Static Quiz 04 March 2024 (Environment)

Correct Answer : C
Salient features of Bio-Medical Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2018 are as
follows:

1. Bio-medical waste generators including hospitals, nursing homes, clinics,
dispensaries, veterinary institutions, animal houses, pathological laboratories,
blood banks, health care facilities, and clinical establishments will have to
phase out chlorinated plastic bags (excluding blood bags) and gloves by March
27, 2019. Hence, statement 1 is incorrect.

2. All healthcare facilities shall make available the annual report on its website
within a period of two years from the date of publication of the Bio-Medical
Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2018. Hence, statement 2 is incorrect.

3. Operators of common bio-medical waste treatment and disposal facilities shall establish
bar coding and global positioning system for handling of bio-medical waste in
accordance with guidelines issued by the Central Pollution Control Board by March 27,
2019.

4. The State Pollution Control Boards/ Pollution Control Committees have to compile,
review and analyze the information received and send this information to the Central
Pollution Control Board in a new Form (Form IV A), which seeks detailed information
regarding district-wise bio-medical waste generation, information on Health Care
Facilities having captive treatment facilities, information on common bio-medical waste
treatment and disposal facilities.

5. Every occupier, i.e. a person having administrative control over the institution
and the premises generating biomedical waste shall pre-treat the laboratory
waste, microbiological waste, blood samples, and blood bags through
disinfection or sterilization on-site in the manner as prescribed by the World Health
Organization (WHO) or guidelines on safe management of wastes from health care
activities and WHO Blue Book 2014 and then sent to the Common bio-medical waste
treatment facility for final disposal.

Correct Answer : D

The 12 initial POPs under the Stockholm Convention
Initially, twelve POPs have been recognized as causing adverse effects on humans and
the ecosystem and these can be placed in 3 categories:

• Pesticides: aldrin, chlordane, DDT, dieldrin, endrin, heptachlor, hexachlorobenzene,
mirex, toxaphene;
• Industrial chemicals: hexachlorobenzene, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); and
• By-products: hexachlorobenzene; polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and
polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDD/PCDF), and PCBs.

Correct Answer : B

About the lion census:
The census is conducted once every five years. This year it was delayed due to lockdowns.
Hence, statement 1 is incorrect.

The first Lion Census was conducted by the Nawab of Junagadh in 1936; since 1965, the
Forest Department has been regularly conducting the Lion Census every five years.

Wildlife under constitution: In 1976, the 42nd amendment incorporated protection
of wildlife and forests in the Directive Principles. It also included forests and protection
of wild animals in the Concurrent List – Seventh Schedule (Article 246) of the
Constitution.

Correct Answer : B
Microplastics are small plastic pieces less than five millimeters long which can be harmful to
our ocean and aquatic life. Hence, statement 1 is incorrect.

Correct Answer : A
The measurement of air quality is based on eight pollutants, namely: Particulate
Matter (PM10), Particulate Matter (PM2.5), Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2), Sulphur Dioxide
(SO2), Carbon Monoxide (CO), Ozone (O3), Ammonia (NH3), and Lead (Pb).

AQI has six categories of air quality. These are: Good, Satisfactory, Moderately
Polluted, Poor, Very Poor and Severe. Hence, statement 2 is incorrect.