CUET Geography India People and Economy Chapter 12 Geographical Perspective on Selected Issues and Problems

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Geography - MCQ on Geographical perspective on selected issues and problems

Class XII

Q.1.Which one of the following river is highly polluted:

a. Ban

b. Sutluj

c. Yamuna

d. Godavari

Answer:

c) Yamuna

Exp.Yamuna is highly polluted river of India pollution caused by dumping of industrial and municipal waste.

Q.2.Which of the following is a water born disease:

a. Typhoid

b. Bronchitis

c. Tuberculosis

d. Leukemia

Answer:

a. Typhoid.

Exp. This disease is caused by polluted water.

Q.3.Name any two cities apart from Delhi who are polluting waters of Yamuna

a. Allahabad, Mathura

b. Agra,Hapur

c. Agra, Mathura

d. Kanpur,Lucknow

Answer:

c) Agra, Mathura.

Q.4.What is the estimated percentage of polluted water in India :

a. 60%

b. 65%

c. 70%

d. 75%

Answer:

c) 70%

Exp.In India percentage of polluted water is very high because of the illiterate and ignorant population.

Q.5.What is the impact of increased carbon dioxide in the air:

a. Decrease in earths temperature

b. Increase in temperature of the atmosphere

c. Ultra violet radiation will reach on the surface of the earth.

d. None of the above

Answer:

b. Increase in temperatures of the atmosphere.

Exp. Increased carbon is very injurious for living beings as it results into green house effect .

Q.6.Which one of the following is the cause of acid rains ?

a. Water pollution

b. Land pollution

c. Noise pollution

d. Air pollution

Answer:

d. Air pollution .

Q.7. .Push and pull factors are responsible for :

a. Land degradation

b. Slums

c. Air Pollution

d. Migration

Answer:

d. Migration.

Q.8. .Release of substances and energy from waste products of human activities is known as :

a. Water pollution

b. noise pollution

c. Land degradation

d. Air pollution

Answer:

d. Air pollution.

Exp. Because air absorbs the smoke and gaseous forms of pollutants.

Q.9. .Different type of pollutions are :

a. Air pollution

a. Noise pollution

b. Water pollution

c. All The above

Answer:

 

d. All the above

Q.10.Which of the following is the problem of slums :

a. Socio-cultural

b. Political

c. Economical

d. All the above.

Answer:

d)All the above.

Q.11. Generation of solid wastes continuously leads to:

a. serious health hazards

b. serious hygiene hazards

c. serious diseases

d. accumulation of waste

Answer:

a) serious health hazards

Q.12. Excessive use chemical fertilizers, pesticides and insecticides leads in:

a. destroying of soil

b. degrade of soil

c. fertility of soil

d. good soil

Answer:

 

b. degrade soil

Q.13. Micro – organisms of the soil are destroyed by:

a. natural fertilizers

b. human activities

c. chemical fertilizers

d. natural disasters

Answer:

c) chemical fertilizers

Q.14. Depletion of ozone layer takes place because of:

a. CFC’s, Nitrate oxides, Carbon dioxide

b. CFC’s, Nitrate oxides, Hydrogen

c. CFC’s, Sulphur dioxides, Carbon dioxide

d. Sulphur oxide, Nitrate oxides, Carbon monoxide

Answer:

a) CFC’s, Nitrate oxides, Carbon dioxide

Q.15. 2500 people died in Bhopal (1984) due to leakage of:

a. MIC gas

b. CNG gas

c. Tear gas

d. LPG gas

Answer:

a) MIC gas

Q.16. Sources of water pollution are:

a. Natural

b. Human

c. Industries

d. Agriculture

Answer:

c) Industries

Q.17. In nature the water is polluted due to:

a. erosion, landslides, decay and decomposition of plants

b. erosion, landslides, decay of plants

c. erosion and landslides

d. erosion, Hurricanes, decay and decomposition of plants

Answer:

a) erosion, landslides, decay and decomposition of plants

Q.18. How do water is polluted by the activities of Humans:

a. industries, urbanization, agricultural activities and cultural processes

b. industries and urbanization

c. industries, urbanization and agricultural activities

d. industries, agricultural activities and cultural processes

Answer:

a) industries, urbanization, agricultural activities and cultural processes

Q.19. How do industries pollute the water:

a. Wastes, waste water

b. Wastes, waste water and poisonous gases

c. Waste water and poisonous gases

d. Wastes and poisonous gases

Answer:

 

b. wastes, waste water and poisonous gases

Q.20. How does the Agricultural sources pollute the water?

a. Insecticides and pesticides

b. Fertilizers, pesticides

c. Fertilizers, insecticides and pesticides

d. Fertilizers, insecticides

Answer:

c) fertilizers, insecticides and pesticides

Q.21. pollution is an undesirable change in the :

a. Physical characteristics

b. Biological characteristics

c. Chemical characteristics

d. All the above

Answer:

 

d. All the above

Q.22. A form of energy or matter that causes degradation:

a. Pollutants

b. Pollution

c. Deterioration

d. Accumulation

Answer:

a) Pollutants

Exp. Any kind of energy substances which causes harm are called pollutants.

Q.23. The main causes of environmental degradation:

a. The waste material resulting from human activities and disposal of human waste

b. Damages caused by disposal of wastes

c. The effect of damages

d. All the above

Answer:

 

d. All the above

Q.24. Which one of the following is the major to control the water pollution:

a. Garbage collection centers

b. Construction of Toilets

c. Treatment of Industrial waste

d. All the above

Answer:

 

d. All the above

Exp. The pollution of water must be checked as water is our lifeline.

Q.25. How do water is polluted due to cultural processes:

a. Religious fairs, tourism

b. Religious processes

c. Religious processes, Religious fairs, tourism

d. All the above

Answer:

 

d. All the above

Exp. There are many bad cultural practices which pollute water.

Geography - MCQ on Geographical perspective on selected issues and problems

Find below CUET Geography Chapter 12 Geographical Perspective on Selected Issues and Problems questions set-2

Q.1. The environment may be defined as :

a. Air

b. Water

c. Everything that surrounds us

d. None

Answer:

c) Everything that surrounds us

Exp. Environment is a French word which means surrounds.

Q.2. Environment includes:

a. Biotic components

b. A biotic components

c. Both biotic and a biotic components.

d. None of the above.

Answer:

c) Both biotic and a biotic components.

Q.3. Biotic components include:

a. Topography

b. Flora

c. Fauna

d. Both b& c

Answer:

d. Flora and Fauna

Q.4. National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) is located at:

a. Bhopal

b. Nagpur

c. Goa

d. Bangalore

Answer:

 

b. Nagpur

Q.5. NEERI Observes:

a. The mean concentration trends of various air pollutants at selected cities

b. Water quality supplied to different cities

c. Causes of pollution

d. All the above

Answer:

a) the mean concentration trends of various air pollutants at selected cities .

Q.6. NEERI observations indicate that sulphur dioxide concentrations are….in Delhi :

a. Increasing

b. Decreasing

c. Stabilising

d. Not known

Answer:

b. Decreasing.

Q.7. .Vehicles use leaded fuel are responsible for about ….of air borne lead pollution:

a. 90%

b. 95%

c. 80%

d. 78%

Answer:

 

b. 95%.

Q.8. .It has been estimated that the global temperature will rise by about …….by the year of 2040:

a. 1˚C

b. 2˚C

c. 3˚C

d. 4˚C

Answer:

c) 3˚C

Exp. Due to rise in green house gases temperature of the atmosphere is increasing. This will leads to climatic change.

Q.9. ……. is caused by unwanted gases present in the air and proves very harmful:

a. Smoke

b. Smog

c. Frost

d. Mist

Answer:

b. Smog.

Exp.It is nothing but mixture of smoke with fog.

Q.10. About…. of cancer attributed to environment polluted with toxic and hazardous chemicals:

a. 70%

b. 75%

c. 80%

d. 89%

Answer:

c) 80%

Exp. Cancer cases are increasing at a alarming rates particularly in the large cities with strong industrial base.

Q.11. In respect of lungs diseases which of the following city is at the top:

a. Kolkata

b. Mumbai

c. Delhi

d. Banglore

Answer:

Delhi.

Exp. Due to bad air quality.

Q.12. In Delhi about…. Of population is suffering from respiratory diseases:

a. 30%

b. 35%

c. 40%

d. 45%

Answer:

a) 30%.

Exp. It is 12 times higher than rest of India.

Q.13. Due to increased use of pesticides an average of ……deaths occur in India:

a. 12,ooo

b. 22,000

c. 23,000

d. 15,000

Answer:

 

b. 22,000.

Exp. It is an WHO estimate. Number of deaths occur due to this reason is 20 lakh all over the world.

Q.14. Dumped waste is injurious for health:

a. foul smell

b. Heavy metals find their way to the underground water

c. Release of poisnios gases after the decomposition of wastes.

d. All the above

Answer:

All the above.

Q.15. Untreated wastes ferment slowly and release….gas:

a. Ethane

b. Methane

c. Carbon

d. Nitrogen

Answer:

b. Methane.

Exp.It is a green house gas which is responsible for global warming.

Q.16. Power houses release which of the following gases:

a. Sulphur

b. Nitrogen oxide

c. Carbon di oxide

d. All the above

Answer:

All the above.

Q.17. Every day about 17,00 million litres of ….waste is discharges into the Yamuna :

a. Industrial

b. domestic

c. both a & b

d. Natural

Answer:

b. Domestic.

Q.18. Pollution of water is caused by which of the natural phenomena:

a. Erosion

b. Landslides

c. Decay and decomposition of plants.

d. All the above.

Answer:

 

d. all the above.

Q.19.Open sewer of Delhi is:

a. River Yamuna

b. River Ganga

c. River Hindon

d. None.

Answer:

a) River Yamuna

Exp. As all the industrial and domestic discharges are dumped into the Yamuna.

Q.20.Mojor water polluting industries are:

a. Leather

b. Pulp and paper

c. Textiles and chemicals

d. All the above

Answer:

All the above.

Exp. They release huge waste waters.

Q.21. The most polluted river of India is :

a. Yamuna

b. Hoogly

c. Ganga

d. Mahanadi

Answer:

c) Ganga.

Q.22. which city is polluting Ganga with its leather factories:

a. Rockies

b. Hardwar

c. Kanpur

d. Delhi

Answer:

c) Kanpur.

Q.23. Per capita waste generation per day in India is :

a. 340gm

b. 490gm

c. 450gm

d. 560gm

Answer:

b. 490gm.

Q.24. In India of the total communicable disease about….are due to polluted water:

a. Half of the total

b. One-fourth

c. One –third

d. None

Answer:

b. One fourth.

Exp. They are caused due to contaminated water.

Q.25. Hepatits is a :

a. Air pollution

b. Water pollution

c. Dumping of wastes

d. Al the above

Answer:

b. Water pollution.

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