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

Subtopic:  Air Pollution |
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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

Subtopic:  Solid Waste Pollution |
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Since the pre-industrial period, global average land temperatures have increased almost twice as fast as global average surface temperatures. This may primarily be due to:

1.  Higher ocean area than land area receiving more incident solar radiation
2.   High heat capacity of water
3.  Industries being located on land
4.  Burning of fossil fuels by automobiles on the land
Subtopic:  Green House Effect & Global Warming |

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Water [Prevention and Control of Pollution] Act was passed by the Government of India in:

1. 1974 2. 1981
3. 1987 4. 1992
Subtopic:  Water Pollution: II |
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Apart from DDT, what else is known to undergo biological magnification in aquatic food chain?

1.  Nitrates 2.  Phosphates
3.  Mercury 4.  Calcium
Subtopic:  Water Pollution |
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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

Subtopic:  Agrochemical & Radioactive Waste |
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Consider the following statements:

I:  Freshwater algal blooms, the result of an excess of nutrients [particularly phosphates] cause large scale fish mortality.
II:  Algae grow very quickly under high nutrient availability, but each alga is short-lived, and the result is a high concentration of dead organic matter, the decay of which consumes dissolved oxygen in the water, resulting in hypoxic conditions.


1. Both I and II are correct and II explains I
2. Both I and II are correct but II does not explain I
3. I is correct and II is incorrect
4. Both I and II are correct

Subtopic:  Water Pollution |
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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

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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

Subtopic:  Green House Effect & Global Warming |
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The image below [Courtesy NASA] shows ozone hole (blue and purple coloured area) over Antarctica in October 2004. What is true about ozone hole? 

 
Statement I:  The ozone hole is a “hole” where no ozone is present.
Statement II:  The ozone hole is a result of catalyzed ozone loss from chlorine and bromine compounds.

1.    Only Statement II is correct.
2.    Both Statement I and Statement II are correct.
3.    Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect.
4.    Only Statement I is correct.
Subtopic:  Ozone Layer Depletion |

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