Questions

Air pollutants are solid particles, gases, and liquid droplets in the air that can adversely affect ecosystems and the health of humans.

Major ambient air pollutants include toxic metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, benzene, particulate matter (PM), nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides, carbon monoxide, and ozone. Power plants, factories, and vehicle and air traffic are the most important anthropogenic sources of air pollution.

In addition, natural sources such as wildfires and volcanic activity contribute to ambient air pollution.

The American Planning Association (APA) has announced this year's international excellence award for the Bhubaneswar smart city project.

The award called Pierre L'Enfant International Planning Excellence Award 2017 will be given on May 8 in New York city.

This is the first time in the 50 years history of APA's annual award programme that an Indian city has been recognised for its planning efforts.

Answer: U

Explanation:   Starting on the left, and moving along the line to the right, letters follow the alphabetic sequence, in steps of 1,2,3 and then 4, before repeating the sequence.

Thermoplastic materials is a type of plastic material that can be cooled and heated several times without any change in their chemistry or mechanical properties.

Examples of Thermoplastic ::

• polyethylene,
• polypropylene,
• polyvinyl chloride,
• polystyrene,
• polybenzimidazole,
• acrylic,
• nylon and
• teflon

Any two amino acids vary structure by the r-group, otherwise all amino acids are in the same structure. All amino acids have in common carboxyl group -COO , amino group -NH3+ and a hydrogen -H and a r-group which are all bonded to a central carbon.

Monopotassium tartarate was used in baking powder.