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  • Question
  • Which of the following is an adsorbant for removal of nitrogen oxides from gas/air?


  • Options
  • A. Active carbon
  • B. Silica gel
  • C. Bog iron (iron oxide)
  • D. Pulverised limestone

  • Correct Answer
  • Silica gel 


  • Environmental Engineering problems


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    • 1. Threshold limit value (TLV) of CO in air is __________ ppm.

    • Options
    • A. 5
    • B. 50
    • C. 2000
    • D. 5000
    • Discuss
    • 2. Hazardous/polluting chemical industries should have an 'exclusion zone' with a green belt and general public access prohibited around it, covering a radius of ____ metres.

    • Options
    • A. 100
    • B. 1000
    • C. 400
    • D. 4000
    • Discuss
    • 3. Polyvinyl chloride containers are not suitable for storing

    • Options
    • A. foodstuffs
    • B. woolen clothes
    • C. metallic powder
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 4. Which of the following fine dust removal equipments is the most efficient?

    • Options
    • A. Bag filter
    • B. Scrubber
    • C. Electrostatic precipitator
    • D. Cyclone separator
    • Discuss
    • 5. Which of the following processes is involved in the biochemical treatment of sewage effluents?

    • Options
    • A. Oxidation
    • B. Reduction
    • C. Dehydration
    • D. Fermentation
    • Discuss
    • 6. There are thirteen metals which are treated as pollutants. Which of the following metals is not a pollutant?

    • Options
    • A. Mercury
    • B. Arsenic
    • C. Aluminium
    • D. Lead
    • Discuss
    • 7. The main type of sludge gas evolved during sewage treatment in Imhoff tank is

    • Options
    • A. CO2
    • B. CH4
    • C. CO
    • D. H2
    • Discuss
    • 8. Corrosion in boilers can be prevented by

    • Options
    • A. deaeration of feed water.
    • B. enhancing pH of feed water by adding alkali.
    • C. feeding sodium sulphite or hydrazine phosphate to the boilers, which combines with oxygen and prevents corrosion.
    • D. all (a), (b) and (c).
    • Discuss
    • 9. Biological oxidation ponds remove organic matters present in the polluted water by

    • Options
    • A. using the activities of bacteria and other micro organisms.
    • B. aerobic oxidation.
    • C. both (a) & (b).
    • D. neither (a) nor (b).
    • Discuss
    • 10. Out of the following, TLV of __________ is the minimum (about 0.02 ppm).

    • Options
    • A. phosgene
    • B. bromine
    • C. MIC (methyl iso-cynate)
    • D. ozone
    • Discuss


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