{"id":2358,"date":"2025-04-30T23:10:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T17:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2358"},"modified":"2025-04-30T23:10:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T17:40:46","slug":"q-consider-the-following-statements-131","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-consider-the-following-statements-131","title":{"rendered":"Q. Consider the following statements :"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Statement-I<\/strong>: Many chewing gums found in the market are considered a source of environmental pollution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Statement-II:<\/strong>&nbsp;Many chewing gums contain plastic as gum base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which pone of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list mcq\">\n<li>Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II explains Statement-I<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, but Statement-II does not explain Statement-I<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>(a) Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II explains Statement-I<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"notes-hd-68125b8f58d13\">Notes:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Commercially, chewing gum is produced based on\u00a0<strong>synthetic gum base<\/strong>, which is\u00a0<strong>non-biodegradable<\/strong>. Accordingly,\u00a0<strong>chewing gum residue can be considered as a dangerous environmental pollutant.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Chewing gum does contain plastic<\/strong>. The ingredient known as \u201cgum base\u201d in the list of ingredients in chewing gum is largely made of<strong>\u00a0polyvinyl acetate<\/strong>.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This plastic is<strong>\u00a0non-biodegradable and remains in the environment for a long time<\/strong>. Thus, chewing gum residue can be considered as a dangerous environmental pollutant.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/chewing-gum-composition.png\" alt=\"chewing gum composition\" class=\"wp-image-51759\" title=\"UPSC Prelims Research: Environment 2024 2\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Chewing gum<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Statement-I: Many chewing gums found in the market are considered a source of environmental pollution. Statement-II:&nbsp;Many chewing gums contain plastic as gum base. Which pone of the following is correct in respect of the above statements? 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