Option A: Lichens
Option B: Fungi
Option C: Phytoplanktons
Option D: None of the above
Correct Answer: Phytoplanktons ✔
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Option A: Anaerobiosis
Option B: Aerobiosis
Option C: Biological magnification
Option D: Psammophytes
Correct Answer: Aerobiosis ✔
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Option A: Thermal power plant
Option B: Diesel engine
Option C: Hydroelectric power station
Option D: Pollen grain
Correct Answer: Hydroelectric power station ✔
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Option A: Make oxygen molecules unavailable to aquatic life
Option B: Make nitrates unavailable to aquatic life
Option C: Prevent precipitation
Option D: Stop the water cycle
Correct Answer: Make oxygen molecules unavailable to aquatic life ✔
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Option A: Eel
Option B: Crab
Option C: Sea gull
Option D: Phytoplanktons
Correct Answer: Sea gull ✔
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Option A: Algae
Option B: Sand
Option C: Moss
Option D: Sugar mill effluents
Correct Answer: Sugar mill effluents ✔
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Option A: Lithosphere
Option B: Biosphere
Option C: Atmosphere
Option D: Hydrosphere
Correct Answer: Biosphere ✔
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Option A: Methaelo binemia
Option B: Minamata
Option C: Foolish disease
Option D: Hepatitis
Correct Answer: Minamata ✔
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Option A: Air pollution
Option B: Water pollution
Option C: Soil pollution
Option D: All of these
Correct Answer: Air pollution ✔
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Option A: Green house effect
Option B: Radioactive effect
Option C: Ozone layer effect
Option D: Solar effect
Correct Answer: Green house effect ✔
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Option A: Nucleus
Option B: All cell membrane system
Option C: Cell wall
Option D: Plasmodesmata
Correct Answer: All cell membrane system ✔
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Option A: Ferns and Cycas
Option B: Green algae and aquatic liverworts
Option C: Lichens and mosses
Option D: Neem’ tree and Eichhornia
Correct Answer: Lichens and mosses ✔
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Option A: Decay of bodies of aquatic organisms
Option B: Rain
Option C: Growth of phytoplankton
Option D: Industrial effluents
Correct Answer: Industrial effluents ✔
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Option A: Alga
Option B: Lichen
Option C: Pinus
Option D: Mustard
Correct Answer: Lichen ✔
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The percentage of run off water reaching the ocean and evaporation into atmosphere is respectively:
Option A: 27 & 73
Option B: 73 & 27
Option C: 37 & 63
Option D: 63 & 37
Correct Answer: 27 & 73 ✔
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Option A: Sewage and industrial effluents
Option B: Household detergents and pesticides
Option C: Automobile exhausts and chemicals from industry
Option D: Sewage and pesticides
Correct Answer: Automobile exhausts and chemicals from industry ✔
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Option A: Aquatic plants
Option B: Penicillin
Option C: Micro-organisms
Option D: Fishes
Correct Answer: Micro-organisms ✔
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Option A: Soil
Option B: Water
Option C: Noise
Option D: Air
Correct Answer: Air ✔
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Option A: Smoke
Option B: 2, 4-D and pesticides
Option C: Automobile exhaust
Option D: Aeroplanes
Correct Answer: 2, 4-D and pesticides ✔
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Option A: It decreases CO2 concentration
Option B: It competes O2 to combine with haemoglobin
Option C: It is carcinogenic
Option D: It depletes O3 layer
Correct Answer: It competes O2 to combine with haemoglobin ✔
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Option A: Ozone and dust
Option B: NH3 and SO3
Option C: CO and SO3
Option D: NO2 and SO2
Correct Answer: NO2 and SO2 ✔
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Option A: Excess CO2
Option B: Excess CO
Option C: Chloro-fluoro-carbon
Option D: Low rainfall
Correct Answer: Chloro-fluoro-carbon ✔
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Option A: Malathion
Option B: Aldrin
Option C: Gamma BHC
Option D: None of these
Correct Answer: Aldrin ✔
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Option A: CH4, N2, CO2 and NH3
Option B: CO2, O2, NO2 and NH3
Option C: Chloro-fluoro-carbons, CO2, NH3 and N2
Option D: CO2, chloro-fluoro-carbons, CH4 and NO2
Correct Answer: CO2, chloro-fluoro-carbons, CH4 and NO2 ✔
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Option A: CO
Option B: SO2
Option C: CO2
Option D: Hydrocarbons
Correct Answer: CO ✔
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Option A: Use of refrigerator
Option B: Increased combustion of oil and coal
Option C: Deforestation
Option D: All the above
Correct Answer: All the above ✔
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Option A: Has been responsible for increasing the average global temperature in recent
Option B: Is advantageous since it supplies O2 for people travelling in jets
Option C: Hinders higher rate of photosynthesis
Option D: Helps in checking the penetration of ultra violet rays to earth
Correct Answer: Helps in checking the penetration of ultra violet rays to earth ✔
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Option A: Montreal Protocol – Global warming
Option B: Ramsar Convention – Ground water pollution
Option C: Kyoto Protocol – Climatic change
Option D: Basal Convention – Biodiversity Conservation
Correct Answer: C. Kyoto Protocol – Climatic change ✔
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What are the chief pollutants of the atmosphere which are most likely to deplete the ozone layer?
Option A: Sulphur di-oxide
Option B: Carbon di-oxide
Option C: Nitrogen oxides and fluoro-carbons
Option D: Carbon monoxide
Correct Answer: Nitrogen oxides and fluoro-carbons ✔
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Option A: Algae
Option B: Bacteria
Option C: Higher plants
Option D: Man
Correct Answer: Man ✔
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Option A: Air only
Option B: Air and soil only
Option C: Air, soil and water
Option D: Air and water only
Correct Answer: Air, soil and water ✔
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DDT is a:
Option A: Biodegradable pollutant
Option B: Green house gas
Option C: Non-degradable pollutant
Option D: None of the above
Correct Answer: Non-degradable pollutant ✔
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Option A: Petiole but not in lamina
Option B: Only mid rib of lamina
Option C: Leaf tip and leaf margin
Option D: Stems tips only
Correct Answer: Leaf tip and leaf margin ✔
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Option A: Forest fires
Option B: Green house effect
Option C: Global warming
Option D: Increased incidence of skin cancer
Correct Answer: Increased incidence of skin cancer ✔
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Option A: Radiation hazard
Option B: Desertification
Option C: Deforestation
Option D: Gleization
Correct Answer: Radiation hazard ✔
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Option A: Man
Option B: Plants
Option C: Animals
Option D: Man and animals
Correct Answer: Man ✔
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Option A: Cyperus rotundus
Option B: Eichhornia creassipes
Option C: Parthenium hysterophorus
Option D: Chenopodium album
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Option A: Sewage treatment
Option B: Manufacturing electricity
Option C: By checking atomic blasts
Option D: All of the above
Correct Answer: All of the above ✔
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Option A: Carbon monoxide
Option B: Sulphur dioxide
Option C: Ozone
Option D: Flourides
Correct Answer: Ozone ✔
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Option A: SO2
Option B: Fluoro-carbons
Option C: CCI4
Option D: CO
Correct Answer: Fluoro-carbons ✔
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Option A: Plastics
Option B: Iron junks
Option C: Detergents
Option D: Glass junks
Correct Answer: Plastics ✔
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Option A: The natural geo-chemical cycles
Option B: The natural balance of our environment
Option C: The natural flora of a place
Option D: The natural wildlife of a region
Correct Answer: The natural balance of our environment ✔
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Option A: Algae
Option B: Moss
Option C: Ferns
Option D: Distillated wastes
Correct Answer: Algae ✔
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Option A: DDT
Option B: Bordeaux mixture
Option C: 2,4-D
Option D: DCMU
Correct Answer: Bordeaux mixture ✔
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Option A: Hot water from power plants
Option B: Hot chemicals from industries
Option C: Waste from mines
Option D: Waste from agricultural fields
Correct Answer: Hot water from power plants ✔
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Option A: DDT is a growth retardant
Option B: DDT disturbed hormonal balance essential for fruit setting
Option C: DDT killed the pollinating insects along with the pests
Option D: DDT inhibited flowering
Correct Answer: DDT killed the pollinating insects along with the pests ✔
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Option A: Automobile exhausts
Option B: Radioactive substances
Option C: Smoke
Option D: All of the above
Correct Answer: All of the above ✔
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Option A: SO2
Option B: Fly ash
Option C: CO
Option D: Hydrocarbons
Correct Answer: Fly ash ✔
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Option A: Contamination of milk supply is not cumulative
Option B: Infants are more susceptible to radiation
Option C: Susceptibility to radiation increases with age
Option D: Mutated genes are frequently recessive
Correct Answer: Mutated genes are frequently recessive ✔
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Option A: Lead
Option B: Cyanides
Option C: Methyl isocyanate
Option D: Mercury
Correct Answer: Mercury ✔
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Option A: Air pollution
Option B: Water pollution
Option C: Noise Pollution
Option D: Radioactive pollution
Correct Answer: Radioactive pollution ✔
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Option A: To save the trees from erosion
Option B: To safeguard the fruits from large labour population
Option C: To save the trees from poisonous fumes/smoke from the brick chimneys
Option D: To protect the orchard from the operation of trucks meant for transporting fruits
Correct Answer: To save the trees from poisonous fumes/smoke from the brick chimneys ✔
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Option A: Ozone layer in the atmosphere
Option B: Infra-red radiations
Option C: Moisture in the atmosphere
Option D: CO2 in the atmosphere
Correct Answer: CO2 in the atmosphere ✔
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Option A: Chlorine/NO2
Option B: SO2
Option C: Oxygen/ozone
Option D: Hydrocarbons
Correct Answer: SO2 ✔
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Option A: Increases
Option B: Slightly decreases
Option C: Remains unchanged
Option D: Decreases drastically
Correct Answer: Increases ✔
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Option A: Linear alkyl sulphonate
Option B: Sulphates and phosphate
Option C: Alkyl benzenes sulphonate
Option D: None of these
Correct Answer: Alkyl benzenes sulphonate ✔
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Option A: Most probable number
Option B: Millions per night
Option C: Millennium of probable number
Option D: None of these
Correct Answer: Most probable number ✔
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Option A: DDT is a growth retardant
Option B: Pesticides
Option C: Minerals
Option D: Carbon deposit
Correct Answer: Minerals ✔
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Option A: Air pollution
Option B: Soil pollution
Option C: Water pollution
Option D: All of the above
Correct Answer: Water pollution ✔
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Option A: Chlorine
Option B: Chloramines
Option C: Phenyl
Option D: Ozone
Correct Answer: Phenyl ✔
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Option A: Sewage
Option B: Asbestos
Option C: Plastic
Option D: All of these
Correct Answer: Sewage ✔
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A very harmful fibrous component causing pollution an inflicting diseases of lungs in human beings:
Option A: Grease
Option B: Asbestos
Option C: Eichhornia roots
Option D: ABS micelle
Correct Answer: Asbestos ✔
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Option A: Decreases
Option B: Increases
Option C: Remains the same
Option D: Is no measure of pollution
Correct Answer: Increases ✔
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Option A: Mineralization
Option B: Oligotrophication
Option C: Eutrophication
Option D: All of these
Correct Answer: Eutrophication ✔
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Option A: Aldrin
Option B: Lindane
Option C: Chlordane
Option D: Chloremphenicol
Correct Answer: Chloremphenicol ✔
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Option A: PAN
Option B: 2,4,5-T
Option C: 2,4-D
Option D: DDT
Correct Answer: DDT ✔
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Option A: BOD much higher than COD
Option B: BOD slightly higher than COD
Option C: COD slightly higher than BOD
Option D: COD much higher than BOD
Correct Answer: COD much higher than BOD ✔
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COD stands for:
Option A: Caesium oxide deposition
Option B: Control of diesel
Option C: Chemistry of depositions
Option D: Chemical oxygen demand
Correct Answer: Chemical oxygen demand ✔
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Option A: Thousands
Option B: Hundreds
Option C: Billion
Option D: Millions
Correct Answer: Billion ✔
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Option A: Acidity
Option B: Metal toxicity
Option C: Aridity
Option D: Salinity
Correct Answer: Salinity ✔
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Pollution is:
Option A: Always an unfavourble alteration
Option B: Always a favourable change
Option C: Rarely a favoruable alteration
Option D: Usually an unfavourable change
Correct Answer: Always an unfavourble alteration ✔
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Option A: Gamma rays (from cobalt 60)
Option B: X-rays
Option C: UV (260 nm)
Option D: Alpha particles
Correct Answer: Gamma rays (from cobalt 60) ✔
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Option A: 89%
Option B: 93%
Option C: 97%
Option D: 86%
Correct Answer: 86% ✔
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Option A: Production of cereals
Option B: Trapping of UV rays
Option C: Cooling of earth
Option D: Warming of earth
Correct Answer: Warming of earth ✔
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PAN stands for:
Option A: Peroxy acetyl nitrate
Option B: Peroxy acyl nitrite
Option C: Pyridine aceto-nitrite
Option D: Peroxy aceto-nitrile
Correct Answer: Peroxy acetyl nitrate ✔
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Option A: Industrial waste
Option B: Oil spills
Option C: Death of marine fauna
Option D: None of these
Correct Answer: Oil spills ✔
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Option A: Ethylene
Option B: 3.4 Benzpyrene
Option C: N2O
Option D: PAN
Correct Answer: 3.4 Benzpyrene ✔
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Option A: Reverse osmosis
Option B: Electrodialysis
Option C: Both (a) & (b)
Option D: None of these
Correct Answer: Both (a) & (b) ✔
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Option A: Jet air crafts only
Option B: Fire extinguishers and jet air crafts
Option C: Refrigerators and jet air crafts
Option D: All of these
Correct Answer: All of these ✔
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Option A: Mesopause
Option B: Tropopause
Option C: Stratopause
Option D: All of these
Correct Answer: Tropopause ✔
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Option A: Phosphene
Option B: Nitrogen
Option C: Hydrogen
Option D: Nerve gas VX
Correct Answer: Nerve gas VX ✔
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Option A: Los Angeles type smog
Option B: New York type smog
Option C: Tokyo type smog
Option D: California type smog
Correct Answer: Los Angeles type smog ✔
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Option A: Melting of polar ice
Option B: Destruction of phytoplanktons
Option C: Inundation of coastal towns
Option D: Increase in productivity
Correct Answer: Melting of polar ice ✔
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Option A: Hydrocarbons only
Option B: Hydrocarbons and SO2
Option C: Hydrocarbons and N2O
Option D: Particulate matter and SO2
Correct Answer: Particulate matter and SO2 ✔
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Option A: Calcium salts
Option B: Cobalt salts
Option C: Silicon oil
Option D: Barium salts
Correct Answer: Barium salts ✔
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Option A: In the mid day
Option B: At night
Option C: In early morning
Option D: At evening
Correct Answer: In the mid day ✔
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Option A: Tanneries
Option B: Paper factories
Option C: Chemical factories
Option D: Sugar mills
Correct Answer: Chemical factories ✔
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The PAN blocks:
Option A: Glycolysis
Option B: ATP synthesis
Option C: CO2 fixation
Option D: Hill reaction
Correct Answer: Hill reaction ✔
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Option A: USA/Korea
Option B: Russia
Option C: China
Option D: Japan
Correct Answer: Japan ✔
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Option A: Ozone
Option B: N2O
Option C: Ethylene
Option D: PAN
Correct Answer: Ozone ✔
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Option A: Troposphere
Option B: Stratosphere
Option C: Homosphere
Option D: Heterosphere
Correct Answer: Troposphere ✔
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Option A: 245 ppm
Option B: 275 ppm
Option C: 215 ppm
Option D: 230 ppm
Correct Answer: 275 ppm ✔
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Option A: Troposphere
Option B: Stratosphere
Option C: Mesosphere
Option D: Thermosphere
Correct Answer: Troposphere ✔
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Option A: 400 ppm
Option B: 500 ppm
Option C: 475 ppm
Option D: 450 ppm
Correct Answer: 450 ppm ✔
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Option A: 1885
Option B: 1895
Option C: 1905
Option D: 1910
Correct Answer: 1905 ✔
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Option A: Growth of organism due to food consumption
Option B: Increase in population size
Option C: Blowing up of environmental issues by man
Option D: Increase in the concentration of non-degradable pollutants as they pass through food chain
Correct Answer: Increase in the concentration of non-degradable pollutants as they pass through food chain ✔
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Option A: 1933
Option B: 1943
Option C: 1953
Option D: 1963
Correct Answer: 1943 ✔
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