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Environment Quiz 28

author June 25, 2025 No Comments PYQ Quiz

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The concept of carbon credit originated from which one of the following? [2009]

Earth Summit, Rio de Janeiro

Kyoto Protocol

Montreal Protocol

G-8 Summit, Heiligendamm

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None

In the context of CO2 emission and Global Warming, what is the name of a market-driven device under the UNFCCC that allows developing countries to get funds/incentives from the developed countries to adopt better technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions? [2009]

Carbon Footprint

Carbon Credit Rating

Clean Development Mechanism

Emission Reduction Norm

Not Attempted

None

Where was the World Summit on Sustainable Development (Rio+10) held? [2008]

Davos

Nova Scotia

Johannesburg

Shanghai

Not Attempted

None

Consider the following statements: [2008]

Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) in respect of carbon credits is one of the Kyoto Protocol Mechanisms.
Under the CDM, the projects handled pertain only to the Annex-I countries.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1 Only

2 Only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

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None

Which one of the following countries is the first country in the world to propose a carbon tax for its people to address global warming? [2006]

Australia

Germany

Japan

New Zealand

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None

Which of the statements is correct? [2005]

The first meeting of the Parties (MOP 1) to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety was held in Philippines in the year 2004.

India is not a signatory to the Biosafety Protocol/Convention on Biological Diversity.

The Biosafety Protocol deals with genetically modified organisms.

The United States of America is a member of the Biosafety Protocol/Convention on Biological Diversity.

Not Attempted

None

Consider the following statements: [2005]

The Kyoto Protocol came into force in the year 2005.
The Kyoto Protocol deals primarily with the depletion of the Ozone layer.
Methane as a greenhouse gas is more harmful than carbon dioxide.

Which of the statements is/are correct?

1 and 2

1 and 3

1 only

3 only

Not Attempted

None

A World Summit with representation from all the countries will be held in Johannesburg in September 2002 on the subject of: [2002]

AIDS control

Global terrorism

Human rights

Sustainable development

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None

According to Meadows (1972), if the present trends in world population, industrialisation, pollution, food production and resource depletion continue unchanged, the 'Limits to Growth' on our planet will be reached in the next: [1998]

50 years

100 years

150 years

200 years

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None

10.

One of the following regions has the world’s largest tropical peatland, which holds about three years' worth of global carbon emissions from fossil fuels. The possible destruction of which can exert detrimental effect on the global climate. Which one of the following denotes that region? [2024]

Amazon Basin

Congo Basin

Kikori Basin

Rio de la Plata Basin

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None

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