Environmental Issues
- Major aerosol pollutant in jet plane emission is
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Fluorides of carbon is the major pollutant from jet plane emission.
Correct Option: D
Fluorides of carbon is the major pollutant from jet plane emission.
- Acid rains are produced by
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NO2 and SO2 after reacting with water in atmosphere produce HNO3 & H2SO4 which falls down as acid rain.
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NO2 and SO2 after reacting with water in atmosphere produce HNO3 & H2SO4 which falls down as acid rain.
- Which one is not a pollutant normally?
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CO2 in its normal fraction in air (about 0.03%) is actually not a pollutant but above this it is considered as a pollutant. At the elevated level it becomes a cause for global warming.
Correct Option: B
CO2 in its normal fraction in air (about 0.03%) is actually not a pollutant but above this it is considered as a pollutant. At the elevated level it becomes a cause for global warming.
- The Taj Mahal is threatened due to the effect of
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The Taj Mahal is threatened by environmental pollution, especially by acid rain due to sulphur dioxide emitted from Mathura refinery.
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The Taj Mahal is threatened by environmental pollution, especially by acid rain due to sulphur dioxide emitted from Mathura refinery.
- How does carbon monoxide, a poisonous gas emitted by automobiles, prevent transport of oxygen into the body tissues?
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Carbon monoxide, when inhaled, combines with blood haemoglobin to form carboxy-haemoglobin at a rate 210 times faster than the rate at which oxygen forms oxyhaemoglobin. Thus, respiration is impaired.
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Carbon monoxide, when inhaled, combines with blood haemoglobin to form carboxy-haemoglobin at a rate 210 times faster than the rate at which oxygen forms oxyhaemoglobin. Thus, respiration is impaired.