SSC Ecology and Environment
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
TCS Pattern MCQs
Date:- 16/09/2026
1. Which of the following plants is on the verge of extinction due to our insensitivity towards the environment?
2. What is called the total number of organisms living in both plants and animals in a given area?
3. Which of the following is the largest mangrove forest not only in India but in the world?
4. Sunlight forms which component of habitat?
5. Which of the following is parasitic food chain?
6. The Mission of the Ramsar Convention is to conserve –––––.
7. The narrow zone of contact between lithosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere where natural vegetation and wildlife exist is called ........
8. Identify correct type of food chain
9. What are the major biodiversity hotspots of India?
1. Western Ghats, 2. North East India 3. Sundalands
10. Which ecologist demonstrated in a long-term experiment on external Land mass that biodiversity is of central importance for productivity, stability, resistance to invasion of ecosystems, and fertility of their soil?
11. In the context of various environment protection treaties/protocols and the places associated with them, which of the following is NOT correctly paired?
12. Realising the importance of maintaining the cleanliness of the water bodies, the Government of India passed the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, ________, to safeguard our water resources.
13. In biological terms, ––––– is a relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected.
14. Which ecologist's research provided revolutionary new insight into how energy and nutrients flow through ecosytems?
15. Reduce, Reuse and ………. are the three R's to save the environment.
16. The part of the earth's surface and atmosphere where plants and animals live is called ––––.
17. Choose the INCORRECT pair with respect to wetlands and their location?
18. Which of the following is/are Abiotic components?
I. Rocks II. Plants III. Soil
19. How many types of ecological pyramids are present in ecosystem?
20. Identify the possible link “X” in the following food chain? Grass→Insect→Frog→X →Eagle
21. Which organisms are dependent on the producers either directly or indirectly for their substances ?
22. The ––––– is a the narrow zone we find land, water and air together which contains all forms of life.
23. How the standing crop is measured in a particular trophic level?
24. Which among the following is NOT one of the 36 global biodiversity hotspots?
25. Grassland ecosystem has which type of biomass pyramid?
26. Who conducted the study on the 'TrophicDynamic Aspect of Ecology' in the year 1942?
27. Which of the following region in India is now regarded as an “Ecological Hot Spot”?
28. Which among the following ecosystem have inverted biomass pyramid?
29. Components included information of any ecology:-
30. As of December 2020, how many RAMSAR sites does India have?
31. The word 'ecology' is derived from the ______ word 'Oekologie'.
32. Why is Rann Of Kutch of India famous for?
33. Which among the following is NOT classified under consumers?
34. Taiga is an example of which type of ecosystem?
35. Which of the following is grazing food chain?
36. Which of the following is NOT manmade ecosystem?
37. All green plants and certain blue-green algae which can produce food by photosynthesis are called the ____.
38. Out of the following four, three are ecological pyramids, thus forming a group. Which one does not belong to this group?
39. The large carnivorous or the tertiary consumers exist at which level of the food chain?
40. Under which ministry does the Indian Antarctic Act, 2022 aim to be self-reliant and take India's own national measures to protect the Antarctic environment and the related ecosystem, as well as proposes to establish the Indian Antarctic Authority (IAA)?
41. In which of the following modes of nutrition do organisms take in nutrients in solution form from dead and decaying matter?
42. The IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) _____ List is a critical indicator of the health of the world's biodiversity :
43. In which state is the Renuka Lake located?
44. Which of the following ecologists is famous for studying the life of plants in the Indiana Dunes in 1896?
45. Which of the following is an example of an artificial ecosystem?
46. Sur Sarovar, also known as Keetham Lake, is a man-made reservoir. In which of the following years was it added in the list of Ramsar Sites?
47. In which of the following states is the Sambhar Lake located?
48. Which of the following is NOT abiotic?
49. The pyramid of energy is……….
50. _______ species are those species of plants and animals that are found especially in a particular area.
