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Multiple choice chemistry air environment and pollution environment pollution for a pollution free nature

Which of the following is not regarded as a pollutant?

  1. $NO _{2}$
  2. $CO _{2}$
  3. $SO _{2}$

  4. CO
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Pollutants can be classified as solid, gaseous or liquid pollutants. Also, it can be classified as physical, chemical and biological. They can be further classified as degradable and non-degradable. $NO _2$, $SO _2$  and CO are gases which if present in great quantity in the atmosphere can cause pollution.

Multiple choice chemistry air environment and pollution environment pollution for a pollution free nature

Match the column I with column II and mark the appropriate choice.

Column I Column II
(A) Biodegradable pollutants (i) DDT
(B) Non-biodegradable pollutants (ii) $SO _{2}$
(C) Primary pollutants (iii) PAN
(D) Secondary pollutants (iv) Sewage
  1. (A) $\rightarrow$ (iii), (B) $\rightarrow$ (iv), (C) $\rightarrow$ (ii), (D) $\rightarrow$ (i)
  2. (A) $\rightarrow$ (ii), (B) $\rightarrow$ (iii), (C) $\rightarrow$ (iv), (D) $\rightarrow$ (i)
  3. (A) $\rightarrow$ (i), (B) $\rightarrow$ (ii), (C) $\rightarrow$ (iii), (D) $\rightarrow$ (iv)
  4. (A) $\rightarrow$ (iv), (B) $\rightarrow$ (i), (C) $\rightarrow$ (ii), (D) $\rightarrow$ (iii)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Sewage is a biodegradable pollutant which can be degraded. DDT is a type of non biodegradable pollutant. $ S0 _2 $ is a primary pollutant, affecting the environment. PAN is considered as a secondary pollutants among all the pollutants. 

Multiple choice chemistry air environment and pollution environment pollution for a pollution free nature

Match the upper limit concentration of the pollutants given in column I with column II and mark the appropriate choice.

Column I Column II
(A) Lead (i) 500 ppm
(B) Sulphate (ii) 10 ppm
(C) Nitrate (iii) 50 ppb
(D) Fluoride (iv) 50 ppm
  1. (A) $\rightarrow$ (ii), (B) $\rightarrow$ (iii), (C) $\rightarrow$ (i), (D) $\rightarrow$ (iv)
  2. (A) $\rightarrow$ (iii), (B) $\rightarrow$ (i), (C) $\rightarrow$ (iv), (D) $\rightarrow$ (ii)
  3. (A) $\rightarrow$ (i), (B) $\rightarrow$ (iv), (C) $\rightarrow$ (iii), (D) $\rightarrow$ (ii)
  4. (A) $\rightarrow$ (iv), (B) $\rightarrow$ (ii), (C) $\rightarrow$ (iii), (D) $\rightarrow$ (i)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The concentration of pollutants like lead is 50 ppb. So the water gets contaminated with lead. The concentration of sulphate is 500 ppm. The concentration of nitrate is 50 ppm. Concentration of fluoride is 10 ppm. 

Multiple choice chemistry air environment and pollution environment pollution for a pollution free nature

The pollutants which come directly in the air from sources are called primary pollutants. Primary pollutants. Which of the following belongs to secondary air pollutants? 

  1. $CO$
  2. $Hydrocarbon$
  3. $Peroxyacetyle\ nitrate\ (PAN)$
  4. $NO$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
The correct answer is NO (nitrogen oxide) which reacts with oxygen to form nitrogen dioxide, participate in a complex of ultraviolet-driven photochemical reactions. and it also forms acid rain when it reacts with water.
Multiple choice economics environment pollution introduction to environmental pollution introduction to pollution environment and pollution

The introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change is called ________.

  1. Pollution

  2. Emission

  3. Greenhouse effect

  4. None of above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change. Pollution can take the form of chemical substances or energy, such as noise, heat or light.


Hence, te correct option is $\text{A}$

Multiple choice economics environment pollution introduction to environmental pollution introduction to pollution environment and pollution

The amount of oxygen required by bacteria to break down the organic matter present in a certain volume of a sample of water, is called ________

  1. BOD

  2. ABE

  3. COD

  4. Standard amount of oxygen
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The amount of oxygen required by bacteria to break down the organic matter present in a certain volume of a sample of water is called Biochemical Oxygen Demand(BOD)
                             
The amount of BOD in the water is a measure of the amount of organic material in the water, in terms of how much oxygen will be required to break it down biologically.

Multiple choice economics environment pollution introduction to environmental pollution introduction to pollution environment and pollution

Which of the following is a pollutant?

  1. Sooty particle

  2. Sulpur-dioxide

  3. Carbon-monoxide

  4. All of above.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Pollutant is a substance that pollutes something, especially water or the atmosphere.
Examples are particulate matter (Sooty particles that are most toxic when they are small),sulphur dioxide,carbon-monoxide etc.

Multiple choice economics environment pollution introduction to environmental pollution introduction to pollution environment and pollution

Those gases or particles that are pumped into the air to make it unclean are called ______.

  1. primary air pollutant

  2. secondary air pollutant

  3. teritiary air pollutant

  4. none of above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Primary pollutants are those gases or particles that are pumped into the air to make it unclean. They include carbon monoxide from automobile (cars) exhausts and sulphur dioxide from the combustion of coal.