Q90. ‘Oilzapper’ which degrades the pollutants of oil-contaminated sites has been developed by

(a) BARC

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(b) DRDO

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(d) IMD

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Solution

The correct option is C (c) TERI
The Oilzapper. Developed by TERI after seven years of research work and partly supported by the DBT (Department of Biotechnology), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, the Oilzapper is essentially a cocktail of five different bacterial strains that are immobilized and mixed with a carrier material (powdered corncob).

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