BIOHACK NOTES
ENVIRONMENTAL
ISSUES
• Based on active recall and spaced repetition
• Target 360/360 in NEET Biology & 100/100 in Boards!
• AIR POLLUTION & ITS CONTROL
1. Gov. of India passed Environment act in year _____
2. Discharge corona in an electrostatic precipitator is negatively/positively charged.
3. Electrostatic precipitator remove particulate/gaseous pollution. (NEET)
4. Most widely used way to remove particulate matter is by using ________ (NEET)
5. It removes over ___ % of particulate matter. (NEET) D
6. Scrubber removes gas ex - (1) (NEET) DigaQ. 1
7. CPCB full form - (NEET)
8. Particulate size ___ micrometer or less in diameter are causing
the greatest harm. (NEET)
9. Lead free petrol reduce pollution. T/F
10. Catalytic converters have ______-______ and _______
B
as the catalyst. (NEET)
11. Unburnt hydrocarbons are converted into ____ and ____ through
the catalytic converter. (NEET)
12. CO and NO are converted to ___ and ___ by catalytic converter.
A
13. Lead in petrol activates the catalyst. T/F
C
14. Air act included noise as an air pollution. T/F
15. Air act came into force in year _____, but was amended in year _____ (NEET)
16. PIL full form -
17. CNG full form - (NEET)
18. More stringent norms means steadily reducing ______ and ______ content of fuels.
19. Euro III norms said sulphur be controlled at _____ ppm in diesel and ____ ppm in petrol.
20. Aromatic hydrocarbon are to be contained at ____ % of the concerned fuel.
21. Goal is to reduce sulphur to ____ ppm in petrol and diesel and bring down the level to ____ %.
22. Bharat Stage IV is implemented throughout the country since ______ (month/year).
• WATER POLLUTION AND ITS CONTROL
23. Water Act was passed in year _____ (NEET)
24. Bacteria is an example of colloidal impurity. T/F
25. Ex. of suspended solids - (3)
26. A mere ___ % of impurity make domestic sewage
unfair for human use.
27. Plankton means - DigaQ. 2
28. ______ cause deterioration of water
quality and fish mortality.
29. Some bloom-forming algae are extremely
toxic to human beings and animals. T/F
30. ________ is the world's most
X B
problematic aquatic weed.
31. Terror of Bengal is name given to -
32. Heavy metals definition -
33. Copper is a heavy metal. T/F
34. _______ refers to increase in
concentration of the toxicant at C
successive trophic levels. (NEET)
35. Biomagnification occurs with pollutants Y
_____ and ______.
36. High DDT disturbs _______ metabolism A
in birds.
37. Disturbed calcium metabolism causes _______, which cause decline of bird population.
38. What is Eutrophication ? (NEET)
39. Thermal waste water may enhance growth of plants and fishes. T/F
40. FOAM full form -
41. In Arcata, over ___ (no.) hectares of marshland was made with collaboration with scientists of
_________ State University.
42. Ecosan toilets are present in ______ and _______ (places).
• SOLID WASTE
43. All solid waste can be categorised into 3 types. Name them.
44. _______ is the only solution for the treatment of e-waste.
45. _______ (name) of age ___, of city _______ invented polyblend.
46. Polyblend and bitumen increase the road life by a factor of ____
47. Khan offers rag pickers ___ rs per kg now instead of ___ rs as it was earlier.
48. _________ and _________ are the examples of
accidental leakage of radioactive material.
49. Radioactive waste should be kept ____ m deep.
• GHG EFFECT & GLOBAL WARMING
50. GHG effect is a naturally occurring phenomenon. T/F
51. GHG absorb long/short wavelength waves from earth.
52. Without GHG effect, average temp of earth would be ____ rather than present ____
53. Arrange CFC, CO₂, N₂O and CH4 in order of their contribution in global warming. (NEET)
54. El Nino effect occurs due to rise in temperature. T/F DigaQ. 3
55. Ozone thickness is given in ______ unit.
56. Ozone hole over Antarctica develop each year between D
early/late July/August and early/late Oct/Nov. C
57. "Bad" ozone forms in the stratosphere/troposphere. (NEET)
58. Good ozone is formed in _______ layer.
59. Ozone absorbs ____ from the sun. B
A
60. Ozone is degraded nowadays by pollutant - (NEET)
61. UV rays act on CFC and release -
62. Ozone depletion is most seen in ________ region of the world.
63. Wavelength shorter than _____ are completely absorbed by earth atmosphere.
64. In human eye, _______ absorbs UV-B.
65. Snow blindness is a disease of ______ is caused due to - (NEET)
66. ________, was signed at Canada/Japan in year ______ to control emission of Ozone depleting
substance. (NEET)
67. Montreal protocol was effective in year _____
68. ______ and ______ are some of the problems that have come in the wake of the Green Revolution.
69. About ___ % of forest has been lost in tropics, while ____ % in temperate region.
70. National Forest Policy was given in year _____
71. It recommended ___ % of forest cover for plains and ___ % for the hills. (NEET)
72. Slash and burn agriculture is commonly called _____ agriculture. (NEET)
73. Jhum cultivation is seen in north-west/north-east states of India.
74. Which award GOI gives to people who show extraordinary courage to protect wildlife ?
75. Amrita Devi story occurred in year _____
76. The ______ community is known for its peaceful coexistence with nature.
77. Chipko movement is of __________ (place). (NEET)
78. Chipko movement occurred in year _____ (NEET)
79. JFM full form - (NEET)
80. JFM was introduced in decade - _____s and
year _____. (NEET)
ENVIRONMENTAL
ISSUES
ANSWERS
• AIR POLLUTION & ITS CONTROL 35. Mercury and DDT
1. 1986 36. Calcium
2. Negatively 37. Thinning of eggshell
3. Particulate 38. Natural aging of lake by nutrient enrichment of
4. Electrostatic precipitator its water
5. 99 39. T
6. SO₂ 40. Friends of the Arcata Marsh
7. Central Pollution Control Board 41. 60, humboldt
8. 2.5 42. Kerala and Sri lanka
9. T • SOLID WASTE
10. Platinum-palladium, rhodium 43. Biodegradable, recyclable, non-biodegradable
11. CO₂, H₂O 44. Recycling
12. CO₂, N₂ 45. Ahmed khan, 57, bangalore
13. F 46. 3
14. T 47. 6 rs per kg, 0.4 rs per kg
15. 1981, 1987 48. Three Mile Island and Chernobyl incidents
16. Public Litigation Interest 49. 500
17. Compressed Natural Gas • GLOBAL WARMING
18. Sulphur and aromatic 50. T
19. 350 ppm diesel, 150 ppm petrol 51. Long
20. 42% 52. –18°C, 15°C
21. 350, 35 53. CO₂ > CH₄ > CFC > N₂O
22. 2017 54. T
• WATER POLLUTION & CONTROL 55. Dobson
23. 1974 56. Late august, early october
24. T 57. Troposphere
25. Sand, silt and clay 58. Stratosphere
26. 0.1 59. UV
27. free-floating 60. CFC
28. Algal bloom 61. Cl
29. T 62. Antarctica
30. Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) 63. UV-B
31. Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)
32. Elements with density > 5 g/cm²
33. T
34. Biomagnification
64. Cornea • DigaQs
65. Cornea, UV-B DigaQ. 1 – Electronic precipitator (Scrubber)
66. Montreal protocol, canada, 1987 A – Dirty air
67. 1989 B – Water/lime spray
68. Waterlogging and soil salinity C – Particulate matter
69. 40, 1 D – Clean air
70. 1988 DigaQ. 2 – Effect of sewage discharge on some
71. 33, 67 important characteristics of a river
72. Jhum A – Sewage discharge X – Concentration
73. North-east B – Dissolved oxygen Y – Direction of flow
74. Amrita Devi Bishnoi Wildlife Protection Award C – BOD
75. 1731 DigaQ. 3 – Relative contribution of various
76. Bishnoi greenhouse gases to total global warming
77. Garhwal himalayas A – CO₂
78. 1974 B – CH₄
79. Joint Forest Management C – CFCs
80. 1980s, 1988 D – N₂O
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