GATE 2023 ES – Question 21
Which are NOT covered by India’s Hazardous and Other Wastes2016 rules:i Domestic hazardous waste;ii Nuclear waste;iii Wet-scrubber sludge from hazardous-waste treatment;iv Chromium residue/sludge from tanneries?
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Correct answer: (A) i, ii only
Explanation
Domestic hazardous fractions fall under the municipal solid-waste framework in this comparison, and nuclear/radioactive waste under its separate legal regime. Hazardous-treatment scrubber sludge and chromium-bearing tannery residues are covered hazardous process wastes. Thus the excluded pair is **i, ii;A**.