Practice Test: Question Set - 03
1. Which of the following gases is having the widest explosion limit (about 2 to 81% gas in gas-air mixture), rendering it the property of the most explosive gas?
- (A) Hydrogen
- (B) Acetylene
- (C) Carbon monoxide
- (D) Ammonia
2. Very small amount of air pollutants are present in stratosphere also; though most of the atmospheric pollutants are present in the troposphere. Which of the following atmospheric pollutants does not cause the ozone layer depletion in atmosphere at tremendous rate?
- (A) CO
- (B) SO2
- (C) NOx
- (D) CFC (chloro fluoro carbons)
3. Maximum permissible limit of mercury in human blood is __________ micrograms/100 c.c.
- (A) 1
- (B) 7
- (C) 19
- (D) 82
4. For existence of aquatic life in water, the dissolved oxygen content in it, should not be less than __________ ppm.
- (A) 10000
- (B) 5
- (C) 500
- (D) 1000
5. Soluble silica present in boiler feed water can be removed by
- (A) Coagulation
- (B) Filtration
- (C) Anion exchanger
- (D) Preheating it
6. Threshold limit value (TLV) i.e., the maximum permissible safe limit of phosgene gas which Hitler used to use to kill his enemies in 'gas chamber' is about __________ ppm.
- (A) < 1
- (B) 10-100
- (C) 100-200
- (D) 100-1000
7. Presence of carbon monoxide in atmosphere produced by decomposition of chlorophyll and haemoglobin breakdown of some animals, beyond TLV (>50 ppm)
- (A) Acts as a green house gas thereby raising earth's temperature
- (B) Causes asphyxia
- (C) Causes increase in sea level
- (D) Enhances the green house effect
8. Smog is
- (A) Nothing but black smoke
- (B) A combination of smoke and fog
- (C) A liquid particle resulting from vapor condensation
- (D) A solid particle e.g. fly-ash
9. Fluorosis is caused due to the presence of excessive amount of __________ in drinking water.
- (A) Mercury
- (B) Lead
- (C) Fluoride
- (D) Arsenic
10. Noise pollution level in a chemical plant is expressed in
- (A) Roentgen
- (B) Decibel
- (C) Hertz
- (D) None of these
11. A considerable part of the harmful ultraviolet radiation of the sum does not reach the earth surface, because of the fact that, there is a layer of __________ high above earth's atmosphere, which absorbs it.
- (A) Hydrogen
- (B) Carbon dioxide
- (C) Ozone
- (D) None of these
12. Which of the following is not a weightless pollutant?
- (A) SPM
- (B) Thermal pollution
- (C) Radioactive rays
- (D) Noise pollution
13. Noise level inside a jet airliner in normal flight is about __________ decibels.
- (A) 80
- (B) 100
- (C) 125
- (D) 150
14. Noise level in a quiet private business office is about __________ decibels.
- (A) 25
- (B) 50
- (C) 70
- (D) 85
15. Aerosols present in atmospheric air may be
- (A) Positively charged
- (B) Negatively charged
- (C) Neutral
- (D) Combination of all (a), (b) & (c)
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