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Pollution - A Rising Environmental Problem

Description: Pollution - A rising environmental problem
Number of Questions: 15
Created by: Sara Dalvi
Tags: Pollution - A rising environmental problem Types of Pollution Air Pollution Acid Rain Ozone Layer Depletion Global Warming

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Which of the following is not a source of pollution?

Emission of gases from motor vehicles
Entry of cockroaches in a house
Emission of smoke from industrial furnace
Emission of CO₂ from respiring organisms
None of the above

Which of following does not affect the surrounding air badly?

Oil spills and detergents
Vehicle industry
Brick kilns
Garbage brick kilns
all of the above

Thermal pollution, oil spills and household detergents are the sources of _______.

air pollution
water pollution
soil pollution
noise pollution

Which of the following gaseous pollutants is not emitted from vehicles?

Carbon dioxide (CO₂)
Sulphur dioxide (SO₂)
Fluorine oxide (FO)
Carbon monoxide (CO)

Which of the following is NOT a biodegradable waste?

Vegetable peel
Hay
Sewage
Plastic
Paper waste

Consider the following sources of air pollution: (a) Burning of garbage (b) Industrial water (c) Forest fires (d) Ash from burning volcanoes Which source(s) of pollution is/are NOT under human control?

Both (b) and (c)
Both (c) and (d)
Both (a) and (d)
Both (a) and (b)

Which of the following is the main radiation pollutant of the Ferkushima Daiiche Nuclear Plant Accident?

Cobalt 60
Iodine 131
Cesium 137
Selenium 75

Which of the following is responsible for yellowing of Taj Mahal?

Global warming
Acid rain
Ozone layer depletion
Greenhouse effect

Which of the following is not a harmful effect of acid rain?

Respiratory problems like asthma, living disorder, etc.
Damage to vegetation grown in fields.
Erosion of incrust movements, statue and sculpture.
Increased acidity of river and lake water.

Match the following:


Pollution	Abetments
(a) Air pollution	(i) Setting up of sewage treatment plants
(b) Soil pollution	(ii) Use of unleaded petrol and CNG
(c) Noise pollution	(iii) Prohibition in blowing horns
(d) Water pollution	(iv) Greater use of compost, i.e organic matter

a – (i), b – (ii), c – (iii), d – (iv)
a – (ii), b – (iv), c – (iii), d – (i)
a – (i), b – (iv), c – (iii), d – (ii)
a – (ii), b – (iv), c – (ii), d - (iii)
a – (iii), b – (ii), c – (i), d – (iv)

Which of the following measures is not useful in checking noise pollution?

Restriction on loud speakers
Planting trees by the roadside
Prohibiting the burning of fire crackers
Restriction on watching TV or listening to radio inside houses

Match the following:


Pollution	Harmful effect
(i) Soil pollution	(a) Respiratory problems
(ii) Air pollution	(b) Genetic variations
(iii) Radiation	(c) Death of fish
(iv) Water pollution	(d) Loss of field of crops

(i) – (d), (ii) – (b), (iii) – (c), and (iv) – (a)
(i) – (b), (ii) – (a), (iii) – (d), and (iv) – (c)
(i) – (c), (ii) – (a), (iii) – (b), and (iv) – (d)
(i) – (d), (ii) – (a), (iii) – (b), and (iv) – (c)
(i) – (a), (ii) – (b), (iii) – (c), and (iv) – (d)

Which of the following is responsible for ozone layer depletion?

Carbon dioxide (CO₂)
Carbon monoxide (CO)
Nitrogen dioxide (NO₂)
Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)

The continuous increase in temperature, melting of snow caps and decline in food production are caused due to

acid rain
global warming
ozone layer depletion
smog

Which of the following leads to genetic variations, bone cancer and skin cancer?

Air pollution
Water pollution
Soil pollution
Radiation

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