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  1. All are physical pollutants except

  2. A.

     heat

    B.

     sound

    C.

     radiations

    D.

     soot


  3. Superbugs are

  4. A.

     Synthetic bug

    B.

     Bacteria

    C.

     Radio nucleotide

    D.

     Industries


  5. A small quantity of __________ material can produce an enormous amount of energy

  6. A.

     Metallic

    B.

     Non-metallic

    C.

     Radioactive

    D.

     Conductive


  7. Acid is an example of _____________

  8. A.

     Corrosive waste

    B.

     Infectious waste

    C.

     Radioactive waste

    D.

     Ignitable waste


  9. Symbiosis is shown by

  10. A.

     E.coli

    B.

     Cuscuta

    C.

     Rafflesia

    D.

     Monotropa


  11. Rainfall is measured by an instrument known as

  12. A.

     Seismograph

    B.

     Lactometer

    C.

     Rain gauge

    D.

     Nanometer


  13. A strong radiation inversion is more likely to occur on a:

  14. A.

     Warm, windy night.

    B.

     Cool, windy night.

    C.

     Rainy night with light winds.

    D.

     Clear night with light winds.


  15. Wild life protection act was formulated during the period of ______

  16. A.

     Mrs. Indira Gandhi

    B.

     Lal Bahadur Shasthri

    C.

     Rajiv Gandhi

    D.

     Morarji Desai


  17. Who had stated in the Stockholm Conference in 1972 that poverty was the greatest polluter?

  18. A.

     Indira Gandhi

    B.

     Mahatma Gandhi

    C.

     Rajiv Gandhi

    D.

     Jawaharlal Nehru


  19. The phenomenon of occurrence of additional species found in the ecotone or transitional zone between adjoining ecosystems is known as _________

  20. A.

     Edge effect

    B.

     Root effect

    C.

     Raman effect

    D.

     Coolidge effect