SSC Ecology and Environment
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
TCS Pattern MCQs
Date:- 30/04/2026
1. Identify the possible link “X” in the following food chain? Grass→Insect→Frog→X →Eagle
2. Identify correct type of food chain
3. Which among the following is NOT one of the 36 global biodiversity hotspots?
4. How many types of ecological pyramids are present in ecosystem?
5. A series of organisms feeding on one another at various biotic levels form a ______.
6. Which among the following is NOT classified under consumers?
7. What are interspecies interactions called that have a positive effect on per individual reproduction and/or survival of the species involved?
8. Which of the following is the world’s top environmental conservation award?
9. 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?
10. In the context of forest conservation, the Navdanya Movement was started in 1987 by....
11. Which of the following is NOT abiotic?
12. What is the in situ conservation method?
13. The word 'ecology' is derived from the ______ word 'Oekologie'.
14. Human Beings belong to which category of the ecosystem?
15. In 1866, who proposed a new term 'Oecologie', which defines the study of the relationships of organisms with their environment?
16. Which of the following is parasitic food chain?
17. In which year was the National Biodiversity Authority, a statutory autonomous body under the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, established?
18. Components included information of any ecology:-
19. In which of the following states is Sambhar Salt Lake situated?
20. Which of the following is NOT manmade ecosystem?
21. Grassland ecosystem has which type of biomass pyramid?
22. Which of the following is the largest mangrove forest not only in India but in the world?
23. ______ refers to an environment in which oxygen is readily available.
24. 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.
25. Which of the following states has the maximum area of Mangrove forest?
26. Which of the following is not abiotic?
27. What is the basic requirement for the functioning and maintenance of an ecosystem?
28. The narrow zone of contact between lithosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere where natural vegetation and wildlife exist is called ........
29. _______ species are those species of plants and animals that are found especially in a particular area.
30. According to the Ramsar Convention, when is 'World Wetlands Day' observed?
31. The part of the earth's surface and atmosphere where plants and animals live is called ––––.
32. Which among the following ecosystem have inverted biomass pyramid?
33. Which of the following is/are Abiotic components?
I. Rocks II. Plants III. Soil
34. The vertical distribution of different species occupying different level is called__________
35. When was the National Green Tribunal formed?
36. Small, marine-dwelling organisms, phytoplankton, are related to which trophic level in the food web?
37. Which of the following are the largest fixator of solar energy?
38. Which of the following region in India is now regarded as an “Ecological Hot Spot”?
39. Which organisms are dependent on the producers either directly or indirectly for their substances ?
40. Tso Kar wetland has been included in Ramsar Site in December 2020. In which of the following states or union territories is it located?
41. A pyramid of biomass is a diagram that represents the population at each level of the food chain. According to it,________, occupies the base with the highest biomass.
42. Sunlight forms which component of habitat?
43. Which of the following is grazing food chain?
44. In which of the following modes of nutrition do organisms take in nutrients in solution form from dead and decaying matter?
45. Which is/are NOT Abiotic components?
I. Plants II. Animals III. Water
46. A species restricted to a given area is………
47. 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?
48. In which state is the Karingali Puncha wetland located?
49. On which date International Day of Biological Diversity is celebrated?
50. In which of the following states is the Sambhar Lake located?
