Depletion of ozone layer - class-X

depletion of ozone layer

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Greenhouse effect is due to

  1. accumulation of $ { O } _{ 3 } $ and depletion of $ { CO } _{ 2 } $
  2. accumulation of both $ { O } _{ 3 } $ and $ { CO } _{ 2 } $
  3. accumulation of $ { CO } _{ 2 } $ and depletion of $ { O } _{ 3 } $
  4. presence of green plants on the Earth.
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Read the given statements and select the correct option.


Statement 1: The average temperature of Earth has increased by $ 0.6 $ during the past century.
Statement 2: There has been a progressive increase in the use of fossil fuels generating more greenhouse gases.

  1. Both statements 1 and 2 are correct.
  2. Statement 1 is correct but statement 2 is incorrect.
  3. Statement 1 is incorrect but statement 2 is correct.
  4. Both statements 1 and 2 are incorrect.
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Identify the incorrect statement from the following

  1. Oxides of nitrogen in the atmosphere can cause the depletion of ozone layer
  2. Ozone absorbs the intense ultraviolet radiations of the sun
  3. Depletion of ozone layer is because of its chemical reactions with CFC
  4. Ozone absorbs infrared radiations
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a greenhouse gas?

  1. Methane $CH _4$
  2. Ozone $O _3$
  3. Oxygen $O _2$
  4. Carbon dioxide $CO _2$
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In absence of Green House Gases, the temperature of Earth shall fall down to ___

  1. -18 degree Celcius
  2. -15 degree Celcius
  3. -20 degree Celcius
  4. -10 degree Celcius
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Correct percentage of two green house gases is

  1. $N _2O-6\%, CO _2-86\%$
  2. $CH _4-20\%, N _2O-18\%$
  3. $CO _2-40\%, CFC-30\%$
  4. $CFC-14\%, CH _4-20\%$
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a green house gas?

  1. Methane
  2. CO
  3. Water vapour
  4. Oxygen
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Carbon dioxide is called a green house gas because

  1. It emits light
  2. It traps infra red radiations
  3. It traps ultraviolet radiations
  4. It is involved in photosynthesis
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which greenhouse gas contributes 20% to global warming?

  1. Methane
  2. N$ _2$O
  3. CFCs
  4. CO$ _2$
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Earth is kept warm due to green house flux.

  1. True
  2. False
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

$CO _2$ absorbs some of the ....... that radiates from the surface of Earth to space

  1. ozone
  2. heat
  3. ultraviolet light
  4. smog
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Multiple Answers)

Gases commonly referred as green house gases are :

  1. $CH _4$
  2. $CO _2$
  3. CFC
  4. $NH _3$
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The main green house gas is

  1. Ozone
  2. Oxygen
  3. Helium
  4. Cardon dioxide
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The true statement about 'Green -house effect' is that it is

  1. Caused by combination of many gases
  2. Caused only by $CO _2$
  3. Caused by $CO _2,CFC,CH _4$ and $NO _2$ gases
  4. None of the above
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Whale washed ashore will die because of?

  1. Increase in body temperature
  2. Incapability to breathe
  3. Crushing of bones under body weight
  4. Cracking skin
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Green house gases of the following

  1. $CO, CO _2$
  2. $SO _2, CO _2$
  3. $CO _2$ methane
  4. Co and Methane
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the man-made green house gas known as?

  1. Carbon dioxide
  2. HFC
  3. Ozone
  4. Water Vapour
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The most abundant greenhouse gas in the earth's atmosphere:

  1. Carbon dioxide $(CO _{2})$
  2. Nitrous oxide $(N _{2}O)$
  3. Water vapor $(H _{2}O)$
  4. Methane $(CH _{4})$
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The green house gases, otherwise called radioactively active gases includes

  1. Carbon dioxide
  2. $CH _{4}$
  3. $N _{2}O$
  4. All of these
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

___________ is the phenomenon where the earth retains heat.

  1. Air pollution
  2. Green house effect
  3. Global effect
  4. Land pollution
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which two gases are most responsible for greenhouse effect?

  1. Water vapour
  2. Carbon dioxide
  3. Argon
  4. Both a and b
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Chemical substances that increase earth's surface temperature is known as

  1. Green house gases
  2. Global warming
  3. Climate change
  4. Urbanization
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which gas plays a major role in global warming?

  1. Carbon monoxide
  2. Nitrogen
  3. Carbon dioxide
  4. Sulphur dioxide
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Green house effect is caused by

  1. Green plants
  2. Infrared rays
  3. UV rays
  4. X-rays
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following contribute to green house effect?

  1. Methane
  2. Carbondioxide
  3. CFCs
  4. All of the above
Question 26 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

CDM is 

  1. Clean development mechanism
  2. Clear development machinary
  3. Clean development machine
  4. Clean development movement
Question 27 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A natural phenomenon that becomes harmful due to pollution is _____________.

  1. Global warming
  2. Ecological balance
  3. Greenhouse effect
  4. Desertification
Question 28 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Assertion :Green - house effect is due to thick layer of carbon dioxide.

Reason :The glass panels of a green - house allowing the sunlight to filter through but preventing the heat from being re-radiated in outer space.

  1. If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion
  2. If both the assertion and reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion
  3. If the assertion is true but the reason is false
  4. If both the assertion and reason are false
  5. If the assertion is false but reason is true
Question 29 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which one of the following is not a green house gas?

  1. $CO _2$
  2. $CH _4$
  3. $O _2$
  4. CFCs
Question 30 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Surface of earth is kept warm by

  1. Solar radiations
  2. Geothermal energy
  3. Green house flux
  4. Absorption of infra-radiations by green house gases
Question 31 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Green house gases include

  1. $CO _2, CHC, CH _4$ and $N _2O$
  2. $CO _2, O _2, N _2, NO _2$ and $NH _3$
  3. $CH _4, N _2. CO _2$ and $NH _3$
  4. $CFC, CO _2, NH _3$ and $N _2$
Question 32 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Maximum green house gas released by which country : -

  1. India
  2. France
  3. U.S.A
  4. Britain
Question 33 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which is not a green house gas?

  1. Chlorofluorocarbon
  2. Methane
  3. Carbon dioxide
  4. Hydrogen
Question 34 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Methane gas producing field is

  1. Wheat field
  2. Paddy field
  3. Cotton field
  4. Groundnut field
Question 35 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A green house gas is

  1. $H _2$
  2. CO
  3. $CO _2$
  4. $N _2$
Question 36 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Ozone is

  1. Protector in troposphere
  2. Pollutant in troposphere
  3. Green house gas
  4. Both B and C
Question 37 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Substitute of chlorofluorocarbon is

  1. Hydrofluorocarbon
  2. Hydrochlorofluorocarbon
  3. Fluorocarbon
  4. Both A and B
Question 38 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Green house effect is the cumulative result of the influences of certain gases. Identify the gas which is not involved in this influence?

  1. Methane
  2. Carbon dioxide
  3. Chlorofluorocarbons
  4. Nitrogen
Question 39 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The two gases making highest relative contribution to the green house gases are

  1. $CH _4$ and $N _2O$
  2. CFCs and $N _2O$
  3. $CO _2$ and $NO _2$
  4. $CO _2$ and $CH _4$
Question 40 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

At present, the concentration of atmospheric $CO _2$ is _________.

  1. $100$ ppm
  2. $240$ ppm
  3. $380$ ppm
  4. $520$ ppm
Question 41 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Gases responsible for green house effect are

  1. $CO _2$
  2. CFC
  3. $N _2O$
  4. All the above
Question 42 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

One GHG contributes $6%$ to total global warming, other contributes to $20%$; they are.

  1. $NO _2$ and $CO _2$
  2. $N _2O$ and CFCs
  3. CFCs and methane
  4. $N _2O$ and methane
  5. $CO _2$ and CFCs
Question 43 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Greenhouse gases are

  1. $CO _2$ and $CH _4$
  2. $N _2O$ and CFCs
  3. Ozone
  4. All of the above
Question 44 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which one of the following statements is not correct?

  1. The greenhouse gases trap out the heal in infra-red radiation
  2. Natural gas supplies five percent f global energy needs
  3. One molecule of CFC can trap as many as $10,000$ molecules of $CO _2$
  4. The atmospheric life time to $CFCl _3$ is estimated at $75$ years
Question 45 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Green house gases are called as such because they.

  1. Prevent the escape of heat waves reradiated from the earth's surface
  2. Are produced in greenhouses
  3. Are used in warming plant growth chambers
  4. Help in maintaining atmospheric $O _2$ and $CO _2$ balance
Question 46 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Choose the correct answer form the alternatives given.
The second biggest greenhouse gas emitter (after the USA) in the world is:

  1. Russia
  2. Germany
  3. China
  4. Japan
Question 47 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Cyclic variations of CO2CO2 concentration in the atmosphere are due to changes in

  1. photosynthetic activity
  2. respiratory activity
  3. burning of fossil fuels
  4. action of infra-red rays
Question 48 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which one of the following is major given house gas?

  1. Freon
  2. $CO _2$
  3. CFC
  4. $NO _2$
Question 49 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Increase in carbon dioxide in atmosphere is harmful because it

  1. traps heat
  2. causes respiratory disorders
  3. forms smog
  4. increases turbidity
Question 50 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Multiple Choice Questions
Which one is correct percentage of green house gases

  1. Methane - $20\%$, $N _2O $- $18\%$
  2. CFCs -$14\%$, Methane - $20\%$
  3. $CO _2$ - $40\%$, CFCs -$30\%$
  4. $N _2O$ - $6\%. $ $CO _2$ - $86\%$
Question 51 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Identify the wrong statement/ statement from the following.
(1) ${ CO } _{ 2 }$ is released into the atmosphere through volcanic activity
(2)${ CO } _{ 2 }$ is released into the atmosphere through process of photosynthesis
(3)${ CO } _{ 2 }$ is released into the atmosphere through process of respiration
(4)${ CO } _{ 2 }$ is released into the atmosphere through process of forest fires


  1. 1 and 3
  2. only 2
  3. only 4
  4. 2 and 4
Question 52 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The legally binding international agreement to reduce Greenhouse gases by 5% 2012 is ___________

  1. Vienna convention
  2. Montreal Protocol
  3. Kyoto Protocol
  4. Ozone Protocol
Question 53 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following gases are mainly responsible for the atmospheric greenhouse effect in the earth's atmosphere?

  1. Oxygen and nitrogen
  2. Nitrogen and carbon dioxide
  3. Ozone and oxygen
  4. Water vapor and carbon dioxide
Question 54 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The gas responsible for the greenhouse effect on Venus is:

  1. Carbon dioxide $(CO _{2})$
  2. Oxygen $(O _{2})$
  3. Ozone $(O _{3})$
  4. Nitrogen $(N _{2})$
Question 55 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Pick out the potent green house gas

  1. $CO _{2}$
  2. $N _{2}O$
  3. $CH _{4}$
  4. $O _{3}$
Question 56 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Green House effect is caused by

  1. Increase in $CO _{2}$
  2. Increase in $O _{2}$
  3. Decrease in $O _{2}$
  4. Decrease in $CO _{2}$
Question 57 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following green house gases trap more heat?

  1. Methane
  2. Nitrous oxide
  3. Carbon dioxide
  4. Trifluoro methyl sulphurpentafluoride
Question 58 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What would be average temperature of earth without greenhouse gases?

  1. $90^{o}C$
  2. $70^{o}C$
  3. $10^{o}C$
  4. $18^{c}ircC$
Question 59 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Earth's surface temperature can be altered, by changing concentration of

  1. Heat
  2. Greenhouse Gases
  3. Air pollutants
  4. All of above
Question 60 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the number of Green House Gases, as recognized by the Kyoto Protocol?

  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. 5
  4. 6
Question 61 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of world's first greenhouse-gas-monitoring satellite?

  1. ICESat
  2. Jason-1
  3. Ibuki
  4. NPOESS
Question 62 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which among the following is the most correct statement in context with Carbon footprint?

  1. It is a measure of Green house gas emissions by a product
  2. It is a unit under the Kyoto Protocol representing a reduction of greenhouse gases under the Joint Implementation mechanism
  3. It is a administrative approach used to control pollution by providing economic incentives for achieving reductions in the emissions of pollution
  4. All of above are correct
Question 63 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the year 2009, Japan launched its first satellite to monitor greenhouse gases. What is the name of the satellite?

  1. Tadami
  2. Yasushi
  3. Kyoto
  4. Ibuki
Question 64 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Major source of methane in India is

  1. Rice fields
  2. Sugarcane plantation
  3. Wheat fields
  4. Fruit orchards
Question 65 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Gas being produced by paddy fields and involved in global warming is

  1. Chlorine
  2. Methane
  3. $CO _2$
  4. $H _2S$
Question 66 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which green-house gas other than methane is being produced by agricultural fields?

  1. Nitrous oxide
  2. Ammonia
  3. Sulphur dioxide
  4. Arsenic
Question 67 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

$CO _2, CH _4, N _2O, CFCs$ are called green house gases because they can absorb

  1. Ultraviolet radiations
  2. Long wave infra-red radiations
  3. Visible light radiation
  4. X-ray radiation
  5. $\gamma$-ray radiation
Question 68 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is relative contribution of $CO _2, CH _4$, CFC and $N _2O$ to global warming?

  1. $20\%, 14\%, 60\%, 6\%$
  2. $14\%, 6\%, 20\%, 60\%$
  3. $60\%, 20\%, 14\%, 6\%$
  4. $6\%, 14\%, 20\%, 60\%$
  5. $20\%, 60\%, 14\%, 6\%$