AARI - Quiz on Environment Part 5: This series of quiz will enhance you to get knowledge related to Environment and Environmental Issues....

AARI - Quiz on Environment Part 5

Q1. Who was the first to use the word Ecology,as far back as 1870?

A  Alfred Wallace
B  Charles Darwin
C  Ernest Haeckel
D  charles Lyell

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Question 1: The correct answer is Ernest HAECKRL.

Q2. Which living beings were the first to receive attention for their protection and conservation at an international level?

A  Reptiles
B  Birds
C  Micro-Organisms
D  Marine Creatures

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Question 2: The correct answer is Birds.

Q3. Who was the first to draw the attention of the masses to animals through his cartoons?

A  Jim Davis
B  K.Shanker Pilliai
C  Fred Pierce
D  Walt Disney

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Question 3: The correct answer is Walt Disney.

Q4. Who was the first to recognise the problem of water pollution?

A  Aristotle
B  Pliny
C  Thales
D  Hippocrates

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Question 4: The correct answer is Hippocrates.

Q5. Which is the first ruminant to be domesticated by man?

A  Ox
B  Goat
C  Sheep
D  Yak

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Question 5: The correct answer is Goat Sheep.

Q6. Who was the first to warn that man could alter climate by burning fossil fuels?

A  Syukuro Manabe
B  G.S.Callendar
C  Richard Wetherald
D  Roger Revelle

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Question 6: The correct answer is G.S.Callendar.

Q7. Who was the first to realise that gases in the atmosphere trap the sun's heat?

A  Joseph Fourier
B  Svante Arrhenius
C  David Keeling
D  John Dalton

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Question 7: The correct answer is Joseph Fourier.

Q8. Who was the first ruler in recorded history to order the establishment of wildlife sanctuarises?

A  Akbar
B  Alexander
C  Ashoka
D  Charles VI

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Question 8: The correct answer is Ashoka.

Q9. Which is the world's first national park?

A  Manu National Park
B  Yellowstone National Park
C  Rwenzori National Park
D  Yosenmite National Park

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Question 9: The correct answer is Yellowstone National Park.

Q10. Who was the first to discover the link between sulphur emissions from power stations and the acid content of rains?

A  James Hutton
B  John Delton
C  Robert Angus Smith
D  Henry Cavendish

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Question 10: The correct answer is Robert Angus Smith.

Q11. Who was the first to establish the link between smoking and Cancer?

A  Richard Doll
B  Francis Peyton Rous
C  Malcolm Ross
D  Otto Warburg

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Question 11: The correct answer is Richard Doll.

Q12. which is the first wind-driven commercial ship?

A  Dynaship
B  Eagle
C  Sailiner
D  Shin Aituko Maru

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Question 12: The correct answer is Shin Aituko Maru.

Q13. Who was the first to report the presence of whales in the southern seas leading to their subsequent massacre?

A  Svend Foyn
B  James Weddell
C  James cook
D  James Clark Ross

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Question 13: The correct answer is James cook.

Q14. Who was the first to study the effects of chemical nutrients on plant growth?

A  Henry Cavendish
B  Justus Liebig
C  Friedrich Wohler
D  Victor Selforrd

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Question 14: The correct answer is Justus Liebig.

Q15. Who was the first to point out the harmful effects of asbestos on human health?

A  Max Perutz
B  Richard Synge
C  IrvingJ.Selikoff
D  Morton Corn

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Question 15: The correct answer is IrvingJ.Selikoff.

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