{"id":467,"date":"2023-06-12T12:32:59","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T07:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=467"},"modified":"2024-04-03T07:15:35","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:45:35","slug":"q-consider-the-following-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-consider-the-following-2","title":{"rendered":"Q. Consider the following:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Carbon monoxide<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Methane<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ozone<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sulphur dioxide<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which of the above are released into atmosphere due to the&nbsp;<strong>burning of Crop\/Biomass residue<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>(a) 1 and 2 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(b) 2, 3 and 4 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(c) 1 and 4 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4<\/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: (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4<\/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>Biomass is organic material that comes from plants and animals, and it is a renewable source of energy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Agricultural crop\/ biomass residue<\/strong>&nbsp;burning contribute towards the&nbsp;<strong>emission of greenhouse gases<\/strong>, air pollutants, particulates matter and smoke thereby posing threat to human health.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Burning crop residues<\/strong>&nbsp;are&nbsp;<strong>cheap and easiest method<\/strong>&nbsp;to dispose the leftover crop residues after harvesting, for land clearing and pest control.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Biomass contains stored energy from the Sun. Plants absorb the Sun\u2019s energy in a process called photosynthesis. When biomass is burned, the chemical energy in biomass is released as heat.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Crop residue and biomass burning (forest fires) is considered as a major source of Carbon Dioxide (CO<sub>2<\/sub>), Carbon Monoxide (CO), Methane (CH<sub>4<\/sub>), volatile organic compounds (VOC), and Nitrogen Oxides (NOX).<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Burning of rice crop residue releases Suspended Particulate Matter, SO<sub>2<\/sub>, NO<sub>2<\/sub>&nbsp;and O<sub>3<\/sub>&nbsp;in the atmosphere.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_c2418b-44 .kt-block-spacer{height:40px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_c2418b-44 .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-_c2418b-44\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which of the above are released into atmosphere due to the&nbsp;burning of Crop\/Biomass residue? 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