List of top Environmental Studies Questions asked in CUET (UG)

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Which one of the following is an incorrect statement in the context of Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?

Arrange the following processes from start to end in a food distribution system:
(A) Packaging of food,
(B) Processing of food,
(C) Storage of food,
(D) Marketing of food
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Which of the following method is most suitable for safe disposal of hospital solid waste?

The Gandhian economy model does not contain elements of _____________.

Which of the following does not explain the relationship between human development and economic development?

Nomadic movements are not considered as migrations because people move from one place to another ________.

Which of the following gases give the lowest percentage contribution to total global warming?

Curitiba, a city in Brazil, is famously known for its __________.

Arrange the following from lowest to highest dry weight in a biomass pyramid of a grassland ecosystem:
(A) Primary Producer
(B) Primary Consumer
(C) Secondary Consumer
(D) Tertiary Consumer
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Match List-I with List-II:

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Which of the following is not a criteria air pollutant under the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)?

Which of the following factors can affect the soil respiration process?
(A) Temperature
(B) Soil moisture
(C) Aeration
(D) Number of soil microbes
(E) Quality of organic matter in the soil
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Arrange the following stages of primary succession of plants from last stage to first stage:
(A) Reed-swamp stage,
(B) Submerged plant stage,
(C) Marsh Meadow stage,
(D) Phytoplankton
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Which of the following are essentially required for photochemical smog formation in ambient atmosphere?

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Agricultural runoff, sewage, and industrial effluents are major causes of the deterioration of water quality in lakes and ponds. Productivity of lakes and ponds (for example, algal bloom and phytoplankton bloom) increases manifold due to agricultural runoff as well as due to excess inputs of nutrients including limiting nutrients, but this continuous increased productivity leads to the death of lakes and ponds. The dissolved oxygen BOD, temperature, turbidity, and salinity are important parameters of water quality in a lake and change naturally on a day and night basis as well as a seasonal basis. However, anthropogenic inputs change these parameters abruptly and adversely impact the water quality of the lakes. As a result, water in lakes and ponds does not remain fit for human consumption as well as for livestock. Immediate attention and affirmative actions are needed to protect lakes and ponds in our environment.

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Species interaction and productivity are two important components of any given ecosystem. In an ecosystem, interspecific interactions arise from the interaction of populations of two different species. Such interactions could be beneficial to both species, harmfulto both species, beneficial to one and harmful to the other, or vice-versa. There are also cases where only one species is harmed or benefitted, while the other remains unaffected. On the other hand, the productivity of an ecosystem starts with photosynthesis by green plants and is measured as the amount of biomass produced over a period of time. Such biomass becomes available for consumption to heterotrophs.

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Lakes and river systems are separated from each other by barriers of land. It might have been thought that fresh water productions would not have ranged widely within the same country, and as the sea is apparently a still more impassable barrier, that they never would have extended to distant countries. But the case is exactly the reverse. Not only have fresh-water species, belonging to quite different classes, an enormous range, but allied species have also prevailed in a remarkable manner throughout the world. I well remember, while first collecting the fresh-waters of Brazil, feeling much surprise at the similarity of the fresh-water insects, shells, etc. and at the dissimilarity of the surrounding terrestrial beings, compared with those of Britain.

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The global average surface temperature has increased by approximately 0.8° C over the last century. Many countries have experienced increase in rainfall, particularly in those situated in the mid to high latitudes. In some regions, the frequency and intensity of droughts have increased in recent decades. All these are signs of climate change, which making it more difficult for mankind survival. Projections of future climate change have predicted that the global mean surface temperature will rise by 1.4° C to 5.8° C. The frequency of weather extremes is likely to increase. Global mean sea level is projected to rise by 9 to 88 cm by the year 2100. Changes in climate may affect the distribution of vector species which in turn will increase the spread of diseases, such as malaria and filariasis, to new areas which lack a strong public health infrastructure.