Pollution – A Rising Environmental Problem Welcome to your Pollution - A Rising Environmental Problem 1. Which one of the following is a Greenhouse gas? Sulphur dioxide Methane Oxygen Nitrogen2. Which one of the following is an example of pollutant? The dust raised during road cleaning Carbon dioxide given out by the respiring organisms A rat entering your kitchen The heat given out while cooking food3. Which one of the following is non-biodegradable? Vegetable peel Cardboard DDT Bark of trees4. Too frequent and too many X-ray exposures may cause serious health hazards like Genetic variations Bone cancer All of these Damaged chromosomes5. 71% of Earth surface is covered with Land Water Coal Air6. One of the examples of radiation pollutants is Ozone Sulphur dioxide Discarded fused electric bulbs Iodine - 1317. Ozone is abundant in this layer. Ozone heats this layer as it absorbs incoming ultraviolet radiation from the sun Mesosphere Stratosphere Thermosphere Troposphere8. Which poisonous gas is contained in the exhaust of a petrol driven vehicle? Chlorine Ammonia Carbon monoxide Carbon dioxide9. Air pollution is caused by Insecticides Sewage Loud speakers Smoke10. If waste materials contaminate the source of drinking water, which of the following diseases will spread? Typhoid Malaria Scurvy Anaemia11. The sources of oil spills are Offshore oil mining Overturned oil tankers Oil refineries All of these12. Air is composed of gases, water vapours and Rainfall Dust particles Snowfall Light13. Which of the following is not a waterborne disease? Measles Typhoid Hepatitis Cholera14. Oil spills are a source of pollution for Land and Air Air and Noise Water Land and water15. The chief industrial gaseous pollutants are Sulphur dioxide Carbon monoxide All of these Carbon dioxide16. Deforestation is one of the sources of pollution because It decreases the oxygen levels produced It causes fertilizers to wash away in the water It increases the oxygen levels produced None of these17. Which of the following problems is not created by noise pollution? Diarrhoea Irritation Deafness Hypertension18. The BS emission norms enforced for the entire country on April 1st 2017 were BS V BS VI BS IV BS III19. Maximum permissible smoke density in diesel vehicles is 65 HSU 50 HSU 45 HSU 75 HSU20. Increased levels of air pollution results in Global warming Soil erosion Respiratory problems All of these21 out of 20Please fill in the comment box below.
