Air Pollution and Control Week 1 Assignment
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Match List-I (Air pollution events/accidents) with List-II (Year) and select the correct answer using the codes given below:
List I (Air pollution events/accidents)
- A. Donora, Pennsylvania
- B. Los Angeles smog
- C. Bhopal Gas Tragedy
- D. Vapour Cloud Explosion
List II (Year)
- 1. 1984
- 2. 1948
- 3. 1954
- 4. 2009
- A) A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4
- B) A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2
- C) A-4, B-3, C-2, D-4
- D) A-1, B-2, C-3, D-1
Which of the following fuels was banned by King Edward-I of England in 1307?
- A) Wood
- B) Coal
- C) Both coal and wood
- D) Fossil fuel
The lithosphere includes:
1. Crust
2. Uppermost mantle
3. Water over the earth
4. Water beneath the earth
Select the correct combination:
- A) 1, 2, 3
- B) 2, 3
- C) 1, 2
- D) 1, 4
How can chemical transformation affect air pollutants?
- A) By neutralizing them
- B) By forming secondary pollutants
- C) By making them harmless
- D) By increasing their density
What are Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) primarily found in?
- A) Water and air
- B) Coal and tar sediments
- C) Vegetation
- D) Natural gas
Forest fires contribute to the presence of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the environment because they involve:
- A) Incomplete combustion of organic matter
- B) Complete combustion of trees
- C) Chemical reactions in the soil
- D) Evaporation of water vapor
Which of the following is the short-term effect of dioxin on humans?
- A) Vomiting
- B) Coughing
- C) Dark spots and lesions on the skin
- D) Throat irritation
Which of the following pollutants is NOT mentioned as causing organ toxicity in animals?
- A) Carbon monoxide (CO)
- B) Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- C) Ammonia (NH₃)
- D) Mercury
What is a major stressor to biodiversity caused by air pollution?
- A) Excess deposition of airborne nitrogen in the form of ammonia
- B) Carbon dioxide emissions
- C) Ozone layer depletion
- D) Acid rain
As a preservative coating on the building surface, materials used like acrylic copolymers and siloxanes because of their ___________ film-forming properties.
- A) Good cohesion
- B) Good adhesion
- C) Weak cohesion
- D) Weak adhesion