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1 (a)
Define Air pollution. Explain primary and secondary air pollutions with examples.
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1 (b)
Explain the effects of photochemical smog on human beings and plants.
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2 (a)
Briefly explain the effects of air pollution on:
i) Human health ii) Plants iii) Animals iv) Materials.
i) Human health ii) Plants iii) Animals iv) Materials.
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2 (b)
Discuss the following cases of air pollution episodes:
i) Bhopal Gas Tragedy
ii) Los Angeles Smog.
i) Bhopal Gas Tragedy
ii) Los Angeles Smog.
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3 (a)
Explain with neat sketches, how different atmospheric conditions give rise to different kinds of plumes.
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3 (b)
Explain the terms:
i) Environmental Lapse Rate (ELR)
ii) Adiabatic Lapse Rate (ALR)
iii) Wind Rose (WR)
iv) Inversions.
i) Environmental Lapse Rate (ELR)
ii) Adiabatic Lapse Rate (ALR)
iii) Wind Rose (WR)
iv) Inversions.
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4 (a)
List the factors that should be taken into consideration while selecting a site for an industry from the point of minimizing air pollution.
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4 (b)
Explain different methods of gaseous air pollutants sampling from the ambient atmosphere.
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5 (a)
Explain with neat sketches the principle and working of the following:
i) Cyclone separator
ii) Electrostatic precipitators.
i) Cyclone separator
ii) Electrostatic precipitators.
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5 (b)
Enumerate the various analytical methods available for monitoring air pollution.
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6 (a)
Explain briefly the principal emission from gasoline driven and diesel driven vehicles.
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6 (b)
What are the various approaches to minimize exhaust emissions? Explain.
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7 (a)
What is Acid rain? What are the causes for acid rain? What are the effects of acid rain on vegetation?
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7 (b)
Describe the phenomenon of 'green house effect', due to carbon dioxide.
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Write short notes on any four of the following:
8 (a)
Water quality standards.
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8 (b)
Ozone layer depletion.
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8 (c)
Adsorption by solids.
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8 (d)
Stack gas sampling.
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8 (e)
Environmental policy.
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