Practice MCQ for NTA UGC NET JRF Paper 1

1.The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) was constituted under which of the following Acts?

[A] Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess Act, 1977
[B] Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981
[C] Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974
[D] None of the above

2.Which of the following is/are the chief sources of Brown Carbon?
1) Biomass burning
2) smoke from agricultural fires
3) Vehicular Smoke
Select the correct option from the codes given below:

[A] Only 1 & 2
[B] Only 1 & 3
[C] Only 2 & 3
[D] Only 3

3.Which of the following is the United Nations (UN) decade of education for sustainable development?

[A] 2005-14
[B] 2004-13
[C] 2003-12
[D] 2002-11

4.Which of the following is/are the objectives of Disaster Management?
1) Mitigation
2) Reconstruction
3) Rehabilitation
Select the correct option from the codes given below:

[A] Only 1 & 2
[B] Only 2 & 3
[C] Only 1 & 3
[D] 1, 2, & 3

5.Which of the following countries are not a part of the Umbrella group?

[A] India
[B] Australia
[C] Japan
[D] New Zealand

6.In which district of Bihar, Gopashtmi fair is organised?

[A] Patna
[B] Gaya
[C] Khagariya
[D] Bhagalpur

7.In which year IUCN first declared Royal Bengal Tiger as an endangered species?

[A] 2007
[B] 2008
[C] 2009
[D] 2010

8.Reduce, Reuse and ____ are the three R’s to save the environment:

[A] Revise
[B] Restore
[C] Recycle
[D] Recall

9.BOD stands for ____:

[A] Biological oxygen demand
[B] Biological oxidation demand
[C] Biochemical oxygen demand
[D] Biotic oxidation demand

10.Spraying of DDT on crops causes pollution of _____:

[A] Air & Water
[B] Air & Soil
[C] Crops & Air
[D] Soil & Water