Access and Benefit Sharing MCQ — 99 Practice Questions with Answers

Q1. Consider the following statements about benefit sharing under the Nagoya Protocol: 1. Benefits under the Protocol may only be monetary. 2. Sharing of benefits is not linked to mutually agreed terms. 3. Utilization is limited to field collection and excludes research and development. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Q2. Consider the following statements: 1. India Code lists the Biological Diversity Act, 2002 as Act Number 18, with enactment date 2003-02-05. 2. The long title of the Act omits knowledge and refers only to biological resources. 3. India Code records 01-10-2003 as the enforcement date of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002. 4. India Code places the Act under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Q3. Consider the following statements: 1. Article 14 establishes the Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House as part of the clearing-house mechanism under Article 18(3) of the Convention. 2. Article 14 includes legislative, administrative and policy measures on ABS among the information to be made available. 3. Article 14 overrides protection of confidential information and requires every confidential ABS document to be made public. 4. Article 14 includes permits or equivalents issued at the time of access as evidence of prior informed consent and mutually agreed terms. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Q4. Consider the following statements about the objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD): 1. Conservation of biological diversity is one of its main objectives. 2. Sustainable use of components of biodiversity is one of its main objectives. 3. Fair and equitable sharing of benefits from genetic resources is one of its main objectives. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Q5. Consider the following statements about Indian access rules and project-level ABS financing: 1. A person other than those covered under Section 3(2) must give prior intimation to the concerned State Biodiversity Board before accessing biological resources and associated knowledge for commercial utilisation. 2. Section 7's prior-intimation requirement applies equally to local people and communities of the area without any exemption. 3. For cultivated medicinal plants, the exemption is available only if a certificate of origin is obtained from the Biodiversity Management Committee. 4. A biodiversity project release cited Access and Benefit Sharing arrangements, corporate responsibility co-financing and green micro-enterprises as financing mechanisms linking stewardship with livelihoods. Which of the statements given above are correct?