Multiple Choice Questions

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Soil salinity is measured by

  • Porometer

  • Calorimeter

  • Conductivity meter

  • Potometer


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Conductivity meter

Conductivity meter measures soil salinity Porometer is an apparatus for knowing the relative sizes of stomata. Potometer is used for measuring the rate of transpiration.


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Photochemical smog pollution does not contain

  • ozone

  • nitrogen dioxide

  • carbon dioxide

  • carbon dioxide

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Limit of BOD prescribed by Central Pollution Control Board for the discharge of industrial and municipal waste water into natural surface water, is:

  • < 3.0 ppm

  • < 10 ppm

  • < 100 ppm

  • < 100 ppm

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Which one of the following statements is not valid for aerosols?

  • They are harmful to human health

  • They alter rainfall and monsoon patterns

  • They cause increased agricultural productivity

  • They cause increased agricultural productivity

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Which of the following in sewage treatment remove suspended solids?

  • Tertiary treatment

  • Secondary treatment

  • Primary treatment

  • Primary treatment

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IUCN stands for 

  • Indian Union for Conservation of Nature

  • International Union for Conservation of Nature

  • Indian Union of Chemical Nomenclature

  • International Union for the conservation of Nutrients


Which one of the following combination is incorrect?

  • Rio convention → Air pollution

  • Kyoto protocol  → Climate change

  • Montreal Protocol → Ozone depletion

  • Ramsar Convention → Wetland conservation


Which of the following species are restricted to an area?

  • Sympatric species

  • Sibling species

  • Allopatric species

  • Endemic species


Factor govering the earth surface is

  • Topographic

  • Edaphic

  • Temperature

  • Biotic


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Biological treatment of water pollution is done with the help of

  • Fungi

  • Lichen

  • Phytoplanktons

  • None of the above


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