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General Knowledge · Q557

Environmental Science

Competitive Exams · General Knowledge · question 557

Q557

Eutrophication results from

A.
Agricultural and sewage water
Answer
B.
Vehicle exhaust
C.
Pesticides
D.
Industrial effluents

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
Eutrophication most commonly arises from the oversupply of nutrients, most commonly as nitrogen or phosphorus, which leads to overgrowth of plants and algae in aquatic ecosystems. After such organisms die, bacterial degradation of their biomass results in oxygen consumption, thereby creating the state of hypoxia.