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Causes of air pollution are:
i. Exhaust from automobiles
ii. E
xhaust from factories and power plant
iii. CFCs

iv. Polythene

  1. i, ii, iii

  2. ii, iii, iv

  3. iii, iv, i

  4. i, ii, iv


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Causes of Air pollution are

  • Exhaust from automobiles
  • Exhaust from factories 
  • Power plant
  • CFCs.

Air pollution takes place in two different layers of the earth's atmosphere :_______.

  1. troposphere and stratosphere

  2. mesosphere and troposphere

  3. stratosphere and hydrosphere

  4. troposphere and hydrosphere


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Air pollution takes place in two different layers of the earth's atmosphere : troposphere and stratosphere.

Which gas is released by improper or incomplete combustion and are generally emitted from vehicles?

  1. $SO _2$

  2. $CO$

  3. $NO$

  4. $CO _2$


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Carbon Monoxide is formed by improper or incomplete combustion and is generally emitted from vehicles

Major pollutant of air is:

  1. $SO _2$

  2. $NO _2$

  3. both A and B

  4. $CFC$s

  5. all of the above


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

$SO _2, \ NO _2 $ & $ CFC $, all cause air pollution.

Which of the following are the air pollutants?

  1. Soot

  2. Smog

  3. CFCs

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Soot, Smog, CFCs are all air pollutants.

Which of the among is a major greenhouse gas implicated in global warming?

  1. $\displaystyle { CH } _{ 4 }$

  2. $\displaystyle { CO } _{ 2 }$

  3. $\displaystyle { NH } _{ 3 }$

  4. $\displaystyle { N } _{ 2 }$

  5. $\displaystyle { O } _{ 2 }$


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Option A is the correct answer.

Methane absorbs heat from the sun very effectively and warms the atmosphere, and hence it is a major greenhouse gas

Thermal pollution causes a decrease in dissolved oxygen.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Thermal pollution is when an industry or other human-made organization takes in water from a natural source and either cools it down or heats it up. They then eject the water back into the natural resource, which changes the oxygen level and can have a disastrous effect on the local ecosystem. 

Environmental pollution can be controlled by:

  1. spraying insecticides and pesticides

  2. the open burning of tree stumps

  3. treating factory wastes before disposing them

  4. disposing hot water from power stations into the sea


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Environmental pollution can be controlled by treating factory wastes before disposing of them. So, if we treat wastewater before disposing of in a river, it will surely decrease the amount of dumped pollutants. 

For example- Steel industries have a high concentration of cyanide in it, and it led to harmful effect. So, treatment is really necessary.

A school can also help in the development of a community or to solve a problem.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

School is a social institution of education. It plays a pivotal role in human development. Social development is one of the important dimensions. Schooling provides a person the logical thinking. It helps the student to emerge into a responsible being and help to develop its social sphere i.e., the community. It is through education that provides a human being the elements of human relation, economic efficiency, and civic knowledge. Furthermore, the technique of problem-solving helps the students to find a solution to a problem and make strategies. Thus, a school can help in community development or to solve a problem.

The society gives _____________ to schools.

  1. Owner

  2. Faith

  3. Interlinked

  4. Land


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Things given by society to schools are as follows:

1. Land
2. Donations
3. Manpower
4. Pupil
5. Nobel laureate
6. Necessary facilities like hospitals, grounds for seminars, library, etc.