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Looking at deteriorating air quality because of air pollution in many cities of the country the citizen are very much worried and concerned about their helath .The doctors have declared health emergency in the cities where the air quality is very severley poor.
(a) Mention any two major cuses of air pollution
(b) Write any two harmful effect of air pollution to plants and humans.

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(a) Two causes of air pollution:
(i) Burning of fossil fuels
(ii) smoke released from vehicles
(iii) industrial effluents
(iv) smoke stacks of thermal power plants
(b) Harmful effects of air pollution :
(i) It affects respiratory system of human and of animals
(ii) It also reduces growht and yeild of crops and cause premature death of plants
(c ) (i) Encouraging public transprot i.e buses and using CNG instead of diesel
(ii) Planting more trees to curb pollution
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