Middle of Pyramid - Test # 41 -Environmental Chemistry

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1.
(4) Biocoenosis
The term biosphere is used for the zone of the earth
where life exists 7.

(1) On the lithosphere Biosphere refers to 

(2) In the hydrosphere (1) Plants of the world

(3) In the lithosphere and hydrosphere (2) Special plants

(4) In the lithosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere (3) Area occupied by living beings

2. (4) Plants of a particular area

Biosphere is 8.

(1) In which individual interact to each other What is the correct sequence of atmospheric layers
starting from earth
(2) By which life originated
(1) Stratosphere troposphere, mesosphere, thermosphere
(3) The name of a bird
(2) Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere
(4) Organic compound by which life diminishes
(3) Mesosphere, troposphere, stratosphere, thermosphere
3.
(4) Thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, troposphere
Which is not a renewable source
9.
(1) sunlight
On earth all living organism constitute
(2) Coal
(1) Community
(3) Water
(2) Biome
(4) wind energy
(3) Association
4.
(4) Biosphere
Noosphere is synonyms of
10.
(1) Environment
A biosphere is composed of 
(2) Atmosphere
(1) Living organisms
(3) Hydrosphere
(2) Living organisms + Lithosphere
(4) Stratosphere
(3) Living organisms + lithosphere + atmosphere
5.
(4) Living organisms + lithosphere + atmosphere +
When biosphere turns into human-dominated Hydrosphere
environment it is called
11.
(1) Noosphere
Which of the following is the non conventional source of
(2) Troposphere energy
(3) Mesosphere (1) Coal
(4) Man sphere  (2) petroleum
6. (3) Electricity from nuclear power plants
The living organisms on or around the earth constitute (4) Solar radiations
(1) Biome 12.
(2) Biosphere The population of India is 15% of the world but its
annual energy consumption is only
(3) Community
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(1) 0.2% (4) Ammonia

(2) 2.0% 18.
(3) 10% Main air pollutant among the following is
(4) 25% (1) CO
13. (2) CO 2

Petroleum resource is (3) N2

(1) Renewable (4) Sulphur

(2) Non-renewable 19.
(3) Synthetic & biodegradable Which is more important for water pollution
(4) Infinite & unconventional (1) Sound
14. (2) SO 2

The main aim of plant conservation is -  (3) Salts of arsenic

(1) To conserve the necessary ecological activities and (4) Sewage
life-supporting systems
20.
(2) To conserve species diversity and range of genetic
material Which of the following atmospheric pollutants is not
produced by the exhaust of motor vehicle in Delhi
(3) Both the above
(1) SO 2

(4) None of the above

(2) Hydrocarbon gases
15.
(3) Fly ash
Environmental Planing organization is
(4) CO
(1) CSIR
21.
(2) CEPHERI
Pollution can be controlled by
(3) ICAR
(1) Sewage treatment
(4) NEERI
(2) Checking atomic blasts
16.
(3) Manufacturing electrically operated vehicles
Which will not cause any atmospheric pollution
(4) All the above
(1) Hydrogen
22.
(2) Sulphur dioxide
If water pollution continues at its present rate, it will
(3) Carbon dioxide eventually
(4) Carbon monoxide (1) Stop water cycle
  (2) Prevent precipitation
17. (3) Make oxygen molecules unavailable to water plants
Which of the following is the main factor of water (4) Make nitrate molecules unavailable to water plants
pollution
23.
(1) smoke
In cities like Bombay and Calcutta, the major air
(2) Industrial waste pollutants are
(3) Detergent
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(1) Ozone (1) SO 2

(2) Carbon monoxide and oxides of Sulphur (2) N H 3

(3) Hydrocarbons and not air (3) CO 2

(4) Algal spores and marsh gas (4) N 2

O

24. 29.
Recent reports of acid rains industrial cities are due to the Photochemical smog was first observed in -
effect of atmospheric pollution by
(1) London
(1) Excessive release of  N O 2  and SO2   by burning of
fossil fuels. (2) Los Angeles

(2) Excessive release of  CO   by burning of fuel like (3) Paris

2

wood and charcoal, cutting of forests and increased  (4) Tokyo

animal population.
30.
(3) Excessive release of  N H   by industrial plants and
3

coal gas. An increase in CO  concentration in the atmosphere will

2

result in
(4) Excessive release of CO in atmosphere by incomplete
combustion of cock, charcoal and other carbonaceous (1) Adverse effects of natural vegetation
fuels in pancity of oxygen. (2) Global warming
25. (3) Temperature decrease in a global atmosphere
Pollution is a change in physical, chemical or biological (4) Genetic disorders in plants and animals
characters of our land and water that may be
31.
(1) Desirable and harmful to human
Domestic waste will lead to -
(2) Desirable and useful to a human
(1) Biodegradable pollution
(3) Undesirable and harmful to human
(2) Nondegradable pollution
(4) undesirable and useful to a human
(3) Thermal pollution of soil
26.
(4) Air pollution
Which is the greatest air pollutant these days
32.
(1) Factories
The major source of BOD in the river Ganga is 
(2) Motor vehicles
(1) Leaf litter
(3) Domestic appliances
(2) Fishes
(4) animals
(3) Human waste
27.
(4) Aquatic plants
Removal of the soil by the action of wind and water is
known as 33.
(1) Erosion If a lake is contaminated with DDT, its highest
concentration would be found in
(2) Fossilization
(1) Primary consumer
(3) Leaching
(2) Secondary consumer
(4) Calcification
(3) Tertiary consumer
28.
(4) None of these
Acid rain occurs due to atmospheric pollution of 
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(3) Larva of stone fly
The most harmful air pollutant produced by automobiles
is (4) Blue green algae

(1) H N O 40.
2

(2) NO Maximum green house gas released by which country

(3) SO (1) India

2

(4) CO (2) France

35. (3) U.S.A

Sewage water can be purified by (4) Britain

(1) Aquatic plant 41.

(2) Microorganism Ozone layer of upper atmosphere is being destroyed by

(3) Penicillin (1) Sulphur dioxide

(4) Fishes (2) Carbon dioxide

36. (3) Chlorofluorocarbon

Major pollutant in Jet plane emission is - (4) Smog

(1) SO 42.
2

(2) CFC Most hazardous metal pollutant of automobile exhaust is

(3) CO (1) Hg

(4) CCl (2) Cd
4

37. (3) Pb

What is B.O.D. (4) Cu

(1) The amount of O  utilized by organisms in the water  43.

2

SO2  pollution is indicated by

(2) The amount of  O   utilized by microorganisms for
2

decomposition (1) Grasses

(3) The total amount of O  present in water
2 (2) Mosses
(4) All of the above (3) Lichens
38. (4) Fossils
What is the intensity of sound in normal conversation  44.
(1) 10 -20 decibal B.O.D is connected with
(2) 30 - 60 decibal (1) Organic matter
(3) 70 - 90 decibal (2) Microbes
(4) 120 - 150 decibal (3) Both
39. (4) None
Which of the following is absent in polluted water 45.
(1) Hydrilla Acid rain is due to an increase in the atmospheric
concentration of
(2) Water hyacinth
(1) Ozone and dust
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(2) CO  and CO
2

(3) SO  and CO
3

(4) SO  and N O
2 2

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