(a) Pushkar lake

(b) Sunderbans
(c) Loktak lake
1.10 Which one of the following is a pollution-free
renewable resource?
(a) Fossil fuel
(b) Solar energy
(c) Wood
1.11 What is the name of the supercontinent which
broke into the present day continents?
(a) Pampas
(b) Palaearctic
(c) Pangaea
1.12 Ozone hole is present in
(a) Biosphere
(b) Troposphere
(c) Stratosphere
1.13 Which one of the following is an autotroph?
(a) Green plant
(b) Fungus
(c) Fish
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1.14 Human malaria is transmitted by
(a) Anopheles male
(b) Anopheles female
(c) Culex male
1.15 The safe intensity level of sound is
(a) 85 decibel
(b) 75 decibel
(c) 65 decibel
1.16 Silent Valley is in
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Kerala
1.17 Which one of the following is not a gaseous
cycle?
(a) Oxygen cycle
(b) Phosphorus cycle
(c) Nitrogen cycle
1.18 Which one of the countries is known as the
land of monsoon?
(a) Russia
(b) India
(c) Australia
1.19 The earth receives major energy from
(a) Sun
(b) Moon
(c) Mars
1.20 Which one of the following does not contain
biomass?
(a) Municipal garbage
(b) Sewage
(c) Metal
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2. Answer only ten questions (within 23 lines): 210
2.1 What is meant by environmental studies?
2.2 What is succession?