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Animals and their special characteristics – Environmental Studies (EVS)

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There are various types of animals in the world. Some animals have their special characteristics. Animals and their characteristics are given below in this post. These animals characteristics are important for competitive examinations like CTET, UPTET, TET, KVS etc.

1 – Elephant

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Elephants is herbivorous (feed on plants) animal. One elephant can eat 300 pounds (136 kg) of food in one day. They drinks about 2 gallons(7.5 litres) of water at  a time. Elephants sleep and rest less to maintain body temperature. They have large ear flaps which help to control their body temperature. Elephant trunk is elongated nose and upper lip.

Female tend to live in family groups. Leader of group is the oldest female elephant. Male leaves their family group when they reach puberty. Calves are the centre of attention in their family group and rely on their mother for as long as 3 years. Their life span is about 70 years.

2 – Chimpanzee

Chimpanzee is a very clever animal. They live in groups of 3 to 80 members. Elder male is the leader of the group. Their life span is about 50 years.

3 – Giraffe

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Giraffe is tallest mammal of the earth. Their height is about 5 meter. They sleep for very less time (2 hrs in 24 hrs). They can eat around 25 kg leaf in a day. Their life span is about 25 years.

4 – Whale

Blue whale is the largest animal of earth. They are mammals. Their life span is about 90 years.

5 – Earthworm

An earthworm is a tube shaped segmented worm. They live in soil. They feed live and dead organic matter. Earthworm improve soil fertility by converting large organic matter into rich humus. Hence they are also considered farmers’s friend. Earthworms are useful in making vermicompost also. Their life span is about 8 years.

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6 – Dolphin

Dolphins are mammals. Dolphin live in social groups of 5 to several hundred members. They use echolocation to find prey and communicate with each other in water. Gangetic dolphin is national water animal of India and it is said to represent the purity of holy Ganga river as it can only survive in pure and fresh water. Their life span is about 25 years.

7 – Tiger

Tiger is known as king of the forest. Tiger may  consume upto 40 kg (88 pond) of  meat at one time. It has two times more sight capacity than humans in night. For hearing they can move their ears in different direction. Their roar can be hear  upto 3 kms. Their life span is about 26 years.

8 – Rhinoceros

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Rhinoceros is second longest terrestrial animal after elephant. Rhinoceros are herbivorous (feed on plants). Their weight may be 1000 kg. They have around 1 ½ cm thick skin. They have one horn on nose hence called as rhino. Their life span is about 50 years.

9 – Sloth

Sloth are mammals which looks like beer. Sloth are nocturnal (active at night) animal. They sleep around 17 hrs in day time. They are good swimmer and their life span is about 25 years.

Sloth make very good habitat for other organisms and a single may be home several species of moths, beetles, cockroaches, fungi and algae.

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UPTET Previous Years Questions on Environmental Studies – UPTET 2017

Previous Years Questions

Dear readers, in this post UPTET Previous Years Questions Answer on Environmental Studies (पर्यावरणीय शिक्षा) are given. These questions are from UPTET 2017. Practice of these questions will help in understanding the pattern of Environmental Studies questions for UPTET and other TET exams. These UPTET previous years questions on Environmental Studies Language are important questions for UPTET as well as other TET and CTET.

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UPTET Previous Years Questions of 2017 on Environmental Studies

UPTET 2017 पर्यावरणीय शिक्षा का हल प्रश्नपत्र

1- ‘एगमार्क’ का सम्बन्ध है
a) गुणवत्ता से
b) पैकेजिंग से
c) संसाधन से
d) उत्पादन से

2- किस देश के संविधान से मौलिक कर्तव्यों को लिया गया है
a) जर्मनी
b) यूनाइटेड किंगडम
c) यू.एस.ए.
d) यू.एस.एस.आर.

3- एक वयस्क मानव में कुल अस्थियों की संख्या कितनी होती है
a) 305
b) 275
c) 206
d) 175

4- आर्सेनिक द्वारा जल-प्रदूषण सर्वाधिक है
a) उत्तर प्रदेश में
b) मध्य प्रदेश में
c) बिहार में
d) पश्चिम बंगाल में

5- ध्रुव तारा कहा जाता है
a) उत्तरी तारे को
b) दक्षिणी तारे को
c) पूर्वी तारे को
d) पश्चिमी तारे को

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6- ग्रीनपीस इण्टरनेशनल का मुख्यालय है
a) न्यूयार्क में
b) सिडनी में
c) एम्स्टर्डम में
d) नागासाकी में

7- वन्यजीव सुरक्षा अधिनियम पारित किया गया था
a) 1960 में
b) 1962 में
c) 1972 में
d) 1975 में

8- भारत में ‘प्रोजेक्ट टाइगर’ प्रारम्भ किया गया था
a) 1972 में
b) 1973 में
c) 1981 में
d) 1985 में

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9- प्रकाश संश्लेषण के प्रकाशीय चरण के दौरान ……. का आक्सीकरण एवं ……… का अपचयन होता है ।
a) जल NADP
b) NADPH2, CO2
c) CO2, जल
d) CO2, NADPH2

10- दूध से दही बनने की प्रक्रिया को कहते हैं
a) प्रकाश संश्लेषण
b) आसवन
c) किण्वन
d) स्टेरीलाइजेशन

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11- ‘फूलों की घाटी’ अवस्थित है
a) जम्मू-कश्मीर में
b) हिमाचल में
c) सिक्किम में
d) उत्तराखण्ड में

12- एल.पी.जी. के संदर्भ में क्या सत्य नहीं है
a) यह एक स्वच्छ ईधन है।
b) यह उच्च ऊष्मीय मान का है।
c) यह नीली ज्वाला से जलने वाला है।
d) यह मीथेन उत्सर्जन करने वाला है।

13- निम्नलिखित पराबैंगनी किरणों में से कौन सा अधिक हानिकारक है
a) UV-A
b) UV-B
c) UV-C
d) इनमें से कोई नहीं

14- ‘कोटोपैक्सी’ एक जाग्रत ज्वालामुखी है, जो अवस्थित है
a) सिसली में
b) हवाई में
c) एण्डीज में
d) रॉकीज़ में

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15- The Origin of Species (प्रजातियों की उत्पत्ती) एक रचना है
a) अरस्तू की
b) चार्ल्स डार्विन की
c) मेण्डेल की
d) रोबर्ट हुक की

16- निम्नलिखित में से कौन सा जैवमण्डल का अजैविक घटक नहीं है
a) प्रोटीन
b) म्रदा
c) कवक
d) फोस्फोरस

17- तिब्बत की सांगपो नदी भारत में किस नाम से जानी जाती है
a) गंगा
b) यमुना
c) ब्रह्मपुत्र
d) सिन्धु

18- ‘मकर रेखा’ है
a) 231/2 ⁰
b) 221/2⁰N
c) 231/2⁰S
d) 23⁰S

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19- गिर शेर परियोजना अवस्थित है
a) गुजरात में
b) महाराष्ट्र में
c) उत्तर प्रदेश में
d) मध्य प्रदेश में

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20- घास-भूमि क्षेत्र के पारितंत्र की खाद्य श्रंखला में सबसे उच्च स्तर के उपभोक्ता होते हैं
a) शाकाहारी
b) मांसाहारी
c) जीवाणु
d) मांसाहारी या शाकाहारी

21- अंतर्राष्ट्रीय न्यायालय का मुख्यालय अवस्थित है
a) जेनेवा में
b) हेग में
c) न्यूयार्क में
d) पेरिस में

22- ‘डब्ल्यू.डब्ल्यू.एफ.’ से आशय है
a) वर्ल्ड वाइड फण्ड
b) वर्ल्ड वॉर फण्ड
c) वर्ल्ड वाइल्डलाइफ फण्ड
d) वर्ल्ड वॉच फण्ड

23- वायुमण्डल का प्रमुख स्तर है, जो प्रथ्वी-तल के नजदीक है
a) समतापमण्डल
b) क्षोभमण्डल
c) मध्यमण्डल
d) आयनमण्डल

24- संविधान सभा ने राष्ट्रीय गान को अपनाया
a) 20 जनवरी, 1950 को
b) 24 जनवरी, 1950 को
c) 21 मई, 1949 को
d) 13 नवंबर, 1949 को

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25- गंगा नदी निकलती है
a) अरावली श्रेणी से
b) लद्दाख ग्लेशियर से
c) गंगोत्री ग्लेशियर से
d) मिलाप ग्लेशियर से

26- संयुक्त राष्ट्र सुरक्षा परिषद में कितने स्थायी सदस्य हैं
a) 3
b) 4
c) 5
d) 6

27- पुष्कर मेला कहाँ आयोजित किया जाता है
a) जयपुर
b) उदयपुर
c) जोधपुर
d) अजमेर

28- भारत में निम्नलिखित में से कौन सी एजेंसी मुख्य रूप से प्रदूषण के मापने में संबन्धित है
a) ग्रीन ट्रिब्यूनल
b) केन्द्रीय प्रदूषण नियन्त्रण बोर्ड
c) केन्द्रीय जल आयोग
d) सर्वे ऑफ इंडिया

29- सरिस्का राष्ट्रीय उद्यान अवस्थित है
a) पश्चिम बंगाल में
b) गुजरात में
c) राजस्थान में
d) असम में

30- पारिस्थितिक तंत्र में ऊर्जा का मुख्य स्रोत है
a) ए.टी.पी.
b) सूर्य प्रकाश
c) डी.एन.ए.
d) आर.एन.ए.

Answers of above UPTET Previous Years Questions on Environmental Studies

1(a), 2(d), 3(c), 4(d), 5(a), 6(c), 7(c), 8(b), 9(a), 10(d), 11(d), 12(d), 13(a), 14(c), 15(b), 16(c), 17(c), 18(c), 19(a), 20(b), 21(b), 22(c), 23(b), 24(b), 25(c), 26(c), 27(d), 28(b), 29(c), 30(b)

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CTET Previous Years Questions on Environmental Studies with Answer

Previous Years Questions

Hello readers, following are the CTET Previous Years Questions on Environmental Studies with Answer. These CTET previous years questions on EVS are important questions for CTET, UPTET and other TET exams. Answers of these questions are given in the last of the post.

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CTET Previous Years Question on Environmental Studies (EVS)

1- In the villages of Bihar many farmers do bee-keeping and collect honey to earn extra, money. The best time to start bee-keeping is
a) July to September
b) October to December
c) January to March
d) April to June

2- The animals that are awake at night can see objects
a) In red colour only
b) In all colours
c) Only in Black and White colour
d) In green colour only

3- The bird move their neck very often because
a) Their ears are covered with feathers
b) They can fly
c) The birds eyes are fixed
d) The birds have small eyes

4- A bird makes its nest high up on a tree.This bird could be
a) Sunbird
b) Indian Robin
c) Crow
d) Dove

5- Which one of the following birds can rotate its neck backwards to a large extent?
a) Owl
b) Mynah
c) Crow
d) Koel

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6- Which of the following statements is correct about elephants?
a) Elephants like to take too much rest because of their heavy bodies
b) A three months old baby elephant generally weights about 2 quintals
c) An adult elephant can eat even more than 2 quintals of leaves and twigs in one day
d) Elephant sleep for 8 to 10 hrs in a day

7- Some birds can see four times as far as we can see. These birds are
a) Crow, kites, nightingales
b) Eagles, pigeons, parrot
c) Kites, eagles, vultures
d) Doves, crows, peacocks

8- Which one of the following insect does not live together in a colony like honeybees?
a) Ant
b) Wasp
c) Termite
d) Spider

9- Which one of the following animals front teeth keep on growing throughout its life? It has to keep gnawing on things to keep its teeth from becoming too long.
a) Termite
b) Lizard
c) Squirrel
d) Rat

10- An egret sits on buffalo, because
a) The egret and the buffalo have symbiotic relationship
b) The egret sits on the buffalo for fun
c) The buffalo helps in the transportation of the egret from one place to another
d) The egret wants to scare the buffalo.

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11- Cooked rice can be preserved for longer time in a refrigerator because
a) Moisture content in the food is reduced at low temperature
b) Refrigerators contain certain chemicals which kill the microbes
c) Microbes are destroyed and killed at low temperature
d) Microbes become inactive at low temperature

12- Which one of the following matches is not a correct way of food preservation?
a) Potato-chips
b) Milk-paneer
c) Apple-jam
d) Raw mango-pickle

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13- Glass jars and bottle are dried well in the sun before filling them with pickles. Why is it so?
a) To make pickle tasty
b) To remove the dust from them
c) To remove the moisture completely
d) To increase their temperature

14- Mira loves mangoes. She wants to preserve these for winters. Which one of the following is a good way of preserving them?
a) Store in a refrigerator
b) Put in a plastic bag
c) Make aam papad and pickle
d) Prepare juice and store in an airtight container

15- Select from the following a group that comprises of methods of cooking food.
a) Boiling, kneading, roasting
b) Baking, boiling, rolling
c) Frying, soaking, roasting
d) Backing, frying, roasting

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16- While discussing liking and disliking a student says, ‘I and mother both love to eat snakes. Whenever, we feel like eating snakes, we go to a nearby hotel and eat Ling-hu-fen. This student must belong to
a) Assam
b) Orissa
c) Hong kong
d) Arunachal pradesh

17- Carrot, radish, sweet potatoes are the modification of
a) Stem
b) Buds
c) branches
d) Root

18- If a teacher employs the examples of potato, rice, bfread and sugar, what he intends to teach?
a) vitamins
b) Proteins
c) Minerals
d) Carbohydrate

Ans: 1(d), 2(c), 3(c), 4(c), 5(b), 6(b), 7(c), 8(d), 9(c), 10(a), 11(d), 12(b), 13(c), 14(c), 15(d), 16(c), 17(d), 18(d)

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Animals under Environmental Studies (EVS)

Topic Animals under Environmental Studies for various competitive examinations mainly CTET, UPTET and Other TETs. Animal Groups, Classification of Animals, Habitat of Animals, Respiration Organs, Benefits, Sense Organs in Animals are given below:

Animal Groups

Animals are divided in following six groups.

  1. Fishes
  2. Reptiles
  3. Birds
  4. Insects
  5. Mammals
  6. Amphibians

Animal Groups

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Habitat of Animals

A habitat is a place where living things live. Animals live in habitats where they are adapted most. Habitat of animals are classified as below:

  • Land Animals
  • Water Animals
  • Land and Water Animals
  • Air Habitat Animals
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Classification of Animals

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Respiration Organ in Animals

AnimalsRespiratory Organ
FrogLung and Skin
Flies Haikia
Earthworm Skin
Human, Lion, Snakes, BirdsLungs
Octopus, FishGills
Whale, DolphinLungs, Nose

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Benefits with Animals

Animals Benefits
BeesHoney and Wax
SilkwormSilk
Cow , Buffalo, Goat, Hen, Duck, FishMilk, Meat, Egg
EarthwormFarmer Friend
Crow, Dog, Kite, Vulture, EagleCleaning Animals
Sheep, Goat, Camel, RabbitKnitting yarn
Cow, bull, Buffalo,SheepLeather
LakhwormLakh

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Sense Organs and Stimulation in Animals

Mainly there are 5 types of sense organs in animals which are eyes, ears, nose, tongue and skin. These sense organs help animals for various activities as below:

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  • Ants can recognize there groups by odour released by ants.
  • Some insects like silkworm can identify female from their smell.
  • Some birds like eagle, vulture can see four times more than humans, which help them to identify their targets.
  • Birds can see two different images at the same time because they have eyes on both the side of their head.
  • Elephant uses their ears to blow air along with listening.
  • Snakes can’t listen so they absorb vibrations from earth to determine the danger.
  • Nocturnal animals (Owl, Raccoon) can only see white and black colour.
  • Mosquito find a human in dark by heat of the feet and smell of the body
  • Dog, Lion and Tiger can identify their area by smell of their excreta.
  • Frog and Lizard use their tongue to catch their hunt.
  • Cockroach has the organism to walk and fly.

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