Assignment 1

Open Elective CHX-471 Environmental Engineering

1 What type of colloid is an aerosol?

a) Solid in gas
b) Gas in solid or fluid
c) Fluid in gas
d) Fluid or solid in gas

2 What is the size of the particles categorized as aerosols?

a) Greater than 1 micron
b) Less than 1 micron
c) Between 0.01-1 micron
d) Less than 0.01 micron

3 What does the aerodynamic diameter of an aerosol indicate?

a) Size of the aerosol particle when floating in air
b) Equivalent diameter of a sphere having same volume as that of the aerosol
c) Average diameter of aerosol particles present in unit volume of air
d) Maximum size of aerosol particle that can float in air

4 Which of these is NOT a primary pollutant?

a) Carbon monoxide
b) Carbon dioxide
c) Ground level ozone
d) Oxygen

5 Which of these belongs to the category of criteria pollutants?

a) Ozone
b) Lead
c) Carbon monoxide
d) All of the mentioned

6 Which is the most abundant hydrocarbon in the atmosphere?

a) Methane
b) Carbonyl sulphide
c) Ethane
d) None of the mentioned

7 What is the range of vapour pressure of VOCs?

a) High vapour pressure
 b) Low vapour pressure
c) Depends on the concentration of VOCs
d) Depends on the type of VOCs

8 Which of the following is a liquid form of aerosol?

a) Fume
b) Dust
c) Mist
d) Smoke

9 Which of the following is a secondary air pollutant?

a) SPM
b) PAN
c) SO2
d) NO2

10 The permissible concentration of PM 10 in the air is

a) 60μg/m3
b) 40μg/m3
c) 50μg/m3
d) 20μg/m3