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MH SET 2018: 28 January, Paper II, Environmental Sciences

  • Date: 28 January 2018
  • Paper code: JAN31218
  • Series: A
  • Language: Bilingual
  • 16 pages
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Test Booklet Code & Serial No.
                                                                                                                      A
                                        ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Signature and Name of Invigilator                                                                 Seat No.
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      (Name) ................................................                    Seat No. ..............................................................
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      (Name) ................................................                      OMR Sheet No.

JAN - 31218                                                                                          (To be filled by the Candidate)
Time Allowed : 1¼ Hours]                                                                             [Maximum Marks : 100
Number of Pages in this Booklet : 16                                                    Number of Questions in this Booklet : 50
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                        Environmental Science
                                   Paper II
Time Allowed : 75 Minutes]                                  [Maximum Marks : 100

Note : This Paper contains Fifty (50) multiple choice questions. Each question
        carries Two (2) marks. Attempt All questions.


1.   UNEP Headquarters is situated in         3.   ‘‘Itai Itai’’ disease spread was due to

     which city ?                                  water contamination by which metal ?

                                                   (A) Mercury
     (A) Rome
                                                   (B) Lead
     (B) Kyoto
                                                   (C) Cadmium

     (C) Beijing                                   (D) Arsenic

     (D) Nairobi                              4.   As per the notification, the coastal
                                                   land upto how many meters from a
2.   First U.N. Conference on Man &
                                                   stage along the banks of creeks,
     Environment was held in which city            estuaries, backwater and rivers

     and year ?                                    subject tidal fluctuations, is called
                                                   the Coastal Regulation Zone :
     (A) London, 1962
                                                   (A) 500 m
     (B) Stockholm, 1972
                                                   (B) 300 m

     (C) Rio de Janeiro, 1992                      (C) 200 m

     (D) Paris 1982                                (D) 100 m

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5.   Tiger is protected animal in which         7.   The simple harmonic motion is

                                                     represented by an elementary type
     Schedule of the Wildlife Protection

                                                     of vibration with a..............frequency.
     Act ?

                                                     (A) Duel
     (A) Schedule 1
                                                     (B) Single

     (B) Schedule 2
                                                     (C) Multiple

     (C) Schedule 3
                                                     (D) Intermittant

     (D) Appendix                               8.   What is incorrect about the

                                                     mechanism of organic matter
6.   The sound velocity in the air at 0°C

                                                     conversion to biogas in anaerobic
     is :
                                                     digestion system ?
     (A) 1269 m/s
                                                     (A) Hydrolysis process

     (B) 331 m/s
                                                     (B) Methanogenesis process

     (C) 1435 m/s
                                                     (C) Acetogenesis process


     (D) 5130 m/s                                    (D) Methane oxidation process

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                                              11. Stratosphere is known to protect life
9.   Which of the homoacetogenic
                                                  on earth from harmful radiation
     bacteria utilize H2 and CO2 during
                                                  from sun is found between :

     anaerobic digestion of feedstock ?           (A) Mesosphere & Thermosphere

                                                  (B) Thermosphere & Ionosphere
     (A) Methanosarcina mazei
                                                  (C) Toposphere & Mesosphere

     (B) Acetobacterium woodii
                                                  (D) Ionosphere & Exosphere


     (C) Pseudomonas carboxydovorans          12. Eutrophication is caused due to :

                                                  (A) Transport emissions
     (D) Escherichia coli
                                                  (B) Industrial emissions

10. Correct order of wavelength in                (C) Biomass burning emissions

                                                  (D) Agricultural     run   off   and
     shorter to longer manner is :
                                                       domestic sewage

     (A) IR > microwave > UV > Vis
                                              13. The pH of 10–2 M KOH will be :


     (B) Microwave > UV > Vis > IR                (A) –2

                                                  (B) 2
     (C) UV > Vis > IR > microwave
                                                  (C) –12

     (D) Vis > UV > microwave > IR                (D) 12

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14. Dispersion of pollution from stack is       16. Dry adiabatic lapse rate is about

                                                    ...............°C/km.
    a function of...................
                                                    (A) 7
    (A) stability, wind and stack height
                                                    (B) 4·5

    (B) stability, wind and stack                   (C) 9·8

          diameter                                  (D) 12

                                                17. Which of the following is not a
    (C) stability, wind and Air pollution
                                                    green-house gas ?
          control equipments
                                                    (A) O3

    (D) stability, wind and stack                   (B) Ar

          attachment                                (C) CO 2

                                                    (D) CH4
15. The height of tropopause over the
                                                18. Wetlands located in the low-laying
    equator is about..........km.
                                                    depressions and flood plains

    (A) 10                                          associated with :

                                                    (A) Lakes
    (B) 8
                                                    (B) Ponds

    (C) 16
                                                    (C) Dammed water

    (D) 12                                          (D) River

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                                                        21. In economics service is provided by
19. Fluoride in water mainly affects :
                                                            economic capital, then what will be

     (A) Teeth                                              in ecology ?

                                                            (A) National capital
     (B) Brain
                                                            (B) Exponential expansion

     (C) Muscles
                                                            (C) Disposal


     (D) Kidney                                             (D) Manufacturing

                                                        22. Levels of organization is seen in an
20. ...............are genetically differentiated
                                                            ecological spectrum :

     subspecies that are well adapted to                    (A) Gene          Cell        Organs

                                                                    Organism         Population
     the particular set of environmental
                                                                                     Communities
     condition :
                                                            (B) Cell       Gene        Organism

                                                                   Communities and Population
     (A) Ecotypics

                                                            (C) Organism          Organ      Cell
     (B) Species
                                                                       Gene           Population

                                                                    Communities
     (C) Genera
                                                            (D) Communities           Population

     (D) Bioacous                                                   Gene & Cells

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                                               25. Three basic processes are involved
23. In a waste water treatment plant,
                                                   in the overall anaerobic digestion of
    the removal of setteleable solid and
                                                   sewage sludge following any of the

    floating matter is done in a :                 sequence :


    (A) Primary classifiers                        (A) Hydrolysis         Fermentation

                                                           Methanogenesis
    (B) Grit chamber
                                                   (B) Fermentation          Hydrolysis

    (C) Bar screen                                         Methanogenesis


    (D) Equalization tank                          (C) Hydrolysis        Methanogenesis

                                                           Fermentation
24. In an activated sludge method used
                                                   (D) Methanogenesis       Fermentation
    for sewage treatment aeration is
                                                           Hydrolysis

    done by :                                  26. In a nitrogen cycle denitrification

                                                   is :
    (A) Natural aeration

                                                   (A) Organic matter         Ammonia
    (B) Surface mechanical aeration
                                                   (B) Ammonia          Nitrites

    (C) No aeration is required
                                                   (C) Nitrites     Nitrates

    (D) Surface and diffuse aeration               (D) Nitrates     Nitrogen

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27. A regression line passing through         29. Tropical storms (cyclones) over the

                                                  Bay of Bengal & the Arabian Sea
    zero will have intercept value of :
                                                  have a bimodal frequency having
    (A) + 1
                                                  peaks during :

    (B) + ·05                                     (A) Jan.-Feb. & March-May


    (C) Zero                                      (B) Dec.-Jan & March-April


                                                  (C) March-May & Oct.-Nov
    (D) – 1

                                                  (D) July-August & April-May
28. A combination of numbers has
                                              30. On the west coast the rainfall is
    geometric     mean   as   6·0   and
                                                  heavy during south west monsoon

    arithmetic mean as 6·3. These                 due to :

    numbers are :                                 (A) Decreases as we move westwards


    (A) 6, 6, 6                                   (B) Increases over the Ghats & then

                                                      decreases westwards
    (B) 5, 6, 8
                                                  (C) Increases westwards uniformly
    (C) 4, 6, 9
                                                  (D) Decreases over the Ghats &

    (D) None of the above                             then increases westwards

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                                                33. The Diluvial theory identified which
31. Severe thunderstorm known as

                                                    of   the   following   factors   as
    Norwesters are common in............
                                                    responsible for the shaping of
    during pre monsoon season.
                                                    today’s earth surface :

    (A) Uttar Pradesh                               (A) Plate Tectonics


    (B) Rajasthan                                   (B) Glaciers


                                                    (C) The nature of the Earth’s orbit
    (C) Assam & Bengal
                                                         around the sun

    (D) Konkan & Goa
                                                    (D) Floods

32. Which one of the following is a
                                                34. In oceanic oxygen isotope data,

    strong electrophile ?                           more oxygen 18 indicates which of

                                                    the following conditions ?
    (A) NO

                                                    (A) Warm temperatures
    (B) NO+
                                                    (B) Cold temperatures

    (C) NO2
                                                    (C) Snow enriched in oxygen 18


    (D) NO2+                                        (D) Windy conditions

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35. Activity     of   methanogens     in         37. Which of the following may be

    biomethanation digester is totally
                                                     responsible for a widening of recent

    inhibited due to :
                                                     tree rings ?

    (A) More oxygen (8 ppm)
                                                     (A) Aging of trees
    (B) Neutral pH (6·8-7·2) of feedstock
                                                     (B) Increasing dry conditions
        slurry

                                                     (C) Later, cooler springs
    (C) Presence of syntrophic microbes


    (D) Absence of oxygen                            (D) Increased atmospheric CO2


36. In order to use Tree rings to                38. The period during which the sun

    reconstruct past environmental
                                                     lacned sun spots is referred to as

    conditions, which of the following
                                                     the :
    scales must be developed ?
                                                     (A) Milankovitch Mechanism
    (A) Delta PDB

                                                     (B) Maunder Minimum
    (B) Delta SMOW

                                                     (C) Year without a summer
    (C) GISP Core


    (D) Calibration Interval                         (D) Last ICE AGE

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39. Passive solar heating technique can           41. Monsoon Depressions which are

                                                     common during S-W Monsoon
    be used in building design in mid
                                                     season :
    by latitude having :
                                                     (A) Form over NE Bay of Bengal
    (A) Large windows facing South
                                                     (B) Form over Arabian sea

    (B) Large windows facing North
                                                     (C) Form over South-East Bay of


    (C) Small windows facing South                       Bengal


                                                     (D) Form over North Maharashtra
    (D) Windows facing East or West
                                                         Gujrat coast

40. Arrange the following Greenhouse
                                                  42. The elongated and streamlined

    gases in the increasing order of their           ridges that look like an overturned

    contribution to global warming :                 ship’s hull that are created by wind

                                                     abrasion are called :
    (A) CH4, CO2, NOX
                                                     (A) Yardangs
    (B) CH4, NOX, CO2
                                                     (B) Pediments

    (C) NOX, CH4, CO2
                                                     (C) Inselbergs

    (D) CO2, CH4, NOX                                (D) Buffes
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43. The     greatest      recorded         mass        45. The zone above water table that

    extinction to affect Earth occurred                    contains both water and air within

    at the end of................period.
                                                           the spore spaces of the rock sediment

    (A) Cretaceous                                         or soil is termed as :


    (B) Tertiary
                                                           (A) zone of accumulation

    (C) Peronian
                                                           (B) zone of saturation

    (D) Jurassic
                                                           (C) zone of aeration

44. A beveled surface that slopes gently
                                                           (D) zone of wastage
    seaward, formed by erosion and
                                                       46. The on-site monitoring data is
    landward retreat of a sea cliff is

                                                           known as...................data.
    termed as :

                                                           (A) secondary
    (A) Plateau


    (B) Wave-cut platform                                  (B) primary


    (C) Wave base                                          (C) tertiary


    (D) Table land                                         (D) numerical

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47. Which of the biota will suffer in the        49. Which of the following is not correct

                                                     for a major project ?
    anoxic situation of the lake ?

                                                     (A) Substantial capital investment
    (A) Floating
                                                     (B) Cover large area

    (B) Surface
                                                     (C) Wide range impacts

    (C) Benthic                                      (D) Employ less numbers


    (D) Peripheral                               50. Which Article of the Indian

                                                     Constitution mentioned about the
48. Socio-economic Impact Assessment
                                                     ownership and control of the land
    of proposed project can be best
                                                     resources of the country should be

    interpreted by :                                 so distributed as best to serve the

                                                     common good ?
    (A) Absolute threshold value (ATV)

                                                     (A) Article 51
    (B) Rational threshold value (RTV)
                                                     (B) Article 31

    (C) Critical threshold value (CTV)
                                                     (C) Article 39

    (D) Normal threshold value (NTV)                 (D) Article 21

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