Solid Waste and Different Sources

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Define landfills?

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Question 33
Suggest any four activities in daily life which are eco-friendly.

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Polyblend, a fine powder of recycled modified plastic, has proved to be a good material for:

1. Making tubes and pipes

2. Making plastic sacks

3. Use as a fertilizer

4. Construction of roads

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Which of the following is a part of e-waste?

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. Mobiles

Q. What is an incinerator?

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What is compost?

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Which one of the following is not a medical waste?

1. Cattle dung
2. Syringes
3. Medicine bottles
4. Bandages

Q. If a city wants to avoid pollution by burning solid waste but also has less space to dump all the waste, the remedies that should be adopted are sanitary landfills and sorting garbage.

1. True
2. False

Q. Describe the procedure usually used to produce compost. <!--td {border: 1px solid #cccccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> [Review Questions - Pg No.185 - LAT - 3]

Q. Choose the ecofriendly methods of solid waste management.

1. Composting
2. Incineration
3. Vermicomposting
4. Landfill

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How can we manage our waste properly? Discuss different methods of waste disposal.

Q. Define electronic waste and list at least six items which come under this category. <!--td {border: 1px solid #cccccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> [Review Questions - Pg No.185 - LAT - 1]

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Which of the following activities does not reflect responsible behavior with regard to waste disposal?

1. Goods are carried in paper bags or cloth bags.

2. Waste collected in polythene bags for disposal

3. Waste separated into those that degrade and those that do not

4. Making handicrafts with used up notebooks

Q. Assertion: Biomedical waste is called as infectious waste.

Reason: Exposure to pathogens, human body parts, medicines, etc., in biomedical waste could cause serious diseases.

1. Both assertion and reason are false.
2. Assertion is true but the reason is false.
3. Assertion is false but the reason is true.
4. Both assertion and reason are true.

Q. Incineration is also known as

1. Thermal treatment
2. Landfill
3. Decomposition
4. None of the above

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What is garbage?

Q. Which one of the following is not a part of electronic waste?

1. Broken cell phones
2. Non-functional music systems
3. Empty paint cartons
4. Damaged computers

Q. If a city has less space and also wants to avoid pollution by burning solid waste, which of the following remedies should be adopted?

1. Illegal dumping
2. Sorting garbage
3. Sanitary landfill
4. Partially burn the waste

Q. A fine powder of recycled modified plastic is known as

1. Polymer
2. Polyblend
3. Polythene
4. Polyester

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Spores of disease-causing bacteria can be killed by the method of ____________.

1. salting

2. drying

3. sun-drying

4. UV radiation

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An effective way of disposing off plant waste and kitchen waste.

Q. Peel of fruits and vegetables are mainly used for

1. Compost
2. Fertilizer
3. Weedicides
4. All of the above

Q. Describe five different methods of solid waste disposal.

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We need to generate___waste.

Q. Which of the following activities does not reflect responsible behaviour with regard to waste disposal?

1. Goods carried in paper bags or cloth bags.
2. Waste collected in polythene bags for disposal.
3. Making handicrafts with used up notebooks.
4. Waste separated into those that degrade and those that do not.

Q. If a city wants to avoid pollution by burning solid waste, but also has less space to dump all the waste, which of the following remedies should be adopted?

1. Illegal dumping
2. Sorting Garbage
3. Sanitary landfill
4. None of the above

Q. ............. includes the processes by which microorganisms break down biodegradable material in the absence of oxygen.

1. Aerobic digestion
2. Anaerobic digestion
3. Pyrolysis
4. All of the above

Q. Solid waste disposal policy was framed in

1. 1989
2. 1867
3. 2000
4. 2003

Q. Explain the methods of managing solid wastes in urban area.

Q. Resource recovery is also known as

1. Reuse
2. Recycle
3. Reduce
4. All of the above