Unit I: Environmental pollution-A

1. The atmosphere of big cities is polluted most by________

A) Household waste
B) Radioactive fall out
C) Automobile exhausts
D) Pesticides
ANSWER: C
2. Dysentery spread due to ___
A) Food adulteration
B) Humid weather
C) Water pollution
D) Air pollution
ANSWER: C
3. Maximum deposition of DDT will occur in ____
A. Phytoplankton
B. Crab
C. Eel
D. Sea Gull
ANSWER: D
4. Biochemical oxygen demand measures __________
A. Industrial pollution
B. Polluting capacity of effluents
C. Air pollution
D. Dissolved O2 needed by microbes to decompose organic waste
ANSWER: D
5. Diseases caused by eating fish inhabiting mercury contaminated water is ________
A. Bright’s disease
B. Minimata disease
C. Hashimoto disease
D. Osteosclerosis
ANSWER: B
6. Taj Mahalat at Agra may be damaged by _________
A. Sulphur dioxide
B. Chlorine
C. Hydrogen
D. Oxygen
ANSWER: A
7. Increasing skin cancer and high mutation rate are the result of _________
A. Ozone depletion
B. Acid rain
C. CO2 pollution
D. CO pollution
ANSWER: A
8. Fluoride pollution mainly affects ________.
A. Kidney
B. Brain
 C. Heart
D. Teeth
ANSWER: D
9. Acid rain is caused by increase in the atmospheric concentration of _________
A. Ozone and dust
B. SO2 and NO2
C. SO3 and CO
D. CO2 and CO
ANSWER: B
10. The process increase in the concentration of a pollutant with increasing trophic level in a
food chain is known as ____________
A. Eutrophication
B. salination
C. Biomagnification
D. Deposition
ANSWER: C
11. Out of the following __________ is not a secondary pollutant.
A. PAN
B. Photochemical smo
C. Particulate Matter
D. Aerosols
ANSWER: C
12. Cardio respiratory failure may cause due to ___________ primary pollutant.
A. Smog
B. Carbon monoxide
C. Nitrogen dioxides
D. Sulfur dioxides
ANSWER: B
13. ________________ pollutant present in car exhaust and power plants
A. Smog
B. Carbon monoxide
C. Nitrogen dioxides
D. Sulfur dioxides
ANSWER: C
14. The major anthropogenic sources of ___________ include solvent use, dry cleaning,
production of alcoholic drinks and oil production etc.
A. VOC's
B. Ozone
C. PM
D. Aerosols
ANSWER: A
15. What is the chemical name of Mist?
A. SO3
B. NO3
C. H2SO4
D. HNO3
 ANSWER: C
16. __________ is a condition where high amount of nitrogen present in some pollutants gets
developed on sea’s surface and turns itself into algae.
A. Eutrophication
B. salination
C. Biomagnification
D. Deposition
ANSWER: A
17. Cars should be equipped with _____________, which oxidizes CO to CO2.
A. catalytic reactor tubes
B. condenser
C. exhaust fans
D. Air conditioners
ANSWER: A
18. All pollutants are degradable.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: B
B. Smog causes cracking of rubber.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: A
19. PAN is a primary pollutant.
A) True
B) False
ANSWER: B
20. Underground water is non-polluted and safe.
A) True
B) False
ANSWER: B
21. Lichens can serve as indicators to detect pollution of air by SO2.
A) True
B) False
ANSWER: A
22. Leaking underground storage tanks that contain chemicals or fuels such as gasoline is the Non
point source of water pollution.
A) True
B) False
ANSWER: B
23. The accute effect due to noise pollution leads to Distress & Emotional Disturbance.
A) True
B) False
ANSWER: B
24. Rubbish is nothing but the non-degradable or slowly degradable sold waste.
A) True
B) False
ANSWER: A
25. Which of the following on inhalation dissolves in the blood haemoglobin more rapidly
than oxygen ?
A. Sulphur dioxide
B. Ozone
C. Carbon monoxide
D. Nitrous oxide
ANSWER: C
26. Out of following is not a type of water pollution.
A. Nutrient pollution
B. VOC pollution
C. Microbiological pollution
D. Oil Spillage pollution
ANSWER: B
27. No. Of sound waves passing through a fixed point in One Second is called ______ of the
Wave.
A. Frequency
B. Amplitude
C. Wavelength
D. Time period
ANSWER: A
28. The noise/sound above _______gives discomfort to the Human.
A. 65 dBA
B. 110 dBA
C. 135 dBA
D. 150 dBA
ANSWER: B
29. In Nuclear____________, the heavy nucleus splits into two nuclei and it releases a huge
energy.
A. Fusion
B. Fission
ANSWER: B
30. ___________carries one unit of negative charge and interacts strongly with matter.
A. Alpha radiation
B. Cosmic radiation
C. Gamma radiation
D. Beta radiation
ANSWER: D
31. More serious side effects due to _____________may include some nerve damage and
either the death or hardening (called fibrosis) of healthy tissue.
A. Air pollution
B. Nuclear pollution
C. Water pollution
D. Soil Pollution
ANSWER: B
32. Water logging may occur due to which cause of soil pollution?
A. shifting cultivation
 B. Agricultural activities
C. Overcrowded landfills
D. Unskilled irrigation
ANSWER: D
33. Out of the following which one is not a type of Solid waste?
A. Municipal solid waste
B. Biomedical solid waste
C. Chemical solid waste
D. Hazardous solid waste
ANSWER: C
34. Attack of asthma in certain persons may be due to __________
A. Eating of same seasonal vegetation
B. Inhalation of some air borne pollen
C. Exposure to cold temperature
D. Low concentration of CO2 due to increased rate of photosynthesis
ANSWER: B
35. Out of the following ___________ is recyclable.
A. Aluminium lined dishware
B. takeaway food parcels
C. PPE kits
D. small shampoo sachets
ANSWER: C
36. _________is a principle where the polluting party pays for the impact caused to the
environment.
A. 3R Principle
B. Polluter pays principle
C. Eco friendly principle
ANSWER: B
37. Out of follwing methods ________is not a sanitary landfill method.
A. Trench method
B. Bangalore method
C. Ramp method
D. Area method
ANSWER: B
38. In ______________ method of disposal of solid waste, one layer is refuse and one layer
is night soil is used.
A. Area method
B. Ramp method
C. Bangalore method
D. Trench method
ANSWER: C
39. ____________ is a philosophy that encourages the redesign of resource life cycle so that
all products are reused.
A. RFID
B. Zero waste
C. 3R' s Hierarchy
 D. Polluter pay principle
ANSWER: B
40. Gas leaked in Bhopal tragedy was ____
A. Potassium isothiocynate
B. Sodium isothiocynate
C. Ethyl isocyanate
D. Methyl isocyanate
ANSWER: D
41. Ozone layer of upper atmosphere is being destroyed by ______--
A. Sulphur dioxide
B. Photochemical oxidants
C. Chlorofluorocarbon
D. Smog
ANSWER: C
42. Ozone depletion in the stratosphere will cause _____
A. Increased incidence of skin cancer
B. Forest fires
C. Global warming
D. None of these
43. ANSWER: A
44. The ultraviolet radiations in the stratosphere are absorbed by _____
A. Ozone
B. Oxygen
C. Sulphur dioxide
D. Argon
ANSWER: A
45. Nitrogen oxide and hydrocarbons released by automobiles interact to form
A. Carbon monoxide
B. Sulphur dioxide
C. PAN
D. Aerosols
ANSWER: C