SSC QUIZ

1.    Atmosphere of big metro pollution cities is polluted most by –

(1) Automobile exhausts               (2) Pesticide residue

(3) Household waste                     (4) Radioactive fall out

2.    Chief air pollutant which is likely to deplete ozone layer is –

(1) Sulphur dioxide                       

(2) Carbon dioxide

(3) Carbon monoxide       

(4) Nitrogen oxides and fluorocarbons

3.    World environment day is –

(1) 28^th Feb                                   (2) 5^th June

(3) 7^th June                                    (4) 10 April

4.    Gas released during Bhopal tragedy was –

(1) Methyl isocyanate

(2) Potassium isothiocyanate

(3) Sodium isothiocyanate

(4) Ethyl isothiocyanate

5.    Major aerosol pollutant in jet plane emission is –

(1) Sulphurdioxide

(2) Carbonmonoxide

(3) Methane

(4) Fluorocarbon

6.    Air pollution is maximum by –

(1) Sewage and pesticides

(2) Sewage and effluents

(3) Detergents and pesticides

(4) Automobile exhausts and chemical from industries

7.    Air pollution is indicated by –

(1) Fern and Cycus

(2) Algae and Liverwort

(3) Lichens and Moss

(4) Neem

8.    Pollutant produced from vehicles which cause mental disease is –

(1) NO₂                                                          (2) So₂

(3) Pb                                              (4) Hg

9.     Carbon monoxide is a pollutant because –

(1) It combine with oxygen

(2) It affect nervours system

(3) It check the process of glycolysis

(4) It combine with haemoglobin

10.  Which of the following is chief air pollutant?

(1) CO                                             (2) CO₂

(3) N₂                                                 (4) S

11.  Chief air pollutant in big meteropolitan city like Kolkata and Mumbai

(1) CO and SO₂                                        (2) Hydrocarbon

(3) Spores of algae                          (4) Ozone

12.  Taj Mahal is threatened by pollution from –

(1) Chlorine                                   (2) Sulphurdioxide

(3) Hydrogen                                 (4) Oxygen

13.  Ozone day is –

(1) January, 30                               (2) September, 16

(3) April, 21                                   (4) December, 25

14.  Ozone hole is maximum over –

(1) Europe                                     (2) Antarctica

(3) India                                         (4) Africa

15.  The term histology was first used by –

(1) Schileden                                 (2) Mayer

(3) Robbert Hook                           (4) Maman

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