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BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAMME
Term-End Examination
June, 2011
(APPLICATION ORIENTED COURSE)
AEC-01 : ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY
Time : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 100
Note : Attempt all the questions.

1. (a) Fill in the blanks for any five of the following :

1x5=5
(i) is the loose earth material
above soil rock.

(ii) A plant deficient in

causes chlorosis.

(iii) is the capacity of water

responsible for reducing and
or) destroying the lather of soap.
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(iv) The toxic components of
photochemical smog are
and

(v) container should be used

if water sample contains fluoride or
strong alkalies.

(vi) Rainfall is measured by

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 (b) Suggest a suitable word/words for any five
of the following : 1x5=5
(i) The soil organisms which can
synthesise their own food.
(ii) A method in which water moves
through semipermeable membrane
leaving the dissolved ions behind.
(iii) A blue baby problem due to reactions
between nitrate and haemoglobin
leading to interference in oxygen
transmission through the body.
(iv) Air or gas with suspended particles
of usually less than 50011 or 0.5 mm
in diameter.
(v) Destabilization and initial aggregation
of colloidal and finely divided
suspended matter by the addition of
floc forming chemicals like alum.
The ratio of radiant power transmitted
through sample to the incident
radiant power is called.

2.:-Nzif',..cer any five of the following : 2x5=10

ghat do you understand by P/E ratio ?
How it is effected by temperature ?
(b) Name the class of the following rivers :
(i) Sabarmati (ii) Luni
(iii) Godavari (iv) Chenab

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 (c) In water ammonia gas is more soluble than
nitrogen gas. Explain.
(d) What do you mean by electro chemical
corrosion ? How does it occur ?
(e) Name the metals associated with following
diseases/episodes.
(i) Minamate (ii) Itai-itai
(f) Differentiate between absorbent and
adsorbent.

3. Answer any five of the following : 2x5=1.0

(a) Why chemical fertilizers should be
supplemented by organic manure ?
(b) 50 CC of water sample requires 3.4 CC of
0.01 MEDTA for titration in presence of
eriochrome black-T'indicator. Calculate
total hardness.
(c) Differentiate between drizzle and rain.
(d) What is the vegetable tanning process ?
(e) Name the method used to estimate the
anionic surfactants in water.
(f) What are the basic requirements of titrimetic
analysis ?

4. Answer any five of the following : 3x5=15

(a) Differentiate between igneous and
sedimentary rocks.
(b) What do you understand by essential
elements for plant growth ? Write their
different groups.

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 Discuss various properties of water which
help the operations of hydrological cycle.
Write the reactions involved in
phenolphthalein alkalinity (P) and total
alkalinity (T).
What are the two atmospheric regions
based on chemical composition ? Define
them.
What do you understand by good ozone and
bad ozone ? Why they are named so ?
Name any three groups of biological agents
that can pollute the soil and can cause
diseases.

5. Answer any five of the following : 3x5=15

(a) What are the advantages of acid soils ?
(b) What are the harmful effects of construction
of big dams ?
(c) Discuss how the wind speed and wind
direction help in dilution of air pollutants ?
(d) Show graphically the relationship between
temperature and altitude for superadiabatic
and subadiabatic conditions.

(e) Give the class of the pesticides for which the

functions are mentioned below :

(i) Substances that repel the pests.

(ii) Substances which kill the unwanted

plants.

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 ) Substances that prevent, destroy, kilt
or mitigate insects.

(f) In the form of which ions are the following

precipitated in gravimetric analysis .?

(i) Chlorine (ii) Sulphur

(iii) Phosphorous

(g) What are indicator micro-organisms ? Give

any two characteristics of the indicator
micro-organisms.

6. Answer any four of the following : 5x4=20

(a) Name the factors that influence prescription
of criteria for water quality. Explain the uses
of water quality criteria.

(b) Explain the need for conservation and

management of water resources.

(c) Give the sources and sinks of carbon dioxide

gas. Discuss one of its major harmful effects
in the atmosphere.
(d) Explain in brief the physical and chemit al
characteristics of sewage.
(e) Define the Air Quality Index (AQ1). What
is the significance of sampling duration in
Ambient Air Sampling ?
(f) What are the advantages and limitations of
paper chromatography ?

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. Answer any four of the following : 5x4=20
(a) Name the heavy metals which cause soil
pollution. Explain the toxic effects of any
two heavy metals.
(b) Draw a neat diagrammatic sketch showing
the following plume behaviour :
(i) Fumigation
(ii) Lofting
(iii) Fanning
(c) "Milk wastes cause eutrophication". Do
you agree with it ? What are the reasons
behind this ? How is the treatment of dairy
wastes carried out ?
(d) Define Beer - Lambert's law and derive the
expression of the same.
(e) Write the different steps followed in the
membrane filter test for coliforms.
(f) Discuss the various factors affecting the
requirements of fertilizers.

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