The air temperature at a place, 5 m above ground is measured to be 25 °C.

The temperature at an
elevation of 105 m over the same place is found to be 24.4 °C. The atmospheric conditions of that
location is expected to be
Select one:
a. Stable
b. Neutral
c. Inversion has occurred

d. Unstable

Based on field data (US EPA), the following are the grams of SO 2 produced per gram of elemental
Sulphur in the coal
Select one:
a. 2.2 gms
b. 1.9 gms
c. 1.5 gm
d. 2 gms

Indoor Air-pollution due to indoor cigarette smoking can be classified as a

Select one:
a. Meso scale Air pollution issue
b. Macro scale Air pollution issue
c. Micro scale Air pollution issue

d. All of the above

Under normal atmospheric conditions the Wet Adiabatic Lapse Rate is expected to be
Select one:
a. Equal to 10 °C /km
b. Greater than 10 °C / km
c. Less than 10 °C / km
d. Equal to 15 °C / km

A pollutant concentration is reported to be 100 µg/m 3. This is equal to

Select one:
a. 10-6 gm/cm3
b. 10-12 gm/cm3
c. 10-10 gm/cm3
d. 10-9 kg/ m3

In the Line Source Gaussian Dispersion Model, for dispersion of pollutants, The Emission rate has
units of
Select one:
a. Mass / (Volume. Time)
b. Mass / (Length. Time)
c. Mass / (Area. Time)

d. Mass / Time

In the Point Source Gaussian Model, for dispersion of pollutants, the Dispersion Coefficient in the z-
direction, σ z, is considered to be
Select one:
a. Increasing with Distance from the source
b. Decreasing with distance from the source
c. Invariant with distance from the source

d. Depends only on wind velocity

Which of the following gases can cause acidification of Natural water bodies
Select one:
a. SO2
b. NO2
c. CO2

d. All of the above

In the Point Source Gaussian Model, for dispersion of pollutants, the Dispersion Coefficient in the y-
direction, σ y, is considered to be
Select one:
a. Depends only on wind velocity
b. Invariant with distance from the source
c. Decreasing with distance from the source
d. Increasing with Distance from the source

The air temperature at a place, 5 m above ground is measured to be 24.5 °C. The temperature at an
elevation of 105 m over the same place is found to be 25 °C. The atmospheric conditions of that
location is expected to be
Select one:
a. Inversion exits
b. Neutral
c. Unstable
d. Stable

A pollutant concentration is reported to be 1 mg/cm3. This is equal to

Select one:
a. 10-2 gm/cm3
b. 1 kg/m3
c. 106 µg/m3
d. None of the above

The air temperature at a place, 20 m above ground is measured to be 24.5 °C. The temperature at
an elevation of 120 m over the same place is found to be 23.5 °C. The atmospheric conditions of
that location is expected to be
Select one:
a. Unstable
b. Inversion exits
c. Neutral
d. Stable

The air temperature at a place, 10 m above ground is measured to be 24.5 °C. The temperature at
an elevation of 110 m over the same place is found to be 23.2 °C. The atmospheric conditions of
that location is expected to be
Select one:
a. Unstable
b. Stable
c. Neutral
d. Inversion exits

A compound is transformed, due to Photo-chemical reactions, in air into a pollutant. Such a

compound can be called a
Select one:
a. Photo-chemical smog
b. Secondary pollutant
c. Anthropogenic pollutant
d. Primary Pollutant

The variation in the ground level pollutant concentration, due to emission from a tall stack, in the
down-wind direction, along the centerline
Select one:
a. Initially decreases and then increases with distance from the source
b. Shows Continuous Increase with distance from the source
c. Shows continuous decrease with distance from the source

d. Initially increases and then decreases with distance from the source