Multiple Choice Questions

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The Montreal Protocol refers to

  • Persistent organic pollutants

  • Global warming and climate change

  • Substances that deplete the ozone layer

  • Biosafety of genetically modified organisms


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Substances that deplete the ozone layer

World's major producers and consumers of pollutants met at Montreal (Canada) on September 16, 1987 to solve the problem of ozone thining in stratosphere. 24 countries signed the protocol that came into force on january 1, 1989. This protocol refers to the substances such as CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons), methane that deplete the ozone layer.


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Which of the following bio-engineered bacteria is utilized for cleaning of marine oil slicks?

  • Escherichia coli

  • Pseudomonas syringae

  • Pseudomonas putida

  • Rhizoctonia solani


Which insecticide is more hazardous to human health?

  • Rotenone

  • Pyrethrum

  • DDT

  • Humulin


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


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Ozone depletion in staratosphere would result in 

  • forest fires

  • global warming

  • skin cancer incidence

  • None of the above


Amount of Co, in expired air is about

  • 0.04%

  • 0.03%

  • 4.5%

  • 21%


Minamata disease is caused due to the presence of in water.

  • Cadmium

  • Lead

  • Arsenic

  • Mercury


In a cola fired power plant, electrostatic precipitators are installed to control emission of

  • SO2

  • NOx

  • SPM

  • CO


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Which is always present in photochemical smog?

  • O3

  • CO2

  • SO2

  • CH4


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