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Components of Environment - 1

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What is the outcome of adding hazardous waste into the surroundings?

  1. Destruction of habitat

  2. Increased use of land for landfills

  3. Air pollution

  4. Contamination of habitat

  5. None of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 Addition of hazardous wastes in envoirnment will lead to contamination of habitat.

Which of the following will NOT occur if mean temperature of earth increases?

  1. Rising sea level

  2. Increased agricultural productivity

  3. Alteration in weather patterns

  4. Worsening health effects

  5. All of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 Global warming cannot increase the agricultural yield, rather it will be affected adversely.

Which of the following will occur due to depletion of ozone layer?

  1. Increase in temperature of earth

  2. Decrease in oxygen content of atmosphere.

  3. Increased amount of UV radiation reaching earth

  4. Rise in sea levels and melting of glaciers

  5. Acid rain


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 Ozone layer prevents ultravoilet rays from reaching earth's surface. Depletion of ozone layer will lead to increased amount of UV raus reaching earth's surface.

Which of the following is NOT responsible for causing greenhouse effect?

  1. CO2

  2. CO

  3. CFCs

  4. CH4

  5. All of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 CFCs are responsible for causing depletion of ozone layer. It does not cause greenhouse effect.

Which of the following is the main outcome of burning fossil fuels?

  1. Destruction of habitat

  2. Increased use of land

  3. Air pollution

  4. Contamination of habitat

  5. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 Burning of fossil fuels releases a lot of pollutants into the atmosphere like sulphur dioxide, carbon dioxide, etc., which have various environmental effects. Hence, air is polluted.

Which of the following group of gases have highest concentration in atmosphere?

  1. Oxygen and Hydrogen

  2. Hydrogen and Nitrogen

  3. Nitrogen and Oxygen

  4. Carbon dioxide and Hydrogen

  5. Carbon dioxide and water vapours


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 Nitrogen and oxygen are the main components of the atmosphere by volume. Together these two gases make up approximately 99% of the dry atmosphere. But Nitrogen is present in the highest concentration(78.08%).

Which of the following gas is trapped by leguminous plants?

  1. Nitrogen

  2. Oxygen

  3. Hydrogen

  4. Methane

  5. Sulphur dioxide


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 Nitrogen gas is trapped by leguminous plants. It can take free nitrogen from air.

Which of the following is responsible for causing depletion of ozone layer?

  1. N2O

  2. CO2

  3. CFCs

  4. CH4

  5. All of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 Manmade chemicals like chlorofluorocarbons is the major depleters of the ozone layer. It is  manufactured for the purposes of refrigerant or aerosol propellant. 

Which of the following pair of gases are main contributors in formation of acid rain?

  1. Methane and Sulphur Dioxide

  2. Sulphur dioxide and Nitrous oxide

  3. Methane and ozone

  4. Carbon dioxide and Sulphur dioxide

  5. All of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 Two gases which contribute to acid rain are  

  1. SO2 (sulfur dioxide) will make sulphuric acid.
  2. NOx (oxides of nitrogen from combustion) will make nitric acid.

Which of the following elements form primary macronutrients of soil?

  1. C, O & He

  2. O, Cu & C

  3. K, P & N

  4. Bo, Zn & Mn

  5. C, H and O


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 K, P & N are the three main macronutrients present in the soil

Which of the following is major source of groundwater replenishment?

  1. Land fills

  2. Septic Tanks

  3. Irrigation

  4. Underground storage tanks

  5. Rain


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

 Major source of groundwater replenishment is by rain.

Which of the following is not an important characteristic of green revolution?

  1. Monoculture

  2. Mechanized Agriculture

  3. Hybrid seeds

  4. Slash & burn

  5. All of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 Slash & burn are not a characteristic of green revolution.

Which of the following processes result in formation of soil ?

  1. Erosion

  2. Weathering

  3. Evaporation

  4. Precipitation

  5. All of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 Breaking down of rocks into small particles by action of water, wind and other elements of weather is called weathering.

The major in-stream use of water is for

  1. Production hydroelectric power

  2. Dissolving industrial wastes

  3. Agricultural irrigation

  4. Domestic use

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A

What will be the consequence of mining groundwater in coastal areas ?

  1. Increase in salinity of groundwater

  2. Decrease in toxicity of groundwater

  3. Decrease in salinity of groundwater

  4. Increase in water table

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Increased mining in coastal areas will result in increased salinity of groundwater. 

Which of the following is not considered as the part of water use planning?

  1. Water division projects

  2. Stem sewer drainage

  3. Salinization

  4. Waste wastes treatment

  5. All of these


Correct Option: E
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