Air Pollution and its Control
Air Pollution and its Control: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Air Pollution, Causes of Air Pollution, Air Prevention and Control of Pollution Act 1981 & Mass Emission Standards in India etc.
Important Questions on Air Pollution and its Control
Particulate are considered as major cause of:
A scrubber in the exhaust of a chemical industrial plant removes gases like sulphur dioxide.
Suspended particulate matter (SPM) is an important pollutant released by diesel vehicles.
Name the following:
The unit to measure noise pollution (Write the full form).
Fill in the blank with the correct option from the bracket.
_____ (Electrostatic precipitator/Trajectory separators) is the most efficient device to eliminate particulate matter from industrial emissions.
Catalytic converters are fitted into automobiles to reduce the emission of harmful gases. Catalytic converters change unburnt hydrocarbons into
One greenhouse gas contributes 14% to total global warming and another contributes 6% , these are respectively identified as
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The major source of noise pollution worldwide is due to _____ (sugar industries, textile industries, transport system, oil refineries).
The electrostatic precipitators (ESP) are the instruments where the gas containing dust is passed between two _____.
A scrubber in the exhaust of a chemical industrial plant removes gases like sulphur dioxide.
Fill in the blank with the correct option from the bracket.
Green muffler plays an important role against _____. (air pollution, water pollution, noise pollution, soil pollution)
Fill in the blank with the correct option from the bracket.
The major source of noise pollution worldwide is due to _____. (sugar industries, textile industries, transport system, oil refineries)
Catalytic converters are fitted into automobiles to reduce the emission of harmful gases. Catalytic converters change unburnt hydrocarbons into
Suspended particulate matter (SPM) is an important pollutant released by diesel vehicles.
O3 is a secondary pollutant.
Smoke and _____ forms smog.
Study the following statements and pick up the correct ones:
I. Carbon monoxide pollution affects the transport of by the blood.
II. Electrostatic precipitators are used to control the pollution of sulphur dioxide.
III. Nitrogen oxides combine with volatile organic compounds by the action of sunlight and form secondary pollutants.
IV. Poisonous gas emissions of automobiles can be controlled by fitting catalytic converters.
Which of the following are mass emission standards that have been implemented in India?
What is the importance of mass emission standards in India?
Mass emission standard Bharat stage-IV is equivalent to Euro-II norms.
