| Consider the following statements about new Air Quality Index (AQI) in India. |
| 1. Union Government has launched AQI in 2015 for monitoring the quality of air on real time basis and is a part of the government's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. |
| 2. The Index considers seven pollutants namely Particulate Matter-10, nitrogen oxide, sulphur dioxide. ozone, carbon monoxide, ammonia and lead. |
| 3. The new AQI ues colour-coded table to show air-quality and its effects on health for the first time. |
| 4. It acts as one number-one colour-one description for the common man to judge the air quality. It is based on recommendations made by the IIT, Kanpur. |
| Which of the statement(s) given above is/are incorrect? |
A) Only 2
B) 1 and 2
C) 3 and 4
D) 2 and 4
Correct Answer: A
Solution :
[a] Indian Government has launched new AQI in 2015 as a part of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, for measuring of air quality and pollution on real time basis. It acts as one number-one colour-one description for the common man to judge the air quality within his vicinity. There are six AQI categories and consider eight pollutants namely \[PM10,PM2.5,\,\,\,{{\,}_{2}},\,\,\,{{\,}_{2}},CO,\,\,\,{{\,}_{3}},\,\,\,{{\,}_{3}}\] and PB for which short-term (upto24-hourly averaging period). It is based on the recommendations made by the IIT, Kanpur and for the first it uses colour coded table to show air quality and its effects on health.
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