Last month no one has given all right answers!
Right Answer to "Are we poisoning our Home Planet?"
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| 1.How long will it take for plastic to biodegrade? |
| 1 million years |
100 years |
1000 years |
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| 2.How long will it take for cotton rags to biodegrade? |
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| 3.How long will it take for a styrofoam cup to biodegrade? |
| 10 years |
100 years |
Eternity |
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| 4.How long will it take for a tin can to biodegrade? |
| 1-2 years |
10 -20 years |
50-100 years |
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| 5.Delhi belches out over ----------------tonnes
of solid waste every day |
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| 6.A family's weekly garbage production
is ----------------kgs now as against 7 kgs in 1980 ( for Delhi) |
| 40-50 kg |
12-15 kg |
20-30 kg |
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| 7.Recycling one ------------------can
save enough energy to run a TV set for 3 hrs. |
| Styrofoam cup |
Glass bottle |
Aluminium can |
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| 8.Of the 28
commonly used pesticides at least ----------------are carcinogenic |
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| 9.Every ------------------------the US wastes nearly 90%
of recyclable newspapers. This wastes about 500,000 trees. |
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| 10.Recycling all your home's waste newsprint,
cardboard, glass and metal can reduce
-------------emissions by 856 pounds a year. |
| Sulphur Dioxide |
Carbon Monoxide |
Carbon dioxide |
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