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  • Question
  • Black smoke coming out of the chimney of a furnace is an indication of the use of __________ in the furnace.


  • Options
  • A. low amount of excess combustion air
  • B. large quantity of excess combustion air
  • C. hydrocarbon fuel
  • D. pulverised coal as fuel

  • Correct Answer
  • low amount of excess combustion air 


  • Environmental Engineering problems


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    • 1. Beyond what concentration of H2S in air, acute danger to human life exists?

    • Options
    • A. 50 ppm
    • B. 100 ppm
    • C. 300 ppm
    • D. 700 ppm
    • Discuss
    • 2. Which of the following is not a practical method of low level radioactive waste disposal?

    • Options
    • A. Dilution with inert material.
    • B. Discharging to atmosphere through tall stacks after dilution.
    • C. Disposing off in rivers & oceans.
    • D. Filling in steel crates and shooting it off out of earth's gravity.
    • Discuss
    • 3. Which of the following sources is responsible for maximum air pollution?

    • Options
    • A. Industrial chimney exhaust.
    • B. Forest fire.
    • C. Automobiles exhaust.
    • D. Photochemical oxidation of organic matter.
    • Discuss
    • 4. TLV of NO2 & NO exposure for the human being is 5 & 25 ppm respectively. Prolonged exposure of human being to NO2 causes

    • Options
    • A. skin disorder
    • B. bronchitis
    • C. bone disease
    • D. cancer
    • Discuss
    • 5. Which of the following is a manmade source of air pollution?

    • Options
    • A. Automobile exhaust.
    • B. Forest fire.
    • C. Bacterial action in soil and swamp areas
    • D. All (a), (b) and (c).
    • Discuss
    • 6. CFC (chloro fluoro carbon) is very highly reactive in causing depletion of ozone layer in the atmosphere. Each atom of chlorine liberated from CFC is capable of decomposing __________ molecules of ozones.

    • Options
    • A. 102
    • B. 105
    • C. 109
    • D. 1015
    • Discuss
    • 7. Insufficient washing of sand grains in a rapid sand filter causes

    • Options
    • A. air binding
    • B. shrinkage of filtering media
    • C. mud balls
    • D. expansion of filtering media
    • Discuss
    • 8. Out of the following, TLV of __________ is maximum (about 500 ppm).

    • Options
    • A. carbon dioxide
    • B. toluene
    • C. carbon disulphide
    • D. acetaldehyde
    • Discuss
    • 9. Reingleman chart is used for the evaluation of __________ pollution.

    • Options
    • A. air
    • B. water
    • C. noise
    • D. radioactive
    • Discuss
    • 10. A 'body' which allows the short wavelength incoming solar radiation to enter in, but does not allow long wave length outgoing infra red radiation to escape out is called the

    • Options
    • A. global warming
    • B. green house
    • C. atmospheric effect
    • D. ionosphere
    • Discuss


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