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Statement : Drinking water supply to New Bombay has been suspended till further orders from Maharashtra Pollution Control Board following pollution of Patalganga river, caused by discharge of effluents from some chemical industries.

Courses of Action :
I. The industries responsible for discharging effluents into the river should be asked to close down immediately.
II. The river water should immediately be treated chemically before resuming supply.
III. The Pollution Control Board should check the nature of effluents being discharged into the river by industries at regular intervals.
 In the following question, sentences of a paragraph have been jumbled and labelled as A, B, C and D. You are required to rearrange the jumbled sentences of the paragraph and mark your response accordingly by selecting the correct option. A: Sources of water pollution are either point sources or non-point sources.  B: Point sources have one identifiable cause of the pollution, such as a storm drain or a wastewater treatment plant.  C: Marine pollution and nutrient pollution are subsets of water pollution. D: Water pollution can be classified as surface water or groundwater pollution.
Consider the following statements with reference to the mixing of industrial waste water with domestic waste water: 1. The industrial waste water can be mixed with domestic water when it has higher BOD. 2. The industrial waste water can be mixed with domestic water when the pH value of industrial waste water is highly alkaline. Which of the above statements is/are correct?
Given below are two statements : Statement I: Aquatic weeds are fast-growing weeds that can attain very high productivities when cultivated on nutrient-rich wastewater such as domestic sewage. Statement II: Water hyacinth, Salvinia and duckweed are some examples of aquatic weeds. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
In this question, a passage and a statement related to it have been given. Read carefully the verse and review the statement based on it. Delhi, which is one of India's capital an d one of the largest cities in the world, is undergoing severe crisis, due to its high level of urbanization, increasing population and high levels of pollution. Studies have proven that Are the biggest factors of pollution used for industrial and domestic use? And due to their use, people here emit large quantities of nitrogen oxides (NOx), ozone (O3), black carbon (BC) and microorganisms (PM). According to the 2015 Global Burden of Disease report, there were 1.09 million deaths due to PM 2.5 in India. Air pollution was included as one of the 10 biggest threats to health. According to the World Health Organization, 37 cities of India are among 100 worst polluted cities in the world, where PM10 was found to be the highest ever. For the production of ozone, together with sunlight and heat, nitrogen oxides (NOx) and organic compounds (VOCs) are needed simultaneously. Therefore, in the summer months, ozone is produced in large quantities in the cities. Statement: Air pollution is one of the top 10 factors affecting health in India. Select the most suitable from the following options A-statement is absolutely true B-statement is probably true C-statement can not be reviewed D-statement is completely false
Which of the following conclusions are most obvious in relation to the statement given below: Statement: Vehicular source contributes 60% to the total pollution level of Delhi, as informed in the Rajya Sabha today. Conclusion: I.  The court has ordered that the main source of pollution should be identified. II.  The problem of pollution is high on the worklist III. In the other cities also, vehicular source contributes around the same percentage level of pollution. IV. This matter was first raised in the Lok Sabha. V.  Not many towns in India face the problem of pollution.
Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by three conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : India's economic growth has come at a terrible price of increased industrial and vehicular pollution.

Assumptions :
I. Pollution is a part of industrial society.
II. Indian economic growth is based on only industrial growth.
III. A country desires economic growth with manageable side effects.
Read the paragraph and answer the question that follows: Incessant combustion of fossil fuels emits toxic gases, polluting the air; urbanization results in deforestation and hence poor air quality; littering of plastic waste damages the productivity of soil and pollutes water bodies. Environmental pollution results in more serious consequences like – global warming, unexpected climatic changes, depletion of natural resources, species depletion, and various other adverse effects leading to a lowered sustainability of life on earth. Another prime contributor to the pollution of the environment is plastic pollution. Plastic bags those are not disposed of properly, reach the soil and water bodies, polluting them and damaging dependent lives. Being non-bio degradable plastic lingers around for years, rendering them useless. What is the prime contributor to pollution?
Which of the following are Industrial Clusters of India? I. Mumbai-Pune Industrial Area II. Madurai-Coimbatore-Bangalore Industrial Area III. Darjeeling-Siliguri Industrial Area IV. Kanpur-Lucknow Industrial Area
The pH of water sample collected from a river was found to be acidic in the range of 3.5 – 4.5. On the banks of the river were several factories that were discharging effluents into the river. The effluents of which one of the following factories is the most likely cause for lowering the pH of river water?