PRACTICE QUESTIONS UGC NET (SOCIOLOGY)
Environmental Pollution, Climate Change and Disability
UGC NET SOCIOLOGY
Environment and Society (UNIT 7)
1. The unfavourable alteration of environment due to human activities is termed as
(a) Ecological disturbance
(b) Catastrophe
(c) Ecological degradation
(d) Pollution
2. Which of the following is the major cause of pollution?
(a) Plants
(b) Man
(c) Fungi
(d) Hydrocarbon gases
3. Which of the following includes primary pollutant?
(a) Carbon Monoxide
(b) Sulphur dioxide
(c) Methane
(d) All of these
4. Which of the following are secondary air pollutant?
(a) Ozone
(b) Smog
(c) Fly ash
(d) All of these
5. When did India launched its first Air Quality Index?
(a) 2014
(b) 2015
(c) 2016
(d) 2017
6. Which of the following are the objectives of Air Quality Index?
(a) Inform public regarding overall status or air quality
(b) Inform citizens about associated health impacts of air pollution exposure
(c) Ranks cities/towns for prioritising actions based on measure of Air Quality Index
(d) All of the above
7. When bodies of water like rivers, lakes or groundwater are contaminated with either chemicals or natural forms of pollution that harm wildlife and plants is called?
(a) Noise Pollution
(b) Water Pollution
(c) Soil Pollution
(d) Air Pollution
8. What are the effects of water pollution?
(a) It has adverse impact on sensitive organisms like planktonic mollures fish
(b) It causes water borne diseases like cholera, typhoid, jaundice
(c) Loss of nutrients from plants and crops
(d) All of the above
9. Which of the following methods is used to treat contaminated water?
(a) Bioremidiation
(b) Biofilteration
(c) Biofixation
(d) None of these
10. BOD stands for
(a) Biotic Oxidation Demands
(b) Biological Oxidation Demand
(c) Biological Oxygen Demands
(d) Biochemical Oxygen Demand
| 1 (d) | 2 (d) | 3 (d) | 4 (d) | 5 (b) | 6 (d) | 7 (b) | 8 (d) | 9 (a) | 10 (c) |
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| 11 (a) | 12 (b) | 13 (d) | 14 (d) | 15 (b) | 16 (c) | 17 (b) | 18 (a) | 19 (b) | 20 (b) |
| 21 (b) | 22 (b) | 23 (d) | 24 (d) | 25 (c) | 26 (c) | 27 (c) | 28 (a) | 29 (c) | 30 (d) |
| 31 (d) | 32 (d) | 33 (b) | 34 (b) | 35 (a) | 36 (d) | 37 (b) | 38 (c) | 39 (a) | 40 (d) |
| 41 (d) | 42 (d) | 43 (b) | 44 (a) | 45 (b) | 46 (d) | 47 (a) | 48 (c) | 49 (a) | 50 (a) |
| 51 (a) | 52 (b) | 53 (c) | 54 (d) | 55 (d) | 56 (c) | 57 (d) | 58 (b) | 59 (c) | 60 (d) |
| 61 (d) | 62 (a) | 63 (a) | 64 (a) | 65 (c) | 66 (b) | 67 (b) | 68 (d) | 69 (a) | 70 (c) |
| 71 (d) | 72 (d) | 73 (a) | 74 (c) | 75 (d) | 76 (b) | 77 (a) | 78 (d) | 79 (d) | 80 (a) |
| 81 (b) | 82 (b) | 83 (b) | 84 (b) | 85 (c) | 86 (a) | — | — | — | — |