Given below is a representation of a type of pollution. Study the picture (factories and vehicles emitting smoke, with a person coughing) and answer the questions: Given below is a representation of a type of pollution. Study the picture (factories and vehicles emitting smoke, with a person coughing) and answer the questions:
Name the type of pollution shown in the picture.
Topic: Air pollution
Answer
AIR POLLUTION (gaseous pollution).
The picture shows smoke pouring from factory chimneys and vehicle exhausts, with a person coughing — the source and the effect together.
Air pollution is the contamination of the atmosphere by harmful gases, dust and smoke in quantities that damage living organisms and the environment.
The five kinds of pollution in the syllabus: AIR, WATER, SOIL, NOISE and RADIATION. Identifying the MEDIUM affected is the quickest route through any such question.