Question

Silence Zone is created around
A. Residential Area
B. Hospital and educational institute
C. Commercial area
D. Industrial area

Answer 1

Hint:- Silence zones are the areas where the government has prohibited noise above limited dB (decibels). These silence are mostly created around the place where it is needed the most health wise and morality wise both, hospital and educational institutes are those regions which come under the silence zone.

Complete answer:
The increasing noise levels in public places as well as silence zone by different activities like generator, firecrackers, sound producing instruments etc are used widely before the rule and act has been implemented which has made many ill effects on senior citizen’s hearing ability, patients especially heart patients, blood pressure patients, diabetic patients also it has found to be disturbing for students who were unable to concentrate on their studies. To deal with all these above mentioned problems government has passed an act and rules which are known as “The Noise pollution (Regulation and control) Rules 2000”, It has been stated that noise levels in any area / zone shall not exceed the ambient air quality standards in respect of noise which is mentioned in these rules.
No horns shall be used in silence zones or during night-time in residential areas except during a public emergency, sound emitting fire crackers shall not be burst in silence zone or during night time.
These are some of the rules which are mentioned in the rules and act of 2000.
Thus, the right option is B.

Note:- Permissible limits for noise in silence zones are 50dB during day time and around 40dB during night time, these are also ranges from 100 km from the hospital and education institutes. Use of horns, loudspeakers, music system, fire crackers are prohibited in these areas.