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UPSC CDS Current Affairs — practice questions — page 8

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Catch the treatment stepsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the water borne diseasesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the treatment plantRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the sewage wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Organic or inorganic impurityRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the treatment processesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Wastewater bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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Catch the treatment steps

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Items
  1. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Bar screen
  2. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Grit tank
  3. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Clarifier
  4. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Aeration
  5. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Sludge tank
  6. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Chlorine
  7. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Cooking oil
  8. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Paint
Category
Treatment steps
Instructions
Catch the stages of a wastewater treatment plant. Let the drain-cloggers fall.
_Source: syllabus Science, Chapter 18, Wastewater Story._

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Pop the water borne diseases

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Other terms
  1. Malaria
  2. Dengue
  3. Asthma
  4. Scurvy
Matching terms
  1. Cholera
  2. Typhoid
  3. Polio
  4. Meningitis
  5. Hepatitis
  6. Dysentery
Instructions
Pop the diseases spread by polluted water. Leave the others.
_Source: syllabus Science, Chapter 18, Wastewater Story._

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Run the treatment plant

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Questions
  1. Correct
    Anaerobic
    Choices
    1. Anaerobic
    2. Aerobic
    3. Earthworm
  2. Correct
    Aerobic
    Choices
    1. Anaerobic
    2. Aerobic
    3. Earthworm
  3. Correct
    Earthworm
    Choices
    1. Anaerobic
    2. Aerobic
    3. Earthworm
  4. Correct
    Sludge
    Choices
    1. Sludge
    2. Skimmer
    3. Biogas
  5. Correct
    Skimmer
    Choices
    1. Sludge
    2. Skimmer
    3. Biogas
  6. Correct
    Biogas
    Choices
    1. Sludge
    2. Skimmer
    3. Biogas
Instructions
Who works: sludge tank, aerated water, vermi toilet; then: settled solids, grease remover, sludge gas.
_Source: syllabus Science, Chapter 18, Wastewater Story._

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