Module 3

Environmental Pollution (Sources, Impacts, Corrective and Preventive measures, Relevant

Environmental Acts, Case-studies): Surface and Ground Water Pollution; Noise pollution; Soil Pollution
and Air Pollution.
Waste Management & Public Health Aspects: Bio-medical Wastes; Solid waste; Hazardous wastes; E-
wastes; Industrial and Municipal Sludge.

1. Environmental Pollution is due to

Answer: Rapid Urbanization and Deforestation

2. As per BIS, the permissible limit of PH value for Drinking water

Answer: 6.5 to 8.5

3. What is the Max. allowable concentration of Iron content in drinking water ? (as per BIS).
Answer: 1.0mg/l

4. Cholera and Typhoid are caused by

Answer: Bacteria

5. Excess of Nitrate in drinking water causes

Answer: Blue Baby Sundrome

6. Water quality involves measuring the number of colonies of

Answer: Coliform bacteria

7. Water is an excellent solvent because

Answer: It has high dielectric constant

8. Turbidity in water mainly arises from

Answer: Colloidal mater

9. Odour in water can be eliminated

Answer: Aeration

10. ______ is a nonpoint source of water pollution

Answer: Urban and Suburban lands

11. ______ is a nonpoint source of water pollution

Answer: Factory

12. Temporary hardness of water is due to

Answer: Carbonates and Bicarbonates
13. The process of killing micro-organisms in water is called
Answer: Disinfection

14. The liquid waste from baths and kitchen is called

Answer: Sullage

15. BOD is abbreviation of

Answer: Biochemical Oxygen Demand

16. Physical pollution of water is due to

Answer: Turbidity

17. ______ is a major source of Thermal pollution

Answer: Thermal power plants

18. Minamata Disease is caused due to

Answer: Mercury

19. Air pollution in automobiles can be controlled by fitting

Answer: Catalytic converter

20. Plants grown by the roadside have higher content of

Answer: Pb (lead)

21. _______ is a government regulatory system designed to give companies an incentive to reduce
their carbon emissions.
Answer: Cap and trade

22. The noise is measured in

Answer: Decibels

23. _____ is the source of fly ash pollution

Answer: Thermal power plant

24. ______ is an aerosol

Answer: Smoke, Fume and Mist

25. Hemoglobin of blood forms carboxy-hemoglobin with

Answer: Carbon monoxide