Environmental Engineering MCQ for GATE Pdf - 2

Question: 6

Arsenic pollution does not take place from the _____ industry.

(A) paper

(B) petroleum

(C) iron ore mining

(D) coal mining

Question: 7

Which of the following is a dark solid pollution product from the incomplete combustion of a fossil fuel?

(A) nitrogen

(B) water

(C) carbon dioxide

(D) carbon

Question: 8

An increase in evaporation at lower latitudes could lead to

(A) an increased number of hurricanes

(B) a decrease in precipitation

(C) lower temperature

(D) unpredictable hurricane seasons

Question: 9

Which of the following substances stores more heat energy than all other atmospheric constituents combined?

(A) water vapour

(B) carbon dioxide

(C) ozone

(D) nitrogen

Question: 10

Under normal condition of flow, an unpolluted river will contain

(A) less dissolved oxygen in summer than in winter

(B) same amount of dissolved oxygen in winter and summer

(C) the least amount of dissolved oxygen during the floods

(D) more dissolved oxygen in summer than in winter