WorksheetsFactual comprehension passage
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 26mins
When plastic waste is burnt, a complex weave of toxic chemicals is released. Breaking down polyvinyl chloride (PVC) — used for packaging, toys and coating electrical wires — produces dioxin, an organochlorine which belongs to the family of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs).
🏋️ What is dioxin ❓
PVC
Plastic
an organochlorine
A recent Dioxin Assessment Report brought out by the United States Environment Protection Agency (USEPA) says the risk of getting cancer from dioxin is ten times higher than reported by the agency in 1994.
🏋️. What does dioxin cause❓
Diarrhoea
Cancer
Pneumonia
Yet the Delhi government is giving the green signal to a gasification project which will convert garbage into energy without removing plastic waste.
🏋️The gasification process transforms ………………..
none of the above
energy into garbage
water into energy
garbage into energy
Yet the Delhi government is giving the green signal to a gasification project which will convert garbage into energy without removing plastic waste
🏋️Garbage can be converted into energy by ………………..
gasification
gratification
a chemical process
incinators
Former transport minister Rajendra Gupta, claims no air pollution will be caused and that the ash produced can be used as manure.
🏋️ Who is Rajendra Gupta❓
Current transport minister
Former transport minister
Prime minister
Former transport minister Rajendra Gupta, claims no air pollution will be caused and that the ash produced can be used as manure.
🏋️ What did Rajendra Gupta claim❓
That there is no solution to these problems
That the manure can be used as ash
That the ash can be used as manure
Toxins produced during incineration include acidic gases, heavy metals as well as dioxins and furans. “The ‘manure’ will be hazardous and a problem to dispose,” says Dutta.
🏋️ Who said that this manure will be hazardous❓
Gupta
Dutta
None
Municipal solid waste contains a mix of plastics. Breaking down this waste emits hydrochloric acid which attacks the respiratory system, skin and eyes, resulting in coughing, vomiting and nausea.
🏋️ What does municipal solid waste contain❓
Impure air
Healthy gases
A mix of plastics
🏋️How will burning plastic adversely impact the health of citizens❓
It will attack the respiratory system, skin and eyes, resulting in coughing, vomiting and nausea.
It will make humans paralyzed
It will fail all our organs
Indian garbage has a low calorific content of about 800 cal/kg. It has high moisture and requires additional fuel to burn.
🏋️ Indian garbage contains..........
Low moisture
High moisture
No moisture
none of these
Nearly 80 per cent of Indian garbage is recyclable or compostable.
🏋️ What is positive about Indian garbage❓
That is neither recyclable nor compostable
That most of it is recyclable or compostable
That it is useless
Find a word similar to "transform"
Convert
Stop
Define
Yet the Delhi government is giving the green signal to a gasification project which will convert garbage into energy without removing plastic waste.
🏋️The gasification process transforms ………………..
none of the above
energy into garbage
water into energy
garbage into energy
