Soil Pollution

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Soil Pollution: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Soil Pollution, Soil Pollution Due to Agrochemicals, Fertilizers, Pesticides, Insecticides, and Herbicides.

Important Questions on Soil Pollution

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Which one of these is a herbicide?

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Third generation pesticides are

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Which of the following is Herbicide?

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Trichloroacetaldehyde, CCl3CHO reacts with chlorobenzene in presence of sulphuric acid and produces :-

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Common name of phosgene is:

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Among the following, insecticide is:

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Which of the following poisonous gas caused Bhopal tragedy in 1984?

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Which of the following is not a herbicide?

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Spraying of DDT produces pollution of the type _______.

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What is humification?

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Herbicides are used to control?

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Give two examples each of pesticides and herbicides?

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Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
 

List I (Pollutant) List II (Source)
A Microorganisms 1. Chemical fertilizers
B Plant nutrients 2. Abandoned coal mines
C Sediments 3. Domestic sewage
D Mineral acids 4. Erosion of soil by strip mining
  5. Detergents

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Negative soil pollution is

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Parathion is

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Which of the following is not a chlorinated insecticide?

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Which among the following is an insecticide?

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Which of the following is an insecticide

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Most herbicides attack                 .  

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Which two pesticides have the same mode of action?