

MCQOPTIONS
Saved Bookmarks
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 | |