Question

1. Rural people were unhappy while using firewood for cooking. Discuss.

Answer 1

Explanation:

About one million deaths are reported annually in India due to household air pollution caused by fumes from cooking, heating and lighting activities.

Answer 2

Rural people were unhappy while using firewood for cooking, because -

• We need some kind of fuel material to get continuous flame of fire as a heat source for the cooking process.
• Now, there are two main sources of fuel material for cooking - 1) Wood ; 2) LPG.
• The rural people disliked the usage of wood as the fuel material because, ovens with wood fuel are difficult to operate and a large amount of harmful gases is formed due to the combustion of the wood.
• Now, this harmful gas causes suffocation and breathing problems.
• For the above mentioned problems, the rural people became unhappy while using wood as the fuel material.