Water Pollution

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Water Pollution: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as Water Pollution, Common Water Pollutants, Oxygen Demanding Wastes, Pathogens as Water Pollutants, Biochemical Oxygen Demand, Disease Causing Water Pollutants, Synthetic Organic Compounds, Eutrophication, etc.

Important Questions on Water Pollution

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Addition of phosphate containing fertilizers in water bodies causes
(i) enhanced growth of algae
(ii) increase in amount of dissolved oxygen
(iii) deposition of calcium phosphate
(iv) decrease in fish population

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Which among the given values is an acceptable amount of iron in drinking water?

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What is the maximum concentration of iron in drinking waterin ppm?

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What is normal level of aluminium in drinking water.

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The maximum prescribed concentration of _____ in drinking water is 0.005 ppm.

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The maximum prescribed concentration of cadmium in drinking water is 

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Which of the following conditions shows a polluted environment?

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Eutrophication causes reduction in

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When a huge amount of sewage is dumped in a river, the BOD

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Which of the following statements is incorrect?

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Eutrophication causes

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Eutrophication causes

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Which of the following is correct international standards for drinking water?

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The permissible limit of Molybdenum in drinking water is specified by WHO as

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The permissible limit of Arsenic in drinking water as specified by WHO is

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Match the pollutant in a column I with its effects in the column II.

 

Column-I Column-II
i Phosphate fertilizers in water a NO2 and CH4
ii ClO sink for b Red haze in traffic
iii Nitrogen dioxide c BOD level of water increases
iv Synthetic detergents in water d Eutrophication

 

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What is the size of dissolved oil droplets?

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What best describes a synthetic organic chemical?

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Maximum Prescribed Concentration of Manganese in Drinking Water is

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Which causes water pollution?