NPTEL Municipal Solid Waste Management Week 2 Assignemt Answers 2025
1. In the functional element of Municipal Solid Waste Management, processing and transformation are followed by:
- Transfer and transport
- Secondary collection
- Disposal
- Storage
Answer : c
2. Which type of waste needs to be discarded in blue bins for segregation of household waste?
- Soiled tissues, paper, cardboard, and discarded clothing.
- Paper, cardboard, plastics, wood, metals, glass.
- E-waste, household medical waste, batteries, and lights bulbs.
- Soiled tissues, food wrappers, paper towels; fish and meat.
Answer : b
3. What is the maximum distance between a house and a nearest dustbin for waste storage?
- 250 m
- 500 m
- 100 m
- 50 m
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4. Which is the most common onsite processing operations used at residential dwellings for dry waste?
- Incineration
- Composting
- Anaerobic digestion
- Vermicomposting
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5. What are the processing technologies used for sanitary waste?
- Gasification
- Anaerobic digestion
- Gasification and incineration
- Autoclaving and incineration
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6. What are the techniques used to speed up the composting process?
- Addition of more waste
- Maintaining optimum ratio of wet and dry waste
- Addition of microorganism
- Reducing the moisture content to 20 percent
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7. Which type of composting is done only at the household level?
- In-vessel composting
- Pile composting
- Vermicomposting
- Pit composting
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8. Which of the following is included in the secondary collection of waste?
- Curb services
- Alley services
- Setout services
- Haul container system
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9. In which waste collection services is the homeowner responsible for returning the containers to their storage location?
- Backyard services
- Setout services
- Setout-setback services
- Door to door services
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10. In which collection services the cost due to size and time requirement is highest?
- Curb services
- Alley services
- Setout setback services
- Backyard services
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