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Topic Waste management
Asked 2 times across 2 UPSC exams over 4 years (2015–2019), peaking in 2019.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 1 of 2 PYQs
- First appeared in CDS 2015 — 4 years before CSE 2019 (allied exams preview CSE)
- Most asked in 2019
- Recurs across 2 years (2015–2019)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CDS 2015 → CSE 2019
How the concept evolved
Long-running — most appearances (1 of 2) predate 2016, and it still returns.
Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CSE2019
As per the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 in India, which one of the following statements is correct?
- A Waste generator has to segregate waste into five categories.
- B The Rules are applicable to notified urban local bodies, notified towns and all industrial townships only.
- C The Rules provide for exact and elaborate criteria for the identification of sites for landfills and waste processing facilities. ✓
- D It is mandatory on the part of waste generator that the waste generated in one district cannot be moved to another district.
✓ Correct answer: (C)
Environment & Ecology › Pollution & Waste
CDS2015
Which one of the following is the most appropriate and correct practice from the point of view of a healthy environment ?
- A Burning of plastic wastes to keep the environment clean
- B Burning of dry and fallen leaves in a garden or field
- C Treatment of domestic sewage before its release ✓
- D Use of chemical fertilizers in agricultural fields
✓ Correct answer: (C)
Environment & Ecology › Pollution & Waste
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