NPTEL Course

Course: Air Pollution and Control

Solution for Week 3 Assignment 3

Please select the correct option. All question contains only one correct answer.
1. According to the Pasquill-Gifford stability classification, the stability class ‘E’ is:
a. Very stable
b. Slightly stable
c. Slightly unstable
d. Neutral
2. Identify the type of plume based on the figure given below (DALR- Dry
Adiabatic Lapse Rate and ELR – Environmental Lapse Rate):

a. Looping
b. Coning
c. Fumigation
d. Lofting
3. The bottom 10 % of the atmospheric boundary layer is called as
a. Surface layer
b. Stable boundary layer
c. Residual layer
d. Mixed layer
4. As per CPCB recommendations, the minimum value for chimney/stack height
adopted for industries except for thermal power plant is ___________.
a. 30 m
b. 20 m
c. 15 m
d. 10 m
5. _________ is the number of times monitoring data is obtained and recorded
over a specified time interval.
a. Measurement Techniques
b. Indicator(s) of performance
c. Monitoring Frequency
d. Averaging time
6. Cities in which the ambient air concentrations have consistently exceeded the
National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for a period of 5 years are
called as
a. Attainment cities
b. Non-attainment cities
c. Megacities
d. Green cities

7. When an air pollution index gives a false alarm even though concentrations of
all the pollutants are within the permissible limit except for one pollutant, it is
called
a. Eclipsing
b. Ambiguity
c. Maximum operator approach
d. Minimum operator approach
8. If AQI comes out to be 169, what would be the AQI category as per CPCB?
a. Satisfactory
b. Moderate
c. Poor
d. Severe
9. Classification of air quality models based on the coordinate system is:
a. Short-term and long-term models
b. Reactive and non-reactive models
c. Grid-based and trajectory models
d. Screening and refined models
10. Air Quality Modelling in Urban Regions using an Optimal Resolution Approach
(AURORA) model is based on
a. Box model
b. Eulerian model
c. Gaussian model
d. Lagrangian model