Waterborne Diseases

Q. Persons are medically consider to have lead poisoning if they have a concentration of greater than 10 microgram of lead per decilitre of blood. Concentration in parts per billion is

Q.

Diseases such typhoid, cholera and jaundice are caused due to:

1. Water pollution

2. Soil contamination

3. Noise pollution

4. Air pollution

Q. Diseases like typhoid and cholera are caused due to ________ .

1. water pollution
2. global warming
3. air pollution
4. greenhouse effect

Q.

Minamata disease is a pollution-related disease, which is caused due to:

1. The release of human organic waste into drinking water.

2. The release of industrial waste containing mercury into water containing aquatic animals.

3. Accumulation of arsenic into atmosphere.

4. Oil spills into the sea.

Q. Black-foot disease is caused due to ground water contaminated with excess of

1. Sulphur
2. Fluoride
3. Mercury
4. Nitrate
5. Arsenic

Q. Black-foot disease is caused due to groundwater contaminated with the excess amount of

1. Nitrate
2. Fluoride
3. Arsenic
4. Sulphur
5. Mercury

Q. Match the following items in column I with column II and choose the correct answer

Column I	Column II
A. Arsenic	1. Minamata disease
B. Nitrate	2. Itai-itai
C. Mecury	3. Blue-baby syndrome
D. Cadmium	4. Skeletal fluorosis
E. Fluoride	5. Black-foot disease

1. A-2, B-3, C-5, D-1, E-4
2. A-5, B-3, C-1, D-2, E-4
3. A-3, B-4, C-5, D-1, E-2
4. A-5, B-4, C-3, D-2, E-1
5. A-2, B-5, C-4, D-3, E-1

Q. The bacteria E. coli, which reaches water through excreta, causes _________.

1. diarrhoea
2. malaria
3. common cold
4. measles

Q. Which of the diseases is caused due to mercury poisoning?

1. Minamata disease
2. Hepatits
3. Malaria
4. Kwashiorkar

Q. Disease/disorder caused due to lead poisoning is

1. Typhoid
2. Tetanus
3. Malaria
4. Anemia