kset.uni-mysore.ac.in Environmental & Earth Science Model Question Paper : Karnataka State Eligibility Test
Organisation : University of Mysore
Exam : Karnataka State Eligibility Test (KSET) Center for Lecturership
Document Type : Model/Previous Question Paper
Subject : Environmental & Earth Science
Year : 2015
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Environmental & Earth Science Question Paper :
Subject Code : K-2915
Paper : II
Time : 1 Hour 15 Minutes
Maximum Marks : 100
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1. The nature of plume caught in between two inversion layers is
(A) Coning
(B) Fanning
(C) Trapping
(D) Looping
2. Who was the scientist who coined the term ‘ecosystem’ ?
(A) Carl Linnaeus
(B) Charles Darwin
(C) Julian Huxley
(D) Arthur Tansley
3. P and S waves belong to
(A) Light waves
(B) Seismic waves
(C) Tidal waves
(D) Sound waves
4. When was the Biological Diversity Act passed by the Parliament ?
(A) October 11, 2002
(B) December 11, 2002
(C) August 17, 2012
(D) December 11, 2012
5. The Southern Oscillation is the atmospheric component of
(A) Tropical cyclone
(B) Tornado
(C) Hurricane
(D) EI Nino
6. Oxygen which is liberated during photosynthesis comes from
(A) CO2
(B) H2O
(C) Phosphoglyceric Acid
(D) Chlorophyll
7. End product of the photo chemical smog is
(A) PCB
(B) PAH
(C) PAN
(D) Hydrocarbons
8. Baygon belongs to which class of pesticides ?
(A) Organo chlorine pesticides
(B) Organo phosphorous pesticides
(C) Carbamate pesticides
(D) Halons
9. Which of the following ion is important for coagulation ?
(A) Na+
(B) K+
(C) Ca++
(D) Phosphate
10. Flame photometry is based on
(A) Diffraction of Radiation
(B) Polarisation of Radiation
(C) Emission of Radiation
(D) Absorption of Radiation
11. Phytoplankton in aquatic food webs are
(A) Obligate photo autotrophs
(B) Obligate heterotrophs
(C) Facultative heterotrophs
(D) Obligate autotrophs
12. Inhalation anthrax is a/an
(A) Contagious disease
(B) Communicable disease
(C) Air borne disease
(D) Non-communicable disease
13. Which one of the following refers to a typical Mangrove plant family ?
(A) Burseraceae
(B) Dipterocarpaceae
(C) Ebenaceae
(D) Rhizophoraceae
14. An area containing at least 0.5% of plant species as endemics is called as
(A) Degraded area
(B) Deforested area
(C) Hot Spot of Biodiversity
(D) Terrestrial Biodiversity
15. Match the List – I with List – II :
List – I List – II
a) Bengal White i) Khaziranga Tiger National Park
b) Great Indian ii) Jim Corbett Bustard National Park
c) Rhinoceros iii) Sundarbans
d) Tiger iv) Ghana
Earth Science Model Question Paper :
Time : 1 Hour 15 Minutes
Maximum Marks : 100
1. Which of the following is not a greenhouse gas ?
(A) Carbon dioxide
(B) Oxygen
(C) Methane
(D) Chlorofluorocarbon
2. The zone having maximum concentration
of Ozone in atmosphere is
(A) Upto 15 km
(B) From 15 km to 35 km
(C) From 35 km to 55 km
(D) Above 55 km
3. Sea level temperature and pressure at a point can be correlated with the height of
(A) Troposphere
(B) Tropopause
(C) Stratosphere
(D) Mesosphere
4. Which of the following gives net horizontal transport of moisture in air column ?
(A) Ratio of evaporation and precipitation
(B) Sum of evaporation and precipitation
(C) Product of evaporation and precipitation
(D) Difference of evaporation and precipitation
5. Jet streams confined to temperature gradient confined to upper troposphere are
(A) Arctic front jet streams
(B) Tropical jet streams
(C) Subtropical jet streams
(D) Easterly tropical jet streams
6. Curved lines sloping up from right to left in a tephigram reflect
(A) Isotherms
(B) Dry adiabats
(C) Isobars
(D) Saturated adiabats
7. From the surface of earth the approximate distance to its centre is ________ km and the distance to the base of mantle is _________ km.
(A) 6370 and 2900
(B) 4550 and 1550
(C) 7250 and 4550
(D) 6370 and 1550
8. The isostatic adjustment of the crust is caused by
(A) Formation of new basaltic crust at the mid-ocean ridges
(B) Differential rotation of inner and outer core
(C) Buoyancy of Earth’s lithosphere as it floats on plastic like upper mantle
(D) Temperature variations in lower mantle