In India, the name Ramesh Chandra Dagar, is associated with:
1. Organic farming
2. Conservation of forests
3. Recycling of plastic wastes
4. Preservation of water lands
Burying radioactive wastes is not acceptable to many people as:
1. there is a risk of groundwater contamination
2. it may explode
3. it will harm the buried dead bodies
4. it may get accumulated in vegetations
If there was no green house effect:
1. | Earth would have been too cold for many organisms to survive |
2. | The diversity on Earth would have been much higher |
3. | The primary productivity would have been much higher |
4. | Earth would not have any atmosphere |
Apart from DDT, what else is known to undergo biological magnification in aquatic food chain?
1. | Nitrates | 2. | Phosphates |
3. | Mercury | 4. | Calcium |
Modern catalytic converters in automobiles are capable of:
I: | Oxidation of carbon, hydrocarbons, and carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide |
II: | Oxidation of nitrogen oxides to nitrogen (N2) |
1. Only I
2. Only II
3. Both I and II
4. Neither I nor II
Provided it is carried out in an environmentally friendly manner, the only solution for the treatment of e-waste is:
1. Recycling
2. Incineration
3. Sanitary landfills
4. Burying deep in earth
Water [Prevention and Control of Pollution] Act was passed by the Government of India in:
1. | 1974 | 2. | 1981 |
3. | 1987 | 4. | 1992 |
It is necessary to remove sulphur from petroleum products to
1. | reduce the emission of sulphur dioxide in exhaust fumes |
2. | increase efficiency of automobiles' engines |
3. | use sulphur removed from petroleum for commercial purposes |
4. | increase the life span of engine silencers |
Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) is:
1. | Propane | 2. | Methane |
3. | Ethane | 4. | Butane |
Arcata Wildlife Sanctuary in Arcata, California is also a/an:
1. innovative sewer management system
2. tiger reserve
3. nuclear waste disposal site
4. ecological hotspot