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Test your knowledge!!!
1) What is garbage?
            
a)  Useful items in your home.    
b)  Spoiled or waste food that is thrown away.
c)  Items kept in shop.
d) Things purchased from the Shop.
                                                                                                                        
2) Which material accounts for the greatest percentage of the weight of solid waste? 
   
a) Food Waste
b) Paper
c) Plastics
d) Wood
3) Municipal Solid Waste Management & Handling rules came into existence in the year:                                     
a) 1998
b) 2001
c) 2000 
d) 2008
                                   
4) How many trees are chopped down to make a ton of paper? 
a) 17
b) 10
c) 3
d) 2
                                                                                                                                                             
5) Is glass biodegradable?      
a) NO
b) YES
c) At room temperature
d) at 300 degree F
                                                                                                                                     
6)Name three things that can be recycled.
a) Paper, Glass, Batteries
b) Paper, glass, metals
c) Textiles, Thermometer, Paper
d) None of the above
7)Name the 3 Rs in waste reduction.
a) Remain,Re-think, Reduce
b) Rename,Redo,Recycle
c) Reduce, Re-use, Recycle.
d) None of the above

8) People all over the world have thought of innovative ideas for use of waste. One man in India, Nek Chand, has developed an exquisite artwork from garbage, a rock garden in this city.

a) Chennai
b) Lucknow
c) Chandigarh
d) Bangalore
9) What is source segregation?
a) None of the Below
b)  Source Separation of waste begins at home.
c) Plastic bags are not recyclable.
d)Waste is centrally sorted by machines.
10) Why is it important to obey traffic lights?
a) It is the law
b) It is important to relax during a journey
c) It prevents accidents 
d) both a and c
                                                                         
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