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Which of the following is a respiratory disease?

  1. Bronchitis

  2. Diarrhoea

  3. Syphilis

  4. Diabetes

  5. CAD

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Bronchitis is a respiratory disease.

Which of the following causes hole in ozone umbrella?

  1. Methane

  2. Oxygen

  3. Carbon monoxide

  4. Argon

  5. CFCs

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Correct Option: E
Explanation:

CFCs cause hole in ozone umbrella.

Which of the following is a natural cause of air pollution?

  1. Automobile exhaust

  2. Volcanoes

  3. Petroleum refining

  4. Exhaust from cement factory

  5. Exhaust from pesticide production unit

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Volcanoes are a natural cause of air pollution.

Ozone makes up the ozone umbrella, which protects the earth from harmful ultraviolet radiations. What is 'bad ozone'?

  1. Ozone in troposphere

  2. Ozone which rises to outer space

  3. Ozone that degrades in the ozone umbrella

  4. Ozone in the stratosphere

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Ozone in troposphere increases air pollution.

What is marble cancer?

  1. Cancer in mouth

  2. Acid rain corroding marble monuments

  3. Cancer in bone

  4. Cancer in animals

  5. Cancer in industrial workers

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Acid rain corroding marble structures and monuments is termed as marble cancer.

Which of the following can reduce carbon dioxide in atmosphere?

  1. Plants

  2. Marble

  3. Pesticides

  4. Vehicles

  5. Fossil fuels

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Plants take up carbon dioxide during photosynthesis and give out oxygen.

Which is the best way to get rid of biodegradable wastes?

  1. Burning

  2. Vermicomposting

  3. STP's

  4. Sanitary landfill

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Vermicomposting is the best way to get rid of biodegradable wastes.

Kyoto Protocol was to

  1. prevent acid rain

  2. prevent pesticide over-application

  3. decrease water pollution

  4. reduce emission of greenhouse gases

  5. save major rivers from pollution

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Kyoto Protocol was to reduce emission of greenhouse gases.

Which of the following is an effect of water pollution?

  1. Eutrophication

  2. Acid rain

  3. Hole in ozone umbrella

  4. Global warming

  5. A world wonder like Taj Mahal being affected

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Eutrophication is caused due to nutrient enrichment of water resulting in algal blooms.

Which of the following gases is the most dangerous when inhaled?

  1. Carbon dioxide

  2. Nitrogen

  3. Carbon monoxide

  4. Oxygen

  5. Methane

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Carbon monoxide is the most dangerous when inhaled as it can lead to significant toxicity to the central nervous system and heart and can even cause death.

________ produced by combustion of fuels like coal in thermal power plants can permanently damage the lungs.

  1. Nitrogen dioxide

  2. Methane

  3. Ozone

  4. Sulphur dioxide

  5. Carbon dioxide

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Sulphur dioxide produced in thermal power plants can permanently damage the lungs of the workers.

Which of the following is not a measure adopted to make water safe?

  1. Boiling

  2. STP’s

  3. Nutrients added to water

  4. Chlorination

  5. Using a filter

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Nutrients added to water cause eutrophication which generally promotes excessive plant growth and decay, favouring simple algae and plankton over other more complicated plants, and causes a severe reduction in water quality.

Which of the following is not an effect of global warming?

  1. Rise in temperature of the Earth

  2. Water pollution

  3. Melting of polar ice caps

  4. Rise in sea level

  5. Odd climatic changes

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Water pollution is not an effect of global warming.

Which of the following measures was not adopted by Delhi Government to reduce air pollution?

  1. Public buses shifted to CNG

  2. Using catalytic converters in vehicles

  3. Phasing out of old vehicles

  4. Large scale burning of plastic waste

  5. Applying strict pollution control norms.

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Burning of plastic waste would increase the air pollution. So, it was not adopted.

Which of the following cannot reduce air pollution?

  1. Industries using CNG

  2. Catalytic convertor used in automobiles

  3. STPs

  4. Unleaded petrol in vehicles

  5. Thermal power plants using electrostatic precipitator

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) are meant to reduce water polution.

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