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121.

The true statement about 'green-house effect' is that it is caused by :

  • CO2 only

  • SO2 only

  • CO2 and SO2

  • CO2, CFC, CH4 and NO2 gases


122.

Soil carried by gravity is

  • alluvial

  • eolian

  • colluvial

  • glacial


123.

Which of the following is not a Green-house gas?

  • N2O

  • CFC

  • O3

  • CO2


124.

Freon gas causing stratospheric O3 depletion is mainly released from

  • refrigerator

  • automobile

  • thermal power plant

  • steel industry


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125.

Which of the following diseases is related to cadmium pollution?

  • Minamata

  • Pneumoconiosis

  • Anaemia

  • Itai- Itai


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126.

Nutrient enrichment of a lake will cause

  • eutrophication

  • stratification

  • biomagnification

  • bioaccumulation


A.

eutrophication

Eutrophication is an increase in the concentration of chemical nutrients in an ecosystem to an extent that increases the primary productivity of the ecosystem.

Stratification is a system or formation of layers, classes or categories. In ecology, it refers to the vertical layering of a habitat or the vertical arrangement of vegetation in layers.

Biomagnification is the increasing concentration of a substance, such as toxic chemical, in the tissues of tolerant organisms at successively higher levels in a food chain.

Bioaccumulation is the accumulation of substances such as pesticides or other chemicals is an organism.


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127.

What is bioaccumulation?


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128.

SO2 pollution is indicated by

  • Desmodium (grasses)

  • Sphagnum (mosses)

  • Usnea (lichens)

  • Cucurbita (climbers)


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129.

Which one of the following is mainly responsible for green houses effect?

  • SO2

  • CO2

  • CO

  • O2


130.

For a clean environment, which one following is not essential?

  • Producer

  • Consumer

  • Decomposer

  • Polluter


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