Sanitation Health and Hygiene MCQ Questions and Answers for Practice

1. How much waste does an average person in our country generate?

1. 100-200 gm
2. 300-400 gms
3. 600-700 gms

2. How much water does a standard toilet tank hold?

1. 1 gallon
2. 2 gallons
3. 3 gallons
4. None

3. How much water is required in Delhi?

1. 950 mgd.
2. 1050 mgd.
3. 1150 mgd.

4. How much water is supplied within Delhi?

1. 840
2. 940
3. 1040

5. Identify which one is correct process.

1. Sanitize, Disinfect, and Clean
2. Wash, Rinse, and Repeat
3. Wash, Rinse, and Sanitize
4. Wash, Rinse, Towel Dry

6. If you plan to replace an old toilet with a newer model, why must you measur the distance from the wall to the toilet floor bolts?

1. Toilets come in different sizes.
2. You need to know how much piping to buy.
3. both
4. Neither answer is correct.

7. In Africa alone, people invest...............hours every year walking to collect water.

1. 100 thousand
2. 50 million
3. 40 billion
4. 100 billion

8. In which year was the National Urban Sanitation Policy (NSUP) launched?

1. 2008
2. 2010
3. 2012

9. India has only.....................percent of the Worlds water resources

1. 2 per cent
2. 4 per cent
3. 6 per cent

10. Medical research indicates that................is a leading cause of growth stunting.

1. Lack of exercise
2. Eating unhealthy foods
3. Defecating in the open
4. Sleeping on hard surfaces

11. Most of the urban household toilets are connected to:

1. Underground sewers
2. Septic tanks
3. Dry Latrines

12. Moulds, yeast and fungi are examples of a

1. Physical hazard
2. Chemical hazard
3. Pathogenic bacterium
4. Biological hazard

13. Normal temperature of human body is:

1. 40.5 F
2. 36.9 F
3. 98.6 F
4. 82.4 F

14. Of the six billion people in the world, how many live without safe water?

1. 10.1 billion
2. 1.1 billion
3. 10.1 million
4. None

15. On 2nd October 2014, a Swachh Bharat Run in New Delhi was organized at:

1. Rajghat
2. PragatiMaidan
3. RashtrapatiBhavan