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Multiple choice business organisation and correspondence environmental pollution and industries pollution and industrial pollution pollution and its type pollutions

Major pollution causing agent is

  1. Man

  2. Animals

  3. Hydrocarbon gases

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

Pollution can be natural or anthropogenic. Natural pollution is pollution caused by natural sources e.g. volcanic eruptions, the release of methane gas by paddy fields and cattle, soil erosion, volcanic eruptions etc. However, the major pollution source in modern time is anthropogenic. Anthropogenic pollution is due to human activities like the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation, mining, sewage, industrial effluents, pesticides, agricultural fertilizers etc.

So, the correct answer is option A.

Multiple choice business organisation and correspondence environmental pollution and industries pollution and industrial pollution pollution and its type pollutions

In big cities, air pollution is mostly due to

  1. Burning of fossil fuels

  2. Thermal power plant

  3. Sewage
  4. $H _2S$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Major sources of atmospheric pollution are combustion of fossil fuels, mining and processing, chemical and cosmetic industries, welding, stone crushing, construction activity, textile industry etc. Most polluting gases are carbon monoxide, sulphur dioxides, unburnt hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides and particulates. In big cities, the most important source of these pollutants is the combustion of fossil fuels in vehicles.

Multiple choice business organisation and correspondence environmental pollution and industries pollution and industrial pollution pollution and its type pollutions

Pollutants directly emanating from human activities are.

  1. Quantitative pollutants

  2. Qualitative pollutants

  3. Air pollutants

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

The substances which are not normally present in the environment and are added by human beings including pesticides, insecticides, etc. are called Qualitative Pollutants.

So, the correct option is 'Qualitative Pollutants'.

Multiple choice business organisation and correspondence environmental pollution and industries pollution and industrial pollution pollution and its type pollutions

Most atmospheric pollutants do not rise above.

  1. $600$m
  2. $1000$m
  3. $2000$m
  4. $200$m
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Maximum atmospheric pollutants are concentrated at the 200m mark from the land surface.

The maximum height up to which the pollutants are prominent is 600m.
So, the correct option is '600m'.

Multiple choice business organisation and correspondence environmental pollution and industries pollution and industrial pollution pollution and its type pollutions

Which of the following practices adversely effect the environment?

  1. Aeration

  2. Ploughing

  3. Weeding

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

Weeding is the process of removing unwanted plants in a crop. Once weedicides are applied, they contain harmful elements like DDT and many more which can leach into the soil and cause soil pollution and cause death of beneficial micro fauna present in the soil. These weedicides can also reach to the aquatic bodies by runoff water, causing algal blooms and thereby leading to the death of aquatic fauna.

Multiple choice business organisation and correspondence environmental pollution and industries pollution and industrial pollution pollution and its type pollutions

The undesirable change in physical, chemical or biological characteristics of air, land and water is referred as

  1. Pollutants

  2. Ecodestructions

  3. Pollution

  4. All of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Pollution is defined as the introduction of harmful materials or undesirable changes into the environment, affecting air, water, or land.

Multiple choice business organisation and correspondence environmental pollution and industries pollution and industrial pollution pollution and its type pollutions

All of the following contribute to pollution except 

  1. Thermal power plant

  2. Automobiles

  3. Nuclear power plant

  4. Hydroelectric power plant
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Hydropower is mainly used in the generation of electricity. It is a renewable source of energy. It is a clean, domestic, and renewable source of energy. It provides inexpensive electricity and produces no pollution. Unlike fossil fuels, hydropower does not destroy water during the production of electricity. 

Thus, the correct answer is option D.

Multiple choice business organisation and correspondence environmental pollution and industries air pollution and its effects the environment and us environment and conservation

Many marine animals use carbonates dissolved in sea-water to make their shells. Which of the following component is reduced in our atmosphere by this biological phenomenon?

  1. Oxygen

  2. Calcium carbonate

  3. Carbon dioxide

  4. Nitrogen
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Shell of many marine organism are made of calcium carbonate. Carbonate is formed when carbon dioxide (CO2) from atmosphere get react with the sea water. It also help us to maintain carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere because today scenario is very alarming due to increasing level of carbon dioxide. 

So, the correct option is 'Carbon dioxide'.

Multiple choice business organisation and correspondence environmental pollution and industries air pollution and its effects the environment and us environment and conservation

Major causes of air pollution are:

  1. Combustion of natural gas, coal, petroleum

  2. Welding, stone crushing, agriculture burning

  3. Both A and B

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

Major causes of air pollution are combustion of natural gas, coal, petroleum, automobiles, aircraft, railways, thermal plants, welding, stone crushing and agriculture burning

So, the correct answer is 'Both A and B'