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Pollution Of Air And Water MCQs

1. Which of the following contents is most harmful to aquatic animals?

a) Heavy metal ions

b) Sodium ions

c) Potassium ions

d) Chloride ions

Answer: Heavy metal ions

2. Water containing high salt concentration can be purified by

a) boiling

b) UV irradiation

c) filtration

d) reverse osmosis

Answer: reverse osmosis

3. Which of the following is a non-biodegradable pollutant?

a) Sulphur dioxide

b) DDT

c) Nitrogen oxide

d) Hydrogen oxide

Answer: DDT

4. Which of the following is major source of water pollution?

a) Industrial wastes

b) Untreated sewage

c) Use of fertilisers

d) Toxic metals

Answer: Untreated sewage

5. Which of the following techniques of irrigation should be used to save water?

a) Water wheel

b) Canal irrigation

c) Drip irrigation

d) Lift irrigation

Answer: Drip irrigation

6. Carbon monoxide in vehicle exhaust causes

a) Increased oxygen carrying capacity of RBCs

b) Reduced Nitrogen carrying capacity of RBCs

c) Reduced oxygen carrying capacity of RBCs

d) Reduced carbon carrying capacity of RBCs

Answer: Reduced oxygen carrying capacity of RBCs

7. Smog =

a) Smoke in dog’s stomach

b) Smoke + fog

c) Smoke dog

d) frog in fog

Answer: Smoke + fog

8. The gas used in refrigerating appliance causing serious damage to ozone is

a) MFCs

b) CFCs

c) LPCs

d) DPCs

Answer: CFCs

9. Acid rain mainly contains

a) Sodium chloride

b) Sulphur dioxide and Nitrogen dioxide

c) Hydrochloric acid

d) Carbon tetra chloride

Answer: Sulphur dioxide and Nitrogen dioxide

10. Marble cancer is caused by

a) bacteria

b) virus

c) Acid rain

d) Alkali rain

Answer: Acid rain

11. Which gas is the major pollutant of air?

a) Carbon monoxide

b) Nitrogen

c) Oxygen

d) Propane

Answer: Carbon monoxide

12. The increase in concentration of which gas is not responsible for Global Warming?

a) Sulphur dioxide

b) Nitrogen

c) Carbon dioxide

d) Methane

Answer: Nitrogen

13. In which year Ganga Action Plan was launched?

a) 1980

b) 1984

c) 1982

d) 1985

Answer: 1985

14. What radiations are absorbed by CO2?

a) Ultrared radiations

b) Infrared radiations

c) Ultraviolet radiations

d) None of these

Answer: Infrared radiations

15. Which element is present in the exhaust of automobiles?

a) Lead

b) Calcium

c) Chromium

d) Magnesium

Answer: Lead

16. The phenomenon of marble cancer is due to

a) soil particles

b) fog

c) CFCs

d) acid rain

Answer: acid rain

17. The solid or liquid particles dispersed in the air are called

a) oxides

b) acids

c) hydrocarbons

d) aerosols

Answer: aerosols

18. The type of pollution which is likely to affect Taj Mahal in Agra to a greater extent is

a) air pollution

b) soil pollution

c) water pollution

d) noise pollution

Answer: air pollution

19. The major causes of air pollution include

a) burning of coal and petroleum

b) afforestation

c) deforestation

d) recycling of paper

Answer: burning of coal and petroleum

20. Bhopal tragedy was caused due to

a) air pollution

b) emission of poisonous gas

c) water pollution

d) leakage of poisonous gas

Answer: leakage of poisonous gas

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