Green chemistry - class-XI
Quiz on green chemistry principles, objectives, and applications including reduction of hazardous chemicals, renewable resources, and environmentally friendly industrial processes.
Questions
Switching from air to pure oxygen eliminates the NO production. This is an application of:
- Green chemistry
- waste management
- Green revolution
- none of above
Whenever practicable, synthetic methods should be designed to use and generate substances that are little or not toxic to human health and environment, is an objective of:
- waste management
- green chemistry
- air pollution
- green revolution
Current commercial method for producing ibuprofen is a stunning application of Green chemistry because ______ .
- ibuprofen is an anti-inflammatory drug and has various applications
- the previous method required large amounts of solvents and generated large wastes compared to the current method
- it has very important medicinal value
- this compound has very less side effects after usage
To manufacture computer chips, many chemicals, large amounts of water, and energy are required which is harmful to environment. a process is discovered which significantly reduces the quantities of chemicals, energy, and water needed to produce chips. This is an application of:
- Green chemistry
- waste management
- revolution resource recovery
- Green revolution
A raw material feedstock should be renewable rather than depleting, whenever technically and ecomonically practical, is an objective of:
- Green revolution
- Green chemistry
- waste management
- revolution resource recovery
Plastics being developed from eco-friendly renewable sources, plus some modern plastics are biodegradable is one of the achievements of________.
- Green revolution
- Waste management
- Revolution resource recovery
- Green chemistry
Which of the following is not an objective of Green chemistry?
- It is better to prevent waste than to treat or clean up waste after it has been created.
- The use of auxiliary substances (e.g., solvents, separation agents, etc.) should be made unnecessary wherever possible and innocuous when used.
- Energy requirements of chemical processes should be recognized for their environmental and economic impacts and should be minimized. If possible, synthetic methods should be conducted at ambient temperature and pressure.
- None of the above
Biomass is used instead of extensive use of petroleum. This is an application of :
- Green revolution
- waste management
- Green chemistry
- revolution resource recovery
_______ is an environment-friendly product and better than halons which are used to extinguish fire.
- Ibuprofen
- Pyrocool
- Carcinogen
- Carbon-dioxide
Taking chromium and arsenic, which are toxic, out of pressure-treated wood, and using new less toxic chemicals for bleaching paper, are examples of _________.
- Green chemistry
- Green revolution
- revolution resource recovery
- waste management
Plastic used to preserve yogurts is replaced with a polymer called polylactic acid is an example of _______.
- green chemistry
- waste management
- green revolution
- none of above
Which one of the following is not an application of green chemistry?
- Replacement of CFCs by ${CO} _{2}$ as lowing agent in the manufacture of polystyrene foam sheets
- Reacting methylamine and phsogene to produce metyl isocyanate
- Replacement of organotions by sea-nine as anti fouling compound in sea marines
- Catalytic dehydrogenation of the diethanol amine withou using cyanide and formaldehyde
Green chemistry is:
- way of thinking and utilising the existing knowledge and principles of chemistry and other sciences
- study of plants for making the environment clean
- both A and B
- None of the above
What does Green Chemistry in terms of environment mean?
- Greenhouse effect
- Reaction related to depletion of ozone layer
- Photosynthetic reactions in plants
- Reduction in the use and production of hazardous chemicals
Solvents used to dry clean clothes are usually $C _2Cl _4$ .A substitute has been discovered which is environmental friendly is an application of __________.
- Green revolution
- Green chemistry
- Waste management
- Revolution resource recovery
Which of the following compounds are toxic?
- Benzene
- Toluene
- Carbon tetrachloride
- All of the above
________ reduces toxicity, minimizes waste, saves energy, and cuts down on the depletion of natural resources. It allows for advances in chemistry to occur in a much more environmentally benign way.
- Green chemistry
- Green revolution
- Waste management
- None of the above
Faraday has developed a plating process to make high-performance chrome coatings from trivalent chromium instead of highly toxic hexavalent chromium. This is an application of:
- Green revolution
- Green chemistry
- waste management
- revolution resource recovery
Green chemistry means such reactions which -
- are related to the depletion of ozone layer
- study the reactions in plants
- produce colour during reactions
- reduce the use and production of hazardous
chemicals
Green chemistry involves ?
- production of chemicals of our daily use from green house gases
- such chemical processes in which green plants are used
- those reaction which are of biological origin
- use of non-toxic reagents and solvents to produce environment friendly products.
paraffin wax contains alkanes ranging from
- ${ C } _{ 3 }$ to ${ C } _{ 9 }$
- ${ C } _{ 10 }$ to ${ C } _{ 15 } $
- ${ C } _{ 16 }$ to ${ C } _{ 20 }$
- ${ C } _{ 21 }$ to ${ C } _{ 30 }$
Which of the following gas is used in bleaching of paper?
- Hydrogen peroxide
- Sulphur dioxide
- Methane
- None of the above
Chlorofluorocarbons have been in use in refrigerators and air conditioners are proved to be unfriendly to the environment. Substitutes to these compounds which are friendly to the environment are:
- $CCl _2$
- $C{Cl} _3F$
- $CClF _2CClF _2$
- $CF _3CH _2F$
Which of the following reaction occur when urea is added to soil as a fertilizer?
- $NH _{ 2 }CONH _{ 2 }\longrightarrow HNCO+NH _{ 3 }$
- $N{ H } _{ 2 }CON{ H } _{ 2 }+{ H } _{ 2 }O\longrightarrow 2N{ H } _{ 3 }+C{ O } _{ 2 }$
- $2NH _{ 2 }CONH _{ 2 }\longrightarrow H _{ 2 }NCONHCONH _{ 2 }+NH _{ 3 }$
- Both 1 and 2