CUET-UG — Environmental Studies domain test

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152practice questions written to this syllabus
29subjects

Format

Computer-based MCQ domain test taken with language and other domain tests for undergraduate admission.

Sections

Over the years

Some universities use it for BSc Environmental Science; BSc Agriculture admission to agricultural universities uses CUET-UG science domains (ICAR seats are filled through CUET-UG since 2022). Built from general knowledge.

Official source: https://cuet.nta.nic.in/

Subjects this exam draws on

Principles of Environmental Science26 questionsEcology & Ecosystem Science22 questionsEnvironmental Chemistry9 questionsEnvironmental Microbiology7 questionsEarth Systems & Environmental Geoscience2 questionsMathematics & Statistics for Environmental Science5 questionsSoil Science & Soil Health2 questionsHydrology & Water Resources for Environmental Scientists2 questionsSustainability Science: Concepts, History & Ethics5 questionsClimate System Science4 questionsAgricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions & Mitigation3 questionsSoil Organic Carbon & Carbon Sequestration3 questionsLand Degradation, Desertification & Soil Conservation2 questionsAgricultural Water Conservation, Water Footprint & Governance1 questionsWater Quality & Agricultural Non-point Source Pollution2 questionsBiodiversity Science & Conservation1 questionsLandscape Ecology, Protected Areas & Human-Wildlife Interactions2 questionsWetlands, Coastal Ecosystems & Blue Carbon2 questionsEnvironmental Monitoring & Instrumental Analysis22 questionsAir & Noise Pollution: Monitoring & Control9 questionsSolid & Hazardous Waste Management1 questionsSoil Contamination, Toxicology & Remediation1 questionsNutrient Stewardship & Nitrogen Management1 questionsLivestock & the Environment2 questionsSustainable Food Systems, Diets & Food Loss4 questionsCarbon Accounting & Greenhouse Gas Inventories3 questionsCarbon Markets, Offsets & Payments for Ecosystem Services3 questionsCircular Economy & Bio-based Resources2 questionsEnvironmental Law, Policy & International Agreements4 questions

Five practice questions, worked

Original questions written to this exam's published syllabus and pattern. Not past papers.

1. Which book, published in 1962, documented the harm of pesticides such as DDT and helped launch the modern environmental movement?

  1. The Population Bomb by Paul Ehrlich
  2. Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
  3. A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold
  4. Our Common Future by the Brundtland Commission
Answer and working

B. Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

Carson's Silent Spring (1962) exposed pesticide harm. Our Common Future is the 1987 Brundtland Report; Leopold's book dates from 1949; The Population Bomb from 1968.

Principles of Environmental Science · Scope of environmental science and its links with agriculture

2. Who coined the term 'ecosystem' in 1935?

  1. Charles Elton
  2. Arthur Tansley
  3. Eugene Odum
  4. Ernst Haeckel
Answer and working

B. Arthur Tansley

Tansley introduced 'ecosystem' in 1935; Haeckel coined 'ecology' in 1866; Odum and Elton developed ecosystem and community concepts later.

Ecology & Ecosystem Science · Levels of ecological organisation; autecology and synecology

3. In dilute aqueous solutions, 1 mg/L is approximately equal to

  1. 1 part per billion
  2. 1 part per million
  3. 1 part per thousand
  4. 1 per cent
Answer and working

B. 1 part per million

Because 1 L of dilute water weighs about 1 kg, 1 mg/L ≈ 1 mg/kg = 1 ppm.

Environmental Chemistry · Chemical bonding, concentration units, activity and ionic strength

4. Which group of organisms is acellular and replicates only inside host cells?

  1. Viruses
  2. Bacteria
  3. Fungi
  4. Protozoa
Answer and working

A. Viruses

Viruses lack cells and metabolism of their own; bacteria, fungi and protozoa are cellular.

Environmental Microbiology · Prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms; classification and diversity

5. About how old is the earth?

  1. 13.8 billion years
  2. 4.54 million years
  3. 4.54 billion years
  4. 454 million years
Answer and working

C. 4.54 billion years

Dated from meteorites and lunar samples; 13.8 billion years is the age of the universe.

Earth Systems & Environmental Geoscience · Origin and evolution of the earth and its spheres

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