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  1. All are physical pollutants except

  2. A.

     heat

    B.

     sound

    C.

     radiations

    D.

     soot

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  3. Superbugs are

  4. A.

     Synthetic bug

    B.

     Bacteria

    C.

     Radio nucleotide

    D.

     Industries

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  5. A small quantity of __________ material can produce an enormous amount of energy

  6. A.

     Metallic

    B.

     Non-metallic

    C.

     Radioactive

    D.

     Conductive

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  7. Acid is an example of _____________

  8. A.

     Corrosive waste

    B.

     Infectious waste

    C.

     Radioactive waste

    D.

     Ignitable waste

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  9. Symbiosis is shown by

  10. A.

     E.coli

    B.

     Cuscuta

    C.

     Rafflesia

    D.

     Monotropa

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  11. Rainfall is measured by an instrument known as

  12. A.

     Seismograph

    B.

     Lactometer

    C.

     Rain gauge

    D.

     Nanometer

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  13. A strong radiation inversion is more likely to occur on a:

  14. A.

     Warm, windy night.

    B.

     Cool, windy night.

    C.

     Rainy night with light winds.

    D.

     Clear night with light winds.

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  15. Wild life protection act was formulated during the period of ______

  16. A.

     Mrs. Indira Gandhi

    B.

     Lal Bahadur Shasthri

    C.

     Rajiv Gandhi

    D.

     Morarji Desai

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  17. Who had stated in the Stockholm Conference in 1972 that poverty was the greatest polluter?

  18. A.

     Indira Gandhi

    B.

     Mahatma Gandhi

    C.

     Rajiv Gandhi

    D.

     Jawaharlal Nehru

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  19. The phenomenon of occurrence of additional species found in the ecotone or transitional zone between adjoining ecosystems is known as _________

  20. A.

     Edge effect

    B.

     Root effect

    C.

     Raman effect

    D.

     Coolidge effect

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