Which of the following statement is NOT true about acid rain?

Which of the following statement is NOT true about acid rain?
A Its pH is less than 5.6
B It is due to reaction of $SO_2$, $NO_2$ and $CO_2$ with rain water
C Causes no damage to monuments like Taj Mahal
D It is harmful for plants

Detailed Solution

Acid rain does cause significant damage to monuments made of marble/limestone, such as the Taj Mahal (a phenomenon known as 'marble cancer'), so the statement that it causes no damage to such monuments is NOT true.

Environmental Chemistry in past papers

14 questions from this chapter have appeared across 11 exam years.

Keep going

Practise Environmental Chemistry All 14 questions This chapter in 2020 Phase-2