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NPTEL Air Pollution and Control Week 3 Solutions
Q1. Atmospheric stability is associated with the___________.
a)Â Temperature profileÂ
b)Â Pressure profile
c)Â Relative humidity profile
d)Â Rainfall profile
Answer: a)Â Temperature profileÂ
Q2. Which of the following factors is associated with the plume properties?Â
a)Â Wind Speed
b)Â Turbulence
c)Â Exit velocity
d)Â Atmospheric Stability
Answer: c)Â Exit velocity
Q3. A radiosonde equipped with various measuring devices is carried up to high altitudes by a balloon filled with__________.Â
a) Hydrogen
b) Radon
c) Argon
d) Nitrogen
Answer: a) Hydrogen
Q4. Which of the following air pollutants is NOT included in the criteria pollutants?
a) CO
b) CO2
c) Pb
d) O3
Answer: b) CO2
Q5. Annual National Ambient Air Quality Standard for SO2 (in μg/m3) in Industrial, Residential, Rural, other Areas is
a) 50
b) 60
c) 70
d) 80
Answer: a) 50
Q6. Calculate the sub-index for the given conditions:Â
PM10 conc. of 90 μg/ m3, BHI= 100, BLO= 50, IHI= 100, ILO= 50, and CP = 85 μg/ m3
a) 80
b) 85
c) 90
d) 95
Answer: b) 85
Q7. When an air pollution index does not indicate poor air quality even though concentrations of one or more air pollutants may have reached unacceptably high values, it is called
a)Â Maximum operator approach
b)Â Minimum operator approach
c)Â Eclipsing
d)Â Ambiguity
Answer: c)Â Eclipsing
Q8. As per the method adopted by CPCB, if the Air Quality Index (AQI) is 120, the corresponding air quality rating will be
a)Â Minimal impact
b)Â Minor breathing discomfort to sensitive people
c)Â Respiratory illness on prolonged exposure
d)Â Breathing discomfort to people with lung, asthma, and heart diseases
Answer: d)Â Breathing discomfort to people with lung, asthma, and heart diseases
Q9. The trajectory model comes under which of the following air quality modelling classificationÂ
a)Â Coordinate systems
b)Â Level of sophistication
c)Â Time period
d)Â Pollutant type
Answer: a)Â Coordinate systems
Q10. Which of the following models is based on the Gaussian model?
a)Â AURORA
b)Â AERMOD
c)Â GRAL
d)Â ATMoS
Answer: b)Â AERMOD
Previous Year – NPTEL Air Pollution and Control Week 3 Solutions
Q1. According to the Pasquill-Gifford stability classification, the stability class ‘E’ is:
a) Very stable
b) Slightly stable
c) Slightly unstable
d) Neutral
Answer: b) Slightly stable
Q2. Identify the type of plume based on the figure given below (DALR- Dry Adiabatic Lapse Rate and ELR – Environmental Lapse Rate):
a) Looping
b) Coning
c) Fumigation
d) Lofting
Answer: a) Looping
Q3. The bottom 10 % of the atmospheric boundary layer is called as
a) Surface layer
b) Stable boundary layer
c) Residual layer
d) Mixed layer
Answer: a) Surface layer
Q4. As per CPCB recommendations, the minimum value for chimney/stack height adopted for industries except for thermal power plant is ___________.
a) 30 m
b) 20 m
c) 15 m
d) 10 m
Answer: a) 30 m
Q5. _________ is the number of times monitoring data is obtained and recorded over a specified time interval.
a) Measurement Techniques
b) Indicator(s) of performance
c) Monitoring Frequency
d) Averaging time
Answer: c) Monitoring Frequency
Q6. Cities in which the ambient air concentrations have consistently exceeded the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for a period of 5 years are called as
a) Attainment cities
b) Non-attainment cities
c) Megacities
d) Green cities
Answer: b) Non-attainment cities
Q7. When an air pollution index gives a false alarm even though concentrations of all the pollutants are within the permissible limit except for one pollutant, it is called
a) Eclipsing
b) Ambiguity
c) Maximum operator approach
d) Minimum operator approach
Answer: b) Ambiguity
Q8. If AQI comes out to be 169, what would be the AQI category as per CPCB?
a) Satisfactory
b) Moderate
c) Poor
d) Severe
Answer: b) Moderate
Q9. Classification of air quality models based on the coordinate system is:
a) Short-term and long-term models
b) Reactive and non-reactive models
c) Grid-based and trajectory models
d) Screening and refined models
Answer: c) Grid-based and trajectory models
Q10. Air Quality Modelling in Urban Regions using an Optimal Resolution Approach (AURORA) model is based on
a) Box model
b) Eulerian model
c) Gaussian model
d) Lagrangian model
Answer: a) Box model
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