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

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?
Which of the following were the characteristics of the prebiotic primitive Earth?
Characteristics:
  1. A. Presence of \( \text{CO}_2 \)
  2. B. Presence of \( \text{CH}_4 \)
  3. C. Presence of \( \text{H}_2\text{O} \) vapour
  4. D. Presence of \( \text{O}_2 \)
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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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Which of the following is a criteria pollutant as per National Ambient Air Quality Standards?
What will be the energy of 1 mole of photons having a wavelength of 200 nm?
Planck’s constant, \( h = 6.6 \times 10^{-34} \, \mathrm{Js} \) and Speed of light, \( c = 3.0 \times 10^8 \, \mathrm{ms^{-1}} \)
A black body has a temperature of 2900 K. The wavelength of peak emission ($λ_{max}$) of the radiation emitted from it is approximately equal to:
In sewage water, which of the following is expected to be present in the highest quantity (mg/L)?
The publication ’The Future We Want’ is the outcome of:
Cooking pans made from which of the following metals would need less heat to achieve a certain cooking temperature?
Match List I with List II:
LIST I (Experiment)LIST II (Conclusion)
A. Photoelectric effectI. Ether medium does not exist
B. Michelson-MorleyII. Light is made up of photons
C. Stern-GerlachIII. Quantization of electronic orbit
D. Franck-HertzIV. Electron spin moment
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Stratospheric ozone protects us from:
Arrange the following II B (or 12) group elements in the increasing order of their Pauling electronegativities:
Elements:
A. Zn
B. Hg
C. Cd
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