Q. No.
Match the items given in Column I with those in Column II and select the correct option given below:
| Column I | Column II | ||
| (a) | Eutrophication | (i) | UV-B radiation |
| (b) | Sanitary landfill | (ii) | Deforestation |
| (c) | Snow blindness | (iii) | Nutrient enrichment |
| (d) | Jhum cultivation | (iv) | Waste disposal |
| Options: | (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) |
| 1. | (ii) | (i) | (iii) | (iv) |
| 2. | (i) | (iii) | (iv) | (ii) |
| 3. | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) |
| 4. | (i) | (ii) | (iv) | (iii) |
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) may not be a good index for pollution in water bodies receiving effluents from?
1. domestic sewage
2. dairy industry
3. petroleum industry
4. sugar industry
2. 1980s
3. 1990s
4. 1960s
An increase in the concentration of the toxicant at successive trophic levels is known as:
1. Biomagnifications
2. Biodeterioration
3. Biotransformation
4. Biogeochemical cycling
Eutrophication of water bodies leading to the killing of fishes is mainly due to non-availability of:
1. Food
2. Light
3. Essential minerals
4. Oxygen
Which of the following is not one of the prime health risks associated with greater UV radiation through the atmosphere due to the depletion of the stratospheric zone?
2. Reduced immune system
3. Damage to eyes
4. Increased liver cancer
The zone of atmosphere in which the ozone layer is present is called:
1. Ionosphere
2. Mesosphere
3. Stratosphere
4. Troposphere
A scrubber in the exhaust of a chemical industrial plant removes:
1. Gases like sulphur dioxide
2. Particulate matter of the size 5 micrometer or above
3. Gases like ozone and methane
4. Particulate matter of the size 2.5 micrometer or less
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