Ecological sanitation, also known as ecosan, is a new paradigm in sanitation that
1. eliminates the use of conventional pesticides to decrease environmental insult
2. recognizes human excreta and household waste water as resources that can and are recovered, treated, and reused
3. emphasizes the disposal of solid wastes in sanitary landfill sites
4. emphasizes the need for strict legislation against polluting industries
Match each item in Column I with one item in Column II and choose the correct answer from the code given below:
A. Air [Prevention and Control of Pollution] Act | a. 1981 |
B. Water [Prevention and Control of Pollution] Act | b. 1974 |
C. Environment [Protection] Act | c. 1986 |
D. Montreal Protocol | d. 1987 |
Codes:
A. B. C. D.
1. a b c d
2. b a d c
3. d c b a
4. c d a b
The "blue baby' syndrome results from
1. excess of chloride
2. methaemoglobin
3. excess of dissolved oxygen
4. excess of TDS (Total Dissolved Solids)
Chronic exposure to arsenic causes ?
1. blue-baby syndrome
2. foot and mouth disease
3. dropsy
4. itai-itai disease
Minamata disease was caused due to the consumption of
1. sea food containing lot of cadmium
2. fish contaminated with mercury
3. oysters with lot of pesticide
4. sea food contaminated with selenium.