MPSC PYQ

Hazardous Waste

Hazardous Waste is a Environment concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 2 past MPSC questions (2019, 2021). Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.

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2 · 2019–2021
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International environmental agreements

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घातक कचऱ्याची हालचाल विकसित देशामधून कमी विकसित देशामध्ये होऊ नये म्हणून बेसेल अधिवेशनात मध्ये येथे आंतरराष्ट्रीय करारावर सही केल्या। Basel convention an international treaty designed to reduce movement of hazardous waste from developed to less developed countries signed in at .

1)मार्च 1999 - जर्मनी / March 1999 - Germany
2)एप्रिल 1980 - जपान / April 1980 - Japan
3)मे 1979 - नॉर्वे / May 1979 - Norway
4)मार्च 1989 - स्वित्जरलैंड / March 1989 - Switzerland✓ Correct

The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal was adopted in March 1989 in Basel, Switzerland.

हरित रसायन शास्त्र म्हणजे By green chemistry, we mean

1)हरितगृह वायुमुळे दररोजच्या वापरातील रसायने तयार करणे / Producing chemicals of our daily use from greenhouse gases
2)रासायनिक अभिक्रिया हिरव्या वनस्पतीपासून तयार करणे / Performing chemical processes which use green plants
3)जैविक घटकांपासून अभिक्रिया बनविणे/तयार करणे / Performing only those reactions which are of biological origin
4)बिनाविषारी द्रव्ये आणि द्राव्ये वापरुन पर्यावरणपूरक उत्पादने तयार करणे / The use of non-toxic reagents and solvents to produce environmentally-friendly products✓ Correct

Green chemistry focuses on designing chemical products and processes that minimize or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances, specifically using safe solvents and reagents.

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