Environmental Science MCQs

✅ The correct answer is option A.
According to Wein’s displacement law, the wavelength at which maximum radiation occurs is inversely proportional to the temperature.

✅ The correct answer is option A.
Renewable energy resources are mostly based onbiomass.

✅ The correct answer is option C.
Dowry death is the most inhuman of social crimes.

✅ The correct answer is option B.
Biotic potential is defined as the physiological capacity of organisms to produce their offspring under natural conditions. It is also called reproductive potential. In nature, the biotic potential of organisms is enormous but all the organisms do not survive due to the lack of food and space.

✅ The correct answer is option D.
Vary based on activity is used to dispose the radioactive wastes.

✅ The correct answer is option B.
There are four major reservoirs, or stocks, of carbon on Earth: 1) in rocks (this includes fossil fuels), 2) dissolved in ocean water, 3) as plants, sticks, animals, and soil (which can be lumped together and called the land biosphere), and 4) as a climate-warming gas in the atmosphere.

✅ The correct answer is option A.
The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is a marine mammal belonging to the baleen whale suborder Mysticeti. Reaching a maximum confirmed length of 29.9 meters (98 feet) and weight of 173 tonnes (190 tons), it is the largest animal known to have ever existed. Blue whale is placed under endangered.

✅ The correct answer is option C.
Zoos are examples for ex-situ conservation.

✅ The correct answer is option A.
Bagasse is the dry pulpy fibrous residue that remains after sugarcane or sorghum stalks are crushed to extract their juice. It is used as a biofuel for the production of heat, energy, and electricity, and in the manufacture of pulp and building materials.

✅ The correct answer is option B.
The Chipko movement is started by Sunderlal Bahuguna.