Multiple Choice Questions

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The true statement about 'green-house effect' is that it is caused by :

  • CO2 only

  • SO2 only

  • CO2 and SO2

  • CO2, CFC, CH4 and NO2 gases


D.

CO2, CFC, CH4 and NO2 gases

Greenhouse effect is a natural process that warms the Earth's surface. It can also be defined as heating of biosphere caused by incoming solar radiations and inhibiting the outgoing radiations. The warm air inside green house causes heating. It is caused by the gases like CO2, CFCs, CH4 and NO2.


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Nutrient enrichment of a lake will cause

  • eutrophication

  • stratification

  • biomagnification

  • bioaccumulation


For a clean environment, which one following is not essential?

  • Producer

  • Consumer

  • Decomposer

  • Polluter


Which of the following is not a Green-house gas?

  • N2O

  • CFC

  • O3

  • CO2


SO2 pollution is indicated by

  • Desmodium (grasses)

  • Sphagnum (mosses)

  • Usnea (lichens)

  • Cucurbita (climbers)


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Freon gas causing stratospheric O3 depletion is mainly released from

  • refrigerator

  • automobile

  • thermal power plant

  • steel industry


Which of the following diseases is related to cadmium pollution?

  • Minamata

  • Pneumoconiosis

  • Anaemia

  • Itai- Itai


Soil carried by gravity is

  • alluvial

  • eolian

  • colluvial

  • glacial


Short Answer Type

What is bioaccumulation?


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Multiple Choice Questions

Which one of the following is mainly responsible for green houses effect?

  • SO2

  • CO2

  • CO

  • O2


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