Environmental Science MCQs

✅ The correct answer is option C.
On June 5th 1972 the Stockholm Conference on Human Environment was held.

✅ The correct answer is option A.
The air temperature is 45o F, the wind is blowing at 30 MPH, and the wind chill temperature is 15o F. These conditions would be equivalent to a 15o F air temperature and 0 MPH winds.

✅ The correct answer is option C.
Continent has the least similarity when comparing two examples of the same biome located in different parts of the world.

✅ The correct answer is option B.
Oil resources is the leading source of energy used in the United States today.

✅ The correct answer is option A.
The process of extensive planting of trees or seeds in barren lands to increase forest cover is called as Afforestation.

✅ The correct answer is option C.
One third of the global cases of Tuberculosis is in India.

✅ The correct answer is option D.
Within biological communities, some species may be important in determining the ability of large number of other species to persist in the community. It has a disproportionately large effect on its environment relative to its abundance. These crucial species are known as key stone species.

✅ The correct answer is option B.
The temperature scale where 0o represents freezing and 100o boiling is Celsius.

✅ The correct answer is option C.
In 1983 the then Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, decided to abandon the Project. In the year of 1984, it was declared as a National Park with the project area included. In 1986, the Silent Valley was declared the core area in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve.

✅ The correct answer is option D.
The extent of damage or danger posed to the environment depends upon the radioactive material concentration, the energy emitted by the radiation, proximity of the radioactive materials to those exposes, and the radiation type.