Which one of the following is being utilized as a source of bio- diesel in the Indian
countryside?
1. Euphorbia
2. Beetroot
3. Sugarcane
4. Pongamia
In which one of the following the BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand) of sewage (S),
distillery effluent (DE), paper mill effluent (PE) and sugar mill effluent (SE) have been
arranged in ascending order ?
1. SE < S < PE < DE
2. SE < PE < S < DE
3. PE < S < SE < DE
4. S< DE < PE < SE
In a coal fired power plant electrostatic precipitators are installed to control emission of:-
1. SO2
2. NOx
3. SPM
4. CO
Which one of the following is not a bioindicator of water pollution?
1. Sludge-worms
2. Blood-worms
3. Stone flies
4. Sewage fungus
The "blue baby' syndrome results from
1. excess of chloride
2. methaemoglobin
3. excess of dissolved oxygen
4. excess of TDS (Total Dissolved Solids)
Montreal protocol which calls for appropriate action to protect the ozone layer from
human activities was passed in the year:
1. 1986
2. 1987
3. 1988
4. 1985
Limit of BOD prescribed by Central Pollution Control Board for the discharge of industrial
and municipal waste water into natural surface water, is
1. < 3.0 ppm
2. < 10 ppm
3. < 100 ppm
4. < 30 ppm
Checking of re-radiating heat by atmospheric CO2 methane, ozone, dust is known as
1. green house effect
2. radioactive effect
3. ozone layer
4. solar effect.
Chronic exposure to arsenic causes ?
1. blue-baby syndrome
2. foot and mouth disease
3. dropsy
4. itai-itai disease
Green muffler is used against which type of pollution ?
1. Air
2. Water
3. Soil
4. Noise