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

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making tubes and pipes

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making plastic sacks

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use as a fertilizer

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construction of roads

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Solution

The correct option is D construction of roads
Polyblend is a fine powder of recycled modified plastic. It was found that when polyblend is mixed with bitumen, a common chemical used in the laying of tar roads, the water repellant property of bitumen is enhanced and this helps increase road life by three times.

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Q. Read the following statements and select the correct ones.
(i) Ahmed khan, a plastic sack manufacturer of Bangalore, in 1998, developed polyblend, a fine powder of recycled modified plastic.
(ii) In collaboration with RV Collage of Engineering and Bangalore City Corporation, The proved that the mixture of polyblend and bitumen was better for road carpeting as it had better water repellent property.
(iii) By 2002, more than 40 km roads of Bangalore were laid with the help of khan's mixture.
(iv) Rag pickers who used to get Rs. 0.40 per kg of plastic waste started getting Rs. 6.00 from Ahmed khan.
(v) Innovation like polyblend might help the modern society from being smothered with plastic waste.

Q. A fine powder of recycled modified plastic that was developed by the company of Ahmed Khan is called?

Q. Consider the following statement about polyblend
I. In 1998, Ahmed Khan developed polyblend, a fine powder of recycled modified plastic.
II. Polyblend has been mixed with bitumen to lay roads in Bangalore
III. Polyblend enhances bitumen’s water repellant properties and helps to increase the life of road.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
(correct answer + 1, wrong answer - 0.25)

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