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ICSE Class 10 Geography Question 9 of 13

Waste Management — II Safe Disposal of Waste — Question 5

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Question 5

Assertion (A): The waste is segregated before it is disposed of.

Reason (R): Segregation reduces the volume of waste that reaches landfills.

  1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
  2. Both A and R are true but R does not explain A.
  3. A is true but R is false.
  4. A is false but R is true.
Answer

Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

Explanation — The waste is segregated before it is disposed of because segregation reduces the volume of waste that reaches landfills, as the waste gets divided into categories like dry and wet or biodegradable and non-biodegradable.