Option A: CFC, CH4 and SO2
Option B: Sulphates of Na, Ca and Fe
Option C: Fly ash
Option D: All of these
Correct Answer: Fly ash ✔
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Option A: Photochemical smog
Option B: Dry acid deposition
Option C: Industrial smog
Option D: Wet acid deposition
Correct Answer: Dry acid deposition ✔
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Option A: Degradation of marble due to high temperature
Option B: Air pollution released from oil refinery
Option C: Riparian erosion
Option D: Discharge of industrial waste in Yamuna river
Correct Answer: Air pollution released from oil refinery ✔
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Option A: Shock waves
Option B: Noise of traffic
Option C: Noise of siren
Option D: Unhearable sound
Correct Answer: Shock waves ✔
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Option A: Chlorides
Option B: Cyanides
Option C: Fluorides
Option D: Nitrates
Correct Answer: Nitrates ✔
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Option A: One test every 20th day
Option B: One test every 13th day
Option C: One test every 11th day
Option D: One test every 9th day
Correct Answer: One test every 9th day ✔
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Option A: Riccinus communis
Option B: Iberis amara
Option C: Cynodon dactylon
Option D: All of these
Correct Answer: Riccinus communis ✔
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Option A: Sr90, I131
Option B: Cr51, Cu64
Option C: Zr95, Mn54
Option D: All of these
Correct Answer: Sr90, I131 ✔
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Option A: Eichhornia crassipes
Option B: Escherichia coli
Option C: Entamoeba histolytica
Option D: Lemna pancicostata
Correct Answer: Escherichia coli ✔
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Option A: Kidneys
Option B: Thyroid
Option C: Bones
Option D: Muscles
Correct Answer: Bones ✔
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Option A: 35-45 db
Option B: 1-5 db
Option C: 40-60 db
Option D: 65-75 db
Correct Answer: 35-45 db ✔
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Option A: 120 db
Option B: 150 db
Option C: 180 db
Option D: 240 db
Correct Answer: 180 db ✔
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Option A: Cyanides and phenols
Option B: Chlorides and fluorides
Option C: Carbonates and sulphides
Option D: Bicarbonates and chlorides
Correct Answer: Cyanides and phenols ✔
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Option A: 120-170 db
Option B: 90-160 db
Option C: 100-130 db
Option D: 100-160 db
Correct Answer: 100-160 db ✔
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Option A: Barium
Option B: Cadmium
Option C: Iron
Option D: Mercury
Correct Answer: Cadmium ✔
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Option A: Traffic on high ways
Option B: Sirens of every kind
Option C: Air traffic directions
Option D: Noise producing devices
Correct Answer: Air traffic directions ✔
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Option A: Ocimum basilicum
Option B: Azadirachta indica
Option C: Both (a) & (b)
Option D: Dalbergia sissoo
Correct Answer: Both (a) & (b) ✔
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Option A: Jun-44
Option B: Sep-44
Option C: Jul-45
Option D: Aug-45
Correct Answer: Jul-45 ✔
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Option A: Traffic sirens
Option B: Sirens and loud speakers
Option C: Kitchen appliances, radio and TV
Option D: Industries
Correct Answer: Kitchen appliances, radio and TV ✔
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Option A: Soil only
Option B: Soil and water both
Option C: Air and water both
Option D: Air, soil and water
Correct Answer: Air, soil and water ✔
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Option A: Ethane
Option B: Methane
Option C: Butane
Option D: Ammonia
Correct Answer: Methane ✔
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Option A: Drying of the lake very soon due to algal bloom
Option B: An increased production of fish due to lot of nutrients
Option C: Increased population of aquatic food web organisms
Option D: Death of fish due to lack of oxygen
Correct Answer: Death of fish due to lack of oxygen ✔
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Option A: August, 8th
Option B: August, 9th
Option C: August, 6th
Option D: August, 4th
Correct Answer: August, 6th ✔
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Option A: Chernobyl
Option B: TMI-2
Option C: Narora
Option D: Trombay
Correct Answer: TMI-2 ✔
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Option A: 0.01 ppm
Option B: 0.001 ppm
Option C: 0.5 ppm
Option D: 0.75 ppm
Correct Answer: 0.01 ppm ✔
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Option A: 2 km
Option B: 4 km
Option C: 8 km
Option D: 10 km
Correct Answer: 2 km ✔
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A hydrocarbon having the following number of carbon atoms doesn’t exist freely in the atmosphere:
Option A: C16
Option B: C18
Option C: Both (a) & (b)
Option D: C10
Correct Answer: Both (a) & (b) ✔
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Option A: Geneva
Option B: Islamabad
Option C: Sydney
Option D: Rio-de-Janeiro
Correct Answer: Rio-de-Janeiro ✔
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Option A: 10-15%
Option B: 15-20%
Option C: 20-25%
Option D: 2-5%
Correct Answer: 10-15% ✔
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Option A: Gaseous
Option B: Mainly gaseous
Option C: Non-gaseous
Option D: Mainly non-gaseous
Correct Answer: Non-gaseous ✔
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Option A: Phosphene
Option B: SiF4
Option C: Dust
Option D: Halogens
Correct Answer: SiF4 ✔
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Option A: Pb, Hg, Cr, Cd
Option B: P,Mn,B,Mg
Option C: N,K,Mo
Option D: Zn,Mo,Mg,Ag
Correct Answer: Pb, Hg, Cr, Cd ✔
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Option A: Cell membranes
Option B: DNA
Option C: Mitochondria and ribosomes
Option D: Nucleus
Correct Answer: DNA ✔
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Option A: Stockholm
Option B: Paris
Option C: London
Option D: Tokyo
Correct Answer: Stockholm ✔
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Option A: Sewage
Option B: Plastic
Option C: Polythene
Option D: DDT
Correct Answer: Sewage ✔
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Option A: Smoke filters
Option B: Ringelmann’s charts
Option C: Horizontal microscopes
Option D: All of these
Correct Answer: B. Ringelmann’s charts ✔
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Option A: SO2 and SO3
Option B: SO2 and oxides of nitrogen
Option C: Hydrocarbons and N2O
Option D: Suspended particulate matter
Correct Answer: Suspended particulate matter ✔
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Option A: Tansley
Option B: Odum
Option C: Clements
Option D: Des Voeux
Correct Answer: Des Voeux ✔
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Option A: Paris
Option B: London
Option C: Tokyo
Option D: New York
Correct Answer: London ✔
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A disease caused by eating fish contained by industrial waste having mercury compounds is known as:
Option A: Minamata disease
Option B: Osteosclerosis
Option C: Bright’s disease
Option D: Hashimoto disease
Correct Answer: Minamata disease ✔
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If there were no CO2 in the earth’s atmosphere, the temperature of earth’s surface would have been:
Option A: same as present
Option B: Less than the present
Option C: Higher than the present
Option D: Dependent on the amount of O2 in the atmosphere
Correct Answer: Less than the present ✔
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Option A: Burning of fossil fuel
Option B: Thermal power plants
Option C: Sewage
Option D: Suspended particles
Correct Answer: Burning of fossil fuel ✔
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Option A: High
Option B: Low
Option C: Same
Option D: None of these
Correct Answer: High ✔
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Option A: Its cost of production is high
Option B: It is not rapidly degraded in nature
Option C: Organisms at once developed resistance to it
Option D: It is significantly less effective than other pesticides
Correct Answer: It is not rapidly degraded in nature ✔
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Option A: The development of resistant pest varieties
Option B: Simplification of food web
Option C: Reduction in population of useful birds
Option D: Increase in weed population
Correct Answer: The development of resistant pest varieties ✔
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Option A: By changing O2 into CO
Option B: By destroying the haemoglobin
Option C: By forming a stable compound with haemoglobin
Option D: By obstructing the reaction of O2 with haemoglobin
Correct Answer: By forming a stable compound with haemoglobin ✔
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Option A: It gives off a bad small
Option B: It removes the food eaten by fishes
Option C: It increases the competition with fishes for dissolved oxygen
Option D: Excessive CO2 is added to water
Correct Answer: It increases the competition with fishes for dissolved oxygen ✔
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Option A: Natural balance of our ecological environment
Option B: Natural gaseous cycle
Option C: Natural geochemical cycle
Option D: Natural flora of a place
Correct Answer: Natural balance of our ecological environment ✔
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Option A: They treat the polluted water
Option B: They act as bio-indicators of pollution
Option C: They promote pollution
Option D: Lichens are not related with pollution
Correct Answer: They act as bio-indicators of pollution ✔
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Option A: Sea food containing lot of cadmium
Option B: Fish contaminated with mercury
Option C: Oysters with lot of pesticide
Option D: Sea food contaminated with selenium
Correct Answer: Fish contaminated with mercury ✔
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Option A: Mosses
Option B: Liver worts
Option C: Lichens
Option D: Ferns
Correct Answer: Lichens ✔
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Option A: Fishes
Option B: Birds
Option C: Zooplanktons
Option D: Phytoplanktons
Correct Answer: Fishes ✔
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Option A: 20 times
Option B: 100 times
Option C: 2 times
Option D: 200 times
Correct Answer: 200 times ✔
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Option A: Pathogens
Option B: Pheromones
Option C: Insect repellant
Option D: Insect hormone analogue
Correct Answer: Insect hormone analogue ✔
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Option A: Biogas generation
Option B: Biological oxygen demand
Option C: Biosynthetic path way
Option D: Fermentation
Correct Answer: Biological oxygen demand ✔
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Option A: O3 layer
Option B: SO2 layer
Option C: O2 Layer
Option D: CO2 layer
Correct Answer: O3 layer ✔
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Option A: Cooling of earth
Option B: Trapping UV rays
Option C: Production of cereals
Option D: warming of earth
Correct Answer: warming of earth ✔
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Option A: It reacts with O2
Option B: It inhibits glycolysis
Option C: Reacts with haemoglobin
Option D: Makes nervous system inactive
Correct Answer: Reacts with haemoglobin ✔
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Option A: Industries
Option B: Automobiles
Option C: Home fuel
Option D: Trees
Correct Answer: Automobiles ✔
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Option A: P32
Option B: Sr90
Option C: Cs137
Option D: I131
Correct Answer: Sr90 ✔
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Which important greenhouse gas other than methane is being produced from the agricultural fields?
Option A: Arsine
Option B: SO2
Option C: NH3
Option D: N2O
Correct Answer: N2O ✔
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Option A: Russia
Option B: USA
Option C: Brazil
Option D: Germany
Correct Answer: USA ✔
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Option A: Dogs
Option B: Pigs
Option C: Cats
Option D: Rabbits
Correct Answer: Rabbits ✔
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Option A: CCI4
Option B: SO2
Option C: CO
Option D: Fluoro-carbon
Correct Answer: Fluoro-carbon ✔
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Option A: CO
Option B: CO2
Option C: PAN
Option D: Aerosol
Correct Answer: PAN ✔
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Water pollution:
Option A: Increases oxygenation
Option B: Decreases turbidity
Option C: Increases turbidity deoxygenation
Option D: Increases photosynthesis
Correct Answer: Increases turbidity deoxygenation ✔
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Option A: More
Option B: Less
Option C: Equal
Option D: Somewhere more somewhere less
Correct Answer: More ✔
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Option A: Phosphate rock only
Option B: Agricultural fertilizers only
Option C: Sewage and phosphate rock
Option D: Sewage and agricultural fertilizers
Correct Answer: Sewage and agricultural fertilizers ✔
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Option A: Beggiota
Option B: Chlorella
Option C: Azospirillium
Option D: Escherichia
Correct Answer: Escherichia ✔
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Option A: Soil and water
Option B: Air and soil
Option C: Crops and air
Option D: Air and water
Correct Answer: Air and soil ✔
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Option A: China
Option B: Antarctica
Option C: Europe
Option D: Africa
Correct Answer: Antarctica ✔
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Option A: Refinery
Option B: Distillary
Option C: Textile mill
Option D: Paper mill
Correct Answer: Refinery ✔
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Option A: Leaves
Option B: Flowers
Option C: Stems
Option D: Roots
Correct Answer: Leaves ✔
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Option A: Water
Option B: Air
Option C: Noise
Option D: Soil
Correct Answer: Air ✔
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Option A: Biopollutants
Option B: Ozone layer
Option C: Nuclear blast
Option D: Deforestation
Correct Answer: Ozone layer ✔
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Option A: Pollutants in air
Option B: Use of detergents
Option C: Water pollution
Option D: Depletion of O3 layer
Correct Answer: Depletion of O3 layer ✔
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BOD stands for:
Option A: Biotic oxygen deduction
Option B: Base of degradation
Option C: Biotic oxide demand
Option D: Biological oxygen demand
Correct Answer: Biological oxygen demand ✔
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Option A: Cadmium
Option B: Zinc
Option C: Lead
Option D: All of the above
Correct Answer: All of the above ✔
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Option A: Decreasing O2
Option B: Reducing photosynthesis
Option C: Competing with CO2
Option D: Being toxic to chloroplasts
Correct Answer: Competing with CO2 ✔
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Option A: River is polluted
Option B: River is not polluted
Option C: River is day
Option D: None of these
Correct Answer: River is polluted ✔
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Option A: Hole in ozone layer
Option B: Decrease in the ozone layer in troposphere
Option C: Decrease in thickness of ozone layer in stratosphere
Option D: Increase in the thickness of ozone layer in troposphere
Correct Answer: Decrease in thickness of ozone layer in stratosphere ✔
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Option A: Present in water
Option B: Utilized by organisms in water
Option C: Utilized by micro-organisms for decomposition
Option D: Demanded by the producers for the production of food
Correct Answer: Utilized by micro-organisms for decomposition ✔
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Option A: DDT
Option B: Aluminum foil
Option C: Domestic wastes
Option D: Mercury slats
Correct Answer: Domestic wastes ✔
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Option A: Organic matter
Option B: Microbes
Option C: Both (a) & (b)
Option D: None of these
Correct Answer: Both (a) & (b) ✔
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Option A: Soil pollutant
Option B: Water pollutant
Option C: Air pollutant
Option D: Noise pollutant
Correct Answer: Air pollutant ✔
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Option A: Caused by CO2 only
Option B: Caused by CH4, SO2, NO2 gases
Option C: Caused by those gases which absorb the infra-red light reflecting from earth
Option D: Caused by combination of many gases
Correct Answer: Caused by CO2 only ✔
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Option A: Acid rain
Option B: Smog
Option C: Both (a) & (b)
Option D: None of these
Correct Answer: Both (a) & (b) ✔
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Option A: Ammonia
Option B: Phytoplankton
Option C: Industrial effluents
Option D: Smoke
Correct Answer: Industrial effluents ✔
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Option A: Hardness of water
Option B: Industrial pollution
Option C: Sewage pollution
Option D: Presence of chlorine in water
Correct Answer: Sewage pollution ✔
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Option A: 10-20 dB
Option B: 40-60 dB
Option C: 90-12 dB
Option D: 120-150 dB
Correct Answer: 40-60 dB ✔
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Option A: Global warming
Option B: Acid rain
Option C: Greenhouse effect
Option D: The UV radiations reach the earth
Correct Answer: The UV radiations reach the earth ✔
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Option A: Sulphur di-oxide
Option B: Carbon di-oxide
Option C: Chloro-fluoro-carbon
Option D: Smog
Correct Answer: Chloro-fluoro-carbon ✔
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Option A: Very costly
Option B: Not available
Option C: Inflammable
Option D: Not degraded easily
Correct Answer: Not degraded easily ✔
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