) Mumbai. C) Delhi. D) Chennai. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Delhi. 3. Which of the following are important pollutants released by steel industry in India? (i) Oxides of Sulphur(ii)Oxides of Nitrogen(iii) Carbon monoxide(iv) Carbon dioxidesSelect the correct answer using the code given below: A) I, iii, and iv only. B) Ii and iii only. C) I and iii only. D) I, ii, iii, and iv. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I, ii, iii, and iv. 4. Which of the following types of natural disaster has no definite beginning and end? A) Earthquakes. B) Landslides. C) Droughts. D) Hurricanes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Droughts. 5. Which layer in the atmosphere presents passing of ultraviolet rays through it? A) Troposphere. B) Ozonosphere. C) Stratosphere. D) Ionosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ozonosphere. 6. What is a virtual machine used in order to run a program. A virtual machine is an emulation of a computer system that can be made to run on a different computer. A) Compiler. B) Debugger. C) IDE. D) RTE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) RTE. 7. Which is the most sustainable city in the world? A) Zurich, Switzerland. B) Copenhagen, Denmark. C) London, UK. D) Paris, France. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Copenhagen, Denmark. 8. A composite statistic of life expectancy, education, and income per capita indicators, which are used to rank countries into four tiers of human development A) Communist Economy. B) GDP. C) Life Expectancy. D) Human Development Index. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Human Development Index. 9. What type of light bulbs should be used if natural daylight is not an option? A) CFL. B) LED. C) Incandescent. D) Halogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) LED. 10. What are some common reactions to change? A) All of these. B) Denial. C) Indifference. D) Anger. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All of these. 11. The basic support systems needed to keep an economy going, including power, communications, transportation, sanitation, and education form a country's A) Infrastructure. B) Urban geography. C) Urbanization. D) Industrialization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Infrastructure. 12. Who among the following was associated with Chipko movement? A) Gaura Devi. B) Sundarlal Bahuguna. C) Sudesha Devi. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 13. You live 1 km away from your school. What would be the most eco-friendly for your commute? A) Ride a bike. B) Carpool with classmates. C) Use public transport. D) Ask your parent to drop you in their car. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ride a bike. 14. What error which will cause the program or computer to crash even if there appears to be nothing wrong with the program code? Running out of memory will often cause this error. This could be because instructions have been written in the wrong order. A) Runtime error. B) Syntax error. C) Logic error. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Runtime error. 15. The process of working through the program in a systematic way to eliminate any flaws or glitches. A) Developing. B) Demothing. C) Decoding. D) Debugging. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Debugging. 16. Which of the following phenomena is not a natural hazard? A) Wildfire. B) Lightning. C) Landslide. D) Chemical contamination. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chemical contamination. 17. The government set up the Central Pollution Control Board to control: A) Air pollution. B) Soil erosion. C) Noise pollution. D) Water pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Air pollution. 18. Which one is not the function of environment? A) It provides resources. B) It sustains life. C) It assimilates waste. D) It leads to ozone depletion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It leads to ozone depletion. 19. Which of the following is the best description of the term 'ecosystem'? A) That part of the Earth which is inhabited by living organisms. B) A community of organisms together with environment in which they live. C) A community of organisms interacting with one another. D) The flora and fauna of a geographical area. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A community of organisms together with environment in which they live. 20. Which of the below is part of the Infrastructure system: A) Social Organization. B) Transportation system. C) Residential Buildings. D) Population growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transportation system. 21. ..... is the main reason for soil erosion A) Air pollution. B) None of these. C) Deforestation. D) Ozone depletion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deforestation. 22. The concept of 'carbon credit' originated from which of the following? A) Kyoto Protocol. B) Rio Summit. C) Earth Summit. D) Montreal Protocol. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kyoto Protocol. 23. Which of the following pollutants can cause cancer in humans? A) Pesticides. B) Lead. C) Ozone. D) Mercury. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pesticides. 24. Which one is abiotic element of the environment? A) Plants. B) Forests. C) Air. D) Birds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Air. 25. This is designed to save time while writing code. As you start to type the first part of a function, it suggests or completes the function and any arguments or variables. A) Auto line numbering. B) Auto indentation. C) Auto completion. D) Bracket matching. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Auto completion. 26. Ozone depletion is due to: A) Increase in green house gas concerntrations. B) Deforestation. C) High levels of chlorine and bromine copounds in the stratosphere. D) Land degradadtion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) High levels of chlorine and bromine copounds in the stratosphere. 27. Sustainable development can be achieved by: A) Restricting use of renewable resources. B) Controlling the growth of population. C) Controlling pollution. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 28. The services included in economic infrastructure is/ are A) Energy. B) Transport. C) Communication. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 29. Which of the following pollutant is not present in the vehicular emissions? A) Ammonia. B) Particular Matter. C) Lead. D) Carbon Monoxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ammonia. 30. Which of these is the correct definition for the term sustainable? A) The responsible development and management of areas. B) Improvement of a run down area. C) Meeting the needs of people without damaging the ecological, economic, or social components of the environment. D) People take responsibility for improving their living conditions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meeting the needs of people without damaging the ecological, economic, or social components of the environment. Next →Related QuizzesPaper 1 QuizzesUgc Net QuizzesDevelopment And Environment Quiz 2Development And Environment Quiz 3Development And Environment Quiz 4Air Pollution QuizAnthropogenic Activities And Their Impacts On Environment QuizBiomass Energy QuizBiomedical Waste QuizClimate Change And Its Socio Economic And Political Dimensions Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books