Soil Pollution
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
Which one of these is a herbicide?


Which of the following is Herbicide?

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


Among the following, insecticide is:

Which of the following poisonous gas caused Bhopal tragedy in ?

Which of the following is not a herbicide?

Spraying of produces pollution of the type _______.



Give two examples each of pesticides and herbicides?

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List I (Pollutant) | List II (Source) |
Microorganisms | Chemical fertilizers |
Plant nutrients | Abandoned coal mines |
Sediments | Domestic sewage |
Mineral acids | Erosion of soil by strip mining |
Detergents |



Which of the following is not a chlorinated insecticide?

Which among the following is an insecticide?

Which of the following is an insecticide


Which two pesticides have the same mode of action?
