In the awareness programme at the Ganesh pandal, which idols were people advised NOT to immerse in drinking water tanks?
- A.Idols made of clay
- B.Idols of Plaster of Paris and those with harmful chemical colours
- C.Idols made of paper pulp
- D.Idols made of turmeric
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Explanation
The correct answer is idols of Plaster of Paris and those with harmful chemical colours. Participants at the programme were sensitised about the use of eco-friendly clay idols and were advised to avoid immersing idols made of Plaster of Paris, or carrying harmful chemical colours, in drinking water tanks. Option A is wrong because clay idols were precisely what the programme recommended, not what it warned against. Options C and D name materials that were not discussed at the programme at all. Beyond the choice of idol, people were encouraged to use the immersion sites designated for the purpose, to keep idols and puja samagri out of natural water bodies, and to maintain cleanliness and take safety precautions at immersion sites, since protecting water resources rests on collective responsibility and community participation.
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Practice Questions
At which two ICAR institutes were biodegradable offerings from Ganesh Visarjan collected and processed into organic manure?
- A.ICAR-CIRB, Hisar and ICAR-IARI, New Delhi
- B.ICAR-NISA, Ranchi and ICAR-CIRCOT, Mumbai
- C.ICAR-NDRI, Karnal and ICAR-CIFT, Kochi
- D.ICAR-IIHR, Bengaluru and ICAR-CICR, Nagpur
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At these two institutes, one in Jharkhand and the other in Maharashtra, biodegradable offerings such as flowers and other puja samagri were collected and segregated from the rest of the festival waste, and the compostable material was then processed at composting facilities to prepare organic manure.
Read the full explanation →The ICAR awareness and cleanliness activities after Ganesh Visarjan were organised as part of which campaign?
- A.Namami Gange
- B.Mission LiFE
- C.Swachhata Hi Seva
- D.Jal Jeevan Mission
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The Indian Council of Agricultural Research organised its awareness and cleanliness initiatives at its institutions as part of these activities, with the focus placed on cleanliness after Ganesh Visarjan, clean public spaces and responsible waste management.
Read the full explanation →Since ethanol supply year 2014-15, how much foreign exchange has the ethanol blending programme saved?
- A.More than Rs 62,000 crore
- B.More than Rs 1.01 lakh crore
- C.More than Rs 1.66 lakh crore
- D.More than Rs 1.97 lakh crore
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The ministry listed four cumulative outcomes of the blending programme since ethanol supply year 2014-15: foreign exchange savings above that amount, substitution of about 316 lakh metric tonnes of crude oil, avoidance of about 952 lakh metric tonnes of carbon dioxide, and transfers of more than Rs 1.66 lakh crore…
Read the full explanation →What ethanol content was recorded on average in the samples tested in Karnataka?
- A.19.30 per cent
- B.21.50 per cent
- C.26 per cent
- D.31 per cent
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All 56 samples tested in Karnataka, taken from different locations and from all three oil marketing companies, conformed to the prescribed specification, with ethanol content ranging between 19 and 20 per cent and averaging that figure.
Read the full explanation →Which Bureau of Indian Standards specification applies to ethanol-blended motor gasoline?
- A.IS 1460
- B.IS 2796
- C.IS 17021
- D.IS 15607
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This is the Bureau of Indian Standards specification for ethanol-blended motor gasoline, and E20 petrol supplied by the three public sector oil marketing companies across the country is required to conform to it.
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