CBSE Class 12 Informatics Practices Question 117 of 177

Societal Impacts — Question 20

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Question 20

An organisation purchases new computers every year and dumps the old ones into the local dumping yard. Write the name of the most appropriate category of waste that the organisation is creating every year, out of the following options :

  1. Solid Waste
  2. Commercial Waste
  3. E-Waste
  4. Business Waste
Answer

E-Waste

Reason — The old computers being discarded by the organization fall under the category of electronic waste (e-waste) since they are discarded electronic devices.