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Multiple choice business organisation and correspondence issues of the environment international efforts for conserving biodiversity effects of pollution on environment government efforts in pollution control

Establishment of forest is called as

  1. Cultivation

  2. Breeding

  3. Silviculture

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

Silviculture is the branch of forestry concerned with the theory and practice of controlling the establishment, growth, composition, health, and quality of forests.

Multiple choice business organisation and correspondence issues of the environment international efforts for conserving biodiversity effects of pollution on environment government efforts in pollution control

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

  1. Sulphur

  2. Nitrogen oxides

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

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

Multiple choice business organisation and correspondence issues of the environment international efforts for conserving biodiversity effects of pollution on environment government efforts in pollution control

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

  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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

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

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

  1. Greater use of compost

  2. Use of CNG

  3. Recycling of plastics

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

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

  1. Installation of tall chimneys

  2. Electrostatic precipitates

  3. Scrubbers

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

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

Multiple choice business organisation and correspondence issues of the environment international efforts for conserving biodiversity effects of pollution on environment government efforts in pollution control

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

  1. Potassium

  2. Sulphides

  3. Maganese

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

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

Multiple choice business organisation and correspondence issues of the environment international efforts for conserving biodiversity effects of pollution on environment government efforts in pollution control

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

  1. Sulphur

  2. Nitrogen oxides

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

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

Multiple choice business organisation and correspondence issues of the environment international efforts for conserving biodiversity effects of pollution on environment government efforts in pollution control

Which Act was formulated in the year 1986?

  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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E Correct answer
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.

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The measures to eliminate pollution from the given environment is called as

  1. Pollution prevention

  2. Pollution abatement

  3. Pollution control

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Pollution abatement is the measure to reduce or eliminate pollution by controlling the direct elimination of pollutants in the environment. It may include technological methods that reduce the amount of pollutant generated in a chemical or other manufacturing facilities like a scrubber, electrostatic precipitator and catalytic converter. 

Thus, the correct answer is option B.

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Abatement measures of water pollution is 

  1. Sewage treatment

  2. Septic tank

  3. Green mufflers

  4. Both A and B
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The method abatement of the pollution is generally adopted to reduce the sources of pollution and the impact and its consequences on the environment and health. The sewage treatment plants are set up in the industries which let out high amounts of liquid waste. Physical, chemical, and biological processes are used to remove contaminants and produce treated wastewater. Septic tank is in which sewage is collected and allowed to decompose through bacterial activity. Green muffler involves the plantation of trees to reduce noise pollution because the trees absorb the excessive noise.

Thus, the correct answer is option D.