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4. The increase in the concentration of green house gases is primarily the effect
of:
a. The release of CSFs
b. Energy used in the developed world.
c. Heavy metal contaminations
d. Temperature inversions
6. ________ refers to the group of individuals of any one kind of organisms living
together in a particular locality is called as:
a. Community
b. Ecosystem
c. Population
d. Biosphere
11. All of the following strategies can help reduce chemical pollution and its
health effects EXCEPT:
a. Burning your trash
b. Buying locally grown and/or organic produce
c. Eat less meat
d. Staying out of the houses for few days after fumigating
13. All are the factors effecting the ecosystem and environmental health
except:
a. Population Explosion
b. Industrialization
c. Urbanization
d. Food products
14. Excessive overflow of water from river to nearby villages and town and
towns and disrupts the entire life and environment called as:
a. Floods
b. Water outflow
c. Earthquake
d. Land slid
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19. The method of reducing of pollutants in the air which can be done by
excessive planting of trees and vegetation around residential and industrial
areas is called as:
a. Contamination method.
b. Replacement method
c. Dilution
d. Disinfection of air
20. About _______ of water on the earth is in the oceans:
a. 97%
b. 88%
c. 97%
d. 77%
21. All of the following WHO guidelines regarding water Quality standards
Except:
a. Accessibility of water
b. Chemical substance
c. Radiological aspect
d. Water purification
22. Unwanted chemical, organic and other substances which get added in
an indefinite proportion in the soil or on land and destroy the soil and causes
soil erosion is called as:
a. Land pollution
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b. Land pollutant
c. Both a & b
d. Landfill
23. In filtration, the amount of dissolved solids passing through the filters is:
a. Difference between total solids and suspended solids
b. Sum of total solids and suspended solids
c. Independent of suspended solids
d. None of the above
25. The excess presence of which of the following cause the teeth of
children mottled and discolored?
a. Fluorides
b. Chlorides
c. Hardness
d. All of the above
b. Industrial processes
c. Stationary fuel combustion
d. None of the above
a. rain forest
b. mining for minerals
c. forest fire
d. falling of meteoroids
a.carbon dioxide
b. oxygen
c. potassium
d. magnesium
a. chlorofluorocarbon
b. cars and motor vehicles
c. power plants and industries
d.all of above
37. Addition of harmful substances that has bad effects on environment and
living things is classified as
a. allotrophication
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b. eutrophication
c. atmospheric pressure
d.pollution
a. lung cancer
b. respiratory illness
c. skin diseases
d.all of above
a.land pollution
b. light pollution
c. radioactive contamination
d. noise pollution
41. Layer of atmosphere that absorbs ultraviolet rays from Sun is called
a. troposphere
b. ozone layer
c. thermosphere
d. mesosphere
42. Air condition equipment, leaking refrigerators, spray cans and burning
of plastic foams release
a. carob-oxides
b. herbicides
c. pesticides
d. chlorofluorocarbon
46. Death of fish in lakes and rivers in some countries has been attributed
to
a. gaseous pollutants
b. air toxics
c. acid rains
d. pollution
47. Biological decay, forest fires and volcanic eruptions are example of
a. gaseous pollutants
b. water pollutants
c. human-caused pollution
d. all of these
48. Aluminum (Al) salts may become fatal to fish if allowed to react with
a. soil in rivers
b. soil in lakes
c. fossil fuel
d. gaseous pollutants like acid rains
a. Open dumping
b. Composting
c. Incineration
d. Dumping in sealed containers
a. Incineration
b. Autoclaving
c. Land filling
d. Both (b) and (c)