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The document consists of a series of questions related to solid waste management, including methods of waste disposal, waste management hierarchy, and characteristics of municipal solid waste. It covers topics such as incineration, landfill, composting, and pyrolysis, along with their definitions and applications. The questions are sourced from various examinations, indicating a focus on assessing knowledge in environmental management practices.

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Solid Waste Management

The document consists of a series of questions related to solid waste management, including methods of waste disposal, waste management hierarchy, and characteristics of municipal solid waste. It covers topics such as incineration, landfill, composting, and pyrolysis, along with their definitions and applications. The questions are sourced from various examinations, indicating a focus on assessing knowledge in environmental management practices.

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Solid Waste Management

Q.1 What is called for the process of burning municipal solid waste in a
properly designed furnace under suitable temperature and operating conditions?
A. Landfill
B. Recycling
C. Vermicomposting
D. Incineration

[OPSC 2019 CE PAPER-II]

Q.2 The simplest and most common method used in the cities is to collect and
dump the waste in a
A. Landfill
B. River
C. Road side
D. Any of these

[OPSC 2019 CE PAPER-II]

Q.3 What is the order of waste management hierarchy from most to least
favoured?
A. Prevention-Recycle-Reuse-Disposal
B. Prevention-Reuse-Disposal-Recycle
C. Prevention-Disposal-Reuse-Recycle
D. Prevention-Reuse-Recycle-Disposal

[OPSC 2019 CE PAPER-II]

Q.4 With passage of time, filled up solid wastes will get stabilised by
A. Eutrophication
B. Decomposition
C. Hydrolysis
D. Urbanisation

[OPSC 2019 CE PAPER-II]


Q.5 The most suitable solid waste disposal method for rural areas is:

A. land filling
B. deep well injection
C. composting
D. incineration

[SSC JE 2007-18]

Q.6 If the dilution factor is above 500, what is the standard of purification
required?

A. Complete through treatment should be given to sewage.


B. Treatment such as chemical precipitation are required
C. No treatment is required
D. Primary treatment such as plain sedimentation should be given to the
sewage

[JKSSB JE 2021]

Q.7 Burning of solid waste in controlled manner is called

A. Landfill
B. Composting
C. Incineration
D. Stabilisation

[WBPSC AE 2003]

Q.8 Most hygienic method of disposal of solid waste is

A. dumping on low lying lands


B. composting
C. incineration
D. dumping in tanks and ponds

[WBPSC AE 1998]
Q.9 Pyrolysis is a process of

A. oxidation at high temperature


B. combustion at ambient temperature
C. purification with oxygen
D. heating in an oxygen-free atmosphere.
[WBPSC AE 1998]

Q.10 Which of the following is expected to be the major constituent of


municipal solid waste in developing countries?

A. Dust and cinder


B. Paper
C. Glass
D. Vegetable and putrescible matter

[WBPSC AE 1998]

Q.11 On mass basis, the large fraction of the solid wastes from a typical Indian
city is made up of substances which are essentially

A. Salvagable
B. combustibles
C. non-combustible inorganics
D. compostables

[WBPSC AE 1998]

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