Contemporary Issues- India-Issues Relating to Environmental Pollution [IAS (Admin.) Mains Geography]: Questions 1 - 4 of 4

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Question 1

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Examine the cause, effects and solutions for landfills mainly in urban areas. (Examrace Test Series 2017)

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Landfills

  • Solid waste management is the challenging issue in urban management.
  • As per eccentric proponents & Gaianists, man has done much damage to disrupt ecosystem functions in this Anthropocene epoch.
  • Landfills, result of these are specific areas where waste materials and garbage is disposed off. Generally, it is located on periphery of a city.

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Question 2

Appeared in Year: 2019

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Give a reason account of high level of pollution in north Indian cities as compared to south Indian cities. (Marks 15)

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The WHO report said 14 of world՚s 15 most polluted cities were in India which includes Delhi, Kanpur and Varanasi. Pollution levels in major cities of TamilNadu and like Chennai were within the permissible range in respect of parameters including the pm 2.5 or pm 10 which is better than north Indian states. The reason behind this are as follows:

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Question 3

Appeared in Year: 2021

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Explaining the concept of carbon neutrality, describe the measures taken by carbon positive and negative nations.

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Carbon neutrality: According to the definition of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) , carbon neutrality, or net zero CO2 emissions, refers only to carbon dioxide emissions and is a state of balance between the CO2 emitted into the atmosphere and the CO2 removed from the atmosphere.

Carbon dioxide emissions are one of the main reas…

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Question 4

Appeared in Year: 2022

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Why has extreme particulate pollution remained a festering issue for the Delhi NCR region? (Paper 2)

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Delhi and its neighboring region have been the most rapidly expanding and developing region of the country. Delhi being the administrative capital of the country has continued to act as a “Growth Pole” and its periphery has been growing due to the neighborhood effect. It is also considered as the Primate city of the North Zone. However, Extreme par…

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