Quiz on Pollution with Answers:
Which one of the following is not among the three R’s to save the environment?
(a) Reduce
(b) Recover
(c) Recycle
(d) Reuse
The global climate is threatened by the increase in the concentration of
(a) Oxygen
(b) Nitrogen
(c) Water vapors
(d) Green house gases
‘Green Accounting’ means measuring the National Income of the country, taking into account the estimation of
(a) the total forest area of the country
(b) the destruction of forest cover of the country
(c) pollution and environmental damage
(d) area of reclaimed fallow land
Ozone layer above earth’s atmosphere:
(a) Prevent infra-red radiation from the sun
(b) Infra-red rays reflected from earth from escaping earth’s atmosphere
(c) Prevent ultraviolet rays from the sun
(d) Reflect back radio waves
Which of the following would be natural pollution?
(a) Forest fires
(b) Eutrophication
(c) Occurrence of smog
(d) Occurrence of NO2 in the atmosphere
Which of the following statements is incorrect?
(a) Carbon monoxide is the major environmental pollutant
(b) All pollutants are not waste
(c) Nitrogen and Mg can pollute water
(d) Lichens are affected by sulfur dioxide
The soil pollutants that affect the food chain and food web by killing microorganisms and plants are
(a) Pathogens
(b) Chemical fertilizers
(c) Agricultural waste
(d) Pesticides
The reason for pollution is
(a) Population explosion
(b) Urbanization
(c) Industrialization
(d) All the above
The major pollution-causing agent is
(a) Man
(b) Animals
(c) Hydrocarbon gases
(d) None of the above
Which of the following strategies is not useful for global warming?
(a) Use of fossil fuel in limit
(b) Increase in forest
(c) Increasing use of nitrogen fertilizers
(d) Use of other options in the place of CFC.
The presence of ozone (O3) in the atmosphere of earth
(a) Hinders higher rate of photosynthesis
(b) Helps in checking the penetration of ultraviolet rays on earth
(c) Has been responsible for increasing the average global temperature in recent years.
(d) It is advantageous since it supplies O2 for people traveling on jets.
Formation of ozone hole is maximum over
(a) China
(b) Antarctica
(c) USA
(d) India
Pollution can be controlled by
(a) Sewage treatment
(b) Manufacturing electrically operated vehicles
(c) By checking atomic blasts
(d) All of the above
Lichens are an indicator of pollution.
(a) As they are sensitive to pollution
(b) As they flower well in a polluted environment
(c) As they show an association between algae and fungi
(d) As they grow faster than other plants
Chlorofluorocarbon is used in
(a) Refrigerators
(b) Air conditioners
(c) Perfumes
(d) All
The result of the ozone hole is
(a) Acid rain
(b) UV radiation
(c) Global warming
(d) Green house effect
Effect of pollution first marked on
(a) Micro-organisms
(b) Green vegetation of an area
(c) Food crop
(d) None of these
A pollutant is any substance, chemical or other factor that changes.
(a) Natural geochemical cycles
(b) Natural balance of our environment
(c) Natural flora of a place
(d) The natural wild life of a region
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The term “Bio-magnification” refers to the
(a) Growth of an organism due to food consumption
(b) Increase in population size
(c) Blowing up of environmental issues by man
(d) Increase in the concentration of non-degradable pollutants as they pass through the food chain
What causes pollution?
(a) Human activities
(b) Trees
(c) Both of these
(d) None of these
The problem associated with nuclear power plants is
(a) Thermal pollution
(b) Emission of hazardous radio–nuclides
(c) Disposal of radioactive waste
(d) All the above
Which one of the following is a threat to the environment?
(a) Growing plants
(b) Growing population
(c) Growing crops
(d) Growing owers
Which of the following causes an outbreak of jaundice?
(a) Air pollution
(b) Water pollution
(c) Thermal pollution
(d) Soil pollution
Which of the following organisms is likely to have a greater concentration of D.D.T in its body?
(a) Herbivores
(b) Carnivores
(c) Top carnivores
(d) Primary producers
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Positive pollution of soil is due to
(a) Excessive use of fertilizers
(b) Addition of waste to soil
(c) Reduction in soil productivity
(d) All of these
The most harmful environmental pollution from nuclear reactors is–
(a) radioactivity
(b) particulate formation
(c) thermal pollution
(d) noise pollution
As we all know, emission of certain gases is responsible for the level of. Which of the following gases makes the maximum contribution to global warming?
(a) Ammonia
(b) Oxygen
(c) Carbon Dioxide
(d) Nitrogen
What is Freon?
(a) Difluoro Dichloro Ethane
(b) Difluoro Dichloro Methane
(c) Difluoroamines Dichloro Methane
(d) Difluoro Methylornithine
The Taj Mahal is being affected by
(a) Noise pollution
(b) Air pollution
(c) Water pollution
(d) None of these
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Which of the following is used as a moderator in a nuclear reactor?
(a) Thorium
(b) Graphite
(c) Radium
(d) Ordinary water
The presence of solid, liquid or gaseous compounds, which may not be normally present, or in excess concentration in the atmosphere is called
(a) air pollution
(b) water pollution
(c) soil pollution
(d) radioactive pollution
Noise pollution is measured in:
(a) Hertz
(b) Fathoms
(c) Nanometers
(d) Decibels
A combination of smoke, fog and chemical pollutants seen in industrialized cities is known as __
(a) SO
(b) Smog
(c) Fallout
(d) Ozone
Any unfavorable alteration of the environment may be called as
(a) eutrophication
(b) environmental pollution
(c) biomagnification
(d) bioaccumulation
