Air Pollution and Control Week 1 NPTEL 2025 Solutions

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Air Pollution and Control Week 1 NPTEL 2025 Solutions

Q1. Match List-I (Air pollution events/accidents) with List-II (Year) and select the correct answer using the codes given below:

a) A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4
b) A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2
c) A-4, B-3, C-2, D-4
d) A-1, B-2, C-3, D-1

Answer: a)

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Q2. Which of the following fuels was banned by King Edward-I of England in 1307?

a) Wood
b) Coal
c) Both coal and wood
d) Fossil fuel

Answer: b)

Q3. The lithosphere includes:

1) Crust
2) Uppermost mantle
3) Water over the earth
4) Water beneath the earth

Select the correct combination:

a) 1, 2, 3
b) 2, 3
c) 1, 2
d) 1, 4

Answer: c)

Q4. How can chemical transformation affect air pollutants?

a) By neutralizing them
b) By forming secondary pollutants
c) By making them harmless
d) By increasing their density

Answer: b)

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Q5. What are Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) primarily found in?

a) Wate and air
b) Coal and tar sediments
c) Vegetation
d) Natural gas

Answer: b)

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Q6. Forest fires contribute to the presence of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the environment because they involve:

a) Incomplete combustion of organic matter
b) Complete combustion of trees
c) Chemical reactions in the soil
d) Evaporation of water vapor

Answer: a)

Q7. Which of the following is the short-term effects of dioxin on humans?

a) Vomiting
b) Coughing
c) Dark spots and lesions on the skin
d) Throat irritation

Answer: c)

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Q8. Which of the following pollutants is NOT mentioned as causing organ toxicity in animals?

a) Carbon monoxide (CO)
b) Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
c) Ammonia (NH₃)
d) Mercury

Answer: b)

Q9. What is a major stressor to biodiversity caused by air pollution?

a) Excess deposition of airborne nitrogen in the form of ammonia
b) Carbon dioxide emissions
c) Ozone layer depletion
d) Acid rain

Answer: a)

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Q10. As a preservative coating on the building surface, materials used like acrylic copolymers and siloxanes because of their ___________film forming properties.

a) Good cohesion
b) Good adhesion
c) Weak cohesion
d) Weak adhesion

Answer: b)

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Q1. In 1981, which air pollution legislation was adopted in India? 

a) The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Rules
b) Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act
c) Environment (Protection) Act (EPA)
d) Central Motor Vehicles Act

Answer: b)

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Q2. Which gas was released during the Bhopal gas tragedy?

a) Methane
b) Styrene
c) Sulphur dioxide
d) Methyl Isocyanate

Answer: d)

Q3. Photochemical smog comes under which scales of air pollution?

a) Micro scale
b) Meso scale
c) Macro scale
d) Global scale

Answer: b)

Q4. Select the incorrect statement.

a) Contamination is simply the presence of a substance where it should not be or at concentrations above the background.
b) Pollution is contamination that results in or can result in adverse biological effects on resident communities.
c) Pollutant is the substance that alters the composition of the natural atmosphere.
d) Sources are the places to which pollutants get absorbed or converted/transformed in some other constituents/forms.

Answer: d)

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Q5. Which of the following gases is termed as the silent killer?

a) Methane
b) Carbon dioxide
c) Carbon monoxide
d) Sulphur dioxide

Answer: c)

Q6. ____________ is a colorless and highly irritating gas that is formed by a photochemical reaction just above the earth’s surface.

a) NOx
b) SOx
c) Ground-level ozone
d) CO

Answer: c)

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Q7. An observable alteration in the plant when exposed to air pollution is called

a) Damage
b) Injury
c) Stomata
d) None of the above

Answer: b)

Q8. Which symptom is considered as an acute effect of Arsenic in animals:

a) Severe salivation
b) Anemia
c) Diarrhea
d) Bone deformity

Answer: a)

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Q9. Which of the following pollutants is mainly responsible for forming the black crust on the surface of the stone materials?

a) Particulate matter
b) SO2
c) CO
d) O3

Answer: a)

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Q10. Which of the following pollutants is the most sensitive to rubber degradation?

a) NO2
b) SO2
c) O3
d) CO2

Answer: c)

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