Explore topic-wise MCQs in Environment Management.

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201.

The mosquitoes bite and suck blood at

A. Day time
B. Night Time
C. Any Time
D. Morning time
Answer» C. Any Time
202.

The black Sea has already suffered from serious ecological damage, which are

A. Toxic Chemicals
B. Pathogens
C. Phosphorous and Nitrates
D. All of these
Answer» E.
203.

Thebalharzia worm grows, gets mature and mate inside the human body, specifically in

A. Kidney or Bladder
B. Lungs
C. Small Intestine
D. Large Intestine
Answer» B. Lungs
204.

Malaria kills 3000 people

A. Per Year
B. Per Annum
C. Per Day
D. Per week
Answer» D. Per week
205.

Temperature affects dillusion, sedimentation and

A. Dispersion
B. Reduction
C. Suspended solids
D. Degradation
Answer» B. Reduction
206.

Which bacteria consumes organic matter as their food, and thus oxidizing it to stable end product?

A. Viruses
B. Aerobic Bacteria
C. Anaerobic Bacteria
D. Rotifers
Answer» C. Anaerobic Bacteria
207.

'Aerobic' decomposition takes place in

A. Two stages
B. Three stages
C. Four Stages
D. Five stages
Answer» B. Three stages
208.

Soil, silt washing from land surfaces, fertilizers, insecticides are known as

A. Agricultural Pollution
B. Mining Pollution
C. Municipal Pollution
D. Industrial Pollution
Answer» B. Mining Pollution
209.

Organic matter, which can be decomposed by bacteria is known as

A. Biodegradable organic matter
B. Degradation
C. Eutrophication
D. Decomposers
Answer» B. Degradation
210.

Low 'pH' of a sewage indicates its

A. Septic Conditions
B. Decomposition
C. Inorganic solids
D. Organic matters
Answer» B. Decomposition
211.

What reduces water quality ?

A. Temperature
B. Nutrients
C. Water Vapours
D. Waste products
Answer» B. Nutrients
212.

Cyanides are toxic to all biological life, prevents enzyme action, as well as immobilize the

A. Lungs
B. Skin
C. Nervous System
D. Heart
Answer» D. Heart
213.

Primary treatment reduces bacterial load, ranges from

A. 30-80%
B. 20-75%
C. 10-60%
D. 90-100%
Answer» C. 10-60%
214.

Phosphorous, is needed for the

A. Growth
B. Decomposition
C. Photosynthesis
D. Eutrophication
Answer» D. Eutrophication
215.

'BOD' oxidized by bacteria, resulting oxidization is known as

A. Biologically Degradable
B. Biodiversity
C. Nitrification
D. Bacteria oxidize
Answer» D. Bacteria oxidize
216.

Solubility of oxygen in water is directly proportional to

A. Temperature
B. Pressure
C. Nutrients
D. All of above
Answer» C. Nutrients
217.

Algae grows less in

A. High temperature
B. Low temperature
C. Cool Temperature
D. All of these
Answer» B. Low temperature
218.

Which marine pollution was tackled by UNEP?

A. Shores of Black sea
B. Mediterranean Basin
C. Arabian Sea
D. All of these
Answer» B. Mediterranean Basin
219.

What does solid waste consist ?

A. Mud
B. Sand
C. dust
D. All of above
Answer» B. Sand
220.

Over 75% of marine pollution comes from

A. Land
B. Oceans
C. seas
D. Coastal Areas
Answer» B. Oceans
221.

What chemicals are used in loading, transit and accidental leakage from industrial storage ?

A. Natural Pollution
B. Mining Pollution
C. Accidental Spillage
D. Municipal pollution
Answer» D. Municipal pollution
222.

Which metals are poisonous in drinking water?

A. Lead
B. Mercury
C. Lead and Mercury
D. Cadmium
Answer» D. Cadmium
223.

How pathogenic organism impacts the marine life?

A. Contaminates coastal Swimming Places
B. Sea food
C. spreading disease
D. All of these
Answer» E.
224.

When the dumping of radioactive waste was banned worldwide?

A. 1987
B. 1988
C. 1982
D. 1999
Answer» D. 1999
225.

Anaerobic decomposition is also known as

A. Putrefaction
B. Aerobic Oxidation
C. Decomposition
D. Degradation
Answer» B. Aerobic Oxidation
226.

Cholera is an

A. Kidney Disease
B. Intestinal Infection
C. Lung Disease
D. Bladder Disease
Answer» C. Lung Disease
227.

What compounds form fats and oils ?

A. Carboxylic acids +Alcohol
B. Carbon Compounds +water
C. Carbon Dioxide + Alcohol
D. Carbon Monoxide +Alcohol
Answer» B. Carbon Compounds +water
228.

Domestic waste includes

A. Detergents
B. Metals
C. Toxic chemicals
D. All of these
Answer» E.
229.

Which industry provides jobs in hotels, transport, shops, and making craft goods?

A. Taxile
B. Tourism
C. Agriculture
D. I.T companies
Answer» C. Agriculture
230.

What percentage of earth consist of oceans?

A. 91%
B. 51%
C. 71%
D. 70%
Answer» D. 70%
231.

Which bacteria flourish in presences of free dissolved oxygen in sewage?

A. Aerobic Bacteria
B. Anaerobic Bacteria
C. Rotifers
D. Virus
Answer» B. Anaerobic Bacteria
232.

To transfer the disease, the mosquito must bite a person, whose blood already contains the malaria parasite, which is known as

A. Plasmodium
B. Water based Disease
C. Decomposers
D. scavengers
Answer» B. Water based Disease
233.

Epidemics occurs, when water pipelines are disrupted after

A. Natural Disasters
B. Air Pollutions
C. Fir explosion
D. Famine
Answer» B. Air Pollutions
234.

What causes bad odour in waste treatment plant?

A. CO₂
B. CO
C. H₂S
D. PAN
Answer» D. PAN
235.

What involved in wastewater final treatment ?

A. BOD
B. Chlorination
C. Sedimentation
D. All of above
Answer» C. Sedimentation
236.

'Polychlorinated biphenyls' cause harm to

A. Birds
B. Animals
C. Elephants
D. Tigers
Answer» B. Animals
237.

An example of industrial effluent toxic substance is

A. Nitrogen
B. Phosphorous
C. Calcium
D. Mercury
Answer» E.
238.

Which bacteria flourish in absence of free dissolved oxygen in sewage?

A. Anaerobic Bacteria
B. Aerobic Bacteria
C. Rotifers
D. Blue green algae
Answer» B. Aerobic Bacteria
239.

Soil, sand and other solids are washed into water bodies due to

A. Soil Erosion
B. Eutrophication
C. Desertification
D. Deforestation
Answer» B. Eutrophication
240.

Human faeces is main source of organism, in

A. Air
B. Water
C. Atmosphere
D. Forests
Answer» C. Atmosphere
241.

Pesticide pollution is due to 'leachate' from agricultural and

A. Forests
B. Horticultural land
C. Mountainous areas
D. All of above
Answer» C. Mountainous areas
242.

Which organism respire in absence of oxygen ?

A. Facultative Anaerobe
B. Bacteria
C. Obligate Aerobe
D. All of above
Answer» D. All of above
243.

Microbiological pollutants, cause sickness in humans, known as

A. Pathogenic organism
B. Decomposers
C. Eutrophication
D. All of above
Answer» B. Decomposers
244.

Organic solids consists of carbohydrates, fats and

A. waste
B. Oil
C. Gases
D. Liquids
Answer» C. Gases
245.

Water pollution due to tailing from ore washing and Sinert suspended solids, known as

A. Industrial Pollution
B. Municipal Pollution
C. Mining Pollution
D. Natural Pollution
Answer» D. Natural Pollution
246.

Organic pollutants are discharged as a municipal sewage and

A. Industrial effluents
B. Mining Pollution
C. Natural pollution
D. Artificial Pollution
Answer» B. Mining Pollution
247.

Method by which a dissolved oxygen is determined, known as

A. Microorganism
B. Decomposition
C. Winkler method
D. All of above
Answer» D. All of above
248.

What affect does Ph have on enzyme ?

A. Change Shape
B. Change Charge Properties
C. Let Undergo Catalysis
D. Both a and b
Answer» D. Both a and b
249.

Finely divided solid, remaining either with in solution or in suspension is known as

A. Settaleable Solids
B. Dissolved Solids
C. Suspended solids
D. Colloidal Solids
Answer» E.
250.

Composition of sewage water depends on its

A. Nutrient
B. Sources
C. water content
D. Sunlight
Answer» C. water content