Garbage in garbage out

Quiz

Which type of dustbins are not used for collecting non biodegradable wastes?
1. Blue dustbins
2. Green dustbins
3. Red dustbins
4. Red and green
Dumping of wastes into low lying areas for filling purpose is called
1. Landfilling
2. Composting
3. Vermicomposting
4. Reducing
The artificial rearing of earthworm is called
1. Vermicomposting
2. Sericulture
3. Apiculture
4. Vermiculture
What will happen if cooking medium is flowed down a drain?
1. Kills useful microbes
2. Choke drains
3. Clogs soil pores and block pipes
4. None of these
Which among the following can be recycled?
1. Glass
2. Paper
3. Wood
4. Metals
Which coloured dustbins are used for collecting reusable materials?
1. Red coloured
2. Blue coloured
3. Green coloured
4. Both blue and green
Green coloured dustbins are used for collecting
1. Biodegradable materials
2. Non biodegradable materials
3. Reusable materials
4. All of the above
Which among the following can be turned into compost?
1. Leaves
2. Husk
3. Pebbles
4. Polythene
The process of composting with the help of earthworms is called
1. Vermiculture
2. Redcomposting
3. Vermicomposting
4. None of these
Which among the following should not be used as food for redworms?
1. Pickles
2. Meat
3. Milk
4. All of the above
Which among the following can help earthworms to grind their food?
1. Powdered eggshells
2. Powdered soil
3. Powdered seashells
4. Sand particles
Which is the most ideal condition for earthworms to survive?
1. Hot conditions
2. Cold conditions
3. Moist conditions
4. Dry conditions
Which among the following is used to make papier-mâchè ?
1. Rice flour
2. Clay
3. Paper
4. Pencil shavings
People who collect garbage from municipal dustbins are called
1. Rag pickers
2. Sweepers
3. Safai karamcharis
4. None of these
Which among the following are non -biodegradable?
1. Prawn shells
2. Leaves
3. Pencils
4. Pebbles
The waste matter which is not decomposed by microorganisms is called
1. Manure
2. Vermicompost
3. Preservatives
4. None of these
A landfill is later converted into
1. Building site
2. Agricultural field
3. Park
4. All of the above
Which among the following is/are a 3R principle?
1. Reduce
2. Replace
3. Renew
4. All of the above
Which among the following are the steps to recycle paper?
1. Tear the paper into small pieces
2. Submerge it in water for one day
3. Pound it and use the paste for composting
4. Dry the paste on a wire mesh
Which among the following types of paper cannot be recycled?
1. Magazine paper
2. Notebook paper
3. Envelope paper
4. Shiny laminated paper
Which among the following destroy the natural soil composition and adversely affect human health?
1. Manure
2. Chemical fertilizers
3. Compost
4. Vermicompost
Which of the following can be used as an alternative for plastic bags?
1. Polythene bags
2. Jute bags
3. Silk bags
4. Poly ethylene bags
The process in which a once used material is converted to another useful form is called
1. Reusing
2. Recycling
3. Reducing
4. All of the above
Who have issued guidelines for recycling plastics?
1. Police
2. Municipalities
3. Government
4. People
Burning of leaves are not good as they
1. Increase the oxygen in the atmosphere
2. Produce harmful gases
3. Cause global warming
4. All of the above
Which type of plastics should be used to store food?
1. Recycled plastics
2. Plastic bags
3. Coloured plastics
4. None of these
Which among the following are methods to reduce garbage?
1. Make a minimum use of plastic
  bags
2. Use plastic bags only once
3. Put garbage in plastic bags
  and throw it away
4. Use slate and blank sheets of paper left in our notebooks for rough work
Which of the following are hospital wastes?
1. Fruit peels
2. Syringes
3. Tubes
4. All of the above
Landfills are breeding place of
1. Mosquitoes
2. Cows
3. Dogs
4. Insects
Which among the following is ideal to be sent into a landfill?
1. Kitchen wastes
2. Animal dung
3. Plastics
4. Leaves