Pollution – A Rising Environmental Problem Welcome to your Pollution - A Rising Environmental Problem 1. Which one of the following is non-biodegradable? Cardboard Vegetable peel DDT Bark of trees2. Which poisonous gas is contained in the exhaust of a petrol driven vehicle? Chlorine Carbon dioxide Carbon monoxide Ammonia3. If waste materials contaminate the source of drinking water, which of the following diseases will spread? Typhoid Malaria Anaemia Scurvy4. Deforestation is one of the sources of pollution because It decreases the oxygen levels produced It increases the oxygen levels produced None of these It causes fertilizers to wash away in the water5. Which of the following is not a waterborne disease? Typhoid Cholera Hepatitis Measles6. The sources of oil spills are Oil refineries Offshore oil mining All of these Overturned oil tankers7. Which one of the following is a Greenhouse gas? Oxygen Methane Nitrogen Sulphur dioxide8. One of the examples of radiation pollutants is Discarded fused electric bulbs Ozone Sulphur dioxide Iodine - 1319. Increased levels of air pollution results in Global warming Soil erosion All of these Respiratory problems10. Ozone is abundant in this layer. Ozone heats this layer as it absorbs incoming ultraviolet radiation from the sun Mesosphere Troposphere Thermosphere Stratosphere11. The BS emission norms enforced for the entire country on April 1st 2017 were BS III BS VI BS IV BS V12. Air pollution is caused by Insecticides Loud speakers Smoke Sewage13. 71% of Earth surface is covered with Air Land Coal Water14. Which one of the following is an example of pollutant? A rat entering your kitchen The heat given out while cooking food The dust raised during road cleaning Carbon dioxide given out by the respiring organisms15. Air is composed of gases, water vapours and Rainfall Light Snowfall Dust particles16. The chief industrial gaseous pollutants are All of these Sulphur dioxide Carbon dioxide Carbon monoxide17. Maximum permissible smoke density in diesel vehicles is 50 HSU 45 HSU 75 HSU 65 HSU18. Oil spills are a source of pollution for Air and Noise Land and Air Land and water Water19. Which of the following problems is not created by noise pollution? Hypertension Diarrhoea Deafness Irritation20. Too frequent and too many X-ray exposures may cause serious health hazards like Bone cancer Genetic variations All of these Damaged chromosomes21 out of 20Please fill in the comment box below.
