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Multiple choice importance of waste disposal need and method for reducing, reusing and recycling waste geography

Flyash from power plants can be reused ________________.

  1. as a cement substitute

  2. to make bricks

  3. in making roads and filling low lying areas

  4. all of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Flyash is a byproduct of coal combustion in power plants. It is widely used in construction as a cement substitute, in brick manufacturing, and for land reclamation or road base construction.

Multiple choice importance of waste disposal need and method for reducing, reusing and recycling waste geography

Which of the following must be practised to preserve and conserve the environment?

  1. Deforestation

  2. Recycling

  3. Soil erosion

  4. Increase in pollution
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Deforestation is the permanent removal of trees to make room for something besides forest. This can include clearing the land for agriculture or grazing, or using the timber for fuel, construction or manufacturing.

Soil erosion is the displacement of the upper layer of soil, it is one form of soil degradation. This natural process is caused by the dynamic activity of erosive agents, that is, water, ice, snow, air, plants, animals, and humans.
As  deforestration, Soil erosion, and increase in pollution destroy the environment, Reecycling preserves and conserve the environment
 

Multiple choice importance of waste disposal need and method for reducing, reusing and recycling waste geography

Which of the following are reused to make shoes and chapals?

  1. Clothes

  2. Tin cans

  3. Tyres

  4. Bags
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Tyres are made of thick rubbers and polymers and once they get wasted by friction and travelling through cars, they have the capacity to be reused in making shoes and chappals for daily wear and thereby disposing of the waste in an efficient manner.

Multiple choice importance of waste disposal need and method for reducing, reusing and recycling waste geography

The Environment Protection Act started in which year?

  1. 1985

  2. 1986

  3. 1987

  4. 1988
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Environment Protection act was protective legislation enacted by the parliament in the year 1986, to combat environmental degradation and to lay down rules and regulation for use of the environment and natural resources and to provide liability and penalty for the violators. It seeks to provide the protection and improvement of the environment and other such related matters comprehensively.

Multiple choice importance of waste disposal need and method for reducing, reusing and recycling waste geography

Where does our garbage go when we throw things away?

  1. Landfills

  2. Lakes

  3. A bigger garbage can

  4. All of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Landfill is the place where garbage go when we throw things away.

It is a site used to dump the garbage by burial. It is the oldest method of garbage treatment.

Other names for landfill include tip, dump, rubbish dump, garbage dump or dumping ground.

Multiple choice importance of waste disposal need and method for reducing, reusing and recycling waste geography

Who among the following made a beautiful garden in Chandigarh using waste products like tin cans, bottles, broken crockery etc?

  1. Mamraj Agrawal.

  2. Nek Chand

  3. Prakash Amte.

  4. N. H. Antia.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Nek Chand is famous for creating the Rock Garden of Chandigarh, which is constructed entirely from industrial and home waste, including broken crockery, bottles, and other discarded materials.