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Government of India has adopted auto fuel policy to effectively cut down _________ in the automobiles exhausts.

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  1. Sulphur

  2. Nitrogen oxides

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Government of India has adopted auto fuel policy to effectively cut down sulphur and nitrogen oxides in the automobiles exhausts.

Officer A. K. Banerjee is related with

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  1. Silviculture

  2. Chipko movement

  3. Appiko movement

  4. Save Ganga movement

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Correct Option: A

Establishment of forest is called as

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  1. Cultivation

  2. Breeding

  3. Silviculture

  4. Agriculture

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Correct Option: C

Government of India has adopted auto fuel policy to effectively cut down _____ in the automobiles exhausts.

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  1. Sulphur

  2. Nitrogen oxides

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Government of India has adopted auto fuel policy to effectively cut down sulphur and nitrogen oxides in the automobiles exhausts.

Which of the following is not considered a method of abatement of pollution?

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  1. Planting trees along roadsides

  2. Greater use of chemical fertilizers

  3. Treating industrial effluents before discharging them in water bodies

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Greater use of compost (organic matter) instead of chemical fertilisers and judicious use of pesticides.

Which of the following is considered as a method of abatement of pollution?

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  1. Greater use of compost

  2. Use of CNG

  3. Recycling of plastics

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Recycling of metals ,plastics and glass materials and incineration (burning)of non recyclable waste are some of the methods uses for abatement of pollution.

Which of the following is/are methods used in the factories for abatement of pollution ?

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  1. Installation of tall chimneys

  2. Electrostatic precipitates

  3. Scrubbers

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Installation of tall chimneys in factories and fitting them with fitters and electrostatic precipitators.

Which of the following is decreased to reduce the air pollution by automobiles.

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  1. Potassium

  2. Sulphides

  3. Maganese

  4. Carbonates

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Government of India has adopted auto fuel policy to effectively cut down sulphur and nitrogen oxides in the automobiles exhausts.

Government of India has adopted auto fuel policy to effectively cut down.

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  1. Sulphur

  2. Nitrogen oxides

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Government of India has adopted auto fuel policy to effectively cut down sulphur and nitrogen oxides in the automobiles exhausts.

Which Act was formulated in the year 1986?

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  1. The Insecticide Act

  2. The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act

  3. The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act

  4. The Noise (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act

  5. The Environment (Protection) Act

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Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Environment (protection) Act, 1986, is the most comprehensive law meant for prevention, control and abetment of environmental pollution by laying down emission norms and setting up of central and state pollution control boards.