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Environmental Issues · Question 65

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1

Which one of the following is the correct percentage of the two (out of the total of 4) greenhouse gases that contribute to the total global warming?

  1. CFCs 14%, Methane 20%
  2. CO2 40%, CFCs 30%
  3. N2O 6%, CO2 86%
  4. Methane 20%, N2O 18%

Answer

(1) CFCs 14%, Methane 20%

Solution

As per NCERT, the relative contribution of the greenhouse gases to total global warming is:

CO2 60%, methane 20%, CFCs 14%, N2O 6%.

The correct pair is CFCs 14%, methane 20%.

Answer: (1)

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2

In which one of the following the BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand) of sewage (S), distillery effluent (DE), paper mill effluent (PE) and sugar mill effluent (SE) have been arranged in ascending order?

  1. SE < PE < S < DE
  2. SE < S < PE < DE
  3. PE < S < SE < DE
  4. S < DE < PE < SE
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3

In a coal fired power plant electrostatic precipitators are installed to control emission of:-

  1. SPM
  2. SO2
  3. CO
  4. NOx
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4

Which one of the following is not a bioindicator of water pollution?

  1. Blood-worms
  2. Stone flies
  3. Sewage fungus
  4. Sludge-worms
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5

Limit of BOD prescribed by Central Pollution Control Board for the discharge of industrial and municipal waste waters into natural surface waters, is -

  1. <30 ppm
  2. <3.0 ppm
  3. <100 ppm
  4. <10 ppm
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6

Photochemical smog pollution does not contain-

  1. Nitrogen dioxide
  2. PAN (peroxy acyl nitrate)
  3. Ozone
  4. Carbon dioxide
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7

Montreal Protocol which calls for appropriate action to protect the ozone layer from human activities was passed in the year-

  1. 1988
  2. 1986
  3. 1985
  4. 1987
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8

Prolonged liberal irrigation of agricultural fields is likely to create the problem of -

  1. Salinity
  2. Acidity
  3. Aridity
  4. Metal toxicity
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9

Which of the following is not used for disinfection of drinking water ?

  1. Chloramine
  2. Ozone
  3. Chlorine
  4. Phenyle
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10

Identify the correctly matched pair -

  1. Basel Convention – Biodiversity Conservation
  2. Kyoto Protocol – Climatic change
  3. Ramsar Convention – Ground water pollution
  4. Montreal Protocol – Global warming
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11

Which one of the following pairs is mismatched ?

  1. Fossil fuel burning – release of CO2
  2. Nuclear power – radioactive wastes
  3. Biomass burning – release of CO2
  4. Solar energy – greenhouse effect
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