{"id":287,"date":"2023-06-11T21:26:23","date_gmt":"2023-06-11T15:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=287"},"modified":"2024-04-03T07:17:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:47:12","slug":"q-which-of-the-following-are-the-reasons-factors-for-exposure-to-benzene-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-which-of-the-following-are-the-reasons-factors-for-exposure-to-benzene-pollution","title":{"rendered":"Q.\u00a0Which of the following are the reasons\/factors for exposure to benzene pollution?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Automobile exhaust<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tobacco smoke<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wood burning<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Using varnished wooden furniture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Using products made of polyurethane<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Select the correct answer using the code given below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>1, 2 and 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 and 4 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1, 3 and 4 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1, 2, 3, 4 and 5<\/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>Correct Answer: (a)&nbsp;1, 2 and 3 only<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notes:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Benzene<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Benzene is an aromatic compound with a single six-member unsaturated carbon ring.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It&nbsp;is a chemical that is a&nbsp;<strong>colourless or light yellow liquid at room temperature.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>It&nbsp;dissolves only slightly in water and will float on top of the water.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is&nbsp;<strong>highly flammable<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It&nbsp;is formed from both natural processes and human activities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It&nbsp;is<strong>&nbsp;found in crude oils&nbsp;<\/strong>and as a&nbsp;<strong>by-product of oil-refining processes.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It&nbsp;is a known human carcinogen and is linked to an increased risk of developing lymphatic and hematopoietic cancers, acute myelogenous leukaemia, as well as chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. (NCI05)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Uses<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is used in very large quantities to make other chemicals that are&nbsp;<strong>used to make plastics, resins, nylon, and synthetic fibres.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is used to make some types of&nbsp;<strong>rubbers, lubricants, dyes, detergents, drugs, and pesticides.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is also&nbsp;<strong>used in paints, glues, and furniture wax.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Exposure<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Benzene is degraded rapidly in the upper atmosphere.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Because of its solubility in water, a minor amount may be removed by rain to contaminate surface waters and soil.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chronic exposure to benzene can reduce the production of both red and white blood cells from bone marrow in humans, resulting in aplastic anaemia.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Benzene is a&nbsp;<strong>by-product of the combustion of&nbsp;tobacco in cigarettes<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Benzene is also found in&nbsp;<strong>wood smoke and automobile exhaust.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_fbcf4e-99 .kt-block-spacer{height:40px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_fbcf4e-99 .kt-divider{border-top-width:2px;border-top-color:#eee;width:100%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-_fbcf4e-99\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Select the correct answer using the code given below: Correct Answer: (a)&nbsp;1, 2 and 3 only Notes:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[36],"years":[53],"class_list":["post-287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc","category-prelims","tag-environment","years-53"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"},{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"}],"post_tag":[{"value":36,"label":"Environment"}],"years":[{"value":53,"label":"2020"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0},{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":36,"name":"Environment","slug":"environment","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":36,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":193,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":421,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287\/revisions\/421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}