{"id":303,"date":"2023-06-11T21:59:12","date_gmt":"2023-06-11T16:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=303"},"modified":"2024-04-03T07:18:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:48:46","slug":"q-magnetite-particles-suspected-to-cause-neurodegenerative-problems-are-generated-as-environmental-pollutants-from-which-of-the-following","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-magnetite-particles-suspected-to-cause-neurodegenerative-problems-are-generated-as-environmental-pollutants-from-which-of-the-following","title":{"rendered":"Q. Magnetite particles, suspected to cause neurodegenerative problems, are generated as environmental pollutants from which of the following?\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Brakes of motor vehicles&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Engines of motor vehicles&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Microwave stoves within homes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Power plants<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Telephone lines<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Select the correct answer using the code given below<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>1, 2, 3 and 5 Only\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1, 2 and 4 Only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3, 4 and 5 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>Answer: b) 1, 2 and 4 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>Magnetite particles are a<strong>&nbsp;highly magnetic mineral form of iron&nbsp;<\/strong>and are known to be present in air pollution.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exposure to airborne particulate matter (PM) is associated with pulmonary,&nbsp;<strong>cardiovascular and neurological problems<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Magnetite, a&nbsp;<strong>mixed Fe<sup>2+<\/sup>\/Fe<sup>3+<\/sup>&nbsp;oxide<\/strong>, is ubiquitous and abundant in PM in urban environments and might play a specific role in both&nbsp;<strong>neurodegeneration and cardiovascular disease.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Magnetite has been found in<strong>&nbsp;homing pigeons, migratory salmon and even bats,&nbsp;<\/strong>and is believed to play a role in their directional orientation.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Vehicle brake systems<\/strong>&nbsp;are the major source of airborne magnetite at the roadside.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Petrol and diesel-engine exhaust&nbsp;<\/strong>are also a&nbsp;source of airborne magnetite.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Other sources of Magnetite pollution include<strong>&nbsp;Power plants.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_c6e776-ba .kt-block-spacer{height:40px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_c6e776-ba .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-_c6e776-ba\"><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 Answer: b) 1, 2 and 4 Only Notes:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","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":[52],"class_list":["post-303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc","category-prelims","tag-environment","years-52"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"},{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"}],"post_tag":[{"value":36,"label":"Environment"}],"years":[{"value":52,"label":"2021"}]},"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\/303","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=303"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":399,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303\/revisions\/399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}