List of top Environmental Sciences Questions asked in CUET (PG)

Which heavy metal is most commonly associated with Itai-Itai disease?
The Environment Protection Act of India was enacted in which year following the Bhopal Gas Tragedy?
Which Indian state is most associated with the controversial practice of rat-hole mining?
In the context of waste management, what does the term leachate refer to?
What is the main process by which nitrogen is returned to the atmosphere from the soil?
Which plant group is considered the "amphibians of the plant kingdom" due to their requirement for water during fertilization?
The Kyoto Protocol was primarily designed to reduce the emission of which type of gases?
Which type of ecological pyramid can never be inverted in any ecosystem?
According to the Mohs Scale of Hardness, which mineral has a relative hardness value of 9?
In an aquatic ecosystem, what does a high Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) value indicate about water quality?
Which global agreement specifically targets the phase-out of Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS)?
Calculate the energy of a photon (in Joules) with a wavelength of \(500\ \text{nm}\), given \(h = 6.6 \times 10^{-34}\ \text{Js}\).
What is the primary chemical responsible for Minamata disease in humans?
In Bowen’s Reaction Series, which mineral is the first to crystallize from a cooling silicate magma?
Which of the following layers of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer that absorbs UV radiation?
Stratospheric ozone protects us from:
Arrange the following greenhouse gases in increasing order of their relative contribution to global warming:
Greenhouse gases:
A. CO2
B. N2O 
C. CFCs 
D. CH4
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Photochemical smog formation in ambient atmosphere requires:
A. Volatile hydrocarbon
B. Ozone
C. SO2
D. Sunlight Temperature
E. NOx
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It took 168 years for a population to increase from 0.4 million to 3.2 million. If we assume exponential growth at a constant rate over that period of time, the growth rate would be approximately:
The main limiting factors for both plants and animals on a global scale are:
A. Fire
B. pH
C. Temperature
D. Moisture
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Match List I with List II:
LIST I - Ecological ParametersLIST II - Unit of Measurement
A. Net primary productivityI. g/m2
B. Absorbed photosynthetically active radiationII. g/L
C. PhosphorusIII. Joules/area/year
D. Plant biomassIV. gC/area/year
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Island communities are a special case in community dynamics in which species makeup is driven by interaction between:
A. Predator abundance
B. Disturbance
C. Colonization
D. Extinction
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Organogenesis in humans takes place during:
Which of the following is a criteria pollutant as per National Ambient Air Quality Standards?
Arrange the stages by which a species becomes invasive in an area:
A. Introduced
B. Established
C. Pest
D. Imported
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