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Question Paper Version : B
First/Second Semester B.E Degree Examination, Dec.2016/Jan.2017
Environmental Studies
(COMMON TO ALL BRANCHES)
Time: 2 hrs.] [Max. Marks: 40
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES
1. Answer all the forty questions, each question carries ONE mark.
2. Use only Black ball point pen for writing / darkening the circles.
3. For each question, after selecting your answer, darken the appropriate
corresponding to the same question number on the OMR sheet.
4. Darkening two circles for the same question makes the answer invalid.
5. Damaging/overwriting, using whiteners on the OMR sheets are strictly
prohibited.
I. BOD means,
a) Biochemical oxygen demand
) c) Biophysical oxygen demand \
2 Deforestation can,
a) Increase the rain fall
c) Introduce silt in the rivers
3. Organic farming is,
a) Farming without using pesticides and chemical fertilizers
b) Enhances biodiversity.
c) Promotes soil biological activity.
d) All of these.
4. Chloro Fluro Carbon's (CFC) are,
a) Non toxic b) Non flammable
c) Non carcinogenic d) All of these
5. Which of the following statement is true?
a) Green plants are self nourishing
b) Producers depends on consumers
c) Biotic components includes all non-living components
d) Herbivores depend on Carnivores.
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b) Chemical oxygen demand
d) All of these
b) Increase soil fertility
d) None of these
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15CIV18/28
Question Paper Version : B
First/Second Semester B.E Degree Examination, Dec.2016/Jan.2017
Environmental Studies
(COMMON TO ALL BRANCHES)
Time: 2 hrs.] [Max. Marks: 40
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES
1. Answer all the forty questions, each question carries ONE mark.
2. Use only Black ball point pen for writing / darkening the circles.
3. For each question, after selecting your answer, darken the appropriate
corresponding to the same question number on the OMR sheet.
4. Darkening two circles for the same question makes the answer invalid.
5. Damaging/overwriting, using whiteners on the OMR sheets are strictly
prohibited.
I. BOD means,
a) Biochemical oxygen demand
) c) Biophysical oxygen demand \
2 Deforestation can,
a) Increase the rain fall
c) Introduce silt in the rivers
3. Organic farming is,
a) Farming without using pesticides and chemical fertilizers
b) Enhances biodiversity.
c) Promotes soil biological activity.
d) All of these.
4. Chloro Fluro Carbon's (CFC) are,
a) Non toxic b) Non flammable
c) Non carcinogenic d) All of these
5. Which of the following statement is true?
a) Green plants are self nourishing
b) Producers depends on consumers
c) Biotic components includes all non-living components
d) Herbivores depend on Carnivores.
USN
ciN
b) Chemical oxygen demand
d) All of these
b) Increase soil fertility
d) None of these
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6. Major purpose of most of the Dams around the world is,
a) Power generation b) Drinking water supply
c) Flood control d) Irrigation.
7. Major causes of deforestation are,
a) Shifting cultivation
c) Raw materials for industries
8. Smog is,
a) A natural phenomenon
c) Colorless
b) Fuel requirements
d) All of these
b) Combination of smoke and fog
d) All of these
9. Which of the following is not a Green house gas?
a) Hydro chloroflourocarbons b) Methane
c) CO2 d) SO2
?
10. E.I.A can be expanded as,
a) Environment and Industrial Act
c) Environment Impact Assessment
\
b) Environment and impact activities
d) Environment Important Activity
11. The environmental (protection) act 1986 deals with:
a) Water b) Air
c) Soil d) All of these
12. The first of the major environmental protection act to be promulgated in India was:
a) The wild life protection act b) The air act
c) The noise pollution act d) None of these
e0
13. The meaning of global warming is,
a) Increase in the temperature of climate
c) Solar radiation
14. Biogas is produced by,
a) Microbial activity
c) Both (a) and (b)
15. Biomass consists of,
a) Lignin
c) Cellulose
16. Petroleum based vehicles emit traces of,
a) CO and NO?
c) Aldehydes
17. Urbanization is,
a) Local environmental issue
c) Both (a) and (b)
b) A planet hotter than earth
d) Cooling effect
b) Harvesting crop
d) None of these
b) Hemi cellulose
d) All of these
b) SPM
d) CH
4
b) National environmental issue
d) Not at all an issue
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15CIV18/28
Question Paper Version : B
First/Second Semester B.E Degree Examination, Dec.2016/Jan.2017
Environmental Studies
(COMMON TO ALL BRANCHES)
Time: 2 hrs.] [Max. Marks: 40
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES
1. Answer all the forty questions, each question carries ONE mark.
2. Use only Black ball point pen for writing / darkening the circles.
3. For each question, after selecting your answer, darken the appropriate
corresponding to the same question number on the OMR sheet.
4. Darkening two circles for the same question makes the answer invalid.
5. Damaging/overwriting, using whiteners on the OMR sheets are strictly
prohibited.
I. BOD means,
a) Biochemical oxygen demand
) c) Biophysical oxygen demand \
2 Deforestation can,
a) Increase the rain fall
c) Introduce silt in the rivers
3. Organic farming is,
a) Farming without using pesticides and chemical fertilizers
b) Enhances biodiversity.
c) Promotes soil biological activity.
d) All of these.
4. Chloro Fluro Carbon's (CFC) are,
a) Non toxic b) Non flammable
c) Non carcinogenic d) All of these
5. Which of the following statement is true?
a) Green plants are self nourishing
b) Producers depends on consumers
c) Biotic components includes all non-living components
d) Herbivores depend on Carnivores.
USN
ciN
b) Chemical oxygen demand
d) All of these
b) Increase soil fertility
d) None of these
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6. Major purpose of most of the Dams around the world is,
a) Power generation b) Drinking water supply
c) Flood control d) Irrigation.
7. Major causes of deforestation are,
a) Shifting cultivation
c) Raw materials for industries
8. Smog is,
a) A natural phenomenon
c) Colorless
b) Fuel requirements
d) All of these
b) Combination of smoke and fog
d) All of these
9. Which of the following is not a Green house gas?
a) Hydro chloroflourocarbons b) Methane
c) CO2 d) SO2
?
10. E.I.A can be expanded as,
a) Environment and Industrial Act
c) Environment Impact Assessment
\
b) Environment and impact activities
d) Environment Important Activity
11. The environmental (protection) act 1986 deals with:
a) Water b) Air
c) Soil d) All of these
12. The first of the major environmental protection act to be promulgated in India was:
a) The wild life protection act b) The air act
c) The noise pollution act d) None of these
e0
13. The meaning of global warming is,
a) Increase in the temperature of climate
c) Solar radiation
14. Biogas is produced by,
a) Microbial activity
c) Both (a) and (b)
15. Biomass consists of,
a) Lignin
c) Cellulose
16. Petroleum based vehicles emit traces of,
a) CO and NO?
c) Aldehydes
17. Urbanization is,
a) Local environmental issue
c) Both (a) and (b)
b) A planet hotter than earth
d) Cooling effect
b) Harvesting crop
d) None of these
b) Hemi cellulose
d) All of these
b) SPM
d) CH
4
b) National environmental issue
d) Not at all an issue
- B2 -
24. Both power and manure provided by,
a) Nuclear plants
c) Biogas plants
b) Thermal plants
d) Hydroelectric plants
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18. Noise pollution limits in industrial area,
a) 45 dB
c) 65 dB
19. Ozone layers absorbs,
a) UV rays
c) Cosmic rays
20. Water logging is a phenomenon in which,
a) Crop patterns are related
c) Erosion of soil
b) 80 dB
d) 90 dB
b) Infrared rays
d) CO
b) Plant nutrients
d) None of these
21. The natural nitrogen cycle is upset due to,
a) Burning of fossil fuel b) Modern agricultural practice of releasing excess fertilization.
c) Global warming d) Biogas production
22. Which of the following are natural sources of air pollution?
a) Volcanic eruption b) Solar flair
c) Earthquake d) All of these
4
23. Air pollution from automobiles can be controlled by fitting
4
,
411
?
a) Electrostatic precipitator b) Wet scrubber
c) Catalytic converter d) All of these
25. Land conversion through burning of biomass releases,
a) 02 b) CO
26. The movement of carbon between
a) Atmosphere and biosphere
c) Geosphere and atmosphere
27. The ground water depends on,
a) Amount of rain fall
c) Run off
C) N2 d) SO2
is called carbon cycle,
b) Atmosphere and hydrosphere
d) Biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere and geosphere
b) Geological formations
d) All of these
28. The important three minerals mined into the maximum extent are,
a) Coal, petroleum and mercury b) Coal, Petroleum and Iron
c) Petroleum, Radium and Xenon d) Helium, Xenon and Coal
29. Respiration and photosynthesis are the keywords related to,
a) Nitrogen cycle b) Sulphur cycle
c) Carbon cycle d) Hydrological cycle.
- B3 -
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15CIV18/28
Question Paper Version : B
First/Second Semester B.E Degree Examination, Dec.2016/Jan.2017
Environmental Studies
(COMMON TO ALL BRANCHES)
Time: 2 hrs.] [Max. Marks: 40
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES
1. Answer all the forty questions, each question carries ONE mark.
2. Use only Black ball point pen for writing / darkening the circles.
3. For each question, after selecting your answer, darken the appropriate
corresponding to the same question number on the OMR sheet.
4. Darkening two circles for the same question makes the answer invalid.
5. Damaging/overwriting, using whiteners on the OMR sheets are strictly
prohibited.
I. BOD means,
a) Biochemical oxygen demand
) c) Biophysical oxygen demand \
2 Deforestation can,
a) Increase the rain fall
c) Introduce silt in the rivers
3. Organic farming is,
a) Farming without using pesticides and chemical fertilizers
b) Enhances biodiversity.
c) Promotes soil biological activity.
d) All of these.
4. Chloro Fluro Carbon's (CFC) are,
a) Non toxic b) Non flammable
c) Non carcinogenic d) All of these
5. Which of the following statement is true?
a) Green plants are self nourishing
b) Producers depends on consumers
c) Biotic components includes all non-living components
d) Herbivores depend on Carnivores.
USN
ciN
b) Chemical oxygen demand
d) All of these
b) Increase soil fertility
d) None of these
- B I -
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6. Major purpose of most of the Dams around the world is,
a) Power generation b) Drinking water supply
c) Flood control d) Irrigation.
7. Major causes of deforestation are,
a) Shifting cultivation
c) Raw materials for industries
8. Smog is,
a) A natural phenomenon
c) Colorless
b) Fuel requirements
d) All of these
b) Combination of smoke and fog
d) All of these
9. Which of the following is not a Green house gas?
a) Hydro chloroflourocarbons b) Methane
c) CO2 d) SO2
?
10. E.I.A can be expanded as,
a) Environment and Industrial Act
c) Environment Impact Assessment
\
b) Environment and impact activities
d) Environment Important Activity
11. The environmental (protection) act 1986 deals with:
a) Water b) Air
c) Soil d) All of these
12. The first of the major environmental protection act to be promulgated in India was:
a) The wild life protection act b) The air act
c) The noise pollution act d) None of these
e0
13. The meaning of global warming is,
a) Increase in the temperature of climate
c) Solar radiation
14. Biogas is produced by,
a) Microbial activity
c) Both (a) and (b)
15. Biomass consists of,
a) Lignin
c) Cellulose
16. Petroleum based vehicles emit traces of,
a) CO and NO?
c) Aldehydes
17. Urbanization is,
a) Local environmental issue
c) Both (a) and (b)
b) A planet hotter than earth
d) Cooling effect
b) Harvesting crop
d) None of these
b) Hemi cellulose
d) All of these
b) SPM
d) CH
4
b) National environmental issue
d) Not at all an issue
- B2 -
24. Both power and manure provided by,
a) Nuclear plants
c) Biogas plants
b) Thermal plants
d) Hydroelectric plants
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18. Noise pollution limits in industrial area,
a) 45 dB
c) 65 dB
19. Ozone layers absorbs,
a) UV rays
c) Cosmic rays
20. Water logging is a phenomenon in which,
a) Crop patterns are related
c) Erosion of soil
b) 80 dB
d) 90 dB
b) Infrared rays
d) CO
b) Plant nutrients
d) None of these
21. The natural nitrogen cycle is upset due to,
a) Burning of fossil fuel b) Modern agricultural practice of releasing excess fertilization.
c) Global warming d) Biogas production
22. Which of the following are natural sources of air pollution?
a) Volcanic eruption b) Solar flair
c) Earthquake d) All of these
4
23. Air pollution from automobiles can be controlled by fitting
4
,
411
?
a) Electrostatic precipitator b) Wet scrubber
c) Catalytic converter d) All of these
25. Land conversion through burning of biomass releases,
a) 02 b) CO
26. The movement of carbon between
a) Atmosphere and biosphere
c) Geosphere and atmosphere
27. The ground water depends on,
a) Amount of rain fall
c) Run off
C) N2 d) SO2
is called carbon cycle,
b) Atmosphere and hydrosphere
d) Biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere and geosphere
b) Geological formations
d) All of these
28. The important three minerals mined into the maximum extent are,
a) Coal, petroleum and mercury b) Coal, Petroleum and Iron
c) Petroleum, Radium and Xenon d) Helium, Xenon and Coal
29. Respiration and photosynthesis are the keywords related to,
a) Nitrogen cycle b) Sulphur cycle
c) Carbon cycle d) Hydrological cycle.
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30. Mining means,
a) To conserve and preserve minerals
b) To check pollutions due to mineral resources
c) To extract minerals and ones
d) None of these
31. The most important fuel used by nuclear power plant is,
a) V-235 b) V-238 c) V-245 d) V-248
32. The pH value of the acid rain water is,
a) 5.7 b) 7.0
c) 8.5 d) 7.5
33. Which of the following conceptual spheres of the environmental is having the least storage
capacity for matter?
a) Atmosphere b) Lithosphere
c) Hydrosphere d) Biosphere
34. Biosphere is, ?
a) The solid shell of inorganic materials on the surface of the earth
b) The thin shell of organic matter on the surface of each comprising 'o4all the living things.
c) The sphere which occupies the maximum volume of all the spheres.
d) All of the above.
35. The earth's atmosphere is an envelope of gases present upto a height of about kms.
a) 10 b) 200 c) 1000 d) 2000
36. Primary con
a) Herbivore b) Carnivores
. World
-low
3'7 orld environmental day is on,
a)
5th May
b) 5
th
June
38. Green revolution is,
a) Crop variety improvements
c) Expansion of irrigation
c) Macro consumers d) Omnivores
c) 18
th
July d) 16
th
August
b) Increased use of fertilizers
d) All of these
39. Environmental is the life support system that includes,
a) Air b) Water c) Land d) All o f these
40. The largest reservoir of nitrogen in our planet is,
a) Oceans b) Atmosphere c) Biosphere d) Fossil fuels
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