Explore topic-wise MCQs in Biology.

This section includes 15 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Biology knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

What do BOD and COD stand for?

A. Biological Oxygen Demand and Chemical Oxygen Demand respectively
B. Chemical Oxygen Demand and Biological Oxygen Demand respectively
C. Botanical Oxygen Demand and Chemical Oxygen Demand respectively
D. Basic Oxygen Demand and Chemical Oxygen Demand respectively
Answer» B. Chemical Oxygen Demand and Biological Oxygen Demand respectively
2.

Which of the following is the effect of high BOD?

A. More birth of aquatic plants
B. More birth of fishes
C. Higher dissolved oxygen
D. Lower dissolved oxygen
Answer» E.
3.

What is the excess growth of plankton in water due to the presence of nutrients called?

A. Fungal bloom
B. Algal bloom
C. Plantae bloom
D. Animal bloom
Answer» C. Plantae bloom
4.

What happens when the maximum amount of oxygen in the upstream of sewage discharge is utilized by microbes?

A. Natality of aquatic plants
B. Natality of aquatic fishes
C. Mortality of aquatic creatures
D. Mortality of bacteria
Answer» D. Mortality of bacteria
5.

Who utilizes the maximum amount of oxygen in the upstream of sewage discharge?

A. Animals
B. Microorganisms
C. Humans
D. Plants
Answer» C. Humans
6.

How is the amount of biodegradable organic matter in sewage water estimated?

A. Chemical Oxygen Demand
B. Physical Oxygen Demand
C. Biological Oxygen Demand
D. Mathematical Oxygen Demand
Answer» D. Mathematical Oxygen Demand
7.

Who is responsible for the degradation of biodegradable organic matter present in the domestic sewage?

A. Animals
B. Humans
C. Plastic
D. Bacteria and other microbes
Answer» E.
8.

Which sewage contains biodegradable waste such as organic matter?

A. Medical waste
B. Plastic waste
C. Domestic waste
D. Wild waste
Answer» D. Wild waste
9.

Which materials are hard to remove from the polluted water?

A. Sand
B. Plastic
C. Solids
D. Dissolved salts
Answer» E.
10.

Which materials are easily removed from the polluted water?

A. Liquid
B. Solids
C. Dissolved
D. Nutrients
Answer» C. Dissolved
11.

Which of the following are the dissolved materials present in domestic sewage?

A. Sand
B. Clay
C. Nutrients
D. Bacteria
Answer» D. Bacteria
12.

Which of the following are the colloidal materials present in domestic sewage?

A. Calcium
B. Sand
C. Ammonia
D. Fecal matter
Answer» E.
13.

Which of the following are the suspended solids in the domestic sewage?

A. Ammonia
B. Sand
C. Calcium
D. Bacteria
Answer» C. Calcium
14.

How much percent of impurities are enough to make domestic sewage unfit for humans?

A. 0.1 percent
B. 1 percent
C. 5 percent
D. 10 percent
Answer» B. 1 percent
15.

When the government of India did pass the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act?

A. 1999
B. 1974
C. 1896
D. 2010
Answer» C. 1896