General English - Nature Centered Literary Works and global issues Environment and Conservation
Exam Duration: 60 Mins Total Questions : 30
Plants absorb
- (a)
Carbon monoxide
- (b)
Carbon dioxide
- (c)
Nitrogen
- (d)
Oxygen
Deforestation releases carbon dioxide from
- (a)
Soil
- (b)
Trees
- (c)
Air
- (d)
Water
Deforestation speeds up the rate of
- (a)
Soil growth
- (b)
Trees ratio
- (c)
Global warming
- (d)
Oxygen
Birds migrate
- (a)
Regularly and seasonally
- (b)
Three times a year
- (c)
Only when in danger
- (d)
When the surroundings get polluted
Birds migrate from the Southern regions to the Northern ones during (Return Journey)
- (a)
Autumn
- (b)
Early Winter
- (c)
Spring and early summer
- (d)
Autumn and early winter
In early times, people believed that
- (a)
most birds died in winter
- (b)
birds flew away to warmer places
- (c)
birds moved from place to place when seasons changed
- (d)
birds slept in the mud throughout winter
Migrating birds fly
- (a)
in pairs
- (b)
in threes
- (c)
single
- (d)
in groups
Birds migrate from the northern regions to southern warmer lands during
- (a)
winter
- (b)
autumn
- (c)
spring and early summer
- (d)
autumn and early winter
Birds spend summer in the
- (a)
higher reaches of mountains
- (b)
lower foot hills
- (c)
plains
- (d)
forests
The brave little voyagers face many dangers while travelling long distances through
- (a)
the air over hill
- (b)
forests
- (c)
large stretches of water
- (d)
all the above
Sometimes.........arise and drive birds far out of their house.
- (a)
Storms
- (b)
air
- (c)
lightening
- (d)
thunder
The migration speed is usually from........an hour
- (a)
48 to 60 k.m
- (b)
47 to 64 k.m
- (c)
50 to 80 k.m
- (d)
48 to 64 k.m
The formation of birds as they speed across the sky is
- (a)
U shaped
- (b)
V shaped
- (c)
One by one
- (d)
semi circle
The wild duck comes to our lakes from
- (a)
Central Asia and Siberia
- (b)
Eastern Europe and Himalayan regions
- (c)
Himalayan regions and central Asia
- (d)
Siberia and Eastern Europe
The willow warbler covers as many km.to reach us every winter. The size of willow warbler is
- (a)
about the size of Sparrow
- (b)
about the size of Eagle
- (c)
half size of a Sparrow
- (d)
half size of Eagle
Who is the speaker of Famida Y.Basheer's Poem?
- (a)
Neem Tree
- (b)
Tiger
- (c)
Migrant bird
- (d)
Sea waves
"The Globe's my world.The cloud's my kin" - Migrant Bird.
In this poem, Birds feels that the clouds are its
- (a)
relatives
- (b)
enemies
- (c)
friends
- (d)
home
"I won't look down.No, I will not" - Migrant bird.
The bird doesn't want to see man because.
- (a)
Man made boundaries
- (b)
Man made hunting
- (c)
Narrow lives of man
- (d)
A and C
Two-thirds of Delhi's population depend on which two rivers
- (a)
Peas and Sutlege
- (b)
Yamuna and Ganga
- (c)
Ganga and Godhavari
- (d)
Yamuna and Krishna
Assam is one of the places that face
- (a)
Water problem
- (b)
Food problem
- (c)
Flood problem
- (d)
Poverty
The summer temperature increases to 105o F in
- (a)
South India
- (b)
North India
- (c)
Middle part of India
- (d)
West part of India
The........warm us about the global warming
- (a)
psychologists
- (b)
astrologists
- (c)
Environmentalists
- (d)
archaeologists
In the story "Swept away" a small town of Lunel damaged by
- (a)
Earth quake
- (b)
Volcano
- (c)
Violent storm
- (d)
Tsunami
In the story 'Swept away' how long had Celine been under the drain?
- (a)
2 hours
- (b)
5 hours
- (c)
7 hours
- (d)
3 hours
The Greeks call Mother Earth as
- (a)
Bhoomi Matha
- (b)
Earth
- (c)
Mother land
- (d)
Gaia
'Panthalassa' means
- (a)
air mass
- (b)
land mass
- (c)
water mass
- (d)
all the above
Gerhard Mercator is known as the
- (a)
Father of Modern Literature
- (b)
Father of Modern Economics
- (c)
Father of Modern Science
- (d)
Father of Modern Map-making
When was Dr.George Carver born?
- (a)
July 13, 1864
- (b)
July 12, 1864
- (c)
June 12, 1864
- (d)
June 14, 1864
Dr.George invented a process for producing paints and stains from soya beans
- (a)
1927
- (b)
1928
- (c)
1926
- (d)
1925
Dr.George carver died on
- (a)
Jan 5, 1943
- (b)
Jan 4, 1942
- (c)
Jan 3, 1943
- (d)
Jan 6, 1943