NPTEL Course

Course : Air Pollution and Control

Solution for Week 2 Assignment 2

Please select the correct option. All question contains only one correct answer.

1. Air pollutants which forms the haze, impacts visibility by _________ of light in the
atmosphere.
a. Scattering and absorption
b. Only scattering
c. Only absorption
d. None of the above
2. Which of the following soil type is more resistant to acid rain
a. Quartzite
b. Granite
c. Gneiss
d. Limestone
3. Identify the criteria pollutant from the following options
a. Carbon dioxide (CO2)
b. Dioxin
c. Carbon Monoxide (CO)
d. Asbestos
4. The ozone layer which protects the earth from harmful ultraviolet rays is located in:
a. Troposphere
b. Stratosphere
c. Mesosphere
d. Exosphere
5. Formation of ozone is an example of the phase transformation from:
a. Liquid to gas
b. Solid to gas
c. Gas to gas
d. Liquid to liquid
6. The _____________ is the major chemical scavenger in the troposphere and it
controls the atmospheric lifetime of most gases in the troposphere.
a. Ozone
b. hydroxyl radical (OH)
c. photochemical smog
d. volatile organic compounds
7. Earth rotates on its axis, circulating air is deflected towards the right in the Northern
Hemisphere and towards the left in the Southern Hemisphere. This deflection is
called
a. Circulation
b. Coriolis effect
c. Convection
d. None of the above
8. The process of the conversion of a liquid chemical into a vapor, which then escapes into the
atmosphere is called
a. Volatilization
b. Adsorption
c. Absorption
d. Ionization
9. Consider the following figure and select the correct option:

The air parcel will:

a. Rise
b. Sink
c. No change
d. None of the above
10. Consider the following figure and select the correct option:

The types of atmospheric stability is:

a. Absolute instability
b. Absolutely stable
c. Conditional stability
d. Neutral