WASTE MCQ ON WASTE MANAGEMENT

MANAGEMENT
Question 1:

Which of the following is not an example of how the 3Rs can be adopted by a city?

1. Recovering heat from combustible waste.

2. Disposing plastic bottles in a landfill.
3. Composting organic waste
4. Offering collection of recyclables from the apartments building once a week.

Answer: Recovering heat from combustible waste.

Question 2:

Fly ash from power plants can be used as cement substitutes; with which of the following
Rs it is associated?

1. Recycle
2. Reduce
3. Reuse
4. All the above

Answer: Reuse

Question 3

Waste paper can be converted to make new paper; with which of the following Rs it is
associated?

1. Recycle
2. Reduce
3. Reuse
4. All the above

Answer: Recycle

Question 4

What do 3Rs stand for?

 1. Resource, Recharge, Reset
2. Reborn, Receive, Retrieve
3. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
4. Rebind, Reason, Realms

Answer: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Question 5

Which of the following is not an example of non-biodegradable waste?

1. Glass
2. Vegetable peels
3. Plastic bottles
4. Glass items

Answer: Vegetable peels

Question 6

E-waste refers to

1. Environment waste
2. Electrical waste
3. Excreta waste
4. Electronic waste

Answer: Electronic waste

Question 7

Refer to the image & answer the question that follows.

Which of the flowing type of waste can be generated here?

 1. Biomedical waste
2. Domestic waste
3. Industrial waste
4. Agricultural waste

Answer: Industrial waste

Question 8

Which of the following type of pollution is the cause of Minamata disease?

1. Air pollution
2. Soil pollution
3. Water pollution
4. Environmental pollution

Answer: Water pollution

Question 9

Refer to the image & answer the question that follows.

What is the probable cause of the algal bloom?.

1. Biomagnification
2. Bioaccumulation
3. Eutrophication
4. Bioamplification

Answer: Eutrophication
Question 10

Smog is related to which of the following type of pollution?

1. Water pollution
2. Air pollution
3. Soil pollution
4. Environmental pollution

Answer: Air pollution

Question 11

Any material that is discarded after it has served its purpose and is no longer useful is
called .................

1. compost
2. waste
3. manure
4. pathogen

Answer: waste

Question 2

Any material that is rendered useless during or left over in a manufacturing process is
called .................

1. industrial waste
2. domestic waste
3. commercial waste
4. mining waste

Answer: industrial waste

Question 13

Which of the following is NOT a toxic substances present in e-waste?

1. Cadmium
2. Lead
3. Mercury
4. Methane

Answer: Methane

Question 14
The process of depletion of oxygen from water bodies occurring either naturally or due
to human activities is called ................ .

1. Biomagnification
2. Oxygenation
3. Eutrophication
4. Acid rain

Answer: Eutrophication

Question 15

The increase in the number of phytoplankton and algae reduce the penetration
of ................ , light and heat into water body.

1. small fish
2. nitrogen
3. oxygen
4. carbon dioxide

Answer: oxygen

Question 16

Domestic waste being organic in nature undergoes ................ and create conditions
favourable for the growth of pathogens.

1. fermentation
2. nitrification
3. magnification
4. oxygenation

Answer: fermentation

Question 17

................ is a harmful toxin that affects the development of a child's brain.

1. Lead
2. Mercury
3. Cadmium
4. Zinc

Answer: Lead

Question 8

................ is a chemical that is said to cause cancer.

 1. Arsenic
2. Cadmium
3. Calcium
4. Lead

Answer: Arsenic

Question 19

The increase in the concentration of various toxic substances along the food chain is
called .................

1. Eutrophication
2. Bio-accumulation
3. Biomagnification
4. Demagnification

Answer

Biomagnification

Question 20

The phenomenon of concentrated toxic deposition at the higher trophic level is known
as .................

1. Bio-accumulation
2. Biomagnification
3. Eutrophication
4. Biodegradation

Answer: Bio-accumulation

Question 21

The accumulation of toxins will be higher in which of the following?

1. Water
2. Algae
3. Small fish
4. Big fish

Answer: Big fish

Question 22

Waste accumulation is a breeding ground for ................ like flies, mosquitoes, rodents
and pet animals.
 1. hectors
2. vectors
3. spreaders
4. carriers

Answer: vectors

Question 23

Which of the following diseases are Not spread by houseflies?

1. Typhoid
2. Diarrhoea
3. Cholera
4. Amoebiosis.

Answer: Amoebiosis

Question 24

The warming up of the atmosphere due to the increased concentration of Greenhouse

Gases is known as .................

1. Global Warming
2. Climate change
3. Acid rain
4. Radiation

Answer: Global Warming

Question 25

Hepatitis, diarrhoea and corona are ................ diseases.

1. bacterial
2. viral
3. fungal
4. None of the above.

Answer: viral

Question 26

Refer to the image & answer the question that follows.

Which of the following waste management processes is practised here?

1. Dumping
2. Segregation
3. Composting
4. Landfill

Answer: Segregation

Question 27

This is the process which involves the deposition of waste on or in the ground and
covered them with earth in the large area on the outskirts of the cities.

1. Segregation
2. Composting
3. Vermicomposting
4. Landfill

Answer: Landfill

Question 28

Refer to the image & answer the question that follows.

Which of the following waste management processes is practiced here?

1. Fermentation
2. Segregation
3. Composting
4. Landfill

Answer: Landfill

Question 29

Most of the garbage of Delhi is recycled in Timarpur plant to generate

1. Biogas
2. Fertilizer
3. Cooking gas & electricity
4. All of above

Answer: Cooking gas & electricity

Question 30

According to you which of the following is the best suitable site for landfill?

1. Centre of the city

2. Garbage beside each house
3. Large area away from the city
4. All the above

Answer

Large area away from the city

Question 31

Which of the following statements related to composting is not correct?

1. Composting involves decomposition of both organic & inorganic wastes.

2. Earthworms play a significant role in composting.
3. Composting involves decomposition of organic waste into humus.
4. Both (b) & (c).

Answer: Composting involves decomposition of both organic & inorganic wastes

Question 32

Which of the following set of microorganisms is involved in the process of composting?

1. Algae, Viruses
2. Protozoa, algae
3. Helminths, archaea
4. Bacteria, fungi, actinomycetes

Answer: Bacteria, fungi, actinomycetes

Question 33

Which of the following is/are not the advantages of composting?

1. Reduction in the quantity of waste

2. Conversion of organic waste into valuable fertilizer
3. Aerobic composting is relatively expensive & emits bad odours.
4. Both (a) & (b)

Answer: Aerobic composting is relatively expensive & emits bad odours.

Question 34

Dry waste consists of waste that is ............... .

1. biodegradable
2. non-biodegradable
3. non-toxic
4. organic

Answer: non-biodegradable

Question 35

Wet waste is the waste that is ............... in nature.

1. non-biodegradable
 2. organic
3. recyclable
4. toxic

Answer: organic

Question 36

............... of waste is the key to effective waste management.

1. Segregation
2. Modification
3. Solidification
4. Nitrification

Answer: Segregation

Question 37

Biodegradable waste can be converted into ................

1. soil
2. humus
3. rubber
4. compost

Answer: compost

Question 38

............... is the cheapest method of waste disposal.

1. Open dumping
2. Sanitary landfill
3. Incineration
4. Recycling

Answer: Open dumping

Question 39

............... is a way of disposing waste on land without causing health hazards or public
safety.

1. Dumping
2. Sanitary landfill
3. Recycling
4. Incineration
Answer

Sanitary landfill

Question 40

............... is an aerobic method of decomposing solid wastes.

1. Incineration
2. Recycling
3. Composting
4. Dumping

Answer: Composting

Question 41

The organic waste from households undergo ............... to form compost.

1. reduction
2. burning
3. decomposition
4. churning

Answer: decomposition

Question 42

Compositing rejuvenates poor soils by adding ............... .

1. nutrients
2. manure
3. humus
4. oxygen

Answer: humus

Question 43

............... process is used for waste disposal by industries and municipalities.

1. Compositing
2. Dumping
3. Incineration
4. Segregation

Answer: Incineration