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V.S.B ENGINEERING COLLEGE, KARUR

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
OCE551-AIR POLLUTION AND CONTROL ENGINEERING-MCQ TEST
Academic Year: 2020-21 (ODD Semester)

Year/Semester & Branch: III / V and B.E/B.Tech. - CSE-A, B & BME

Faculty Name: Mr.M.Mohamed Nasurudeen Date: 29.10.20
Max. Marks: 60 Time: 60 mins
Multiple Choice Questions- Answer ALL Questions
1. Which of the following gas is more in percentage in the air?
(a) Oxygen gas (b) Nitrogen gas (c) Water vapour (d) Carbon dioxide gas
2. Increased levels of air pollution results in _______.
(a) Soil erosion (b) Global warming (c) Respiratory problems (d) All of the above
3. What is the total percentage of nitrogen gas in the air?
(a) 12 per cent (b) 21 per cent (c) 78 per cent (d) 87 per cent
4. Which of the following gases are called Greenhouse gases?
(a) Methane (b) Nitrogen (c) Carbon dioxide (d) Both a and c
5. Smoke, fumes, ash, dust, nitric oxide and sulphur dioxide are the main sources of
(a) Primary Pollutants (b) Secondary pollutants (c) Bio-Degradable Pollutants (d) None of the above
6. Which of the following agents is mainly responsible for the secondary pollutants?
(a) Smog and Ozone (b) Sulphur trioxide (c) Nitrogen dioxide (d) All of the above
7. How many different types of primary pollutants together contribute about 90 per cent of the global air
pollution?
(a) Three (b) Five (c) Seven (d) None of the above
8. The major photochemical smog is________.
(a) Hydrogen peroxide (b) Chlorofluorocarbon (c) Peroxyacetyl nitrate (d) All of the above
9. Which of the following agents is responsible for turning the Taj Mahal yellow?
(a) Sulphur (b) Chlorine (c) Sulphur dioxide (d) Nitrogen dioxide
10. Which of the following particles is called the particulate pollutants?
(a) Ozone (b) Radon (c) Fly Ash (d) Ethylene
11. The vertical temperature gradient of the ambient air
(a) Super adiabatic lapse rate (b) Sub adiabatic lapse rate (c) Dry adiabatic lapse rate (d) ELR
12. Calm represents a condition when the velocity of the wind is less than
(a) 10 Kmph (b) 6 Kmph (c) 3 Kmph (d) 1 Kmph
13. Fog is responsible for
(a) Bronchits (b) Opacity (c) Dizziness (d) Crop Failure
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14. Dust domes are formed because of

(a) Global warming (b) Acid rains (c) Heat islands (d) ozone depletion
15. When the plume rises vertically upward it is
(a) Looping Plume (b) Coning Plume (c) Fanning Plume (d) Neutral Plume
16. What range of air quality index has the most severe impact on human health?
(a) 101-200 (b) 201-300 (c) 301-400 (d) 401-500
17. Which of the following plants aid as an indicator to ozone pollution?
(a) Tomato (b) Tobacco (c) Watermelon (d) All of the mentioned
18. How many parameters are taken into consideration when measuring air quality in India?
(a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 8 (d) 9
19. Which of the following pollutants are considered when measuring air quality?
(a) CO, O3, PM2.5 (b) NH3, PM10, Pb (c) NO2, SO2 (d) All of the mentioned
20. The Air Quality Index is based on measurement of particulate matter.
(a) PM2.5 and PM10 (b) PM1 and PM8 (c) PM5 and PM10 (d) PM10 and PM25
21. Which of the mentioned devices are used for removing vapour phase/ gaseous pollutants?
(a) Absorption towers (b) Catalytic converters (c) Thermal oxidizers (d) All of the mentioned
22. The National Air Quality Index (AQI) in India was launched on 17 September 2014 in New Delhi
Under the Swachh Bharat Abiyan by
(a) Shri Narendra Modi (b) Shri Amit Shah (c) Shri PrakashJavadekar (d) Shri Raj Nath Singh
23. Which of the following is a liquid form of aerosol?
(a) Fume (b) Dust (c) Mist (d) Smoke
24. Which gas is mainly produced due to incomplete burning of wood?
(a) CO (b) SO2 (c) NO2 (d) NO3
25. Which of the following leads to a disease called Broncho Spasm?
(a) SO2 (b) SO3 (c) SO4 (d) CO2
26. Which of the following is not a source of air Pollution?
(a) Automobile Exhaust (b) Burning of Firewood (c) Wind mill (d) Power Plant
27. The Pollution Standard Index (PSI) scale has span from
(a) 0-200 (b) 0-300 (c) 0-400 (d) 0-500
28. Which of the following is involved in production of carboxy hemoglobin?
(a) CO (b) SO2 (c) NO2 (d) NO3
29. Supersonic jets causes pollution by thinning of
(a) CO2 layer (b) SO2 layer (c) O3 layer (d) O2 layer
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30. All are particulate pollutants except

(a) Dust (b) Smoke (c) Ozone (d) Soot
31. The Major Contributor of Carbon Monoxide is
(a) Motor Vehicle (b) Industrial process (c) Fuel Combustion (d) None of the above
32. Which of the following is not considered as a secondary pollutant?
(a) Photochemical Smog (b) Peroxy acetyl nitrate (c) Acid mist (d) Carbon Monoxide
33. The most abundant hydrocarbon in the atmosphere.
(a) Methane (b) Ethane (c) Carbonyl Sulphide (d) None of the above
34. The major source for sulphur-di-oxide
(a) Volcanic eruptions (b) Coal and crude oil combustion (c) Burning of petrol (d) Sewage
35. What is the size range of atmospheric particulate matter?
(a) 0.1-10 microns (b) 0.1- 1 micron (c) 1-10 microns (d) 10-100 microns
36. The Permissible concentration of PM 10 in the air is
(a) 40μg/m3 (b) 60μg/m3 (c) 50μg/m3 (d) 20μg/m3
37. In which of the following plumes, stable condition prevails?
(a) Lofting (b) Fanning (c) Neutral (d) Fumigating
38. Which of the following plume is worst for the dispersion of pollutants?
(a) Trapping (b) Fanning (c) Neutral (d) Fumigating
39. The rate at which temperature decreases as altitude increases is known as
(a) Temperature Slope (b) Lapse rate (c) Sounding (d) Thermocline
40. The hot Plume from the stack goes upto a certain distance into the atmosphere due to
(a) Plume rise (b) Air Pollution (c) Buoyancy and momentum (d) All of the above
41. Which of the following is the correct expression of the height of chimney emitting particulate matter?
(a) HC = 74 QP0.27 (b) HC = 74 QP0.33 (c) HC = 74 QP0.47 (d) HC = 74 QP0.33
42. According to BIS, a minimum stack height is
(a) 20 (b) 30 (c) 25 (d) 40
43. Factors Affecting Plume Rise are
(a) Exit Velocity (b) Wind Speed (c) Lapse Rate (d) All of the above
44. When the Environmental Lapse rate (ELR) is greater than Adiabatic lapse rate(ALR), then which
of the following?
(a) Super adiabatic lapse rate (b) Sub adiabatic lapse rate (c) NLR (d) ALR
45. Most hazardous metal pollutant of automobile exhausts is
(a) Mercury (b) Cadmium (c) Lead (d) Copper
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46. DDT and Aluminium cans are examples of 

(a) Primary Pollutants (b) Secondary pollutants (c) Biodegradable Pollutants (d) Non Biodegradable
47. Ultraviolet radiations from sunlight causes a reaction that produces
(a) Fluorides (b) Carbon Monoxide (c) Sulphur-di-oxide (d) Ozone
48. Ozone layer of upper atmosphere is being destroyed by
(a) CFC (b) SO2 (c) Smog (d) Photochemical oxidants
49. The atmosphere is divided into how many layers?
(a) Two (b) Three (c) Four (d) Five
50. At every 1 km increase in altitude, the air gets about
(a) 10 °C cooler (b) 6.5 °C hotter (c) 6.5 °C cooler (d) 20 °C cooler
51. The temperature of the thermosphere is up to
(a) 120 °C (b) 1200 °C (c) 1800 °C (d) 1000 °C
52. Which of the following pollutant affects the plants most?
(a) Fluorine (b) PAN (c) SO2 (d) HCL
53. Acid rain contains
(a) Sulphuric acid (b) Nitric acid (c) Both a and b (d) Hydrochloric acid
54. Airborne substances cause’s allergies are known as
(a) Lung disease (b) Asthma (c) Flocculation (d) Aeroallergens
55. HCFC’s can be used in refrigerants instead of
(a) CO2 (b) Chlorine (c) CFC’s (d) NO2
56. The Protocol which decided to completely phase out CFC is
(a) Montreal Protocol (b) Kyoto Protocol (c) Cartagena Protocol (d) Stockholm Protocol
57. The ozone layer is present in which atmospheric layer
(a) Lithosphere (b) Ionosphere (c) Stratosphere (d) Biosphere
58. Bhopal gas tragedy was due to
(a) Air pollution (b) Soil pollution (c) Water Pollution (d) None of the above
59. Rain is called acid rain when its pH is below
(a) 7 (b) 6.5 (c) 6 (d) 5.6
60. Sulphur Oxides, acids gases react with moisture and sunlight and reduction in tensile strength
(a) Textiles (b) Rubber (c) Paints (d) Paper

Prepared by Approved by

(Mr.M.Mohamed Nasurudeen AP / Civil) (Mr.R.Gowrishankar HOD/ Civil)