Environmental Engineering

421.White smoke coming out of the chimney of a furnace indicates the use of

  1. Low excess air
  2. Very high excess air
  3. Gaseous fuel in the furnace
  4. Liquid fuel in the furnace

Correct answer: (B)
Very high excess air

422.Workers working in _________ industry are most prone to white lung cancer.

  1. Coal mining
  2. Limestone mining
  3. Textile
  4. Asbestos

Correct answer: (C)
Textile

423.World environment day is observed every year on the 5th of

  1. June
  2. December
  3. July
  4. September

Correct answer: (A)
June

424.World's worst radioactive pollution was caused by nuclear reactor disaster which occured in

  1. Arizona (U.S.A.)
  2. Chernobyl (undivided U.S.S.R.)
  3. Pennsylvania (U.S.A.)
  4. Moscow (U.S.S.R.)

Correct answer: (B)
Chernobyl (undivided U.S.S.R.)

425. Which one is true?

  1. symbiosis when neither population affects each other
  2. symbiosis when the interaction is useful to both the populations
  3. commensalism when none of the interacting populations affect each other
  4. commensalism when the interaction is useful to both the populations

Correct answer: (B)
symbiosis when the interaction is useful to both the populations

426. Wild life is continuously decreasing. What is the main reason of this?

  1. Predation
  2. Cutting down of forest
  3. Destruction of habitat
  4. Hunting

Correct answer: (C)
Destruction of habitat

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