MCQs on Chlorofluorocarbons

3. Which of the following compounds are called ozone-depleting substances?

(a) Carbon dioxide

(b) Chlorofluorocarbons

(c) Hydrofluorocarbons

(d) All of the above

Sol. (d) All of the above.

4. Which of the following is a substitute for chlorofluorocarbons?

(a) Hydrocarbons

(b) Difluoroethane

(c) Hydrofluorocarbons

(d) Dichlorodifluoromethane

Sol. (d) Dichlorodifluoromethane.

5. Which of the following is not true about the consequence of ozone layer depletion?

(a) Causes tides

(b) Increase in the UV rays

(c) Increased malignant melanoma

(d) Affects agricultural productivity

Sol. (a) Causes Tides.

6. When was the first ozone hole discovered?

(a) In the early 1950s

(b) Between 1960 and 1970

(c) Between 1980 and 1990

(d) 1990 to above

Sol. (c) Between 1980 and 1990.

7. The Montreal Protocol is an international treaty designed to protect the _________.

(a) Food chain

(b) Global warming

(c) Ozone layer depletion

(d) Controlling the pollution

Sol. (c) Ozone layer depletion.

8. The ozone layer depletion is found in _______.

(a) Ionosphere

(b) Lithosphere

(c) Troposphere

(d) Stratosphere

Sol. (d) Stratosphere.