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  1. Particulate pollutants are

  2. A.

     are small solid particles and liquid droplets

    B.

     liquid droplets in atmosphere

    C.

     are small solid particles released into the atmosphere

    D.

     all of these


  3. Which of the following gases has role an important in maintaining atmospheric temperature?

  4. A.

     Nitrogen

    B.

     Oxygen

    C.

     Argon

    D.

     Carbon dioxide


  5. Harmful trace metals in fly ash:

  6. A.

     antimony

    B.

     cadmium

    C.

     arsenic

    D.

     all of the above


  7. The term Ecosystem was coined by

  8. A.

     Odum

    B.

     Clements

    C.

     Arthur G Tansley

    D.

     Elton


  9. _________ ecosystems are maintained artificially by man.

  10. A.

     Man-made

    B.

     Marine

    C.

     Artificial

    D.

     Brackish


  11. Cement factory labourers are prone to

  12. A.

     leukemia

    B.

     bone marrow disease

    C.

     asbestosis

    D.

     cytosilicosis


  13. In India, tropical evergreen forests occur in

  14. A.

     Himachal Pradesh

    B.

     Madhya Pradesh

    C.

     Assam

    D.

     Tamil Nadu


  15. The state which constituted green bench

  16. A.

     Kerala

    B.

     Tamilnadu

    C.

     Assam

    D.

     Madhya Pradesh


  17. The one-horned Rhinoceros is now restricted to which state?

  18. A.

     Maharashtra

    B.

     Gujarat

    C.

     Assam

    D.

     Uttar Pradesh


  19. What is symbiosis?

  20. A.

     Study of distribution of related species

    B.

     Association between members of same species

    C.

     Association between members of two species

    D.

     None