Question

 Polyblend, a fine powder of recycled modified plastic, has proved to be a good material for [NEET (National) 2019]

(a) use as a fertiliser

(b) construction of roads

(c) making tubes and pipes

(d) making plastic sacks

Answer/Explanation

Ans. (b)
Polyblend has proved to be a good material for the constructions of roads. It is a fine powder of recycled plastic and it is mixed with bitumen to lay roads. The first polyblend road was laid in Bangaluru by the effort of Ahmed Khan.

Question

 Chipko movement was launched for the protection of [CBSE AIPMT 2009]

(a) grasslands

(b) forests

(c) livestock

(d) wet lands

Answer/Explanation

Ans. (b)

In 1973, the Chipko Movement (Chipko means to hug or stick to the trunk of the tree) was launched by Chandi Prashad Bhatt and Sunder Lal Bahuguna against large scale falling of trees by timber contractors in the Uttarakhand hills. The starting point was Chamboli district of Garhwal region in Uttarakhand.

 

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