Question

Read the above passage carefully and answer the question given below. Certain words/phrases are printed in bold to help you locate them while answering a question.

According to the author, how are gold mines detrimental to the environment as well as public health even after their closure?

• A. The layer or red soil used to cover dust piles in these mines seeps into the groundwater, thereby making it unfit for consumption.
• B. The mines weaken land mass and increase the chances of occurrence of earthquakes, especially if there is no one looking after them.
• C. The mitigative measures adopted after the closure of these mines are not supervised adequately hence are highly damaging.
• D. The unsupervised mines now become a threat to the environment as inexperienced people carry out unchecked mining activities.
• E. Winds in specific months carry harmful heavy metal particles from the dust heaps accumulated in these mines.

Answer 1

The correct option is E Winds in specific months carry harmful heavy metal particles from the dust heaps accumulated in these mines.

Gold mines are detrimental to the environment as well as public health even after their closure as 'Winds in specific months carry harmful heavy metal particles from the dust heaps accumulated in these mines'.