Which insecticide is more hazardous to human health?
Rotenone
Pyrethrum
DDT
Humulin
C.
DDT
DDT is the most hazardous, non-biodegradable insecticide, which is fat soluble but insoluble in water. It Persists in the environment for a very long period. Being fat soluble, it accumulates in the animal tissue and gets concentrated at different trophic levels of the food chain. At each step, DDT is more concentrated. This is also called biomagnification.
The Montreal Protocol refers to
Persistent organic pollutants
Global warming and climate change
Substances that deplete the ozone layer
Biosafety of genetically modified organisms
A lake with an inflow of domestic sewage rich in organic waste may result in
Drying of the lake very soon due to algal bloom
An increased production of fish due to lot of nutrients
Death of fish due to lack of oxygen
Increased population of the aquatic food web organisms
Besides dung, the weed that can be used in biogas production is
Hydrilla
Solanum- nigrum
Eichhornia Crassipes
Parthenium hysterophorus
Ozone depletion in staratosphere would result in
forest fires
global warming
skin cancer incidence
None of the above
Which of the following bio-engineered bacteria is utilized for cleaning of marine oil slicks?
Escherichia coli
Pseudomonas syringae
Pseudomonas putida
Rhizoctonia solani
In a cola fired power plant, electrostatic precipitators are installed to control emission of
SO2
NOx
SPM
CO
