44 Gk questions for student
1. Solar energy is drawn from which of the following?
(A) Moon
(B) Ocean
(C) Sun
(D) The Wind
Answer:- (C) Sun
2. Among following energy sources which one is used maximum in organic form?
(A) Nuclear energy
(B) Solar energy
(C) Geo-thermal energy
(D) Tidal energy
Answer:- (B) Solar energy
3. Which one of the following is a renewable source of energy?
(A) Coal
(B) Nuclear energy
(C) Petrol
(D) Solar energy
Answer:- (D) Solar energy
4. Which of the following is the largest storehouse of alternative energy?
(A) Solar energy
(B) Tidal energy
(C) Nuclear energy
(D) Geo-thermal energy
Answer:- (A) Solar energy
5. Which of the following energy source is most eco-friendly?
(A) Petroleum product
(B) Forest product
(C) Nuclear fission
(D) Solar cell
Answer:- (D) Solar cell
6. Which one of the following is not a fossil fuel?
(A) Coal
(B) Petroleum
(C) Natural gas
(D) Uranium
Answer:- (D) Uranium
7. Which form of energy does not create environmental issues?
(A) Coal
(B) Nuclear
(C) Petroleum
(D) Solar
Answer:- (D) Solar
8. Which one of the following fuels creates the least pollution?
(A) Diesel
(B) Coal
(C) Hydrogen
(D) Kerosene
Answer:- (C) Hydrogen
9. What is meant by energy crisis?
(A) Shortage of hydro-electricity
(B) Malnutrition leading to a short supply of energy in the body
(C) Shortage of thermal power
(D) The danger of extinction of fosssil fuel like coal and petrol
Answer:- (D) The danger of extinction of fosssil fuel like coal and petrol
10. Which one of the following is the best source of generating electricity in India from the view point of sustainable development?
(A) Coal
(B) Mineral oil and gas
(C) Hydro-electricity
(D) Atomic energy
Answer:- (C) Hydro-electricity
11. Which one of the following sources of renewable energy has the greatest potential in India?
(A) Solar power
(B) Biomass power
(C) Small hydel power
(D) Energy recovery from waste
Answer:- (A) Solar power
12. Which of the following statements about bio-fuel is not correct?
(A) Bio-fuel is eco-friendly
(B) Bio-fuel is cost effective
(C) Bio-fuel can contribute to remedy energy crisis
(D) Bio-fuel is also made from corn
Answer:- (B) Bio-fuel is cost effective
13. Which one of the following is a biodiesel crop?
(A) Cotton
(B) Sugarcane
(C) Jatropha
(D) Potato
Answer:- (C) Jatropha
14. Which of the following is the source of 'Green Fuel'?
(A) Pyne
(B) Carnage
(C) Furn
(D) All of these
Answer:- (D) All of these
15. Which of the following is produced during the formation of photochemical smog?
(A) Hydrocarbons
(B) Nitrogen oxides
(C) Ozone
(D) Methane
Answer:- (B) Nitrogen oxides
16. Bio-degradable pollutant is?
(A) Mercury
(B) Sewage
(C) Plastic
(D) Asbestos
Answer:- (B) Sewage
17. Which of the following is the reason behind the maximum noise pollution?
(A) Heavy Traffic
(B) Election Meetings
(C) Rock Music
(D) Jet Flight
Answer: (D) Jet Flight
18. During normal conditions, the gas which pollutes the atmosphere is?
(A) Carbon monoxide (CO)
(B) Carbon dioxide (CO2)
(C) Nitrogen (N2)
(D) Oxygen (02)
Answer:- (A) Carbon monoxide (CO)
19. Which one of the following is not a secondary pollutant?
(A) PAN
(B) Smog
(C) Sulphur dioxide
(D) Ozone
Answer:- (C) Sulphur dioxide
20. Pollutant emission gas in vehicle exhaust is mainly?
(A) Carbon dioxide
(B) Carbon monoxide
(C) Marsh gas
(D) Nitrogen oxide
Answer:- (B) Carbon monoxide
21. Which of the following air pollutants is most dangerous?
(A) Ozone
(B) Hydrogen sulphide
(C) Carbon dioxide
(D) Carbon monoxide
Answer:- (D) Carbon monoxide
22. Acid rain is caused by pollution of environment by?
(A) Carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide
(B) Carbon dioxide and nitrogen
(C) Nitrous oxide and sulphur dioxide
(D) Carbon dioxide
Answer:- (C) Nitrous oxide and sulphur dioxide
23. Acid rain is caused by?
(A) Industries
(B) Petrol
(C) Burning coal
(D) Wood
Answer:- (A) Industries
24. Which one of the following is not related to air pollution?
(A) Smog
(B) Acid rain
(C) Eutrophication
(D) Asbestosis
Answer:- (C) Eutrophication
25. 'Green Muffler' is related to?
(A) Soil pollution
(B) Air pollution
(C) Noise pollution
(D) Water pollution
Answer:- (C) Noise pollution
26. Bhopal Gas Tragedy (leakage of methyl isocyanate 'MIC') accident happened on?
(A) 2 December, 1982
(B) 3 December, 1985
(C) 3 December, 1984
(D) 4 December, 1986
Answer:- (C) 3 December, 1984
27. Polythene bags cannot be destroyed because they are made of?
(A) Unbreakable molecules
(B) Inorganic compounds
(C) Polymers
(D) Proteins
Answer:- (C) Polymers
28. Which of the following is not destroyed by bacteria?
(A) Cow dung
(B) Leaf
(C) Food ingredients
(D) Plastic
Answer:- (D) Plastic
29. Which one of the following is biodegradable?
(A) Plastic
(B) Polythene
(C) Mercury
(D) Rubber
Answer:- (D) Rubber
30. Which of the following takes maximum time to decay?
(A) Cigarette bud
(B) Leather shoe
(C) Photo film
(D) Plastic bag
Answer:- (D) Plastic bag
31. Which one of the following is a bioindicator of air pollution?
(A) Lichen
(B) Fern
(C) Money plant
(D) Dodder
Answer:- (A) Lichen
32. Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) is an indication of pollution is?
(A) Aquatic environment
(B) Soil
(C) Air
(D) All of the above
Answer:- (A) Aquatic environment
33. The most toxic pollutant of automobile exhaust is?
(A) Copper
(B) Lead
(C) Cadmium
(D) None of these
Answer:- (B) Lead
34. Which one of the following is used to clean polluted environment?
(A) Oxygen
(B) Rain
(C) Nitrogen
(D) Air
Answer:- (B) Rain
35. Cigarette smoke contains?
(A) Carbon monoxide dioxycine
(B) Carbon monoxide and nicotine
(C) Carbon monoxide and benzene
(D) Dioxycine and benzene
Answer:- (C) Carbon monoxide and benzene
36. Which one of the following countries receive the most acid rain?
(A) China
(B) Japan
(C) Norway
(D) USA
Answer:- (C) Norway
37. The most important indoor air pollutant is?
(A) Sulphur dioxide
(B) Carbon dioxide
(C) Nitrogen dioxide
(D) Radon gas
Answer:- (D) Radon gas
38. The International Acid Rain Information Centre has been set up at?
(A) Berlin
(B) Oslo
(C) Osaka
(D) Manchester
Answer:- (B) Oslo
39. Which one of the following is not an instrumental device to check air pollution?
(A) Bag Filter
(B) Cyclone Collector
(C) Cyclone Separator
(D) Cyclone Divider
Answer:- (D) Cyclone Divider
40. The headquarter of International Maritime Organization is located in?
(A) London
(B) Geneva
(C) Paris
(D) Rome
Answer:- (A) London
41. 'Knock-knee syndrome' is caused by the pollution of?
(A) Mercury
(B) Lead
(C) Arsenic
(D) Fluoride
Answer:- (D) Fluoride
42. In which of the following years was constituted the 'Central Ganga Authority' by Government of India?
(A) 1975
(B) 1982
(C) 1985
(D) 1995
Answer:- (C) 1985
43. Which one of the following is not a biotic resource?
(A) Fresh water
(B) Coal
(C) Petroleum
(D) Fish
Answer:- (A) Fresh water
44. Which one of the following gases is used for the purification of drinking water?
(A) Sulphur dioxide
(B) Chlorine
(C) Fluorine
(D) Carbon dioxide
Answer:- (B) Chlorine
