Environment Quiz 53

Environment Quiz 53

Helpful for Green Olympiad and other environment quiz competitions

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1. Victoria Falls is a waterfall in southern Africa. On which African river are the Victoria Falls?

Nile
Zambezi
Congo
Niger

2. Which animal is seen to be holding a sword in Sri Lankan flag?

Tiger
Elephant
Leopard
Lion

3. Between which two countries does the dead sea lie?

Jordan and Israel
Jordan and Syria
Syria and Israel
Palestine and Istrael

4. Which is the only Arab country without a desert?

Oman
Libya
Lebanon
Morocco

5. Name the botanist who originated the idea of "Nature's war" which influenced Charles Darwin and the principle of natural selection

Arthur Tansley
Augustin Pyramus de Candolle
Eduard Suess
Gregor Mendel

6. Which one of the following is the first ever Railway system in the world with The Gold Standard Foundation (GSF) certification standard for energy efficiency?

Delhi Metro
Tokyo Subway
Shanghai Metro
New York Subway

7. Which isotope of Uranium can sustain a fission chain reaction?

Uranium-238
Uranium-234
Uranium-235
Uranium-236

8. Which one of the following waves are used by the common TV remote control?

Ultrasonic waves
Infrared waves
Radio waves
X-rays

9. The highly endangered and globally threatened pheasant, Western tragopan is the state bird of an Indian state. Which state?

Uttarakhand
Meghalaya
Himachal Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh

10. Which of the following national parks is also known as Sairandhri Vanam (Sairandhri’s forest)?.

Bandipur National Park
Bannerghatta National Park
Periyar National Park
Silent Valley National Park

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