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upsc-p1-environment-climate-conventions MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
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Q1With reference to the UNFCCC, consider the following statements: 1. Its objective is to stabilise greenhouse gas concentrations at a level that prevents dangerous human interference with the climate system. 2. Its precautionary principle permits action to be postponed until full scientific certainty is available. 3. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was not created by the UNFCCC. Which of the statements given above are correct? Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Statements 1 and 3 are correct. The Convention seeks stabilisation of greenhouse gas concentrations, and the IPCC was not created by it. Statement 2 reverses the precautionary principle: lack of full scientific certainty is not a reason to postpone action when serious or irreversible damage is threatened.
Q2Match List I with List II: List I (Meeting) (a) COP (b) CMP (c) CMA List II (Instrument served) 1. Paris Agreement 2. UNFCCC 3. Kyoto Protocol Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Option D is correct. COP is the supreme decision-making body of the UNFCCC, CMP is the meeting of Kyoto Protocol parties, and CMA is the meeting of Paris Agreement parties.
Q3With reference to India's climate commitments, consider the following statements: 1. The updated 2030 nationally determined contribution seeks a 45% reduction in the emissions intensity of GDP from the 2005 level. 2. Its non-fossil target refers to total primary energy consumption rather than installed electric power capacity. 3. India's net-zero emissions target is 2070. Which of the statements given above are correct? Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Statements 1 and 3 are correct. India's updated 2030 contribution uses a 45% emissions-intensity reduction from the 2005 level, and its net-zero year is 2070. Statement 2 is incorrect because the non-fossil target concerns cumulative installed electric power capacity, not total primary energy consumption.
Q4Match List I with List II: List I (Climate response) (a) Mitigation (b) Adaptation (c) Loss and damage List II (Primary focus) 1. Reducing vulnerability 2. Addressing harms that cannot be fully avoided 3. Reducing emissions or enhancing removals Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Option A is correct. Mitigation reduces emissions or enhances removals; adaptation reduces vulnerability; loss and damage addresses harms not fully avoided through mitigation or adaptation.
Q5Consider the following statements: 1. The global stocktake under Article 14 of the Paris Agreement assesses collective progress. 2. It replaces country-specific reporting under the enhanced transparency framework. Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?
Statement 1 is correct and Statement 2 is incorrect. The global stocktake is a collective assessment using reports, science and other inputs. It does not replace national reporting; country-specific information principally belongs to the transparency framework.
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6With reference to the Paris Agreement, consider the following statements: 1. Article 4 deals with the mitigation and nationally determined contribution cycle. 2. Article 13 establishes the enhanced transparency framework. 3. Article 14 provides for a collective global stocktake every five years. Which of the statements given above are correct? Select the correct answer using the code given below.
7Consider the following statements about the Kyoto Protocol: 1. Its Annex B parties accepted quantified emission limitation and reduction commitments. 2. Joint Implementation operated among developed parties. 3. Every project in a developing country after 2020 automatically qualifies as a Clean Development Mechanism project. Which of the statements given above are correct? Select the correct answer using the code given below.
8Arrange the following in chronological order, from earliest to latest: (a) UNFCCC entered into force (b) Kyoto Protocol was adopted (c) Kyoto Protocol entered into force (d) Paris Agreement was adopted Select the correct answer using the code given below.
9Arrange the following conference outcomes in chronological order, from earliest to latest: (a) The Green Climate Fund and Cancun Adaptation Framework were anchored in the UNFCCC process (b) The Doha Amendment for Kyoto's second commitment period was adopted (c) The Paris Agreement was adopted (d) Key Paris rulebook decisions were adopted at Katowice Select the correct answer using the code given below.
10Consider the following statements regarding Article 6 of the Paris Agreement: 1. Article 6.2 cooperative approaches require accounting safeguards to avoid double counting of transferred mitigation outcomes. 2. Article 6.8 covers non-market approaches that may include technology, adaptation cooperation and capacity-building. Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?