Pollution of Air and Water

practice questions on pollution

15 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a respiratory disease?

  1. Bronchitis
  2. Diarrhoea
  3. Syphilis
  4. Diabetes
  5. CAD
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following causes hole in ozone umbrella?

  1. Methane
  2. Oxygen
  3. Carbon monoxide
  4. Argon
  5. CFCs
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following can reduce carbon dioxide in atmosphere?

  1. Plants
  2. Marble
  3. Pesticides
  4. Vehicles
  5. Fossil fuels
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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

  1. Burning
  2. Vermicomposting
  3. STP's
  4. Sanitary landfill
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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

  1. Carbon dioxide
  2. Nitrogen
  3. Carbon monoxide
  4. Oxygen
  5. Methane
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

________ 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
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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.
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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