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Questions Related to environmental economics

Different examples of waste are

  1. Electronic waste

  2. Waste water

  3. Hazardous waste

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

The garbage or trash collected regularly is known as

  1. Domestic waste

  2. Municipal waste

  3. Agricultural waste

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Municipal waste, commonly known as trash or garbage in the U.S. and as refuse or rubbish in the UK, is a waste type consisting of everyday items that are discarded by the public. Garbage can also refer specifically to food waste, as in a garbage disposal; the two are sometimes collected separately. Therefore, (b) is the correct answer.

Discarded electronic items are categorized under

  1. Industrial waste

  2. Domestic waste

  3. Hazardous waste

  4. Electronic waste


Correct Option: D

What is the single greatest source of solid waste?

  1. Mining

  2. Municipalities

  3. Agriculture

  4. Industry


Correct Option: B

Water pollution is any chemical, physical or biological change in the quality of water that has a harmful effect on any living thing that drinks or uses it. Given below are all the examples of main water pollutants except:

  1. stone crushing and construction work

  2. oil tankers, offshore oil refineries

  3. industrial effluents, waste water

  4. soil erosion, use of chemical fertilizers


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Stone crushing and construction work are examples of air and noise pollution respectively.

It is said, the Tajmahal may be destroyed due to ________________.

  1. Flood in Yamuna river.

  2. Decomposition of marble as a result of high temperature.

  3. Air pollutants released from oil refinery of Mathura.

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Mathura refinery was in the news for allegedly causing the white marble of the Taj Mahal to yellow. The Indian government hired a panel to examine the effects of the refinery. The panel found that the air has high levels of suspended articulate matter, caused by factory emissions, dust, construction and exhaust from automobiles. These are causing the Taj Mahal to change colour.

What do you call the rain that contains chemical waste and causes of damage to plants and animals?

  1. Smog

  2. Acid rain

  3. Monsoon rain

  4. Seasonal rain


Correct Option: B

Deposition of acid substance, generated from pollution, known as

  1. Acid deposition

  2. Ozone Depletion

  3. Eutrophication

  4. Deforestation


Correct Option: A

Weak acids, only capable of adding, fewer

  1. $H _{2} ions$

  2. HCl ions

  3. Cl ions

  4. P ions


Correct Option: A

When oil and gas resources are burnt they kill many forests and lakes by

  1. deforestation

  2. water pollution

  3. acid rain

  4. forest fire


Correct Option: C