Minamata disease is pollution related disease. It result from fr

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141.

Which one of the following combinations is incorrect?

  • Rio convention - Air pollution

  • Kyoto protocol - Climate change

  • Montreal protocol - Ozone depletion

  • Ramsar convention - Wetland conservation


142.

Select the correct statement (s) pertaining to Chipko movement.

  • It was led by Sunderlal Bahuguna

  • It was a tree hugging movement

  • It commenced in the Tehri-Garhwal district.

  • It received global attention on environmental protection.


143.

Select the non-degradable pollutant (s) from the followings

  • Plastic

  • Organochlorine pesticides

  • Heavy metals

  • Domestic sewage


144.

Read the following about pollution and identify the correct matching combinations.
Column I Column II Column III
I. Chernobyl Accidental leakage Radioactive wastes
II. El nino effect Global warming Causing climatic changes
III. Chloroflurocarbons Ozone degradation Fluorine atoms released
IV. Snow blindness UV- B radiation Inflammation of cornea

  • III, II, I

  • IV, III, II

  • I, II, IV

  • I, III, IV


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145.

Water pollution is best assessed by determining

  • DO and BOD

  • BOD and turbidity

  • DO and acidity

  • Hardness and alkalinity


146.

Tectonic is the study of

  • volcanoes

  • sand dunes

  • earthquakes

  • earth's crust


147.

The maintenance of internal favourable conditions by a self-regulated mechanisms in spite of the fact that there are changes in environment, is known as

  • entropy

  • enthalpy

  • homeostasis

  • steady state


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148.

Minamata disease is pollution related disease. It result from

  • oil spills in sea

  • DDT pollution

  • release of industrial waste containing mercury in fishing water

  • accumulation of arsenic


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release of industrial waste containing mercury in fishing water

Minamata disease is caused by the release of industrial wastes containing mercury in fishing water. It occurred in Minamata city, Japan in 1953, where more than 100 persons died or suffered serious nervous damage due to eating fish taken from Minamata bay.


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149.

Deforestation causes

  • soil erosion

  • soil pollution

  • noise pollution

  • air pollution


150.

Ozone depletion in stratosphere would result in

  • forest fires

  • global warming

  • skin cancer incidence

  • None of the above


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