1. With reference to National Rural Drinking Water Programme, which of the below mentioned statements are correct:
1) It is a centrally sponsored programme, was 50:50 for the Union Territories, 90:10 for the Himalayan & the northeastern States
2) The objective is to provide every rural and urban person with adequate safe water for drinking, cooking and other basic domestic needs on a sustainable basis
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2. With reference to National Water Quality Sub-Mission, which of the below mentioned statements are correct:
1) To provide safe drinking water only to arsenic and fluoride affected rural habitations, the National Water Quality Sub-Mission was launched
2) It was launched by Ministry of Urban and rural development to take India one step closer to international standard of water quality by 2020
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3. Consider the below mentioned statements:
1) As per Central Bureau of Health Intelligence Odisha and Jharkhand are the top most states having cases of death by snake bites
2) Snake bite is an occupational hazard in tropical and subtropical countries, where rural populations are mainly affected”.
Which of the above mentioned statements are correct:
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4. Which of the below mentioned statements are correct:
1) Few plants makes airborne emission of ultrasound screams when subjected to stresses
2) Sounds are generated by a process called cavitation — where air bubbles form, expand and explode in the xylem causing vibrations
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5. With reference to Ozone hole, which of the below mentioned statements are correct:
1) Ozone hole is the area above arctic, where the Ozone layer is the thinnest
2) The thickness of the Ozone in a column of air from the ground to the top Of the atmosphere is measured in terms of Dobson Unit
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