MCQs for Class 12 Geography Book II - Chapter 9 Geographical Perspective on Selected Issues and Problems
Multiple Choice Questions
Question.1. Which of the following is not a natural source of water pollutants?
(a) Erosion
(b) Landslides
(c) Industries
(d) Decay and decomposition of plants and animals
Answer
(c) Industries
Question.2. Which of the following diseases is caused by water pollution?
(a) Diarrohea
(b) Nervous Disease
(c) Blindness
(d) Heart Disease
Answer
(a) Diarrohea
Question.3. Which of the following human activity is the most significant contributor of water pollution?
(a) Agricultural
(b) Industries
(c) Cultural
(d) Use of pesticides and fertilizers
Answer
(b) Industries
Question.4. Consider the following and match the list I with list II and choose the correct answer with the help of given options.
List I | List II |
I. Air pollution | 1. Nuclear power plant |
II. Water pollution | 2. Advertisement media |
III. Land pollution | 3. Combustion of coal, petroleum and diesel |
IV. Noise pollution | 4. Disposal of untreated industrial waste |
(a) I-3, II-4, III-2, IV-3
(b) I-2, II-1, III-4, IV-3
(c) I-2, II-1, III-3, IV-4
(d) I-1, II-3, III-2, IV-4
Answer
(b) I-2, II-1, III-4, IV-3
Question.5. Which of the following disease commonly not caused due to contaminated water?
(a) Diarrhoea
(b) Intestinal worms
(c) Hepatitis
(d) Malaria
Answer
(d) Malaria
Question.6. What is the reason for rural to urban migration?
(a) Low job opportunities in rural areas
(b) Higher level of development in rural areas
(c) Educational facilities in rural areas
(d) Health facilities in rural areas
Answer
(a) Low job opportunities in rural areas
Question.7. Which of the following is not an objective of ‘Namami Gange Programme’ launched by the Union Government?
(a) Linking of the small rivers
(b) Monitoring of industrial effluents
(c) Development of river front
(d) Afforestation along the bank of increase biodiversity
Answer
(a) Linking of the small rivers
Question.8. As per the World Health Organization about one-fourth of the communicable diseases in India are _____________.
(a) Air- borne
(b) Soil -borne
(c) water-borne
(d) Noise borne
Answer
(c) water-borne
Question.9. Which of the following is not the main source of noise pollution?
(a) Mechanized construction
(b) Demolition works
(c) Rain water harvesting
(d) Automobiles
Answer
(c) Rain water harvesting
Question.10. Which one of the following is caused by atmospheric pollution?
(a) Smog
(b) Smoke
(c) Fog
(d) Precipitation
Answer
(a) Smog
Question.11. Which of the following is the largest slum in Asia?
(a) Dibrugarh
(b) Dharavi
(c) Kankarbagh
(d) Ankleshwar
Answer
(b) Dharavi
Question.12. Which one of the following is not the reason to lead to land degradation?
(a) Soil erosion
(b) Wind erosion
(c) Afforestation
(d) Salinisation
Answer
(a) Afforestation
Question.13. What per cent of the solid waste is collected and disposed In metropolitan cities like Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, etc.?
(a) 50%
(b) 60%
(c) 20%
(d) 90%
Answer
(d) 90%
Question.14. Because of Untreated wastes fermentation, which toxic biogas is released to the atmosphere?
(a) Oxygen
(b) Ozone
(c) Nitrogen
(d) Methane
Answer
(d) Methane
Question.15. The Swach Bharat Mission (SBM) is part of the urban renewal mission to improve the quality of life in urban slums, was launched by _______________.
(a) The Government of India
(b) The Government of Assam
(c) The Government of Maharashtra
(d) The Government of Bihar
Answer
(a) The Government of India
Question.16. According to National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), which one of the following type of wasteland has largely been caused by natural as well as human factors?
(a) Barren rocky areas
(b) Gullied /ravenous land
(c) Land affected by salinity and alkalinity
(d) Mining and industrial wastelands
Answer
(c) Land affected by salinity and alkalinity
Question.17. According to National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), which one of the following types of wasteland is not primarily caused by natural agents?
(a) Gullies /riverine land
(b) Degraded cultivation area
(c) Desertic or coastal sands
(d) Barren rocky area
Answer
(b) Degraded shifting cultivation area
Question.18. Which among the following is notPolluted Stretches of river Ganga?
(a) Mathura and Agra
(b) Downstream of Kanpur
(c) Downstream of Varanasi
(d) Farrakka Barrage
Answer
(a) Mathura and Agra
Question.19. Which ministry/ministries of the government of India, funded for the watershed management program in Jhabua district is located in the westernmost agroclimatic zone in Madhya Pradesh?
(a) Ministries of “Rural Development”
(b) Ministries of “Agriculture”
(c) Both of them
(d) None of them
Answer
(c) Both of them
Question.20. Which one of the following industries is one of the most water polluting units?
(a) Food Processing Industry
(b) Oil Industry
(c) Paper and pulp Industry
(d) Electrical Appliance Industry
Answer
(c) Paper and pulp Industry
