Agricultural Waste
Trending Questions
- Non-functional keyboard
- Fruit peels
- Vegetable wastes
- Unused batteries
Paheli dug two pits, A and B in her garden. In pit A, she put a polyhtene bag packed with some agricultural waste. In pit B, she dumped the same kind of waste but without packing it in a polythene bag. She then covered both the pits with soil. What did she observe after a month?
(a) Waste in pit A degraded faster than that in pit B.
(b) Waste in pit B degraded faster than that in pit A.
(c) Waste in both pits degraded almost equally.
(d) Waste in both pits did not degrade at all.
Which of the following is the least harmful type of waste?
Domestic Waste
Industrial Waste
Agriculture Waste
E-Waste
Sugar is obtained from:
Sugarcane
Sugarbeet
Jaggery
Both a and b
- Excessive use of fertilisers changes the chemistry of soil and kills useful microbes.
- Excessive use of non-biodegradable chemical pesticides leads to biological magnification.
- Extensive cropping causes loss of soil fertility.
- All of the above.
Use of excessive pesticides on crop leads to water_____________.
Standing crops face threat from pests and insects. This is dealt with pesticides and insecticides, which are different types of chemicals. What is the major drawback of this method?
The chemical is poisonous and can harm the health of the crop and the consumers.
These chemicals reduce the crop yield.
It can cause pollution.
All of these.
Which of the following will get polluted by fertilizers used in agriculture?
Ponds
Ground water
Rain
Rivers
- Composting site
- Open garbage disposal site
- Closed garbage disposing system
- Cannot understand
how is e-waste generated?
- Waste in pit A degraded faster than that in pit B.
- Waste in pit B degraded faster than that in pit A.
- Waste in both pits degraded almost equally.
- Waste in both pits did not degrade at all.
- E-waste
- Agricultural waste
- Domestic waste
- Industrial waste
Which of the following will get polluted by fertilizers used in agriculture?
Ponds
Ground water
Rain
Rivers
Presence of _______ in water bodies causes excessive growth of algae in the water.
methane
DDT
CNT
coal
Dry leaves collected in a garbage
An area where a lot of garbage is collected, spread out and covered with soil.