Measuring Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) is a method used for

1. estimating the amount of organic matter in sewage water

2. working out the efficiency of oil driven automobile engines

3. measuring the activity of Saccharomyces cerevisae in producing curd on a commercial

scale

4. working out the efficiency of RBCs about their capacity to carry oxygen

 

Which one of the following pairs of gases are the major cause of Green house effect?

1. CO₂ and CO

2. CFCs and SO₂

3. CO₂ and N₂0

4. CO₂ and O₃

Which one of the following statements is wrong in case Bhopal gas tragedy?

1. Thousands of human beings died

2. Radioactive fall out engulfed Bhopal

3. It took place in the night of December 2/3, 1984

4. Methyl isocynate gas leakage took place

Eutrophication is often seen in

1. fresh water lakes

2. ocean

3. mountains

4. deserts

A renewable exhaustible natural resource is 

1. coal

2. petroleum

3. minerals

4. forest

dB is a standard abbreviation used for the quantitative expression of

1. the density of bacteria in a medium

2. a particular pollutant

3. the dominant Bacillus in a culture

4. a certain pesticide

The two gases making highest relative contribution to the greenhouse gases are

1. CO₂ and CH₄

2. CH₄ and NO₂

3. CFCs and N₂0

4. CO₂ and N₂0

Chipko movement was launched for the protection of

1. grasslands

2. forests

3. liverstock

4. wet lands

DDT residues are rapidly passed through food chain causing biomagnification because

DDT is :-

1. lipid soluble

2. moderately toxic

3. non-toxic to aquatic animals

4. water soluble

Steps taken by the Government of India to control air pollution include

1. compulsory mixing of 20% ethyl alcohol with petrol and 20% biodiesel with diesel

2. compulsory PUC (Pollution Under Control) certification of petrol driven vehicles, which

tests for carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons

3. permission to use only pure diesel with a maximum of 500 ppm sulphur as fuel for

vehicles

4. use of non-polluting Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) only as fuel by all buses and

trucks