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Environmental Issues · Question 68

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1

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

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

Answer

(2) Stone flies

Solution

Bioindicators of water pollution are organisms that flourish in water rich in organic matter and poor in dissolved oxygen.

⇒ Blood-worms ( Chironomus larvae, red due to haemoglobin), sludge-worms ( Tubifex) and sewage fungus ( Sphaerotilus, a filamentous bacterium) all thrive in polluted water with high BOD.

⇒ Stone-fly nymphs need clean, cool, well-oxygenated water and disappear as soon as the water gets polluted.

∴ Stone flies indicate clean water and are not a bioindicator of water pollution.

Answer: (2)

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2

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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3

Photochemical smog pollution does not contain-

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

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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5

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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6

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

  1. Chloramine
  2. Ozone
  3. Chlorine
  4. Phenyle
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7

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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8

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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9

In 1984, the Bhopal gas tragedy took place because methyl isocyanate :-

  1. Reacted with DDT
  2. Reacted with water
  3. Reacted with ammonia
  4. Reacted with CO2
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10

Lead concentration in blood is considered alarming if it is -

  1. 4-6 g/100 mL
  2. 30 g/100 mL
  3. 20 g/100 mL
  4. 10 g/100 mL
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11

Common indicator organism of water pollution is :-

  1. Escherichia coli
  2. Lemna paucicostata
  3. Entamoeba histolytica
  4. Eichhornia crassipes
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