Solid Waste Management

Solid Waste Management Multiple Choice Questions MCQs with Answers

1. Choose the examples of solid wastes from the following?
a. Garbage
b. Domestic material
c. Industrial material
d. All of these
Answer: d. All of these

2. Food waste, cardboard waste, and paper includes in the category of:
a. Domestic waste
b. Commercial waste
c. Industrial waste
d. Agricultural waste
Answer: a. Domestic waste

3. The waste generated from stores, and offices is known as:
a. Domestic waste
b. Commercial waste
c. Industrial waste
d. Agricultural waste
Answer: b. Commercial waste

4. The waste generated from industries during the manufacturing of products is:
a. Domestic waste
b. Commercial waste
c. Industrial waste
d. Agricultural waste
Answer: c. Industrial waste

5. The waste generated from planting, harvesting, and dead plants is known as:
a. Domestic waste
b. Commercial waste
c. Industrial waste
d. Agricultural waste
Answer: d. Agricultural waste

6. Which waste includes Petri dishes, surgical wraps, culture tubes, syringes, and needles:
a. Biochemical waste
b. Institutional waste
c. Hazardous waste
d. E-waste
Answer: a. Biochemical waste

7. How many major sources of solid waste are there based on their origin?
a. 10
b. 5
c. 9
d. 6
Answer: c. 9

8. The term ISWM refers to:
a. International solid waste management
b. Integrated solid waste management
c. Integrated solid waste machine
d. International solid waste mechanism
Answer: b. Integrated solid waste management

9. There are how many ways to treat waste thermally?
a. 5
b. 3
c. 2
d. 6
Answer: b. 3

10. Which of the following gas is produced in open dumps from the decomposition of biodegradable wastes?
a. Nitrogen
b. Methane
c. Hydrogen
d. Helium
Answer: b. Methane

11. Which of the integrated waste management is reduced on an individual level?
a. Source reduction
b. Recycling
c. Disposal
d. Burning
Answer: a. Source reduction

12. The number of functional components of solid waste management is:
a. 5
b. 3
c. 6
d. 4
Answer: c. 6

13. What was the oldest way of waste disposal in the medieval era?
a. Recycling
b. Plasma Gasification
c. Landfill
d. Composting
Answer: c. Landfill

14. In which city for the first time waste removal system was established?
a. Athens
b. Mumbai
c. Belize
d. Byblos
Answer: a. Athens

15. Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) is described by which kind of solid waste?
a. Toxic
b. Hazardous
c. Non-toxic
d. Non-hazardous
Answer: d. Non-hazardous

16. Which of the following plans is used as a waste management plan?
a. Plan for reprocessing
b. Plan for reuse
c. Plan for recycling
d. The integrated plan
Answer: d. The integrated plan

17. The organic material will decompose in the buried solid waste due to…?
a. The action of fungi
b. The soil particles
c. The action of microorganisms
d. The action oxidation
Answer: c. The action of microorganisms

18. Choose the correct example of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW):
a. Wood waste
b. Product packaging waste
c. Plastic cans
d. All of these
Answer: d. All of these

19. The process of burning municipal solid waste in a specifically designed furnace under suitable temperature and operating conditions is known as?
a. Landfill
b. Incineration
c. Recycling
d. Vermicomposting
Answer: b. Incineration

20. Which of the following is the best method for the disposal of solid waste?
a. Landfilling
b. Recycling
c. Sea dumping process
d. Open Burning
Answer: b. Recycling

21. Choose the incorrect statement about plastic waste or plastic pollution?
a. It lasts for a longer period of time
b. It generates greenhouse gases
c. It is used to make compost
d. Toxic fumes are produced when burnt
Answer: c. It is used to make compost

22. Which of the following loses no quality during recycling and can be recycled forever?
a. Organic materials
b. Wood
c. Aluminium
d. Plastic
Answer: c. Aluminium

23. Which of the following gas is produced by the decomposition of organic material in landfills?
a. Oxygen
b. Biogas
c. Natural gas
d. Liquefied petroleum gas
Answer: b. Biogas

24. There are how many components or functional elements of integrated waste management (ISWM)?
a. Seven
b. Four
c. Ten
d. Two
Answer: b. Four

25. Choose the correct statement about zero waste management?
a. Segregation of garbage at the source
b. Separate collection of each kind of waste
c. Community involvement
d. All of these
Answer: d. All of these