Identify the incorrect statement regarding the ecological impact of DDT:

1. It is a persistent organic pollutant.
2. As it is lipophilic, it bioaccumulates especially in predatory birds.
3. It can be metabolized to non-toxic forms by human beings.
4. It causes eggshell thinning in predatory birds.

Subtopic:  Water Pollution: I |
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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

Subtopic:  Green House Effect & Global Warming |
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Identify the incorrectly matched pair:

1.

International Day of Forests       

March 21

2.

World Water Day

March 22

3.

Earth Day

May 22

4.

World Environment Day

June 5

Subtopic:  Introduction to Pollution & Types |

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Identify the incorrectly matched pair:

1.

World No Tobacco Day

May 31

2.

World Ocean Day

June 8

3.

International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer          

December 16

4.

International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict

November 6

Subtopic:  Introduction to Pollution & Types |
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To be regarded as a sanitary landfill site, all the following conditions must be fulfilled except:
1. Full or partial hydrogeological isolation
2. Refuge should be kept in an open-burning dump
3. Permanent control
4. Planned waste emplacement and covering

Subtopic:  Solid Waste Pollution |
 56%
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Polyblend is:

1. environment-friendly way of disposing of solid wastes
2. replacement of CFCs in the refrigeration industry
3. an innovative way of sealing the radioactive wastes
4. a product that has the potential to effectively deal with plastic wastes

Subtopic:  Solid Waste Pollution |
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Agricultural [Agro-Chemical] pollution may lead to: 

I:  Leaching, runoff and eutrophication
II:  Contamination of water bodies by heavy metals
 
1. Only I 2. Only II
3. Both I and II 4. Neither I nor II
Subtopic:  Agrochemical & Radioactive Waste |
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The number of the correct statements regarding organic farming, amongst the following, are:

I:  Organic farming encourages crop diversity and often employs polyculture.
II:  Organic farming relies heavily on the natural breakdown of organic matter.
III:  Organic weed management promotes weed elimination, rather than weed suppression
IV:  Pest are used under Integrated Pest Management
V:  Raising livestock and poultry, for meat, dairy and eggs, is another traditional farming activity that complements growing.
VI:  It promotes use of genetically engineered plants and animals.

1. Three
2. Four
3. Five
4. Six

Subtopic:  Agrochemical & Radioactive Waste |

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The accidental leakage of radioactive wastes occurred in the “Three Mile Island” and “Chernobyl” respectively in:

1. 1979 and 1986 2. 1981 and 1988
3. 1985 and 1991 4. 1987 and 1999
Subtopic:  Agrochemical & Radioactive Waste |
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The environmental effects of global warming include all the following except:

1. Arctic sea ice decline, sea level rise, retreat of glaciers
2. Extreme weather, extreme events, tropical cyclones
3. Ocean oxygenation and increased alkalinity of ocean waters
4. Runaway and abrupt climate change

Subtopic:  Green House Effect & Global Warming |
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