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UGC NET 2013: June, Paper II, Environmental Sciences

  • Date: 30 June 2013
  • Paper code: subject 89, Paper II
  • Language: English
  • 8 pages
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PAPER-II
                                       ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
                                        Paper – II
Note : This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions, each question carrying two (2)
       marks. All questions are compulsory.
1.    Assertion (A) : Every country                    4.   If soil in a given area is wetted and
           should integrate the principles                  allowed to drain till percolation is
           of sustainable development into                  stopped, the amount of water thus
           its policies and programmes.                     retained is called
      Reason (R)          : Environmental                   (A) Storage capacity
           resources      are a Nation’s                    (B)   Capillary capacity
           wealth.
                                                            (C)   Hygroscopic capacity
      Choose the correct code from the
      following :                                           (D) Field capacity
      (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and
          (R) is the correct explanation of            5.   Quantity of 5M HCl required for
          (A).                                              preparing 1000 ml of 0.1 M HCl is,
      (B)   Both (A) and (R) are true, but                  (A) 20 ml
            (R) is not the correct                          (B)   2 ml
            explanation of (A).
                                                            (C)   200 ml
      (C)   (A) is true, but (R) is false.
                                                            (D) 100 ml
      (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

                                                       6.   The method which can be used for
2.    Wind rose represents           statistical
                                                            the softening of water having high
      distribution of
                                                            calcium, high magnesium-carbonate
      (A) Wind velocity in vector form                      hardness and some noncarbonate
      (B)   Wind speeds in scalar form                      hardness
      (C)   Wind speeds in π diagram                        (A) single-stage line process.
      (D) Wind speeds in the form of                        (B)   excess lime process.
          histograms                                        (C)   single stage   lime-soda     ash
                                                                  process.
3.    In the redox reaction given below,                    (D) excess lime-soda ash process.
      which one of the substrates in
      forward reaction is oxidized ?
                                                       7.   Spotted deer, Asiatic wild ass, Black
            2Fe3+ + H2 → 2Fe2+ + 2H+
                                                            buck are,
      (A) Fe3+                                              (A) Endangered species
      (B)   H2                                              (B)   Vulnerable species
      (C)   H+                                              (C)   Threatened species
      (D) Fe2+                                              (D) Key species
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8.    Specific mortality of members of a        13.   The following exogenous and
      population is expressed by                      endogenous factors are the cause of
      (A) Life table                                  extinction of animal species :
      (B)   Survivorship curve                        I.    Ecological niche
                                                      II. Decrease        in   reproductive
      (C)   Rate of mortality
                                                            potency.
      (D) Rate of fecundity
                                                      III. Lesser        adaptability    to
                                                            fluctuating environment.
9.    Which group of vertebrate comprises             Choose the correct answer from the
      maximum number of endangered                    codes given below :
      species ?                                       Codes :
      (A) Fish                                        (A) I only
      (B)   Amphibia                                  (B) II only
      (C)   Reptiles                                  (C) I and II
      (D) Birds                                       (D) I, II and III


10.   Under        anaerobic    condition       14.   Positive mass balance of glaciers has
      denitrifying Pseudomonas changes,               been recently reported from
      (A) Nitrate to molecular nitrogen               (A) Eastern Himalayas
                                                      (B) Nepal Himalayas
      (B)   Nitrate to ammonia
                                                      (C) Western Himalayas
      (C)   Nitrate to Nitrite
                                                      (D) Karakoram
      (D) Nitrite to Nitrate
                                                15.   Which of the following will lead to
11.   The Phenomenon of having higher                 reduction in greenhouse gases in
      number of species in ecotone is                 atmosphere ?
      called                                          (A) Increased chemical weathering
      (A) Dominance effect                                  of rocks.
      (B)   Edge effect                               (B) Volcanic eruption
      (C)   Abundance                                 (C) Lowering of mean sea level
      (D) Frequency                                   (D) An increase in melting of
                                                            glacial ice

12.   Which specific common feature
                                                16.   The unconsolidated material with
      is not found in zooplankton and
                                                      highest permeability is
      rabbit ?
                                                      (A) Landslide        with     clayey
      (A) Both are animals
                                                           component
      (B)   Both are primary consumers                (B) Altered volcanic ash
      (C)   Both are carnivores                       (C) Well sorted alluvial sand
      (D) Both are herbivores                         (D) Buried mud flows

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17.   Which of the following component            23.   Arsenic compounds cause
      of cryosphere has the longest life ?              (A) Dwarfism
      (A) Sea ice                                       (B) Dermatitis
      (B) Icebergs                                      (C) Thyrotoxicosis
      (C) Valley glaciers                               (D) Wilson’s disease
      (D) Ice sheets                              24.   What is the pE value in an acid mine
                                                        water sample having
18.   Aerobic bacteria is most active in                [Fe2+] = 7.03 × 10–3 M and
      (A) Moist and saturated soil                      [Fe3+] = 3.71 × 10–4 M
      (B) Moist and non-saturated soil                  (A) 10.5             (B) 12.5
      (C) Alluvial soil                                 (C) 14.5             (D) 18.5
      (D) Permafrost                              25.   Assertion (A) : Chronic exposure to
                                                              ozone is a possible contributor
19.   Andisols are formed by                                  to forest decline.
      (A) Biological activity                           Reason (R) : Surface ozone is a
      (B) Erosion by wind                                     green house gas.
      (C) Erosion by waves                              Identify the correct code :
      (D) Volcanoes                                     (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and
                                                              (R) is the correct explanation of
20.   In case of photovoltaic cell, the                       (A).
      maximum theoretical efficiency of                 (B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but
      conversion is                                           (R) is not the correct
                                                              explanation of (A).
      (A) ~ 45 %       (B) ~ 30 %
                                                        (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
      (C) ~ 25 %       (D) ~ 50 %
                                                        (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

21.   Consider an ideal wind power                26.   Identify the most dominant pollutant
      generator of the wind speed increases             in terms of its concentration levels in
      3 times, the power output would                   urban atmosphere.
      increase by how many times ?                      (A) Oxides of nitrogen
      (A) 3               (B) 9                         (B) Oxides of sulphur
      (C) 27              (D) 81                        (C) Particulate matter
                                                        (D) Carbon monoxide
22.   Identify the correct sequence in
                                                  27.   The     main     constituents     of
      increasing order of total CO2
                                                        photochemical smog are
      emissions from various countries at               (A) Oxides of sulphur and CO
      present.                                          (B) Oxides of sulphur and
      (A) Britain < India < China < USA                      hydrocarbons
      (B) India < Britain < China < USA                 (C) Oxides of nitrogen and CO
      (C) Britain < USA < India < China                 (D) Oxides        of       nitrogen,
      (D) Britain < India < USA < China                      hydrocarbons and ozone

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28.   The air borne fraction of carbon is          33.   In accordance with the Indian EIA
      (A) ~ 0.72           (B) ~ 0.62                    notification 2006, within how many
      (C) ~ 0.46           (D) ~ 0.38                    days if Environmental Appraisal
                                                         Committee do not specify the Terms
29.   The noise index Leq is used for noise              of Reference, the proponent can go
      standards in ambient environment of                ahead with its own Terms of
      urban areas. The prescribed duration               Reference.
      of the integration associated with Leq
                                                         (A) 15 days
      is
      (A) 12 hours         (B) 8 hours                   (B)   45 days
      (C) 1 hour           (D) 30 minutes                (C)   60 days

30.   In alkaline soils, which of the                    (D) 90 days
      following is not present in soluble
      state ?
      (A) Phosphorous (B) Calcium                  34.   Which is the correct sequence for
      (C) Nitrates       (D) Potassium                   impact assessment process in EIA ?

31.   Which one of the following is not a                (A) Description of Environment →
      post      audit     activity    under                  Identification of impacts →
      environmental audit process ?                          Prediction of impacts →
      (A) Review of draft report by Law                      Evaluation of impacts →
            department.                                      Identification of mitigation
      (B) Issue of final report to                           needs.
            functional specialist.
      (C) Develop action plan to                         (B)   Identification of impacts →
            establish responsibility.                          Prediction of impacts →
      (D) Report audit findings.                               Evaluation      of    impacts
                                                               →Identification of mitigation
32.  Which one of the following pairs is                       needs.
     correctly matched ?
                                                         (C)   Identification of impacts →
     (A) Specification for   ISO 14001
          environmental                                        Description of Environment →
          management                                           Prediction of impacts →
          system                                               Evaluation of impacts →
     (B) Environmental       ISO 14040                         Identification of mitigation
          performance                                          needs.
          evaluation
                                                         (D) Prediction of impacts →
     (C) Guidelines for      ISO 14000
          environmental                                      Identification of impacts →
          auditing                                           Description of environment →
     (D) Environmental       ISO 14004                       Evaluation of impacts →
          labels and                                         Identification of mitigation
          declaration                                        needs.
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35.   Quantifying the energy and raw               39.   The geometric mean of 4, 8 and 16 is
      material requirement as a part of life             (A) 9.3
      cycle assessment, is termed as
                                                         (B)   8.0
      (A) Life       Cycle     improvement
                                                         (C)   4.8
            analysis.
                                                         (D) 10.2
      (B) Life Cycle impact analysis.
      (C) Life Cycle inventory.
      (D) Life Cycle pre-requisites.               40.   The covariance between two data of
                                                         N observations each represented by
                                                         variables X and Y is given by
36.   Which of the following pertains to
                                                                    –       –
      “high-waste approach” in dealing                       ∑ (X – X) (Y – Y)
                                                         (A)
      with the solid and hazardous wastes ?                         N2
      (A) Burying and burning                                         – 2     – 2
                                                               ∑ (X – X) (Y – Y)
      (B) Recycling                                      (B)           N
      (C) Composting
                                                                      – 2     – 2
      (D) Reusing                                              ∑ (X – X) (Y – Y)
                                                         (C)
                                                                       N2
37.   Assertion (A) : Dumping of sewage                             –       –
                                                             ∑ (X – X) (Y – Y)
            to river water may decrease                  (D)        N
            oxygen even below 4 mg/l.
      Reason (R) : Dumping of sewage
                                                   41.   The mean and standard deviation of a
            pollutes river water heavily.
                                                         Binomial distribution are 9 and 1,
      Identify the correct answer :
                                                         respectively. The first moment of the
      (A) Both (A) and (R) are true with                 distribution is
            (R)     being     the    correct
                                                         (A) 9
            explanation.
                                                         (B)   3
      (B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but
            (R) is not the correct                       (C)   1
            explanation.                                 (D) 0
      (C) (A) is true, but (R) is wrong.
      (D) Both (A) and (R) are wrong.              42.   Which one of the following is used in
                                                         manufacturing flexible plastic bags
38.   In most of the studies, a large sample             and sheets ?
      size is anticipated to                             (A) Polystyrene (PS)
      (A) get a low level of precision.                  (B)   Polyethylene      terephthalate
      (B) maximize the sampling error.                         (PET)
      (C) get a high level of precision.                 (C)   Low density       polyethylene
      (D) maximize           the    standard                   (LDPE)
             deviation.                                  (D) TEFLON
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43.   Which one of the following is a non-        46.   In terrestrial ecosystems, roughly
      formal environment education and                  how much NPP ends up being broken
      awareness programme ?                             down by decomposers ?
      (A) Environmental       appreciation              (A) 90 %
           courses.                                     (B)   70 %
      (B) National           Environment
                                                        (C)   50 %
           Awareness Campaign.
                                                        (D) 10 %
      (C) Environmental Education in
           school system.
      (D) Environmental      Management           47.   Which of the following BOD level
           Business Studies.                            waste water is permitted to be
                                                        released inlands by industries under
44.   Bioparks are conceived, developed                 water (Prevention and Control of
      and managed with a goal of                        Pollution) Act, 1974 ?
      conservation of biodiversity through,             (A) 30 mg/l
      (i) development of educational                    (B)   80 mg/l
            and scientific activities.                  (C)   100 mg/l
      (ii) promoting silviculture and
                                                        (D) 150 mg/l
            monoculture.
      (iii) promoting local community
            welfare without harming the           48.   Hydraulic conductivity is a function
            natural habitat.                            of
      Choose the correct answer from the                (A) medium alone
      codes :                                           (B)   fluid alone
      Codes :                                           (C)   either fluid or medium
      (A) (i) and (ii)                                  (D) both fluid and medium
      (B) (ii) and (iii)
      (C) (i) and (iii)
                                                  49.   Dachigan sanctuary is associated
      (D) (i), (ii)and (iii)
                                                        with
45.   In about a 7 metre deep pond the                  (A) Hangul
      series of vegetation development will             (B)   Rhinoceros
      be                                                (C)   Barking deer
      (A) Submerged → Floating →                        (D) Leopard
            Reed → Herb
      (B) Floating → Submerged →                  50.   Rio+20 summit was held in
            Reed → Herb
                                                        (A) Durban
      (C) Floating       →      Reed    →
                                                        (B)   Johannesburg
            Submerged → Herb
                                                        (C)   Rio de Janeiro
      (D) Submerged → Reed →
            Floating → Herb                             (D) Cancun

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