This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Environment > Solid Waste – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Solid Waste Quiz 12 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The source that produces long-lived hazardous wastes. A) Biomass. B) Sunlight. C) Wind. D) Nuclear fission. E) Tidal energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nuclear fission. 2. This type of waste includes substances that are toxic, corrosive, or flammable A) Municipal solid waste. B) Recyclable materials. C) Hazardous waste. D) Biodegradable materials. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hazardous waste. 3. Which procedure is not included while aerobic composting? A) Turning of wastes repeatedly in the interval of 5 days. B) Aerobic bacteria decomposes the waste into manure. C) Layers of waste and sludge are made. D) Pit should not be covered. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Layers of waste and sludge are made. 4. Which is NOT a detriment of waste incinerations compared to landfills? A) Increased space taken up by solid waste. B) Decreased incentive to recycle. C) Increased cost to dispose of waste. D) Increased air pollution. E) Increased toxicity of waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increased space taken up by solid waste. 5. What is a substance that can be broken down and recycled by bacteria and other decomposers? A) Decompositioner. B) Biodegradable. C) Gradable. D) Hazard. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biodegradable. 6. What are the 4 Rs in a perfect order? A) Reuse, Reduce, Recycle, Refuse. B) Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. C) Refuse, Reuse, Reduce, Recycle. D) Recycle, Reuse, Reduce, Refuse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. 7. Which of the following is not one of the 3 ways in which waste is handled? A) Buried. B) Recycled. C) Burnt. D) Littered. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Littered. 8. The term 'Municipal Solid Waste' is used to describe which kind of solid waste? A) Non toxic. B) Toxic. C) Non hazardous. D) Hazardous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Non hazardous. 9. Where does most of our municipal solid waste go after disposal? A) Landfill. B) Incinerator. C) Recycle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Landfill. 10. Which is not one of the four main sources of solid waste? A) Municipal solid waste. B) Manufacturing. C) Agricultural. D) Oceans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oceans. 11. Environmental pollution control geotextiles that line solid waste landfills can be made from ..... A) Wool, bamboo, hemp and polyester. B) Bamboo, hemp and cotton. C) Recycled materials, hemp and carbon fibre. D) Polyester, polyvinyl, polypropylene. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Polyester, polyvinyl, polypropylene. 12. Hospital wastes in Kathmandu valley is managed by which peocess? A) Landfill. B) Incineration. C) Burial Method. D) Pit method. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incineration. 13. Pieces of plastic in the ocean end up as ..... Fill in the blank. A) Microplastics. B) The insides of fish. C) Part of a garbage patch (made by the movement of ocean currents). D) All of these options. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these options. 14. Which is NOT an environmental benefit of composting? A) Reduced volume of material ending up in a landfill. B) . Generation of rich organic fertilizer. C) Reduction in work force of waste management company. D) Reduced amount of methane generated in landfills. E) Reduced amount of energy needed to transport material to a landfill. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reduction in work force of waste management company. 15. Why is it difficult to recycle plastics? A) It is adhesive. B) It contains different types of polymer resins. C) It comes in different sizes. D) It is very hard. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It contains different types of polymer resins. 16. For which kind of waste, burial method is preferred? A) Wastes that comes from kitchen. B) Wastes from industries. C) Harmful and foul smelling wastes. D) Organic waste from pharmaceutical industries. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harmful and foul smelling wastes. 17. Which regulation requires hazardous waste producers to document how waste is handled? A) Superfund Act. B) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. C) Landfill Act. D) Hazardous Waste Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. 18. Instead of throwing out old clothes and towels, Janet cut the items up and use them as cleaning rags. Which of the following waste management strategies is this example of? A) Recycle. B) Refuse. C) Reduce. D) Reuse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reuse. 19. What is the primary waste disposal method in the US? A) Incineration. B) Landfilling. C) Composting. D) Recycling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Landfilling. 20. Waste is any material that is not needed by the A) Owner. B) Producer. C) Processor. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 21. What is a leachate? A) Liquid water. B) Semi-solid. C) Liquid with dissolved chemicals from trash. D) Gaseous substance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Liquid with dissolved chemicals from trash. 22. Alarge fieldor pit where garbage is deposited and sometimes burned A) Open Dump. B) Sanitary Landfill. C) Incinerator. D) Open Burning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Open Dump. 23. Which method introduces microorganisms to break down hazardous organic compounds? A) Sanitary landfill. B) Incineration. C) Discharge to sewers, streams, and rivers. D) Chemical treatment. E) Biological treatment. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Biological treatment. 24. In what category of waste do paint, household cleaners, medical waste, and solvents belong? A) Hazardous. B) Compost. C) Industrial. D) Municipal solid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hazardous. 25. Using a product or material that was intended to be discarded. A) Reconfigure. B) Reduce. C) Recycle. D) Reuse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reuse. 26. SHORT ANSWER:How did the formation of the Environmental Protection Agency signal a new approach to environmental policy? A) It didn't. B) It allowed the president to make environmental laws. C) Now, one major entity oversees tasks that were once divided up among many agencies. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Now, one major entity oversees tasks that were once divided up among many agencies. 27. Which items are most commonly thrown away in municipal solid waste? A) Yard waste. B) Plastic. C) Paper. D) Aluminum cans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paper. 28. Chemicals that are used to get rid of insects that eat plants and crops are called: A) Pesticides. B) Homicides. C) Carbo-oxides. D) Herbicides. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pesticides. 29. Which type of waste is determined to be hazardous or nonhazardous and then sent to the appropriate landfill? A) Municipal. B) Agricultural. C) Mining. D) Industrial. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Industrial. 30. It is the reduction of solid waste using bacteria to treat biodegradable waste A) Incineration. B) Recycling. C) Composting. D) Burning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Composting. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPaper 1 QuizzesUgc Net QuizzesSolid Waste Quiz 1Solid Waste Quiz 2Solid Waste Quiz 3Solid Waste Quiz 4Solid Waste Quiz 5Solid Waste Quiz 6Solid Waste Quiz 7Solid Waste Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books