Previous year MCQs

UPPSC 2014 GS-I Environment & Ecology
Question

'Green Mufler' is related to:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option C: Noise pollution

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Noise pollution”.
Green muffler is a measure adopted to control noise pollution, by planting green plants.

Normally 4–5 rows of plants are grown near noisy places like roadsides and industrial areas so that they can obstruct the noise from reaching the citizens.

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